Tokyo Nunchuk Dog by Egle Zvirblyte If you’ve been to Tokyo, you’ll have seen the many well-dressed dogs that inhabit the city – decked out in top-to-toe outfits, and usually with a sharp haircut to boot. Japan’s Best Friend, by Manami Okazaki, shines a spotlight on these pampered pooches, through a collection of photographs and […]

Designer Rob Bartlett, who has created icons for Spotify, Nokia, Nissan and more, talks about the need for more sustainable, inclusive symbols and the iconography ‘hangover’ plaguing brands Over the course of a 20-year career, designer Rob Bartlett has created icons for the likes of Electrolux, Nissan, Babylon Health and Spotify. And his experience has […]

“My art is all about shapes,” says Jam Dong. “I see them as notes that compose music through colour, scale, and compositions.” Born in China and now based in the US, the illustrator’s abstract approach has earned her commissions for the likes of the New York Times and Quartz. She also has a number of […]

You know NFTs are a real phenomenon when they make it to a prime time talk show and a clip of Paris Hilton and Jimmy Fallon discussing them goes viral on Twitter. The weirdly awkward segment shows the pair swapping stories about their Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs, with Hilton explaining how she chose her […]

Wolff Olins is behind the updated visual identity for DailyPay, a financial services company available in the US. Its main product can be integrated into payroll systems to give employees access to their as-yet unpaid wages as they earn them, rather than waiting for a more traditional bi-weekly or monthly payment. The aim of the […]

Do you want to learn how to win a writing contest? Pin If you enter a writing contest, there are a ton of benefits. It’s a chance to practice your writing. It motivates you to write more and finish stories. And, of course, most writing contests come with grand prize winners and prize money. In this article, […]

Ed Fella seems to be a ‘designers’ designer’: his name isn’t as starry as the likes of Milton Glaser or Lance Wyman (in the UK at least), but his influence is keenly felt – not least in his explorations of the difference between, and merging of, the worlds of art and design. That duality is […]

Entering a writing contest can be scary—but sometimes this push is just what you need to take a big (and great!) step forward in your writing craft. Plus, entering a writing contest is extra fun when it comes with amazing prices. If you’ve been wanting to enter a writing contest but haven’t made the leap, or […]

We speak to the Barbican’s in-house design team and long-time collaborators North Design about the role of branding in helping cultural institutions adapt during challenging times First opened in 1982, the Barbican is the largest performing arts centre of its kind in Europe, welcoming well over a million visitors to its site in London every […]

“For us, a legacy brand is any brand that people have an emotional connection with. Whether it is one day old or several centuries old, the moment a brand represents something bigger in culture, or evokes a feeling in consumers’ hearts and minds, it has cultivated a legacy,” says Tosh Hall, the New York-based global […]