The Weekly Nugget

Your Friday dose of tech, branding & design inspiration

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Welcome to the Weekly Nugget — Most Studios Friday wrap up, where we share nuggets of inspiration from the world of tech, branding & design.

McDonald’s releases global redesign of packaging with a focus on illustration

Highlighting specific ingredients from its globally recognisable menu, the redesign hopes to showcase the brand’s “playful point-of-view”.

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Bruce Blackburn, designer of ubiquitous NASA logo, dies at 82

He was known for the NASA “worm,” which has become synonymous with space exploration. He also designed the 1976 American Revolution Bicentennial star.

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COLLINS creates new San Francisco Symphony branding to ‘affirm that classical music is relevant’

“‘Classical’ music suffers from an ongoing and ruthless PR problem: it is too often perceived as an unchanging, dusty, old-world music for elite audiences only,” says design agency COLLINS, which recently looked to do away with those perceptions once and for all.

Microsoft announces Office 2021, available for Windows and macOS later this year

Microsoft Office LTSC is also arriving for businesses

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8 investors discuss Stockholm’s maturing startup ecosystem

‘All in all, tech is in a good position’

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