We look at how design is helping institutions, companies, and startups in paving the way for medical psychedelics to turn mainstream...
Palace Gucci collab arrives with a predictably great campaign
We’re beginning to get used to Alessandro Michele’s wild brand moves as creative director at Gucci, but that doesn’t make each new release any less enjoyable. This past weekend saw the arrival of a new collab from the brand, following previous link ups with adidas and the North Face, in the form of a tie-up with Palace, the skateboard and...
London’s ICA unveils a new identity and campaign for its 75th birthday
This year marks the 75th anniversary of London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) – a multidisciplinary arts organisation and gallery that’s hosted a long list of landmark shows over the years. Work by artists including Yoko Ono, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Francis Bacon has all been featured at the ICA, which has built a reputation for hosting cutting edge exhibitions and...
The many hats of Amber Park
The LA-based artist discusses growing up as a child of immigrants, creative directing for Lil Yachty and Katy Perry during college, and why she’s no longer an NFT hater...
The Future Factory’s new identity uses “typographic conveyor belts”
The Future Factory is a business development consultancy that specialises in lead-generation – that means finding new work for other companies, mostly creative agencies. Before being able to help others however, the company needed an attention-grabbing new identity that would land it new business, and make it clear exactly what the Future Factory does. “From the outset, the client was...
Tensions rise in a windswept spot for Emmerdale’s 50th anniversary
The spot celebrates 50 years since the British soap first appeared on TV, and teases a special hour-long episode that will coincide with the anniversary. Drawing inspiration from the storylines currently unfolding within the series, the spot takes viewers on a journey around a larger-than-life cake that depicts the village of Emmerdale in hyperreal style. Viewers watch as a hurricane...
The little-known graphic design gold of amateur radio
Any designer worth their weight in coffee table books is likely a big fan of Standards Manual, the publisher based in Brooklyn that specialises in, well, standards manuals, among other design history-related artefacts. The publisher’s latest and tenth release is another beautiful title, this time exploring the graphics of amateur — better known as ‘ham’ — radio. Put simply, ham...
Screw the Skeuomorph!
Used to help translate the real world into the digital realm, skeuomorphs should be abandoned in Web3 and the metaverse instead be a place where anything goes, says Rick Chant, ECD and co-founder at We Are Pi...
Inside the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ trippy new album artwork
We meet the minds behind the weird, wondrous world constructed to embody the group’s second album in six months, Return of the Dream Canteen...
Photographing the Black Panthers
New York Times photography editor Jeffrey Henson Scales and ‘unofficial’ Panthers photographer Stephen Shames share the stories behind a pair of new photo books dedicated to the political organisation...
Artist John Walter’s debut NFT collection tackles HIV stigma
London-based artist John Walter has released his first NFT collection titled Sydney Ducks, in collaboration with HIV charity Positive East. Named for a group of Australian ex-convicts who set fire to buildings in San Francisco during the gold rush, the series continues Walter’s commitment to tackling HIV stigma and virology disinformation through art. Sydney Ducks uses cartooning to further the…...
Breez’s rebrand breathes new life into the cannabis category
The cannabis industry has changed dramatically since Breez was founded in 2015. The California-based brand has grown rapidly during this time, building up a range of premium THC and CBD-infused mints, tincture sprays and tablets. The brand’s quick expansion has brought a number of challenges with it, however, namely around its branding and communications. “These changes excelled at market… Source...