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Pentagram’s Angus Hyland has rebranded Mills & Boon to “reach new romance readers”: bit.ly/2DPxFoX
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Coventry has been chosen as the UK’s City of Culture for 2021, beating four other shortlisted cities including Swansea, Stoke-on-Trent, Paisley and Sunderland: bit.ly/2B2vPT5
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From the archive: Humanscale: the classic guidelines helping designers create products for people: bit.ly/2vFtcSb
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Hacienda, Ministry of Sound, Gatecrasher, Fabric…what's your favourite dance club and have you ever stopped to look at the graphics? This new book explores the relationship between club culture and design: bit.ly/2rXoQaY
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Freelance illustrator Ben Tallon discusses the link between creativity and mental health: bit.ly/2n5OnZe
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Scientists at Cardiff University have launched a three-year research project to explore how the design of everyday products such as bikes and cars can be immediately adapted if they are found to have design flaws: bit.ly/2AY3kpV
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Freelance illustrator and columnist Ben Tallon meets ad guru Sir John Hegarty and discusses embracing risks: bit.ly/2vtsUwK
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A new, £5,000 student design competition has launched with the aim of raising awareness about the day-to-day challenges faced by people with spinal cord injuries: bit.ly/2jxwPYS
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From the archive: A responsive, light-up pedestrian crossing that “puts people first”: bit.ly/2l2xwcP
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From the archive: Penguin creates colourful book covers based on geometric paintings: bit.ly/2qNZvwd
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We look back at some of the most defining furniture concepts launched under the late Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad: bit.ly/2GwDgSP
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Leeds United has confirmed it will reopen consultation on its new crest after it received widespread criticism from fans: bit.ly/2DFNqlq
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Following Oxford University Press Education’s rebrand by Baxter and Bailey, we ask designers about their favourite examples of educational design: bit.ly/2Dqfiqt
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From the archive: Consultancy SomeOne has worked on the typographic identity for the spy museum: bit.ly/2gCzbkk
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Snask has created the identity for Swedish retailer Axfood’s #Mat2030 campaign, which is encouraging a more sustainable food industry: bit.ly/2DrMLAz
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Is university really the only option? Designer Ben Tallon asks whether short courses could be just as valuable bit.ly/2xitFK3
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