Frontify
How a ‘fixed-flex-free’ framework builds more adaptable brands
To cater to diverse audiences, brands must be smarter and more systematic to balance consistency with adaptability.
UAL Showcase
How creatives on UAL Showcase tackle today’s most challenging issues
Three creative industry leaders on how projects on UAL Showcase, an always-on global platform by University of the Arts London, bring attention to the climate emergency, health and social justice
Frontify
Why it pays to take risks with your brand’s colour palette
In a sea of sameness, breaking category codes with calculated palette decisions can give brands a strategic advantage
Celebrating Penguin Books at 90
We reflect on Penguin Books’ formidable design history on its 90th birthday, and reveal the winners of its annual Cover Design Award
Penguin
Penguin’s 2025 Cover Design Award shortlist revealed
Judges will whittle down the 10 up-and-coming designers and illustrators to three prize-winners, whose work will feature in the Annual Awards issue of Creative Review
Shopify
How to find creative inspiration in ‘boring’ tech updates
Getting audiences excited about another software update can be hard work. But, as Shopify’s director of design and creative explains, leaning into the challenge can produce creative outcomes, for designers and audiences alike.
Penguin
Penguin launches new Cover Design Award brief: Find out how to enter
Aimed at aspiring designers and illustrators with less than a year’s industry experience, the brief pays homage to the publisher’s founding design principles
Frontify
Why a brand-building platform helps creativity thrive
Some extra groundwork to create a ‘single source of truth’ when building a brand empowers everyone down the line.
In-House Agency Leaders Club
How in-house agencies are adopting AI
What are the opportunities, concerns and challenges facing in-house agencies when it comes to AI? IHALC decided to find out in a major new survey
Frontify
The trick to pushing creative limits without losing control
How to balance rule-breaking creativity with the need for measurable performance and brand governance, according to insights from a new report on The Future of Creativity.
In-House Agency Leaders Club
Three learnings from an in-house creative leader
Six months into his new role as Reckitt’s global design officer, health, Lee Barnsley shares some key lessons for every in-house creative leader
In-House Agency Leaders Club
Ideas and how to have, sell and protect them
A new book by Martin Homent, Citi’s in-house creative director, brings together his decades of experience in a compendium of more than 70 “tips, tricks and principles to help you create great work every day”