Panóptico de Actualidad Gráfica y Visual
Giant flowers and pumpkins are currently covering the façade of Harrods, painting its stonework in the polka dots that have become Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s trademark. It’s all to launch Louis Vuitton’s new Kusama collection – a decade after the brand’s first collaboration with the artist – which spans bags, shoes, accessories and fragrances, all with a Kusama twist. According...
Artists are furious that their work has been used as fodder for AI tools, and copyright lawsuits are mounting as a result. We discuss AI’s intellectual property woes with Jelly head of artist management Nicki Field and illustrator Christoph Niemann...
Conversion therapy has come under fierce scrutiny in recent years. The practice, which tries to suppress someone’s sexual orientation or stop them identifying as a different gender, can include talking therapies and prayer along with more extreme methods such as exorcism, physical violence and food deprivation. It has been condemned by global medical and human rights bodies, and is already...
The photographer talks about her body of work examining everyday life and war in Iraq, where she explores complex questions of truth in photography and journalism...
It’s hard not to be impressed by Bao, which started off as a food stall and has spiralled out to encompass several restaurants across London, a cookbook published by Phaidon, an online convenience store, and now an app. At each of these stages, Bao has shown a genuine commitment to design and creativity, and it’s no different for its latest...
At 21 metres high, it stretches just above the Angel of the North, and spreads to 52 metres in length. However, London’s newest bid for a landmark is, unusually, an electrical substation in Brent Cross Town – the regeneration project towards the north of the city. Perhaps aware that a substation isn’t typically a sexy addition to the skyline, London-based...
While those familiar with Reese’s will know that it’s all about combining peanut butter with chocolate, the brand is keen to reiterate this point with its new ad campaign, which features a series of content built around literally putting peanut butter in things. The first ad kicks the idea off in half silly, half sexy fashion, with the somewhat anachronistic...
Shoair Mavlian, the incoming director of the Photographers’ Gallery in London, reflects on the challenges in attracting audiences post-pandemic, and building more inclusive spaces...
The photographer documents the communities who live on the lake, which is under threat from climate change, overfishing and hydropower dams...
Legacy artists are big business, and labels are using creativity and design to help bring their music to new audiences. Here, we talk to designer Erik Herrström’s about the branding he’s created for the singer Whitney Houston, ten years after her death...
Hair loss is big business these days. Given that around 80% of men and 50% of women will experience it in their lives, it’s hardly surprising that the market for products and supplements is booming – to the tune of an estimated $23.6 million globally. Hair loss also remains a taboo subject for many people who go through it; a...
We speak to Reed Words about the importance brands should be placing on their tone of voice amid the recession – and why platitudes simply won’t cut it for consumers...
