The competition 100 Best Posters Germany Austria Switzerland, curated by Dr. Christina Thompson, is one of the most important awards for poster design in the German-speaking region and annually honors outstanding graphic work. In total,… Read More »The Daily Heller: Das Plakat From Germany and Switzerland
Aiqi Zhang / Credence From handmade films to woven typographic blankets, the Mother LA senior designer is interested in graphic design that refuses to stick to one format. For Aiqi Zhang, her ideas tend to… Read More »‘What if this idea lived somewhere else?’ Aiqi Zhang on designing across mediums
With Aesop, Byredo and a wave of tomato-leaf-touting newcomers fighting for space in our bathrooms, Cowshed needed to stand out again. Otherway’s refresh reconnects the brand with its rural Somerset beginnings. Cowshed has always been… Read More »Otherway brings Cowshed back to its Somerset roots with wild botanical illustrations
The Venezuelan-born, London- and Rio-based artist transforms migration, spirituality and fragmented notions of home into vivid, handmade works that explore identity and belonging. “I find inspiration in empathy, but not as something soft or passive,”… Read More »Through costume, performance and memory, Victoria Ruiz turns empathy into a form of resistance
When Nick Ellis acquired two long-standing butcher shops at opposite ends of Blackheath, Studio Blackburn faced a fun challenge: one brand, two very different crowds. If you’re not a fan of meat, look away now.… Read More »Studio Blackburn gives Meat Ellis Butchers a playful identity split across two Blackheath shops
There’s an architectural design that almost guarantees protection from outside threats. The building itself is massive and far from the street. The outside fence is really a massive barrier, high enough to keep out invaders… Read More »Are We Designing Ourselves Into Isolation?