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The 2nd edition Sign Design Guide will be published soon
Many of you will be familiar with the Sign Design Guide . It is firmly established as an authoritative guide to designing signs inclusively. The Guide is now over 20 years old, and while still doing an excellent job, we thought it Read More…
Whybrow Pedrola becomes Whybrow Studio
As of mid June 2023, Whybrow Pedrola is renamed Whybrow Studio, now that they’ve fully embraced the move to Margate on the north Kent coast. The Whybrow Pedrola studio opened in Margate when the pandemic hit in 2020. It was a positive Read More…
Endpoint’s wayfinding solution of the National Museum of Norway wins gold at 2023 Viseult Awards
Congratulations to Endpoint whose wayfinding work for the iconic National Museum of Norway recently won gold at the 2023 Visuelt Awards ceremony, held on 11 May in Oslo. Statsbygg – the Norwegian Directorate of Public Construction and Property – appointed Endpoint to Read More…
Reader’s corner book of the month: June 2023
Featuring publications of relevance to our industry, including those cited in SDS e-newsletter lead articles and suggested additional reading, we’ve recently relaunched the SDS Reader’s Corner book of the month page. Each month we will showcase a suggested read that relates to Read More…
Making Borough Yards happen: the SDS twilight tour
On 23 March, the SDS held their first in-person event of 2023. Wesley Meyer and Jamie Trippier of f.r.a. gave a tour of their work on Borough Yards in south London. It was a dark and stormy night … no, it really Read More…
Teaching information design to undergraduates, a Peruvian perspective
How could information design help to improve people’s quality of life? That was the starting point from which I decided to shape an elective course for graphic design students at the Faculty of Art and Design at PUCP (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Read More…
f.r.a. tops up its awards count!
SDS member, f.r.a. has boosted its bulging trophy cabinet with yet another prestigious award for their work on Borough Yards, a new dining, shopping, workplace, and cultural destination in the medieval heart of London’s Southwark. On 22 March they picked up the Read More…
Astra Group unveils new company structure
SDS member Astra Group is a leading full-service provider of traditional and digital signage solutions. The business has recently unveiled a new group structure as it eyes continued growth. The news follows the 2022 unveiling of the Manchester-headquartered business’s new group identity Read More…
The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design wins funding to explore how neurodivergent people experience streets
The Rees Jeffreys Road Fund has awarded The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design Royal College of Art a grant to explore how neuro-divergent people experience streets. Streets are public places that belong to everyone. They not only help us to get around, but Read More…
Did you see them? TFL’s iconic roundels transformed Oxford Circus Underground station exits to celebrate the launch of Sony’s PS5
A short-term promotional stunt by Sony Interactive Entertainment to celebrate the launch of their PS5 console on 19 November 2020, saw some TFL Underground stations transformed for just 48 hours. Those of you who had reason to be travelling on TFL Underground Read More…