When we last spoke to Suzy Chan in 2019, she was one of our Gradwatch picks – fresh out of her graphic design course at London College of Communication with a strikingly bold, saccharine-hued body of work that’s as much about social and cultural exploration and storytelling as it is pretty pictures and cute gummy […]

Meng Shui, former creative director at period underwear brand Thinx, has announced the launch of Project Body Type, a new typeface that “honours the human form”. Composed of a full alphabet of letters, and soon-to-be-released punctuation, Body Type is based on the bodies of people who agreed to participate in its creation. “It’s a collective […]

The plant-based wave has been surging for a number of years now, with alt-dairy brands such as Oatly and Minor Figures at the forefront. For the founders of newly launched plant-based milk Kiddiwinks, creating a product specifically tailored to children was the next logical step. The 100% plant-based milk reimagines a childhood staple with a […]

Whether you’re writing a novel, a memoir, or even painting a portrait, it’s important to understand who you’re writing about. Creating a character portrait is a characterization technique used by writers like Cheryl Strayed, Marcel Proust, and others to better understand your characters. In this post, you’ll learn exactly what character portraits, how to create one of […]

“How do I be a better leader now?” As I sit in discussions with leaders these days, I inevitably get some version of this question. We may be meeting about communication, discussing how to navigate change, or working to define a new strategy, and inevitably the conversation evolves to this critical point. Leaders want to […]

It’s time for unending layers of plastic to be designed out, says Here’s Mark Paton, who believes tech and electronics brands are missing a huge opportunity on the packaging front “There’s this culture of the theatre, and the drama, and the fun and excitement of getting something new, and I can relate to all of […]

Many of us will be familiar with Duolingo’s quirky campaigns, which include an invitation to ‘Emilys everywhere’ to improve their French – referencing the protagonist of the hit Netflix show Emily in Paris – to a global proofread of foreign language tattoos that may not mean what their owners think they do. For the app’s […]

Titled The Greatest, the spot is directed by Kim Gehrig and shows how Apple products make life easier for people across the world every day Beginning with a demo of how someone might use Siri to help them start their day, the two-minute-long ad then proceeds to run through examples of how the software in […]

We live in an amazing time. If you have a story to tell or an idea to share, you can write a book and publish it for free, making it accessible to billions of people. This moment is unique to human history, and I think everyone who has a story to tell should take advantage […]

The artist Doug Aitken is reflecting on what it means to create as he looks back at 30 years of his work for a new publication by Mack. We are talking via a pretty shonky Teams video call but he still manages to be erudite and thoughtful. “One of the things you need to have, […]