The Beazley Designs of the Year exhibition at the Design Museum showed their picks for the most innovative projects in 2016. The work on show was extremely thought out, each with a clear idea that often connected to some kind of social issue or problem. All the work showed a further level of development and a clear theme, it was great to see what kind of work was being credited by the designers press and deemed a "Design of the Year". Some projects that stood out to me was the Johanthan Barnbrook David Bowie album artwork as it was a solution that was simple yet so appropriate and effective to the content. The Hello Ruby project for encouraging kids to learn coding as it was a usable and simple design that was really colourful and fit its purpose. Finally the publications shown in the first images were printed in Argentina, each of the books, used a cut out section that really changed the nature and engaging nature of the books, this extra level of production is really innovative and inspiring.
Overall it was great to see how far these projects had been pushed and informed by really in-depth research. All seemed to have a strong connection with people and showed a social continuousness that informed the designs.
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