Graphic design is an increasingly broad discipline, and this is something that Charlie Scott, who has recently graduated in the subject at Falmouth University, particularly enjoys. “It’s increasingly harder to define; it’s unbound by medium, and can look endlessly different,” he explains. “This keeps it exciting, and you never know what topic you’ll be doing next. “Studying design… Source...
The story behind the new French football identity
Last month, the French Football Federation unveiled a sharpened identity for its national teams. We talk to the studio about how they approached the update...
Grow’s debut ads aim to challenge perceptions of therapy
This week, US-based mental health platform Grow Therapy is launching its first-ever national brand campaign. Developed in collaboration with independent agency KDSP (formed by Wieden+Kennedy alumni Brock Kirby, Jeff Dryer, Scott Sullivan and Mollie Partesotti), it looks to challenge public discourse around mental health; specifically: what it is, who needs help with it, and where to find that help. Source...
McDonald’s brings Xbox game food to its real-world menu
McDonald’s has built on its Side Missions platform, teaming up with Xbox and a roster of major gaming franchises including World of Warcraft, Fallout, Halo: Campaign Evolved and Candy Crush for a limited-time menu and 360 campaign. The 60-second hero film, created with Leo UK, opens with a scene from Halo: Campaign Evolved, where two marines detour from their mission...
Why speed can be a creative liability
With the world moving faster and faster, it is perhaps only natural that businesses want their teams to be speedier than ever too. But for creatives, this can often make the work worse...
Gradwatch 2026: Lily Truelove & Lucy Whiskens, Manchester School of Art
At this year’s New Designers showcase in London, Manchester School of Art graduates Lily Truelove and Lucy Whiskens shared the Creative Review Award for their markedly different interpretations of a 2026 FIFA World Cup brief set by Studio Blackburn. Both of their projects are rooted in research, experimentation and a willingness to look beyond the obvious. For Truelove… Source...
Gradwatch 2026: Bea Dalley, London College of Fashion
For photographer Bea Dalley, making images allows her to “freeze moments” and turn them into something more tangible, and is a way to explore ideas that feel true to her. “I’m able to show the viewer the world the way I see things. I have always lived in my imagination and romanticised things I see as if they were in...
The return of the compact disc
The death of the CD has been exaggerated – like some stubborn, insistent earworm, it refuses to go away. Could its mini resurgence herald a new wave of creative design for music?...
Bankwest creates limited edition cufflinks for its brokers
Bankwest is the latest brand to see the value in creating limited edition merch for its customers or staff – a trend that seems to have emerged in response to digital fatigue and a renewed love of real objects in the age of AI. In this case, the brand has honed in on its network of brokers, creating a bespoke...
Exposure: Harlan Bozeman
The artist and educator’s six-year documentation of Elaine, Arkansas, confronts a history of racial violence and decades of neglect, while proposing a more reciprocal model for documentary photography...
Gradwatch 2026: Mac Brown, the Northern School of Art
“Design as an outlet for creativity wasn’t always the creative sector I was drawn to,” says graphic designer Mac Brown. “I always wanted to be a very traditional artist, but during my time at school I had classes in both fine art and graphic design. The way design was able to integrate art into creating products, brands and emotion caught...
Gradwatch 2026: Maddie McCoubrie, Arts University Bournemouth
It was in the run up to Maddie McCoubrie’s final year on the illustration course at Arts University Bournemouth that she discovered the 3D software Blender, which allowed her work to open up into wider illustration and animation techniques and “worlds that felt unique to me”, she explains. “These often centred around vibrant colours, quirky shape language and perhaps slightly...

