In 1980, Los Angeles historian Jim Heimann—whose preservation and documentation of West Coast vernacular design has been a primary source of pop-culture artifacts—published his first thin volume about eccentric roadside architecture. That book, California Crazy,… Read More »The Daily Heller: Architecture That Says What it Does
Sarah J Coleman’s cover for the Wuthering Heights 200th anniversary edition Should you judge a book by its cover? Of course you should! We talk to a selection of amazing artists whose book jackets have… Read More »Meet five fantastic book cover illustrators
A charging buffalo, a somersaulting samurai cat and a ghostly flame-throwing organist walk into a living room. Funny, yes. But is the industry leaning on strangeness as a substitute for strategy… or has it simply… Read More »Advertising has become addicted to absurdist humour – but is that a bad thing?
For the first in a series of designer collaborations, Balmoral Defender tapped the Brooklyn agency to create something that feels more fashion editorial than car commercial… complete with a dual-logo system, edition numbering and a… Read More »‘Ruggedly refined’: How MLTI NYC turned a car collab into a fashion editorial
Kanal isn’t a traditional museum, and Base Design’s identity doesn’t treat it like one. The system spans visual, sonic and behavioural layers, all designed to flex as the institution grows. When Brussels’ former Citroën garage… Read More »Base Design builds a brand that breathes for Brussels’ vast new cultural centre, Kanal
When a heavy hitter in the art world gets a fresh new rebrand, it’s going to make a splash. Such is the case for the Getty (The J. Paul Getty Trust), which unveiled a forward-thinking… Read More »Getty Gets a Punchy Modern Rebrand Anchored by Geometric “G” Motif