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Delve into the work of three artists and designers who took part in the @AdobeStock Remix Live event, using their skills and stock imagery to create surreal and otherworldly work: bit.ly/2OosOQz #sponsored #AdobeStockRemix
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The Design Museum has removed over 30 artists’ work from its main exhibition at their request, after they expressed dismay at the organisation for hosting a private event by an arms company bit.ly/2KCDf0n
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English Heritage has launched the campaign as part of a £3.6 million project to save the world’s first iron bridge, featuring a new linocut print from designer Paul Catherall bit.ly/2msOIJl
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A series of commemorative banknotes celebrating the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s birth have been released in South Africa, which look to show “the journey of a nation as of the man” bit.ly/2niw0By
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You’ve spoken to us and told us that you want to know how to do your job better, so we’re providing a suite of new training courses to help you do just that. Find out more about Design Week’s new training courses here: bit.ly/2LLLrkf
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Designwerk has created the branding for the European Championships 2018, a new multi-disciplinary sports event covering athletics, swimming, gymnastics, cycling, rowing, triathlon and golf bit.ly/2vP2SpA
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Great advice on designing exhibitions from Pippa Nissen and curators including Victoria Broackes from the Victoria and Albert Museum: bit.ly/2oXbPfJ
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Jon Daniel caught up with Samuel Mensah, who after cutting his teeth in both branding and advertising has set up the organisation Youth Worldwide, which aims to help young creatives get their ideas off the ground: bit.ly/2bsoai3
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From the archive: Consultancy GBH has designed a series of stamps, which feature 10 of the most famous public buildings from the last two decades, including Zaha Hadid’s London Aquatics Centre bit.ly/2vcOjuF
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From the archive: We ask designers to tell us about when they’ve consciously chosen shades to evoke certain emotions: bit.ly/2sJQMzm
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Burberry has revealed a new monogram, designed by Peter Saville, using the initials of company founder Thomas Burberry as the basis bit.ly/2LXrLKj
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Microsoft is due to launch its Xbox controller specifically designed for those with disabilities and reduced mobility later this year – and now, has redesigned its packaging so that it can be opened as simply as possible bit.ly/2M3BLB6
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As Firefox branches out into new apps and services, Mozilla gives it a rebrand with two possible identity designs and asks for public feedback - which do you prefer? bit.ly/2AL64Il
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From the archive: The obsessive and at times ridiculous tendencies of designers is the subject of a new book from Alan Long, which is aptly called How to Live with a Designer Without Killing Them bit.ly/2AzE2eL
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The Design Week Top 100 is a ranking of the UK’s most successful design businesses and you can be part of it by entering today. Take the survey here: bit.ly/2vwQcU7
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From the archive: John Gilroy was a 20th century British artist best known for his comical and colourful advertising campaigns for Guinness bit.ly/2AZUBA3
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Ustwo has designed an augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (AI)-powered app to help kids and parents allay any fears they might have when a child is staying in hospital bit.ly/2AqeArK
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Design concepts have been released for an HS2 viaduct, which will traverse wetlands and woodlands in North London used for recreation by different community groups bit.ly/2DqtAaB
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From the archive: Monotype has launched an app that lets people take photos of things in the world around them and identify the typefaces being used bit.ly/2zFTt86
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Japanese car manufacturer Mazda has faced some tough decisions on the direction of its future in recent years and opted to try and design its way out of trouble bit.ly/2ypbaV5
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