Euro Banknotes Redesigns Explore Europe’s Identity
Ten designs, one currency, a continent deciding how it wants to see itself. Whether it’s Maria Callas or a kingfisher on the note, Euro banknotes are about to get a lot more personal.
Decoy Font: The Typeface Designed to Outwit AI to Keep Your Words Human-Only
Built on optical illusion science, Decoy Font lets designers hide messages from prying AI algorithms, one blurred letterform at a time.
Pictograms: How Japanese Design Shaped a Universal Visual Language
At Japan House London, a new exhibition celebrates the global impact of pictograms, those clever little icons we see everywhere, from street signs to smartphone screens, with a special focus on Japanese design.
Paris Olympic Medals feature iron from the Tour Eiffel
LVMH French jeweller Chaumet designed the Paris Olympic Medals like a piece of high jewellery inspired by three themes: hexagon, radiance, and setting.
Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games through the design lens
An Olympic torch inspired by the River Seine and medals studded with original pieces from the Eiffel Tower. Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games are imbued with design!
9 of the most iconic and inclusive Pride flags explained
It’s Pride month! We look into the graphic design of 9 Pride flags celebrating the open-minded and inclusive fluid diversity of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual – LGBT – community and beyond.
Marcus Byrne creates graffiti architectures with Artificial Intelligence
Marcus Byrne’s graffiti architectures capture the beauty in the decay with the art project When life imitates art. Through AI, the Australia-based Irish graphic designer, digital artist, and visual storyteller celebrates the spray can as a democratic tool for freedom of expression.
Artists and designers support the Iranian women’s protest for freedom of expression
A queen of spade cutting her hair locks and a giant billboard in Piccadilly Circus, creatives from around the world join the protest in support of the Iranian women’s freedom cause.
Iñaki Aliste Lizarralde hand-draws iconic TV series’ floor plans
From Carrie Bradshaw’s NYC studio to MadMen’s apartment and The Simpson’s house, Iñaki Aliste Lizarralde designs some of the most famous TV series’ floor plans.
Archifont: Federico Babina translates the language of 20-century architects into ‘typescapes’
Tell me how you read me, and I’ll tell you who I am. This is the motto behind the Archifont graphic design series by Federico Babina.
Mana Sazegara unveils vibrant furniture design collections in New York City
Architectural benches, multi-dimensional mirrors, modular stools and pop rugs. Mana Sazegara presents two brand-new design collections playing with geometry and colour.
2021 Best Graphic Design: from printed fireworks to Tokyo Olympics
Harry Potter’s architectural book covers and free-to-download posters supporting people in lockdown feature in our 2021 Best Graphic Design round-up.
Affiches Artifices by Pinaffo-Pluvinage is the first collection of printed fireworks
Affiches Artifices is a series of 10 posters to be ignited. Each poster is a little spectacle printed on paper, combining several pyrotechnic powders.
The best design and architecture of 2020 Tokyo Olympics is on Pinterest!
We have created a Pinterest board rounding up what we liked the most at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Check it out!
LET’S GO, BBC Tokyo Olympics Trail magically reimagines the vibrant host city
LET’S GO, BBC Tokyo Olympics trail by Nexus Studios and Factory Fifteen pays homage to the Japanese capital blending pop culture with sport.
Michele de Lucchi reinterprets Harry Potter’s architecture
AMDL Circle rethinks Hogwarts, the Azkaban Prison, and other imaginary buildings in the Harry Potter saga with archetypical architectures.
AMOR FATI: Elena Salmistraro depicts Cappellini’s world through the lens of philosophy
Cappellini unveils its 2021 furniture designs within the AMOR FATI dreamlike display by Elena Salmistraro.
Goodbye Donald! A Trumpian architecture and design round-up
As Joe Biden becomes the 46th President of the United States, we look into Trump’s controversial legacy. Goodbye Donald!
99designs reveals 11 graphic design trends for 2021
From abstract psychedelia to socially conscious messages, and Retro Futurism. 99designs platform highlights 11 graphic design trends ‘grounded in the here and now’ that will be huge in 2021.
US 2020 elections results according to illustrators
Messages of kindness and togetherness as well as graphic #TrumpOut spites. On Instagram and in American newspapers illustrators react to US 2020 elections results.
Nvard Yerkanian illustrates Armenian Soviet Brutalist architecture
Graphic designer Nvard Yerkanian portrays undervalued and endangered Armenian Soviet buildings to build up architectural awareness in the country. “There is a raising interest on Socialist and Brutalist architecture, and we have quite a few of them in Armenia.” Let’s not forget what what we’ve been through, says the architect and illustrator to Archipanic.
Memphis Group-inspired EBBA chair allows to mix and match graphic lines and colours
Thai design studios KAOI and THINKK translated Ettore Sottsass’ bold design into the playful EBBA chair which can be composed according the user’s personal taste.
Tokyo Olympics’ design: up-cycled medals and retro-style pictograms
Tokyo Olympics’ design: medals made from discarded smartphones, torches upcycling temporary constructions in the wake of the Fukushima calamity and pictograms inspired by the icons firstly introduced for Tokyo 1964 Games.
SACRED SPACES: André Chiote translates contemporary religious architectures into graphic illustrations
With the ‘Sacred Space’ series of graphic posters the Portuguese architect and illustrator pays tribute to Oscar Niemeyer, Alvaro Aalto and Frank Lloyd Wright’s holiest achievements.
Peeta paints large-scale optical illusions blending street art and architecture
“Unexpectedly, from my experience, the strongest street art lovers are generally older people who find a new way to live their city evaluating its aesthetics and social potentials, while younger generations harness art from Social Media,” says to Archipanic Italian street artist Peeta.
Graphic designers ‘pimp’ global brands’ logos with a Big Bauhaus makeover
Graphic designers respond to 99designs’ call to reinterpret famed logos with a Bauhaus makeover. Rounded typography, bold shapes and primary colours take over Apple, Netflix, Adidas, Starbucks and more…
The Moscow Metro Architecture & Design Map by Blue Crow Media highlights the busy underground marvels of the Russian capital
In Moscow, architecture lovers can explore the city’s different styles without walking up to the streets. The new Moscow Metro Architecture & Design Map guides visitors through some of the most stunning stations such as the baroque-esque Komsomolskaya the Avantgarde Krasnye Vorota and the futuristic Fonzinskaya.
7 designs and architectures advocating for LGBT equality
193 bulletproof rainbow flags shielding from violence, New York’s LGBT Memorial, the Type With Pride friendly font and more… 7 inclusive and anti-discrimination projects supporting the LGBT community.
Memphis-inspired mural by Camille Walala in New York
Camille Walala permanently reinvented the façade of a seven-storey historic building in Brooklyn with a Memphis-inspired mural for Wanted Design. The designer created also a interactive and playful installation composed of magnetic textiles.
Hash2Hash installation by panGenerator reflects on selfie compulsory rituals
panGenerator’s Hash2Hash ephemeral installation turns selfies into gravel to enhance our compulsory attitude to create images even if, eventually, everything saved will be lost and we’ll all turn into ashes.