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FutureBrand London's Polly Hopkins wonders if this week's Walmart reactions stem from a misunderstanding of the power of a brand refresh. 👇🏻 for the article

As the healthy snack market soars, visual boundaries blur. Designers are borrowing visual language associated with traditional crisps and snacks to punch up the new healthy brands. What do you think? Is it a case that ultimately, a snack is a snack? Link in comments.

Well that's embarrasing. We gave ourselves a full break for Xmas but our cartoonist @DT_comic still sent in their submission and we missed it! But it's now online! See it on our home page at designweek.co.uk/

25 for 2025 - we asked twenty five designers and design leaders for one big idea each for the coming year. They're all here and there are some cracking thoughts. What's your big idea for 2025? designweek.co.uk/category/25…

An interesting event coming up on the Isle of Man from Easter 2025 - an exhibition on the work and life of Archibold Knox, and important part of the UK's Arts and Crafts and Celtic Revival movements: youtube.com/watch?v=CIT0QIxu…

DESIGN THINKING!'s cartoon on Design Week is very appropriate given the Jaguar story! See the rest of the strip, and our archive, over at: designweek.co.uk/cartoons-ar…

Called it on the direction Jaguar are taking. This was just posted on the @Jaguar Instagram. Bold and new. We're fascinated to see the rest.

The Fence (evidently 'The UK's Only Magazine') has relaunched with an avant-garde new style brought to you by designer Stef Michelet working with @Standfirst - check it out! the-fence.com/

The weekly newsletter is going out now, and it's a banger! Keep an eye on your mailbox, especially if it tends to end up in the promotions/other section!

In terms of our followers, definitely more Argh. Over on the other similar social network, much more Argh. It's an interesting difference.

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We are delighted that our new site is now live, nine months after it looked like we were done. Come on in, have a look around, and help us build our new era together.

Guess who's back? 👀 on the new site coming next month. We have a tonne of ideas, but what do you miss? What do you want to see more of? Which areas of the design world are under-explored right now?

Diving back into our archives to our March 1990 print edition. Jane Lewis explored how design firms creatively promoted their services with unique mail-outs — think knotted handkerchiefs and boxed chocolates. designweek.co.uk/from-the-ar…

On first scan this book looks very interesting. Straight Forward, by Patrick Ely and Alan Stevenson is about wayfinding and strategy around it. We look forward to giving it a full review in due course. You can buy it here: placepress.com/shop/straight…

Took a car for a test drive. I may have accidentally left a little advert for the next owner to find in the Sketch app.

With a thought for the rise of the far right in the European elections over the weekend, this poster he was involved with struck us as being highly appropriate today.

This is fun. "The world's first mega-ligature, mono-space, multi-color shape font is a real game-changer." otherwherecollective.com/pol…

Design across five decades: from the editors who brought you Design Week bit.ly/3O4haLS