Illustrator Justyna Green and designer and ‘colour doctor’ Anna Jacobs explain why painting your home can be a radical exercise in creativity...
Shopping’s digital future
There’s a new wave of creative technologies set to change the face of ecommerce – from livestream shopping, to virtual stores, to digital-only fashion houses. We examine how human connection is at the heart of all of them...
The emotional power of typography
Sarah Hyndman has been exploring how typography influences us for the past decade or so; setting up experiments and studies around its effect on our moods and senses and demonstrating how letterforms have powers far beyond mere legibility or decoration. Hyndman, a designer and founder of the Type Tasting enterprise, published the book The Type Taster: How fonts influence you...
Barclaycard goes on a philosophical journey in its new ad
If a man buys all the hammers in a hardware store, is it still a hardware store? This is the bizarre set up of a new spot for Barclaycard from Droga5 London, which begins with some rather pedestrian messaging about how small businesses should rethink what payments can do for them, before spinning off into far more unpredictable territory. This...
FOMO, celebs and risk: How the world of cryptocurrency is changing culture
The marketing of crypto brands is smashing the finance mould, and having a wider impact on culture. Here, Chinmay Karandikar, group planning manager at dentsuMB Mumbai, reflects on the changes...
FOMO, celebs and risk: How the world of cryptocurrency is changing culture
The marketing of crypto brands is smashing the finance mould, and having a wider impact on culture. Here, Chinmay Karandikar, group planning manager at dentsuMB Mumbai, reflects on the changes...
The power of a tagline: 20 years of Should’ve gone to Specsavers
We delve into how Specsavers created a line so powerful that the public has ended up doing the advertising leg work for it...
New ad campaign tackles everyday gender bias
Created for International Women’s Day, but relevant every day, Imagine is a poster campaign which asks us to think about the gender biases we have with regards to jobs. We might think that we have moved beyond the stereotypes associated with certain careers – for example, that a CEO would be a man, and a nurse a woman – but...
Children’s book illustrators launch raffle to support the families of Ukraine
The concept behind #KidLit4Ukraine is simple: £3 buys you one virtual raffle ticket, and as with any raffle, the more you donate, the better your chances! Entries are open until March 11, after which names will be drawn at random, and a prize will be chosen for each winner. Prizes include original art, signed books and prints from illustrators including...
Children’s book illustrators launch raffle to support the families of Ukraine
The concept behind #KidLit4Ukraine is simple: £3 buys you one virtual raffle ticket, and as with any raffle, the more you donate, the better your chances! Entries are open until March 11, after which names will be drawn at random, and a prize will be chosen for each winner. Prizes include original art, signed books and prints from illustrators including...
Children’s book illustrators launch raffle to support the families of Ukraine
The concept behind #KidLit4Ukraine is simple: £3 buys you one virtual raffle ticket, and as with any raffle, the more you donate, the better your chances! Entries are open until March 11, after which names will be drawn at random, and a prize will be chosen for each winner. Prizes include original art, signed books and prints from illustrators including...
Children’s book illustrators launch raffle to support the families of Ukraine
The concept behind #KidLit4Ukraine is simple: £3 buys you one virtual raffle ticket, and as with any raffle, the more you donate, the better your chances! Entries are open until March 11, after which names will be drawn at random, and a prize will be chosen for each winner. Prizes include original art, signed books and prints from illustrators including...