“Most of my personal drawings are highly reliant on the subconscious,” says illustrator Jason Chuang. “I try to let my mind be free and draw from my feelings. I am a very sentimental person.” Based between Taiwan and the UK, Chuang describes his work as “surreal and dreamlike”, drawing inspiration from the surrealist movement and embracing the way dreams can...
Why hasn’t digital technology led to better ads?
The access to information, ideas and inspiration that advertising creatives have today is mind-boggling. Yet it hasn’t necessarily made ads better. Ben Kay examines the reasons why...
How set design can make or break a story
Luana Hanson, the award-winning film and TV production designer behind Channel 4’s It’s A Sin, reveals how to build sets that will effortlessly take you to a specific time and place – and how simple missteps can rip viewers out of the world you’ve built...
How set design can make or break a story
Luana Hanson, the award-winning film and TV production designer behind Channel 4’s It’s A Sin, reveals how to build sets that will effortlessly take you to a specific time and place – and how simple missteps can rip viewers out of the world you’ve built...
How set design can make or break a story
Luana Hanson, the award-winning film and TV production designer behind Channel 4’s It’s A Sin, reveals how to build sets that will effortlessly take you to a specific time and place – and how simple missteps can rip viewers out of the world you’ve built...
How set design can make or break a story
Luana Hanson, the award-winning film and TV production designer behind Channel 4’s It’s A Sin, reveals how to build sets that will effortlessly take you to a specific time and place – and how simple missteps can rip viewers out of the world you’ve built...
How set design can make or break a story
Luana Hanson, the award-winning film and TV production designer behind Channel 4’s It’s A Sin, reveals how to build sets that will effortlessly take you to a specific time and place – and how simple missteps can rip viewers out of the world you’ve built...
How set design can make or break a story
Luana Hanson, the award-winning film and TV production designer behind Channel 4’s It’s A Sin, reveals how to build sets that will effortlessly take you to a specific time and place – and how simple missteps can rip viewers out of the world you’ve built...
The cult-inspired designs for Seattle International Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival opens today (April 14), heralded by a suite of imagery which takes references from everything from Illuminati symbolism to crystals, Freemasons and cinema reels. The designs for the posters and video promotions for the festival have been created by Mark ‘Monkey’ Watson, group creative director at Seattle-based agency Wongdoody, which has led on the creative for…...
The cult-inspired designs for Seattle International Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival opens today (April 14), heralded by a suite of imagery which takes references from everything from Illuminati symbolism to crystals, Freemasons and cinema reels. The designs for the posters and video promotions for the festival have been created by Mark ‘Monkey’ Watson, group creative director at Seattle-based agency Wongdoody, which has led on the creative for…...
What makes an album cover iconic?
A new show at the Photographers’ Gallery in London examines the historic role imagemakers have played in helping build musicians’ brands. We explore why this relationship is more vital than ever in the streaming age...
What makes a truly great brand name?
US branding veteran Ken Carbone examines the challenges of naming at a time when the battle for originality is tougher than ever, and laments the birth of a new breed of brand language ‘doublespeak’...

