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Unveiled at London s Jack Barclay this week, the new global concept swaps the traditional forecourt hard sell for lounges, a materials atelier and a "cinematic handover room". We find out mo...
Nils Leonard explains how painstaking craft turned a collection of annoying buzzwords into a parody of the periodic table, winning the agency design and advertising s hardest-won award into the bargai...
The well-known lettering artist, illustrator and designer proves that typography matters for kids too. I ve been a huge fan of Jessica Hische since she first came to prominence in 2009. Back then, I w...
The Liverpool studio has given the Manchester tree-planting company a brand that finally says what it is: a business doing good, and damn proud it it. You know that optional contribution you get when...
The Amsterdam-born, Milan-based artist graduated into the pandemic, yet built an editorial career by sending emails. She tells us how she turns difficult themes into an image in five hours flat, and w...
The 170-year-old Italian confectioner has opened a new visitor experience around its live production line, and the joy is how little of it is on a screen. You know the song. Only this isn t pure imagi...
The racing marque s new look pays homage to a service station in Auckland, but keeps the Speedmark, the Papaya and the Speedy Kiwi. It s good to remember where we came from. It grounds us when life fe...
The transformable jacket comes as new research uncovers the UK s bizarre bag-for-life habits. It also makes a clever little marketing campaign for the budget supermarket chain. Aldi s middle aisle is...
The Chinese illustrator s personal series highlights how being alone is never as simple as it looks. Humans are social animals, and so in our cultural imagination, we tend to bracket solitude with lon...
The Dutch designer has rebuilt Richie Hawtin s landmark album DE9, 25 years on, in a way you can deconstruct and remix yourself, in the browser. I won t go into too many details, but let s just say th...
Toronto agency Rethink has rebranded one of Vancouver s best-loved social-enterprise hotels, ditching a confusing old name for something rooted in a native tree. One of the biggest challenges in brand...
The Antwerp-based illustrator on finding a style of your own, why the first idea is usually the best, and why you must never settle for less than your work is worth. There s a reason why videos about...
The London studio has folded two letters, C and H , into a house symbol for the new cultural venue, which includes a 360-degree immersive gallery and a rooftop sky garden. There are some good thing...
If August showed some positive green shoots for the creative industry, September is proving even more fruitful. Here are the month s biggest movers, shakers and launches, and our take on what it all m...
A new report by MikeTeevee asks in-house leaders at some of the world s biggest brands what AI is doing to their own teams, and their feedback unearths problems that were brewing long before the tools...
After losing commissions to AI, the stop-motion animator started posting her hand-drawn work online and found a community of like-minded people instead. "I see myself as a pretty pessimistic pers...
Trained in traditional Chinese and Japanese ink painting before discovering aquatint etching in Vienna, the artist explains that a 15-step process always begins with a sketch in a diary. Chien Yu Lin...
The illustrator finds beauty and humour in everyday life, with an aim to elicit some feelings from the narratives created in her work. "I do unfortunately have to say all over , as awful as that...
Check out the hottest new typefaces in our monthly roundup. Summer is fast becoming a memory. We ve all had our holidays, switched off our out-of-office replies, and are wondering whether to put a jum...
A new Norfolk exhibition captures young British champions at home in their living rooms. Think about photographing sports professionally, and a certain type of image comes to mind. An athlete in actio...
In a campaign for Everyone s Invited, Don t Panic has pinned real school leavers shirts to a billboard, each one carrying a young person s handwritten testimony of AI-enabled sexual harm. When you le...
The French illustrator behind Champ Magnétique is taking her hot pinks and oranges from screen to canvas, and finding that how she paints and what she paints both come back to a gentler pace. There is...
In her grad film, a clay squirrel gets so distracted making tea that she forgets the cake completely. Here, the animator explains how live-action reference, a multiplane set, and lots of handmade clay...
The Melbourne-based motion designer discusses procedural software, editorial deadlines and why perfectionism is the enemy of good work getting seen. "You can look at anything around you and wonde...
Got a sentence that s keeping you awake at night? Here s how to reclaim your confidence. No one likes to be criticised. But it can sting even worse when it comes from a client who doesn t understand t...
It s not about you; it s about a broken business culture. Our latest Dear Boom dilemma looks at how to tackle ghosting from clients. You ve spent a lot of time, effort and emotional energy forging a w...
Thibault Barillon of Robocobra Quartet explain why he grew petri dishes of fungus to illustrate their 100-track release. When I was a student, I shared a room with a lovely bloke, but he did have some...
Templo took a highly original approach to branding a new cultural space for the deaf community, taking inspiration from the community itself. Glance at a typical logo and one question typically comes...
Affinity and Cavalry stay free, a long-requested Blend Tool finally arrives (thank God), and Canva makes its biggest move yet to support the professional designer. There s no doubt Canva did things th...
Our friendly eyes have been getting some love thanks to motion designer Dan Silverstone and our own development team. Keep an eye on them because they ll now offer lots more entertainment depending on...
She was once a graphic designer until she rediscovered drawing during lockdown. Now the Paris-based illustrator saves up peaceful moments from her life, then turns them into beautiful, calm artworks....
The illustrator s crowded scenes are so densely packed and filled with tiny details, stories, hopes and wishes. Look closely at Saehan Parc s illustration portfolio and there s always more going than...
Antwerp studio WeWantMore s refresh of BRU trades a second-long shelf glance for a seat at the table. It s become such a cliché in packaging design, you d think it was law. Everything needs to be opti...
As part of a campaign titled Say It Over a Drink , 25 illustrated coasters are getting pub-goers in the UK talking about debt. Anyone who s ever worked for government, a public body or a charity will...
This clever poster turns a sentence into a train journey: a simple but effective design trick, delivered in style. Let s be honest, we all know what a travel ad looks like. Beautiful scenery, with not...
Led by Samar Maakaroun, these two identities for a maker space and event space highlight how strong brand architecture is built on discipline, not decoration. Msheireb Downtown Doha is a planned city...
In crafting a new identity for itself, the Bath-based agency focused on fundamentals, rather than just slick visuals. If you ve worked in an agency for a while, you ll recognise the pattern. After a f...
Weirdo helped the British fashion brand swap the usual models for "open-minded" women aged 19 to 72, found via guerrilla posters, shot in a single day and backed by new positioning and a sig...