It’s been four years since file sharing and productivity service WeTransfer launched its digital arts platform WePresent, and in that time it has become a solid destination for editorial and creative content. Where it has had particular cultural cut-through is in producing and commissioning projects that resonate in the worlds of art, film, and music. Among its success stories are...
Winners announced for Sony World Photography Awards 2022
Adam Ferguson has been named Photographer of the Year at the 2022 edition of the Sony World Photography Awards. His series, Migrantes, which also won in the Portraiture category, comprises self-portraits of – and by – people in Mexico waiting to cross the border to the US. The series was conceived in early 2021, after Ferguson noticed a lack of...
Jodrell Bank’s hypnotic new logo is inspired by its vast telescope
The observatory, which is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has been in operation for 75 years, and is now used as a research institute by the University of Manchester. It’s home to several telescopes, with the Lovell Telescope – which has been used to track space probes and satellites – one of the largest of its kind in the...
How to build a place-led brand with global appeal
We talk to Yorkshire Tea and Brooklyn Brewery about how they translated the values of their birthplaces into well-loved brands that reach far beyond them...
Robin Graubard’s new book documents life across Eastern Europe in the 90s
Published by Loose Joints, US photographer Robin Graubard’s diaristic debut photo book, Road to Nowhere, pinballs around Eastern Europe throughout the 1990s, following the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. Road to Nowhere comprises largely unseen photographs taken between 1992 and 1996, though the design and sequencing avoid indicating the time or place of each shot as the book unfolds....
Robin Graubard’s new book documents life across Eastern Europe in the 90s
Published by Loose Joints, US photographer Robin Graubard’s diaristic debut photo book, Road to Nowhere, pinballs around Eastern Europe throughout the 1990s, following the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. Road to Nowhere comprises largely unseen photographs taken between 1992 and 1996, though the design and sequencing avoid indicating the time or place of each shot as the book unfolds....
Susan Kare’s pioneering Macintosh icons are on display in France
“I believe that good icons are more akin to road signs rather than illustrations, and ideally should present an idea in a clear, concise, and memorable way,” said designer Susan Kare in a 2001 interview with Wendy Marinaccio for online project Making the Macintosh: Technology and Culture in Silicon Valley. Kare created some of the most iconic – quite literally...
Design by Toko’s nomadic approach to running a studio
The Dutch husband and wife team behind Design by Toko have lived and worked everywhere from America to Australia over the last two decades. Then the pandemic changed everything...
Why channelling your inner child could help your creativity
Nobody likes to look stupid in meetings, but sometimes asking seemingly dumb questions or admitting you don’t understand something can unlock better creative work, says Julian Harriman-Dickinson...
New Morphy Richards branding is a tale of two halves
Founded in 1936, electrical appliances brand Morphy Richards has been a staple of many British homes for the best part of 100 years. Yet its brand vision hadn’t necessarily translated as it expanded around the world. “Morphy Richards is historically a British brand that over the years has grown globally. As this growth happened, the meaning of the brand became...
Exposure: Glamour Shot
Korean duo Glamour Shot deliver «people’s dreams» via fantastical images that subvert the 90s glamour photo genre. They’re now bringing their look to advertising, via work for brands including Reebok and Kara...
The great gardening rebrand
A gang of upstart new gardening businesses are tapping into the world’s collective plant addiction, and design and branding is pivotal to their success...

