When we look at the cross-section of a tree, we are looking at time made visible. Each tree ring marks a year; and records years of drought, years of rain, years when the world shifted… Read More »Tiffany Shlain and Ken Goldberg: Ancient Wisdom for a Future Ecology: Trees, Time, and Technology
Willy Fleckhaus (1925–1983) was the art director’s art director. As a designer, the magazine twen (short for twenty) in postwar Germany was his R&D and proving ground. Published from April 1959 to May 1971, twen… Read More »The Daily Heller: Willy Fleckhaus, a God of Art Direction, Seeks Safe Haven
The non-alcoholic spirits category has a perception problem. Too many brands have leaned so hard into “better for you” that they’ve ended up apologising for what they actually are. La Borosa takes the opposite approach.… Read More »How Sip Studio built La Borosa, a non-alcoholic spirit that doesn’t ask for your forgiveness
Buenos Aires-based creative Kukso has turned the most overlooked moment in arcade history into a series of sculptures that are equal parts nostalgia trip and genuine art. As a lifelong gamer who grew up hammering… Read More »When Defeat Looked This Good: The Street Fighter sculptures that hit different
A Paris studio’s identity for a new Nantes arts venue proves that the most ambitious visual systems often begin with the smallest idea. There’s a perfect moment in graphic design when a system stops feeling… Read More »How Letters Come Alive: Atelier AAAAA’s identity for Mixt
The internet willed it into existence. KFC obliged. Meet the Pickle Puffer: a wearable, drinkable tribute to the nation’s most chaotic food obsession. At some point in the recent past, someone generated a fake AI-generated… Read More »KFC has made a puffer jacket filled with real pickles, and yes, it has a straw