Co-founder Becca Millstein and illustrator Danny Miller reveal how vintage conservas, Winslow Homer watercolours and the films of Wes Anderson fed into the brand’s distinctive identity...
Telstra’s space villains strike back in new network security campaign
Steve Buscemi’s testicular bonce is back in the latest campaign from Australian telecoms company Telstra. A sequel to last year’s sci-fi-inspired Villains campaign, which was recognised in the Craft section of our Annual Awards 2026, it sees Buscemi’s nefarious crew return after their last cyber attack ended in spectacular failure, only to discover that Telstra has upped its security game...
New photo book celebrates 35 years of clubbing
Mark McNulty had a brief career as a musician in the late 1980s, gracing the same stages as The Stone Roses, Pulp and The Las. While music may not have worked out for him, he made the most of his guest passes to gigs, festivals and nightclubs by taking photos as UK youth culture entered what turned out to be...
Steve Reeves captures the stories of Britain’s Windrush generation
Photographer Steve Reeves began his project Britain Called and We Answered by accident in 2018. He photographed a woman called Gloria in Tooting Market and got chatting about how she came to the UK from Jamaica as a teenager in the 1950s. “I loved her story and it made me wonder how many other extraordinary stories from that generation were...
Nomad designs identities for new Ultimate Sevens rugby league
Ultimate Sevens is a new global rugby sevens championship which has been taking place this month, featuring six clubs, each with a men’s and women’s team, and three tournaments at various locations across Europe. With this high-intensity version of the sport rapidly growing in popularity (it has already been pitched as a rugby union equivalent of The Hundred, which has...
Why motion is now an essential part of brand identity
Andrew Vucko explains what his studio’s work with Etsy, Google and Spotify says about the advantages of having a systemised approach to motion design...
An oral history of Suede’s Coming Up album cover
Designer Peter Saville and photographer Nick Knight reveal how they, along with frontman Brett Anderson, created the artwork for the band’s 1996 record...
D&AD announces Black Pencil winners
While winning a D&AD Yellow Pencil remains one of the design and advertising industry’s highest ambitions, these have been superseded in recent years by the arrival of the Black Pencil, the organisation’s top prize, which is only handed out to a small number of projects per year. This year, just four Black Pencils have been awarded, with two going to...
Born Social on the power of creators in the AI age
As the social-first agency expands into the US, CCO Paddy Smith reflects on the current trends in social and how investing in human creativity is a way to bring authenticity and distinction to brands...
JKR gives Tropical Smoothie Café a juicy new rebrand
Tropical Smoothie Café, a popular restaurant chain in the US, has more than 1,700 active locations across the country, with many more set to open over the coming months. Having undergone rapid expansion within the last decade, the brand felt it was time to embark on a full-scale transformation, enlisting the help of global branding agency JKR to make it...
A new campaign celebrates 175 years of the New York Times
First founded in 1851, the New York Times continues to be celebrated today both for its impeccable journalism and for its innovative approach to advertising, with its content arm, T Brand Studio, leading the way in how advertisers can reach its readers. So when it came to celebrating its 175th birthday, the brand has unusually decided to recognise both aspects...
The Monthly Interview: Martin Weigel
The former chief strategy officer at Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam explains what his new book, Strategy Is A Verb, reveals about brands, creativity and how people think...