McDonald's unveils graphic packaging to reflect brand's "playful point-of-view"
Branding agency Pearlfisher has redesigned the packaging at fast-food chain McDonald's to incorporate illustrations of the restaurant's classic menu items. More
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Life Support is a digital tool to help users cope with death
Creative consultancy The Liminal Space has designed Life Support, a mobile-first website designed to help people deal with death using their smartphones. More
Wide Eye creates "dynamic and architectural" White House logo
Creative agency Wide Eye has redesigned the White House logo to symbolise US president Joe Biden's "desire to bring the country together" after Donald Trump. More
Denise Scott Brown's life turned into manga comic
The non-profit Vilcek Foundation has created a manga comic starring Zambia-born South African architect Denise Scott Brown as part of its mission to raise awareness of immigrants' contribution to the US. More
Climate Crisis Font visualises melting of polar ice based on real-world data
Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat has developed a variable font that hopes to make the urgency of climate change tangible by mirroring the declining amount of Arctic sea ice in its disappearing letterforms. More
Micha Weidmann Studio designs graphic identity and packaging for AZ Factory
Micha Weidmann Studio has created a playful graphic identity for fashion designer Alber Elbaz's new venture, AZ Factory, based on the designer's signature style. More
Focus Ex is a digital reading aid for people with ADHD
Hungarian designer Vatány Szabolcs has created a font and browser extension to make it easier for people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, to concentrate when reading online content. More
Origami crane informs Nendo's minimalist overhaul of Japan Airlines amenity kits
Nendo has completed a comprehensive makeover of all of Japan Airlines' in-flight amenities, from meal trays to slippers and earplug wrappers, which draws on the lines of a paper crane. More
Pentagram designs "future-proof" sonic logo for digital music standard MIDI
MIDI, the global standard that allows digital musical instruments to talk to each other, has a new brand identity based on sound waves designed by Pentagram. More
Rebrand takes Burger King back to "when it looked at its best" says designer
Burger King's first rebrand in 20 years focuses on the American fast-food restaurant's food and its past says its designer Lisa Smith, executive creative director at Jones Knowles Ritchie. More
General Motors revamps logo to reflect drive towards "all-electric future"
American automotive company General Motors has made its first substantial logo change in more than half a century as part of its pivot towards electric vehicles. More
CIA rebrands to encourage diversity but identity of logo designer remains top secret
America's Central Intelligence Agency has unveiled a new identity aimed at attracting more diverse employees but has refused to disclose the designer behind its new look. More
Kia Motors reveals angular logo that "resembles a handwritten signature"
South Korean car manufacturer Kia Motors has unveiled a new logo, which connects the letters of its name in an unbroken line. More
Pentagram creates new visual identity for The Moholy-Nagy Foundation
Design consultancy Pentagram has created new branding for The Moholy-Nagy Foundation, which aims to embody the style and methods that artist and Bauhaus educator László Moholy-Nagy used in his work. More
Graphic designer Martin Lambie-Nairn dies aged 75
Martin Lambie-Nairn, the British graphic designer who created the seminal "Blocks" logo for UK television station Channel 4, passed away on Christmas Day at the age of 75. More
Christmas cards by architects and designers for 2020 include uplifting and apocalyptic messages
A skateboarding Santa Claus, a festive snow globe and MVRDV's mirrored art depot in Rotterdam feature in our selection of the best Christmas cards sent by architects, designers and brands this year. More
Digital perfumery Sillages Paris receives radical technicolour rebrand
DAD Agency has eschewed the pared-back palette of traditional perfumeries in favour of kaleidoscopic colours and 3D graphics for its rebrand of independent fragrance start-up Sillages Paris. More
The Book of Homelessness is the first graphic novel created by homeless people
London charity Accumulate has released an "honest, painful and revelatory" book telling the stories of 18 different people and their experiences of homelessness. More
Malika Favre's Kama Sutra typeface shows sex as a "deeply pleasurable and sometimes funny act"
Naked bodies pretzeled together into different sex positions form the letters of the alphabet in the Kama Sutra A-Z coffee table book by French illustrator Malika Favre. More
Mississippi votes to officially adopt In God We Trust flag
People in Mississippi have voted to replace the state's official flag, which incorporated the Confederate battle emblem, with a design that has a magnolia blossom in its centre. More