This year Berlin celebrates its 20th anniversary of being named a UNESCO City of Design. We talk to graphic design studios across the city to discover the impact it has made...
The Brazilian Amazon gets historic new brand identity
The Legal Amazon, which consists of nine of Brazil’s 26 states, 60% of its territory, and 28 million people, has for the first time ever been given its own official brand. The initiative, established by Integrated Amazon Routes (RAI) and the Brazilian Tourist Board (Embratur), aims to offer consolidated and sustainable development for those who live in the region. “Across...
Telstra takes its network off-world in charming stop-motion campaign
Telstra is once again leaning into craft to highlight the power of connectivity, this time taking its network beyond Earth’s limits with the help of creative agency Bear Meets Eagle On Fire. In a new campaign co-created by partner agency +61, the Aussie telecoms company introduces Satellite Messaging, a feature that allows eligible customers to send and receive texts even...
Let’s make lots of money: Designing the Pet Shop Boys
As a new book chronicles 40 years of Pet Shop Boys visuals, designer Mark Farrow reflects on their unique collaborative relationship...
Left to my own devices: Designing the Pet Shop Boys
As a new book chronicles 40 years of Pet Shop Boys visuals, designer Mark Farrow reflects on their unique collaborative relationship...
Penguin reveals 2026 Cover Design Award winners
Penguin Books has announced the winners of its 2026 Cover Design Award, the annual competition that invites emerging creatives to reimagine iconic titles from its catalogue. Designed to spotlight new talent, the award is open to entrants with no more than one year’s professional experience, with this year’s shortlist made up largely of students, alongside early-career designers and those currently…...
Hotel Vila Inglesa rebrand honours family and tradition
Founded in 1948, Hotel Vila Inglesa in Campos do Jordão, Brazil, is one of the most iconic properties in the region. Known for its colonial-style architecture, the five-star hotel has had a major influence on the aesthetic of the surrounding city, and has hosted many high-profile guests over the years, including Brazil’s national football team in 1962. This prestige has...
French garden centre Gamm vert releases ‘grow it yourself’ groceries
Gamm vert, France’s leading garden centre chain, has released a new campaign aimed at aspiring green-fingers and those suffering the effects of inflation. Titled The Grow’ceries, the campaign builds on the company’s 2024 Grow Your Groceries concept, which encouraged people to ‘shop’ at their own vegetable gardens, instead of at the supermarket. Furthering this idea, The Grow’ceries uses clever… Source...
Why brand collaborations are turning to chaos
Unlikely brand pairings are becoming a growing strategy. As they evolve beyond novelty, their power to surprise and sustain attention is starting to change...
Illustrator Shunpei Kamiya on process and industry changes
The Tokyo-based illustrator talks about maintaining a visual voice across commissions and how he combines analogue and digital techniques...
Wise highlights the pitfalls of traditional banks in OOH campaign
Fintech brand Wise has brought its global platform, Be Smart. Get Wise, to the UK through a print and OOH campaign created by creative agency Ace of Hearts. It marks a strategic shift for the brand by positioning it as the “smart current account for both home and abroad”, highlighting how many people are “unknowingly paying for a slower, more...
Wes Anderson’s model-maker turns coffee machines into tiny cafés
If you’ve seen any of Wes Anderson’s more recent films, you’ll no doubt have admired the handiwork of Simon Weisse. From the pastel-hued precision of The Grand Budapest Hotel to the desert dioramas of Asteroid City, Weisse’s miniature sets have helped bring Anderson’s cinematic worlds to life for more than two decades. Now, that same meticulous craft has been scaled...