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How the Tokyo 2020 Olympics was designed

Design Week

These were designed by Ryo Taniguchi and chosen from a public competition voted on by the Mascot Selection Panel and Japanese elementary schoolchildren. It’s been fashioned from aluminium, incorporating the same manufacturing technology that’s used in the production of the country’s high-speed bullet train.

Sports 101
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Maybe we don’t have to (re)brand everything

UX Collective

Everyone could use a giggle now and then when they see a tacky shop sign seemingly made with Powerpoint. If the design industry has that same form of mentality, a pressure-cooker environment that agencies have manufactured, it can result in brand clones, just because it’s easier and faster.

Brand 105