My visit to the Northern Festival of Illustration highlighted how a once-overlooked seaside town is becoming one of the UK’s most exciting creative centres. Over the last few years, I’ve spent a lot of time… Read More »Why Hartlepool is becoming the North’s most unlikely creative powerhouse
“What will you do with your Freedom?” This question was posed to me by a great coach I was working with, named Susan Cannon. We were having a conversation about life after advertising. I was… Read More »What Comes After Success?
The first quarter of the 21st century has been a time of canonical change for graphic design, with an eye toward gender, race and nationality and those who have been omitted, forgotten or lost with… Read More »The Daily Heller: Designing Women
In this conversation, David Jacobowitz, founder of Nebula Snacks, shares his journey from a childhood filled with sweets to creating a line of luxurious, sugar-free chocolate bites. He discusses the challenges of managing his health,… Read More »Give Them What They Want With Nebula Snacks’ David Jacobowitz
When a brand as ubiquitous as Lay’s announces its largest refresh in nearly a century, you brace for something seismic — a radical overhaul, perhaps, or a striking departure from the familiar yellow bag that… Read More »Lay’s Rays and the Art of Subtle Reinvention
Since the Babylonian Exile in the early sixth century BCE, Jews have lived scattered across many lands, cultures and languages. One thing members of the diaspora long had in common was books that they created.… Read More »The Daily Heller: Jewish Books Lettered, Typeset and Illuminated