North and South Korea have agreed to hold a third summit in Pyongyang in September. It’s a sign that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean president Moon Jae-in remain hopeful about improving relations. But since the two men first met in the border village of Panmunjon in April, the North-South dialogue has focused on symbolic gestures: sports exchanges, infrastructure projects and family reunions. To make substantive process, the two countries need to show that they are working towards a political declaration to end the Korean War and a peace treaty to replace the armistice from 65 years ago. That won’t be easy given the leaders’ differing definitions of “complete denuclearisation”. Moon, who would be only the third South Korean leader to visit Pyongyang, might also try to chip away at the deadlock between North Korea and the US. With so much on the agenda, an early breakthrough seems remote.

Uniforms are an important part of branding for a transport company – just look at Alitalia’s new ones for its flight attendants, designed by Alberta Ferretti; or those created by Matt Robinson of Klaxon Howl for staff of Toronto’s UP Express. Now Deutsche Bahn is following suit. For the first time in 15 years, train conductors on German trains will be seen wearing a maroon uniform, rather than the current blue one with bright-red detailing. The plan is that these new garments, which are being tested by a handful of employees for now, will become standard issue from the end of 2019. That might seem a long process but when you’ve got 43,000 workers who wear a uniform every day, you’ve got to be sure that the design is a good fit.