Strawberry Western’s branding incorporates a putting custom-drawn wordmark

Strawberry Western’s branding incorporates a putting custom-drawn wordmark

The anti-waste fashion label’s new identity, created by R&M, fuses “eclectic Harajuku with kitsch Americana” Ryan Bugden, a co-founder of R&M, led the type and graphic design for the project, creating the Strawberry Western wordmark in Latin and Katakana. There’s three optical sizes, ensuring it works when used in display environments, as well as in […]



Keir Starmer shares his imaginative and prescient for the UK inventive industries

Keir Starmer shares his imaginative and prescient for the UK inventive industries

The Labour leader opened his speech at the festival – which is taking place online from February 1-3 – by laying out a broad definition of the meaning of creativity in Britain today and the contribution that the creative industries make. “My focus today is not just on what are known in policy circles as ‘the […]



Grace Francis on the worth of design pondering

Grace Francis on the worth of design pondering

While they haven’t always had the vocabulary to describe it, the problem-solving approach of design thinking has informed Grace Francis’ worldview from as early as they can remember. Growing up on a council estate in Portsmouth, Francis (who identifies as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns) told their teachers at school that they wanted to be […]



Photographing the beginning of hip-hop

Photographing the beginning of hip-hop

It’s hard to overestimate the impact of hip hop on everything from language to fashion, photography, fonts, TV shows, and, of course, music. Someone who was there right at the start, but who also had a sense that this Bronx-based scene was going to be something pretty important, was French photographer Sophie Bramly. Having studied […]



The BBC factors out its function on the coronary heart of British tradition in new advert

The BBC factors out its function on the coronary heart of British tradition in new advert

When the culture secretary Nadine Dorries took to Twitter last month to announce that the current BBC licence fee arrangement “will be the last” and that the “days of the elderly being threatened with prison sentences and bailiffs knocking on doors are over”, one of many responses from the public was the sharing of an […]



7 Methods to Reinforce Change with Recognition

7 Methods to Reinforce Change with Recognition

Celebrating jobs well done and thanking employees for extra effort are common ways organizations motivate and recognize their people, but it could be time to up your recognition game. When change is a constant and employees are looking for more from their employers, it’s good to have a meaningful recognition strategy that can support employees […]



Black & Overseas’s new marketing campaign paperwork Black cultural information throughout the US

Black & Overseas’s new marketing campaign paperwork Black cultural information throughout the US

Creative data-focused ad agency Performance Art has created a digital map that visualises Black cultural data in the US for travel and lifestyle company Black & Abroad. Dubbed the Black Elevation Map, the dynamic, searchable elevation map of the United States brings to life cultural data such as historical markers, Black-owned businesses, Black population data […]



Karolina Wojtas celebrates the messy magic of sibling rivalries

Karolina Wojtas celebrates the messy magic of sibling rivalries

All images: We Can’t Live – Without Each Other, 2019. Courtesy Fotogalleri Vasli Souza If you’ve got a sibling, there’s a good chance you’ll have experienced that relationship as a rivalry. You might even have your own tales from childhood, later evolving into urban legends that still have conflicting testimonies all these years later. We […]



Neil Gaiman MasterClass Evaluation: Will This Rework Your Writing?

Neil Gaiman MasterClass Evaluation: Will This Rework Your Writing?

Are you considering taking Neil Gaiman’s MasterClass? Neil Gaiman is a brilliant author, and expert-led MasterClasses are known for being informative and inspiring. If you’re wondering whether Neil Gaiman’s class is right for you, read on for my Neil Gaiman MasterClass review. Pin In this article, I’m going to share my personal Neil Gaiman MasterClass […]



Toiletpaper is again with a seductively surreal way of life vary

Toiletpaper is again with a seductively surreal way of life vary

“Toiletpaper began ten years ago with Pierpaolo’s and my desire for a place where we could give space to our ideas and intuitions, freeing ourselves from the rules of the worlds we come from,” says Toiletpaper co-founder Maurizio Cattelan. The Milan-based magazine initially became known for its refreshingly unconventional photography, but its approach to imagemaking […]