Whistles updates its identity to mark 50 years

British fashion brand Whistles is marking its 50th anniversary with a new brand platform, Designed for an Open Mind, which has been developed with creative agency Weirdo. The repositioning is being launched through a campaign featuring 50 women aged between 19 and 72. Rather than casting traditional models, Whistles and Weirdo put up posters around London asking applicants to explain...

Graham Wood explores the “everyday and the magickal” in new book

“There is a resurgent culture of physical independent publishing, and in Ireland at least, there are several excellent book fairs, and now seems like a moment to produce material on paper through an independent press,” says Peter Maybury of the impetus behind Also editions, which has already published a series of books created by designers, musicians and artists, including Maybury...

Mark Malloy directs cinematic retirement film

Australian retirement savings company MLC has teamed up with independent creative studio Princess for a cinematic, genre-spoofing film directed by Mark Molloy, in his first major work since this summer’s Backyard Legends campaign for adidas starring Timothée Chalamet. Described by Molloy as “a classic caper film”, The Heist follows a ragtag gang of everyday Australians as they hatch an increasingly...