Disiniblud album sleeve features a seven-foot tall puppet head
For Disiniblud’s debut album, musicians Rachika Nayar and Nina Keith art directed a poignant, suburban scene featuring a huge, hand-built dragon’s head
Vanessa Saba and the evolution of collage
Collage is an alchemical and subversive process, perfectly suited to our fragmented times. And as artists like Vanessa Saba are showing, online it has reinvented itself yet again
Coca-Cola’s visual branding of the 1970s detailed in new book
A new book from Standards Manual delves into the archives of the Coca-Cola Company to reveal the inside story of its visual branding during a fascinating ten-year period, 1969-1979
Brave Duck + Robots to the rescue!
Experience designers Alessandro Pula and Stephan Bischof left The Mill, ahead of its demise earlier this year, with plans to launch a studio of their own. Here’s how they did it and what they learned along the way
Does where you work still matter?
Office-based, work-from-home, or a bit of both? Many independent agencies are lucky enough to be able to choose ‘how’ to work, but how do you decide which works best for everyone?
Junk in the trunk: Peckham Carboot gets a new identity
New branding for Peckham Carboot makes use of marker-pen fonts, vibrant colours and an authentic feel to convey the joy of hunting for a bargain
What independent agencies offer that networks can’t
Why choose to work with an independent creative agency over a larger, networked one? We asked some indies to divulge what makes them an attractive proposition and what clients can gain from the relationship
How Vacation created its unique brand world
In 2021, Vacation’s suit of sunscreen products took the internet by storm. Four years on, its brand world continues to evolve while expressing a nostalgia for holidays gone by. We talk to VP of design, Roy Fleeman, about how they do it
Japanese baseball players in MLB honoured with unique manhole covers
In a new campaign celebrating the impact of Japanese stars in Major League Baseball, each of its 12 active players have been honoured with a custom-made manhole cover
The Monthly Interview: Liza Enebeis
The creative director of Studio Dumbar/Dept has been balancing client and public-facing projects for most of her career. Here, she talks candidly about the business of studio evolution and running a ‘collective’ where motion is now integral to its working method
A new identity for Dumbo promises ‘a different side of New York’
New York studio DNCO has redesigned the identity for Dumbo, the Brooklyn neighbourhood which sits beneath the Manhattan Bridge in New York
All Deya: meet the artist behind the best beer brand going
As craft beer brand Deya turns ten, we talk to Thom Hobson, the artist behind the distinctive look of the young brewery that does things differently
How Center design studio is shaping startups
Formerly a design director at Coca-Cola, Alex Center’s Brooklyn studio now brings branding magic to startups and small businesses
Laphroaig x Willem Dafoe is a peaty partnership worth savouring
The Islay single malt has enlisted the Hollywood star for its latest campaign, celebrating the whisky’s unmistakable, enigmatic taste
Why brands need culture
In her new book, Leila Fataar explains how the most powerful engagements between brands and audiences happen through culture, requiring different approaches to marketing and comms
Brompton unfolds bold new identity for its 50th anniversary
The British cycling brand has partnered with Studio Blackburn to celebrate its heritage as it enters a new, globally minded era