Collina Strada is offering a new vision of what a fashion brand can be. Here, founder Hillary Taymour and co-creative director Charlie Engman talk about community, sustainability, and making ‘good trouble’...
BBC’s Commonwealth Games spot celebrates the spirit of Brum
Ahead of this year’s Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, the BBC is putting the host city front and centre of its spot promoting coverage of the tournament. Named It’s A Brum Ting, the animated ad references sports stars like Dina Asher-Smith, Adam Peaty and Laura Kenny, alongside nods to famous faces outside of sport who hail from Birmingham, such as...
Characters #03
Characters #03 is the third specimag by Character Type—a blend of a type magazine and a typeface specimen. The two were married into one creative space and share some recent type-related thoughts and insights, while introducing Character Type’s newest typeface family Tragic Grotesk. It is now available at Slanted Shop! For the first time the specimag is published as a...
Nuts Art Works, rotulación tradicional desde Japón
Rotulación NUTS ART WORKS es un rotulista tradicional que comenzó su carrera en 1996. Ha trabajado principalmente en Tokio, realizando numerosos carteles de tiendas y gráficos para marcas. Trabaja activamente tanto en Japón como en el extranjero, lanzando sus propias series y realizando exposiciones. Para estar al tanto de su actividad os recomendamos seguir su cuenta de Instagram....
Studio Modijefsky reinterpreta la clásica Dijkhuis (casa del dique) neerlandesa.
En el norte de Ámsterdam, Studio Modijefsky ha transformado una tradicional «Dijkhuis» (casa del dique) en una vivienda familiar de 260 m2. Una construcción edificada junto a un dique, rodeada por un jardín en un nivel inferior. La casa del dique «La situación de la casa provoca una diferencia de altura y luz que plantea […] La entrada Studio Modijefsky...
El pabellón Àgora València de WDCV se convierte en la plaza mayor del diseño.
Siguiendo la estela de los pabellones de otras capitales mundiales del diseño, WDCV alza su Àgora València en el corazón de la ciudad. Un espacio que nace como motor de la democratización del diseño y que ya se ha convertido en el nexo necesario entre la ciudadanía y la capitalidad. Sostenibilidad, artesanía y diseño Àgora […] La entrada El pabellón...
“An Unconventional Scrawl” of a Font, Designed to Look as If It Were Drawn With Feet
Name: Pardon 4×4 Designer: Martin Aleith Foundry: PFA Typefaces Release Date: April 2022 Back Story: Berlin-based digital type foundry PFA Typefaces started life in 2020 as a way for type designer Martin Aleith — cofounder of design collective Pfadfinderei – to distribute his own typefaces. That same year he was commissioned to create the visual identity for Berlin club Revier...
Alberto Mielgo vuelve a hacerlo en «Love, death and robots»
El español, ganador de un Óscar por El limpiaparabrisas, vuelve a su serie fetiche con el capítulo Jíbaro que ya está nominado para un Emmy. El idilio de Alberto Mielgo con la serie de Netflix Love, death and robots continúa. El capítulo La testigo de la primera temporada ganó tres premios Emmy (Best Animated Short, […]...
Baghira
Just as letters rarely come alone, humans, too, are social animals. We all need an assertive companion sometimes. Someone who radiates confidence and reliability. Someone who shows us the right approach to our challenges. Typographically speaking, such an aide would be Baghira, our contemporary serif typeface. Like its feline namesake from Kipling’s Jungle Book, Baghira has an elegant, smooth appearance...
Modular y esencialista. Así es Futo, el mobiliario contract de Dymitr Malcew
El diseñador y arquitecto polaco Dymitr Malcew presenta Futo, una interesante colección que desde la modularidad y el esencialismo formal y cromático, consigue ofrecer soluciones viables para casi todo tipo de espacios. La entrada Modular y esencialista. Así es Futo, el mobiliario contract de Dymitr Malcew apareció primero en Experimenta....
Toiletpaper’s 2023 calendar is as sexy and weird as ever
There’s only so much joy a blandly functional shared Outlook calendar can spark, hence the enduring popularity of quaint old printed wall-based ones. And no, they won’t prod you fifteen minutes before a hygienist appointment, but they can look great, make you laugh, or offer a bit of gentle titillation to liven up the working day. Toiletpaper’s calendar manages to...
CitizenM’s new campaign is shot from the perspective of a pillow
KesselsKramer has a longstanding relationship with CitizenM. Previous editions of the agency’s ongoing portrait project have adorned the hotel chain’s new openings across the world, including the ‘misfits and mavericks’ of New York and local artists, creatives and activists in LA. Next up, the agency is marking the opening of the chain’s first hotel in London’s Victoria, along with five...