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This year, we saw how design intersected with some of 2020’s biggest stories – including Covid and Black Lives Matter – and helped people adapt and survive. December 16, 2020 12:40 pm
As the world went into lockdown in March, many people faced a situation like no other. “I’ve been feeling pretty helpless watching the news,” Becky Wass wrote on Facebook. “I wanted to do something about it, so I’ve made a postcard that I’ll be posting to my older neighbours as this progresses.”
The postcard was a simple piece of graphic design – asking people if they needed help picking up shopping, posting mail or if they simply wanted a friend phone call. “If just one person feels less lonely or isolated when aced with his pandemic, then I’ll feel better about it,” Wass added.
December 15, 2020 1:30 pm
With schools shut for a large portion of 2020, parents in their droves were seeking home schooling resources that were engaging, creative and free. Just a few weeks after Boris Johnson announced the UK’s first lockdown, Dyson came up with the goods.
With the help of its design team, the James Dyson Foundation devised 44 Challenge Cards designed to keep kids entertained and help them learn a thing or two while at home. The challenges put forward by Dyson included making a marble run, building a periscope and designing a bridge made of spaghetti.
Beyond the cards, this news story also gave us the chance to speak to Dyson design manager Ben Edmonds, whose daily livestream of STEM activities for kids garnered interest from around the world. Edmonds’ goal was to show that parents and guardians could help foster “skills for life” in their children, with only the contents of a recycling bin for help.
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