The producer and artist discuss their first collaboration, which extends the themes of the former’s latest album, Roulette, into a short sci-fi comic...
Google Pixel tackles ‘vanilla’ smartphones in new spot
As it continues to wage war against the rest of the smartphone market, Google has released another spot that positions the competition as boring and unimaginative, and the Pixel as a clever, category-leading device. The spot, developed by Google Creative Lab and directed by creative duo Matias & Mathias, depicts other smartphones out there as vanilla ice cream – often...
Why going viral is no longer fun
In our fevered political climate, unexpected culture wars, fuelled by bots, can break out at any moment, even over something as seemingly benign as a logo redesign. What impact is this having on creatives and designers, asks Ben Kay...
Stephen McCoy’s photographs of Merseyside travel south
Titled Proximity, the exhibition features a wide array of work by McCoy, and in particular spotlights his artistic investment in the Merseyside area, which dates back nearly 50 years and has seen him document everything from suburban development to domestic realities. Having lived in the area for most of his life, the county’s villages, towns and cities, as well as...
Nike and Lego join up for collab in a Shanghai primary school
The best brand collabs tend to come about when each brand has its own clear voice but they can come together in a way that makes them both shine. This is the case with this new project for kids at Baoshan No 2 Central Primary School in Shanghai, where Nike and Lego have installed a brightly coloured playground. Nike is...
Mud, sweat and tears at the Barbican
Dirty Looks, a new exhibition in London, examines fashion’s complicated relationship with dirt and decay, and society’s changing ideas of beauty...
No Way Back: Learning from, not longing for, the past
Launching with a fascinating book, the No Way Back project is a multi-platform initiative that brings together long-lost music and subculture journalism and photography...
A new exhibition confronts the seductive face of fascism
At first glance, the artwork on view in Poster House’s latest exhibition is dazzling – sleek planes, swooping eagles, heroic figures rendered in bold colours and modernist forms. But beneath this elegant façade lies a darker story of coercion and control. Running in New York until February next year, The Future Was Then: The Changing Face of Fascist Italy traces...
Craig Oldham on the Orgreave campaign and the role of design in protest
Ten years on from the publication of his book on the miners’ strike, designer Craig Oldham reflects on its impact and the role it played in the wider campaign for an inquiry into one of its most infamous events...
Picture book Midwife, Wha! offers an inclusive look at birth
Jo Zasloff has been a midwife for nearly 20 years, and though she’s always welcomed the curiosity children express around birth, she found there was little “age-appropriate material” around to explain what her role involves. Existing literature was “sweet but often outdated” or centred on a very narrow view of birth, so Zasloff has teamed up with designer Claudine Eriksson...
OpenAI leans into ‘human craft’ for debut ChatGPT brand campaign
In a bid to further cement ChatGPT’s prominent place in our everyday lives, OpenAI has released its first major campaign for the popular AI chatbot. Following a much-anticipated Super Bowl ad earlier this year, which looked to position ChatGPT as one of humanity’s greatest inventions, this latest marketing venture instead grounds itself in the day-to-day realities of users. Source...
From Hamburg to Shanghai: How Jung von Matt went global
Jung von Matt CEO Peter Figge discusses the importance of recognising local culture and context amid the creative agency’s ongoing international expansion...