ChakraView at the London Design Biennale at Somerset House. Circular forms, traditional textiles and ancient mythology weave together a sense of modern India in Chakraview. "India's utopias articulate the intersections between ancient myth and modern design", says curator Rajshree Pathy. "Like the seven chakras, our visions of utopia are simultaneously spiritual and progressive." Pathy wanted mythology to work in dialogue with contemporary design developments;...

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I hate to say this, but Vote Leave has the better logo hands down. If graphic design had any part to play in this referendum, then this was it. The Vote Leave Logo: Bold, honest and brutally simple. The ballot icon. The unpretentious font. Red. The colour of revolution, blood, thirst and action. In my previous posts, I wrote about Posters of Protest....

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The last of the summer Sundays. I thought of making the most by walking down the Southbank Promenade. The Bankside Design District of the London Design Festival, an added incentive at the OXO Tower and Bargehouse.  But the highlight of the day was this brilliant installation that stopped me on my tracks. And it wasn't part of the Design Festival but part of the 'Totally Thames...

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