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Guinness restored its impact at bar with the disruptive new Hero Harp fount, which has won Diageo, Bompas & Parr, Design Bridge and Dolmen the prestigious DBA Design Effectiveness Awards Grand Prix.

The DBA Design Effectiveness Awards ceremony has been held live on Zoom. 26 shortlisted projects discovered if they’d won Gold, Silver or Bronze awards.

Read the latest developments on the critical issue of unregistered rights protection for UK designers across the EU post Brexit.

Coronavirus resource: find useful reading on the latest guidance and advice regarding working safely in office environments.

Tune in to useful webinars for SMEs, run by The Department for International Trade, on a range of topics to help your business through the coronavirus pandemic. Access them here.

Your input is needed to help ensure the needs of the design sector are heard. Please complete DCMS’ survey to understand the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on organisations in specific sectors and their engagement with government interventions. Please tick ‘Creative Industries and Publishing’ in response to the first question and complete the survey by 15 May.

Coronavirus resource: What if we could positively shape the future, by seeing it through the eyes of children? ‘How I see tomorrow’ is a fantastic initiative from DBA member Elmwood, which is garnering support from museums and galleries around the world. Find out how you and your children can get involved.

If these last few months have shown me anything it’s that we’ve been very privileged. Going outside when we want, buying what we want when we want it, and having loved ones close to us. They’re luxuries we thought we wouldn’t need to compromise. They were life’s givens. But the world we design in and the people we design for are changing and we need to meet people where they are.

We’re moving the announcement of this year’s award results to ensure all the winning businesses are ready and able to make the most of their successes and use their wins to help accelerate their movement into the future. Find out more here.