For World Down Syndrome Day 2026, CoorDown’s ‘Just Evolve’ campaign asks us all to leave harmful language behind. For me, it’s deeply personal – and long overdue. My first words were my aunty’s name. She… Read More »Why the R-word needs to stay in the past, and why this campaign matters more than you know
When a portable toilet startup asks for a full brand identity, most agencies might flush the brief straight in the bin. Lark Design sat down and got to work. There’s a particular kind of brief… Read More »When the brief is to make a portaloo look cool, you’d better not bottle it
Emmi Salonen is a Finnish graphic designer and art director whose work spans editorial design, visual identity, publishing, and exhibition graphics. She often works with cultural and institutional clients, bringing a thoughtful, systems-driven approach to typography… Read More »DesignThinkers: Emmi Salonen
In 2026, the United States turns 250. Milestones like this invite more than nostalgia. They call for perspective. They ask creatives to consider how a nation has expressed itself visually and how it might choose… Read More »Design the Alley—Define the Era
With books now on pads and pods, this might be a moot point. But before designed book jackets, book covers were the primary illustrative and typographical surface of a book. We’d save a lot of… Read More »The Daily Heller: What the Best-Dressed Books Wore Before Jackets
Still from Delivery Dancer’s Sphere, 2022 by Ayoung Kim © 2026 MASI Lugano’s K-NOW! Korean Video Art Today showcases eight handpicked artists who are pushing boundaries in film, VR, and audiovisual art, created between 2016… Read More »From Seoul to Switzerland’s Southern Alps: Korean video art in motion