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Design WeekJune 23, 2026

The Other Side: Ten years after the referendum – ten designers respond

The exhibition at Pentagram's Osh Gallery, featuring ten designers' original works, highlights the impact of the UK's departure from the EU on design and branding. This reflects a broader trend in brand strategy where emotional narratives and cultural contexts are increasingly integrated into design practices, emphasizing the need for brands to resonate with societal changes.

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Design Week: Marking a decade since the UK left the European Union, the latest exhibition at Pentagram’s Osh Gallery features ten original works created by ten practitioners from the worlds of graphic design, type design, art, architecture and product design.

Using unsold copies of GraphicDesign&’s 2020 publication ‘The Other Side: An Emotional Map of Brexit Britain’ that […]

Intelligence PanelSignal score: 74 / 100
Primary Signal
Emerging
Building momentum — trajectory being tracked
Brand Impact
High
Impact score: 75/100 — broad strategic implications for brand positioning
Novelty
Moderate
Novelty: 60/100 — iterative development of an existing theme
Action Priority
Soon
Flag for the next strategic review cycle
Scoring Rationale

The exhibition showcases significant reflections on a major political event's impact on design, making it relevant and impactful for brand strategy professionals, though the integration of emotional narratives in design is not entirely new.

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Impact
weight 35%
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Novelty
weight 30%
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Relevance
weight 35%
Brands Mentioned
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