The best brand collabs tend to come about when each brand has its own clear voice but they can come together in a way that makes them both shine. This is the case with this new project for kids at Baoshan No 2 Central Primary School in Shanghai, where Nike and Lego have installed a brightly coloured playground. Nike is...
Mud, sweat and tears at the Barbican
Dirty Looks, a new exhibition in London, examines fashion’s complicated relationship with dirt and decay, and society’s changing ideas of beauty...
No Way Back: Learning from, not longing for, the past
Launching with a fascinating book, the No Way Back project is a multi-platform initiative that brings together long-lost music and subculture journalism and photography...
A new exhibition confronts the seductive face of fascism
At first glance, the artwork on view in Poster House’s latest exhibition is dazzling – sleek planes, swooping eagles, heroic figures rendered in bold colours and modernist forms. But beneath this elegant façade lies a darker story of coercion and control. Running in New York until February next year, The Future Was Then: The Changing Face of Fascist Italy traces...
Craig Oldham on the Orgreave campaign and the role of design in protest
Ten years on from the publication of his book on the miners’ strike, designer Craig Oldham reflects on its impact and the role it played in the wider campaign for an inquiry into one of its most infamous events...
Picture book Midwife, Wha! offers an inclusive look at birth
Jo Zasloff has been a midwife for nearly 20 years, and though she’s always welcomed the curiosity children express around birth, she found there was little “age-appropriate material” around to explain what her role involves. Existing literature was “sweet but often outdated” or centred on a very narrow view of birth, so Zasloff has teamed up with designer Claudine Eriksson...
OpenAI leans into ‘human craft’ for debut ChatGPT brand campaign
In a bid to further cement ChatGPT’s prominent place in our everyday lives, OpenAI has released its first major campaign for the popular AI chatbot. Following a much-anticipated Super Bowl ad earlier this year, which looked to position ChatGPT as one of humanity’s greatest inventions, this latest marketing venture instead grounds itself in the day-to-day realities of users. Source...
From Hamburg to Shanghai: How Jung von Matt went global
Jung von Matt CEO Peter Figge discusses the importance of recognising local culture and context amid the creative agency’s ongoing international expansion...
App turns bedtime stories into audiobooks for visually impaired children
The Royal Society for Blind Children (RSBC) has partnered with creative agency Innocean Berlin on the release of a new app designed to improve access to audiobooks for visually impaired children. Bedtime Donations, which is available to download now on the App Store and Google Play, captures the voices of parents and caretakers as they read bedtime stories, and transforms...
How a ‘fixed-flex-free’ framework builds more adaptable brands
Static brand systems are no longer fit-for-purpose for modern organisational needs. Strategic flexibility is vital to build systems that successfully adapt to audiences, contexts and cultural moments while maintaining their core recognition. At a recent webinar hosted by Frontify, brand leaders from Mozilla and Jones Knowles Ritchie (JKR) shared insights on building flexible brand systems… Source...
Exposure: Suleika Mueller
The London-based photographer talks to Gem Fletcher about her process and her belief in “changing the world through love rather than aggression”...
Spotify creates campaign for Vietnam’s 80th Independence Day
Coinciding with Vietnam’s 80th Independence Day, Spotify has collaborated with local creative agency Happiness Saigon on a new campaign that taps into the festive mood through music. With the anniversary always proving an emotionally-charged moment across the country, and serving as a period for both reflection and celebration, Spotify and Happiness Saigon wanted to find a way to enhance this…...

