https://abbeybamford29.journoportfolio.comRSS Feed for Abbey BamfordenMon, 13 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0100https://www.designweek.co.uk/the-mean-tomato-brand/Designer and lettering artist Alec Tear has collaborated with studio Kuba & Friends to create an unconventional new pizza brand for US delivery service Gopuff. The Mean Tomato, a food company which sells New York-style pizza and will be delivered by Gopuff, has been designed to stand out in a crowded market. Tear led the project creatively while Kuba & Friends founder Kuba Wieczorek managed it, working closely with the team at Gopuff. Tear also enlisted a team of independent collaborators to hMon, 13 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0100https://www.designweek.co.uk/the-mean-tomato-brand/https://www.designweek.co.uk/the-mean-tomato-brand/Designer and lettering artist Alec Tear has collaborated with studio Kuba & Friends to create an unconventional new pizza brand for US delivery service Gopuff. The Mean Tomato, a food company which sells New York-style pizza and will be delivered by Gopuff, has been designed to stand out in a crowded market. Tear led the project creatively while Kuba & Friends founder Kuba Wieczorek managed it, working closely with the team at Gopuff. Tear also enlisted a team of independent collaborators to hMon, 13 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0100https://www.designweek.co.uk/the-mean-tomato-brand/https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/7-13-june-2022/mother-design-e1-brand/Mother Design has crafted the new branding for E1 sports entertainment series, as it makes its debut at the Venice Boat Show ahead of the 2023 inaugural racing season. The ambition for the design work was to create a “futuristic, fluid and electrifying” new look while keeping in line with the brand’s sustainability goals, according to the design team. E1 is an electric boat racing series founded in 2020 during the first wave of lockdowns, which makes it relatively new compared to other sports.Fri, 10 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0100https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/7-13-june-2022/mother-design-e1-brand/https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/7-13-june-2022/tropic-skincare-typeface/Tropic Skincare has introduced a new dyslexic-reader-friendly typeface across its branding after discovering that customers were experiencing difficulties reading its website and communications. Lewis Moberly, which has a longstanding relationship with the brand, was tasked with designing a new typeface without drastically changing the well-established identity. The studio’s creative director Emily Fox says, “We were given the brief of designing Tropic their own bespoke typeface that was goingThu, 09 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0100https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/7-13-june-2022/tropic-skincare-typeface/https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/7-13-june-2022/aura-ivf-app/London-based studio Special Projects has collaborated with start-up Aura Fertility to create a new femtech app which aims to improve the IVF experience. Aura is a support platform that aims to offer personal care to people going through IVF. Special Projects, which specialises in user centred design, conducted interviews with IVF patients in attempt to understand their challenges, implementing its findings into the brand strategy. The studio’s co-founder and creative director Clara Gaggero WesWed, 08 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0100https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/7-13-june-2022/aura-ivf-app/https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/7-13-june-2022/manual-washing-machine/A manual washing machine, designed to help refugees and communities without access to power, has found a new audience during the cost of living crisis. Nav Sawhney and his team founded the Washing Machine Project in 2018, with refugees and those living in homes without electricity in mind. The aim was to create a machine that cut washing cycle times in half and reduce effort of operation. Sawhney explains how the original idea was influenced by observations formed throughout his early professiTue, 07 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0100https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/7-13-june-2022/manual-washing-machine/https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/6-12-june/2022-graduate-show-guide/After two years of online-only events, ARU’s annual degree show is returning in person as The Secret Showcase from 9-19 June. The exhibition will showcase the work of final year students from the faculties of Art, Humanities, and Social Sciences in the Ruskin Gallery and across ARU’s Cambridge campus. This year Brighton University will hold three in-person grad shows: the undergraduate exhibition from 2-12 June; the Architecture and Design end of year show from 17-19 June; and the MA show from Mon, 06 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0100https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/6-12-june/2022-graduate-show-guide/https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/30-may-6-june-2022/oku-branding/DutchScot studio has designed the brand identity for Oku with a pattern inspired by art techniques local to Rwanda. Oku is a new venture which pairs African entrepreneurs with Swiss expertise to facilitate mentorships, experience and networking opportunities. Its programme aims to enable tech-savvy African entrepreneurs to accelerate their future businesses. The studio attempt to incorporate Oku’s dual heritage – it is based in both Rwanda and Zurich – into the branding. This connection is firWed, 01 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0100https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/30-may-6-june-2022/oku-branding/https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/30-may-6-june-2022/cnet-rebrand/Design studio Collins has worked with media website CNET on a complete brand refresh, including a redesign of the news website. The transformation was prompted by CNET’s decision to extend its subject area beyond tech news. Now covering topics such as money, home, wellness, culture, cars and climate, CNET is hoping to “drive a more broad and meaningful conversation”, says Collins creative director Tom Elia. According to the studio, the brief was influenced by this change and the rebrand aims tTue, 31 May 2022 00:00:00 +0100https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/30-may-6-june-2022/cnet-rebrand/https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/30-may-5-june-2022/design-picks-june/The annual Birmingham Design Festival will take over the city centre for three days this month, with the theme of freedom at its heart. There will be 60 free talks to attend, followed by three evening events, plus a wide selection of workshops. The line-up, which includes 80 speakers from the graphic, digital, product, and illustration sectors, is all part of the festival team’s pledge to “connect designers to people that matter”. BDF Directors Luke Tonge and Dan Alcorn say, “We can’t wait to wMon, 30 May 2022 00:00:00 +0100https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/30-may-5-june-2022/design-picks-june/https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/23-29-may-2022/diversity-versus-inclusivity-do-we-understand-the-differences/“Designing for diversity can be counterintuitively a bit of an exclusive process because you’re looking to speak to a certain demographic. Inclusivity however is when you seek to speak to everyone. It’s like on GOV.UK – their design thinking has to cater to everyone,” says Sēon Creative founder and director Sarah Malik. Malik is speaking on a panel at Clerkenwell Design Week and is joined by interior designer, lecturer and mentor Simon Hamilton, barrister and diversity and inclusion consultant,Fri, 27 May 2022 00:00:00 +0100https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/23-29-may-2022/diversity-versus-inclusivity-do-we-understand-the-differences/https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/23-29-may-2022/border-biscuits-rebrand/B&B studio has rebranded Border Biscuits, with a new look that seeks to emphasise accessibility and the brand’s family values. The rebrand, which Border Biscuits says is the biggest move in its 38-year history, coincides with the launch of a new chocolate-covered range. The design elements will be rolled out across all products and ranges. Accessibility and clarity are key elements of the rebrand, which can be seen in an updated bolder logotype, according to the studio. B&B adds that the underWed, 25 May 2022 00:00:00 +0100https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/23-29-may-2022/border-biscuits-rebrand/https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/23-29-may-2022/design-bridge-helps-rhs-reposition-around-growth/Design Bridge has partnered with gardening charity, the RHS, to coincide with the opening of its flagships event The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, which opens today. As part of the rebrand the wordmark has been rationalised and is now written as RHS, rather that Royal Horticultural Society. It forms part of the new identity inspired by the theme: the limitless wonder of growth, which looks to bring consistency across the brand. The pro bono rebrand aims to widen its inclusivity and appeal to peopleTue, 24 May 2022 00:00:00 +0100https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/23-29-may-2022/design-bridge-helps-rhs-reposition-around-growth/https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/23-29-may-2022/interior-picks/DesignLSM has redesigned Manchester bar The Alchemist, centring the new décor around the search for the elixir of life and the origins of the universe. The intertwining patterns of orbital planet pathways are echoed in the interiors of the new space. The bar itself – which seeks to highlight the relationship between light and dark – features contrasting rich-coloured base metals paired with deep blue tiles, framed by two oversized bar lamps. The lighting has been crafted to fit the planetary nTue, 24 May 2022 00:00:00 +0100https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/23-29-may-2022/interior-picks/https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/16-22-may-2022/16-21-may-2022-intermission-brand-calls-time-on-unsustainable-coffee/Fieldwork Facility has looked to design a coffee shop with a conscience for Intermission, by focusing its brand on people and the planet. Using time as a central theme, anyone who comes into contact with the brand is encouraged to pause for a moment of reflection and consider the journey of the coffee and the importance of sustainable trade, according to the studio. This applies to the customers who buy the coffee as well as the farmers who pick it and the baristas who serve it. “It can takeFri, 20 May 2022 00:00:00 +0100https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/16-22-may-2022/16-21-may-2022-intermission-brand-calls-time-on-unsustainable-coffee/https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/16-22-may-2022/arc-branding-dnco/Dn&co has branded Advanced Research Clusters (ARC), a real estate network which aims to group together companies working across the science and innovation sectors. ARC provides a variety of spaces for companies, from coworking offices to open-access R&D labs, in cities like Oxford and London. Dn&co has worked on brand strategy, naming and ARC’s visual identity. The design team was inspired by ARC’s cluster networks, incorporating what it calls a “cluster effect” into the branding. “When you tThu, 19 May 2022 00:00:00 +0100https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/16-22-may-2022/arc-branding-dnco/https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/20048886.surbiton-charity-helps-british-ukrainian-woman-deliver-medical-supplies/A charity in Surbiton loaned its van to a British-Ukranian woman to help her get urgent medical supplies to the frontline in Ukraine. After a van hire mix-up, Olga Proto had no vehicle to drive boxes of supplies for Ukraine from Cheam to a collection point in Dover. She got in touch with the Save The World charity in Surbiton, and the charity leaders then insured her on their van. Thanks to charity secretary and trustee Tariq Shabbeer, Olga was able to get the life-saving resources, includingWed, 06 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0100https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/20048886.surbiton-charity-helps-british-ukrainian-woman-deliver-medical-supplies/https://kingstoncourier.co.uk/progress-is-possible-the-fight-against-ovarian-cancer-continues/In 2014, Pauline Corry, then 67, started to experience severe pain and bloating in her abdomen. For three months she was sent backwards and forwards between two GPs who told her she had a blockage in her bowel, sending her home with little in the way of a solution. “It got to the point where I looked six months pregnant,” she said. “I wasn’t really eating and I just felt absolutely awful and I was collapsing from the pain.” It was on April 13, Corry’s 68th birthday, that her husband insisted tThu, 24 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://kingstoncourier.co.uk/progress-is-possible-the-fight-against-ovarian-cancer-continues/https://kingstoncourier.co.uk/kingston-going-carbon-neutral-by-2038-according-to-new-climate-action-plan/Kingston is set to go carbon neutral by 2038 according to the new Climate Action Plan. On 10 March the Place Committee approved the updated plans to help the borough move towards its green goal. It aims to deliver safer streets, warmer homes, new jobs and improved air quality. Portfolio holder for environment and sustainable transport councillor Stephanie Archer said: “Climate change is the biggest threat that faces us and our planet and I am proud that we are publishing our ambitious Climate Fri, 18 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://kingstoncourier.co.uk/kingston-going-carbon-neutral-by-2038-according-to-new-climate-action-plan/https://kingstoncourier.co.uk/months-of-misery-ahead-for-london-commuters-as-tfl-strikes-continue/The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) has confirmed that planned overnight strikes on the Central and Victoria tube lines will last for three months. The RMT is one of Britain’s fastest-growing trade unions and covers the transport sector. Following a dispute between the union and London Underground management about rota changes, night Tube drivers will walk out between 8:30 pm and 4:29 am every Friday and Saturday until Sunday 19 June 2022. RMT general secretary MicThu, 17 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://kingstoncourier.co.uk/months-of-misery-ahead-for-london-commuters-as-tfl-strikes-continue/https://www.kindredmagazine.co.uk/post/why-the-phrase-not-all-men-should-be-bannedI used to live in relative comfort thinking that the people I choose to interact with hold similar opinions to me on the things that matter. You know, things like where the best restaurants are, favourite film genres, cat person or dog person, women’s rights. Then everything changed. I was sitting among colleagues discussing the hardships that women endured in their quest to get the vote when a man who I’d seen and spoke to regularly for the previous four months chipped in. ‘But all men didn’t Wed, 16 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.kindredmagazine.co.uk/post/why-the-phrase-not-all-men-should-be-bannedhttps://kingstoncourier.co.uk/kingston-international-film-festival-coming-this-summer/Kingston International Film Festival (KIFF) will light up the borough from 24-26 June this year with culture and tourism. Backed by huge industry names like Dame Vanessa Redgrave, one of the few performers to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting, and BAFTA-award-winning Mike Newell, the festival is sure to be a success. The borough was the home of the first-ever moving image, created in 1871 by Eadweard Muybridge, and it will now act as a vessel for innovation with the coming of this new creativMon, 14 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://kingstoncourier.co.uk/kingston-international-film-festival-coming-this-summer/https://kingstoncourier.co.uk/kingston-hospital-triumphs-in-maternity-survey-2021-in-spite-of-pandemic/Kingston Hospital’s maternity ward has triumphed in the Maternity Survey 2021, ranking best out of eighteen London health trusts for antenatal care, labour and birth and postnatal care. In total, the NHS surveyed 242 women who had a live birth in Kingston Hospital between 1 and 28 February 2021. Kingston Hospital’s chief nurse Nic Kane said: “I am proud of the outstanding care that my colleagues deliver on a daily basis to the women of Southwest London and their families, and I would like to tWed, 09 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://kingstoncourier.co.uk/kingston-hospital-triumphs-in-maternity-survey-2021-in-spite-of-pandemic/https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/insulate-britain-activist-jailed-blocking-23271294It is four days since Tim Speers, 36, got out of prison when I speak to him. The Insulate Britain activist spent two months inside for blocking the M25 as part of what he sees as a life-or-death battle – to save the planet. If prison is designed to reform, it has failed with Speers. He emerged from jail unrepentant and utterly convinced of his cause and tactics, which saw the M25 or its slip roads blocked at Godstone and close to Heathrow as well as a roundabout in Woking. READ MORE: Surrey PThu, 03 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/insulate-britain-activist-jailed-blocking-23271294https://darlingmagazine.co.uk/feature/mary-portas-and-the-kindness-economy/Our spring Inspiring Woman is Mary Portas. She’s perhaps best known as the straight-talking retail consultant. She made British high street businesses take stock and shape up in her TV series Mary Queen of Shops. Others too like What Britain Bought and Mary Portas: Secret Shopper. She is a self-made woman whose career in retail started by chance at John Lewis. She had to start working to support herself and her younger brother. In her early life, Mary made many sacrifices and even turned down a Tue, 01 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://darlingmagazine.co.uk/feature/mary-portas-and-the-kindness-economy/https://kingstoncourier.co.uk/kingston-hit-by-storm-eunice/Kingston was battered by Storm Eunice on Friday with winds of up to 70 miles an hour causing disruption to travel and uprooting a large tree that crashed into a residential street in Teddington. The Met Office issued a Red Weather Warning throughout the southwest of the country, which took the brunt of the storm, as well as central and southeast London. Residents said a large tree had fallen at around 11am and was blocking Teddington Park Road A309, which is on the Kingston bus route. Travel Fri, 18 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://kingstoncourier.co.uk/kingston-hit-by-storm-eunice/https://issuu.com/kingstoncourier/docs/impact_digital_pdfBrought to you by the Kingston Courier, impact. considers how the pandemic changed everything. Speaking to community leaders from Kingston and beyond,...Sat, 12 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://issuu.com/kingstoncourier/docs/impact_digital_pdfhttps://darlingmagazine.co.uk/feature/10-budget-friendly-things-to-do-in-london-this-winter/January has finally come around after a long and expensive festive season, but don’t let the winter blues get you down. Christmas and New Year’s celebrations have ended, but the fun doesn’t have to! Are you looking for fun things to do on a budget? Here’s a list of 10 things that you could do in London that won’t break the bank. Where? Venues include Curzon Soho, BFI South Bank, ICA, Four Corners, The Rio Cinema, Rich Mix and Peckham Levels. Back for its 19th year, London Short Film Festival iTue, 11 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://darlingmagazine.co.uk/feature/10-budget-friendly-things-to-do-in-london-this-winter/https://darlingmagazine.co.uk/feature/10-budget-friendly-things-to-do-in-london-this-winter/January has finally come around after a long and expensive festive season, but don’t let the winter blues get you down. Christmas and New Year’s celebrations have ended, but the fun doesn’t have to! Are you looking for fun things to do on a budget? Here’s a list of 10 things that you could do in London that won’t break the bank. Where? Venues include Curzon Soho, BFI South Bank, ICA, Four Corners, The Rio Cinema, Rich Mix and Peckham Levels. Back for its 19th year, London Short Film Festival iTue, 11 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://darlingmagazine.co.uk/feature/10-budget-friendly-things-to-do-in-london-this-winter/https://kingstoncourier.co.uk/how-you-can-give-back-to-the-kingston-community-this-christmas/During the festive season, it’s easy to forget about community charity and just focus on your own family, but a lot of people don’t have a great support system around them. Not everyone has the privilege of waking up in a warm bed and opening gifts with family. Last year, Crisis UK estimated that over 9,000 people would wake up on Christmas Day in tents, cars, trains and buses as a result of the UK’s homelessness crisis. A survey for families on Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit found 37 peSat, 18 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://kingstoncourier.co.uk/how-you-can-give-back-to-the-kingston-community-this-christmas/