Beazley Designs of the Year @ The Design Museum

Now in its 10th year, the Beazley Designs of the Year exhibition presents a carefully curated selection of the year’s best designs spanning six categories: architecture, digital, fashion, graphics, product and transport. The show comprises a shortlist, of which category winners and one overall winner will be chosen and revealed in January.

Can Graphic Design Save Your Life?

Cancerfonden, Kalle Mattsson, Sweden, 2016

“Graphic Design in and of itself isn’t that interesting,” says Rebecca Wright, Programme Director of Graphic Communication Design at Central Saint Martins, “what is interesting is what it does in relation to the subject that it’s serving. It is a service industry for the public and it comes to life in that context.” Wright is responsible for co-curating 'Can Graphic Design Save Your Life?' which is currently on show at the Wellcome Collection. The exhibition explores the impact of graphic design in health and pharmaceuticals as companies seek to educate, save lives, or simply sell products. I have visited this exhibition a number of times since it's opening, and have found that, critically, the display also explores the ways in which we as designers, can educate, promote, provoke and empower the public. 

To Death With A Smile

In their international poster competition, Mumedi (the Mexican Museum of Design), calls designers, students, teachers, professionals and anyone interested in the subject to participate in responding to the brief "To Death with a Smile". The brief is about death, about how we deal with it and how we celebrate or fear it around the world. The theme is very unusual and is something quite challenging to communicate. We had just under 2 weeks to conceptualise and create our response to this theme. 

Creative Politics Event

On Tuesday 3rd October I attended the 'Creative Politics' event held by the Young Creative Council and hosted by Edelman PR. The event comprised of various speakers from the world of advertising, design and political strategy who came to give an insight into the world of politics. It’s been a particularly heated time for politics in the UK and abroad, so it felt particularly relevant to take a look at the work that has emerged from this time of rapid change and uncertainty.