Beijing Design Week 2014: design studio Lava has created a set of symbols that take elements from both Chinese characters and Western graphics in the hope that they will be understood by people from both cultures (+ slideshow). More
Italian illustrator Federico Babina has spliced 25 world-famous paintings, from artists including Picasso, Mondrian and Dalí, with buildings by the 20th century's most prolific architects. More
New York artist and designer Moritz Resl has compiled a new "ghostly" typeface by overlaying each letter of the alphabet from over 900 existing font families (+ slideshow). More
Graphic design studio GrandArmy has overhauled the signage and packaging for the United States Postal Service in the "largest retail rebrand project in American history" (+ slideshow). More
News: Milton Glaser, the graphic designer behind the ubiquitous I heart NY logo, has launched a campaign to raise awareness of climate change. More
News: Airbnb has come under fire from designers for the similarity between its new logo and existing branding for other companies, while social media users have been quick to draw comparisons with human genitalia. More
News: London branding agency DesignStudio has created a new identity for home-rental website Airbnb, including a logo "that can be drawn by anyone". More
Iconic buildings, from Pierre Chareau's Maison de Verre to Zaha Hadid's Glasgow Riverside Museum, have been transformed into classic movie posters in the latest series by Italian illustrator Federico Babina. More
The creators of activity tracking app Human have visualised the routes taken by its users to create moving maps that show the world's cities throughout the day (+ movie). More
Dezeen Music Project: this colourful music video by director Kate Moross for UK band Wild Beasts is overlaid with trippy 90s-style graphics. More
The Dutch team will take to the field for the second World Cup 2014 semi-final match today in a Nike kit featuring a bespoke typeface by graphic design legend Wim Crouwel. More
Dutch studio Scholten & Baijings has created a collection of interior fabrics for New York textiles brand Maharam with a pattern large enough to upholster an entire sofa without repetition. More
Dezeen Music Project: a father takes an epic train ride to reach his daughter in this stop-motion music video by animator Simon Roberts for emerging UK band Flight Brigade. More
Claw marks slash these wine bottle labels designed by Spanish agency Franziska Studio to represent the degree to which the strong body of the contents "scratches" the throat. More
Stadiums currently hosting football matches for the FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil are captured in these graphic posters by Portuguese illustrator André Chiote. More
The latest poster series from Italian architect and illustrator Federico Babina takes 27 popular songs, from the likes of David Bowie, Amy Winehouse, Elvis Presley and Mozart, and transforms them into cartoon buildings. More
Dezeen Music Project: animator Daniela Sherer tells a Western-style tale through flowing graphics in this music video for British songwriter Tom Rosenthal. More
Swedish studio Form Us With Love has moved into graphic design, creating a collection of prints depicting extreme objects from nature illustrated at 1:1 scale in ballpoint pen. More
Icelandic graphic designer María Rut Dýrfjörð's Hidden World pattern collection references the work of the country's former state architect Guðjón Samúelsson. More
Dezeen Music Project: an animated unicorn and various other characters shimmy and shake along to Basement Jaxx's latest track in this music video by director Tomek Ducki. More