Romario Dudok van Heel From folk embroidery to naïve brushwork and ampersands that bloom, our fictional florist brief inspired some of the most inventive branding we’ve seen yet. Boom Briefs, if you haven’t come across… Read More »Boom Brief #7: How you branded Petal & Stem, a florist built on friendship
Sometimes, one clear, well-executed idea can take you a long way. Illustrator Craig Boylan discusses how he developed his uniquely playful creative style. Stepping from the world of graphic design or animation into freelance illustration… Read More »Meet Baumann: Craig Boylan’s plastic man who can do just about anything
Crown Creative’s identity for Barkhouse, a luxury New York dog hotel, solves one of branding’s more unusual briefs: two audiences, one of whom has zero interest in your typography. Every creative brief has a tension… Read More »Barkhouse hotel: how do you brand a service for a client who can’t read?
This week’s DesignThinkers podcast features independent designer and writer Elizabeth Goodspeed, whose work blends history, research, and visual culture across branding, editorial, and packaging design. In the conversation, she discusses how archives and ephemera shape… Read More »DesignThinkers: Elizabeth Goodspeed
With all the chaos that has occurred during the past week—symbolized by the futility of returning to Daylight Savings Time, wherein an angst-ridden hour is stolen from us—I’m frustrated that the human lifetime is so… Read More »The Daily Heller: Enjoy a Respite With Seneca on the Shortness of Life
The Amsterdam-based artist turns everyday objects into meditative studies of colour and form. When a simple idea is executed well, it can be utterly satisfying. And when we mean simple, we mean the objects that… Read More »Hugo Rocci paints the tools we forget to see