A new platform has launched which hopes to “break the traditional designer-client cycle” by selling off-the-shelf brands. Brands Like These (BLT) is the brainchild of Sheffield-based agency Lyon & Lyon. It came about after they …
Gretna Green says “I do” to Squad’s new brand identity
Squad is repositioning Gretna Green as an experiential visitor destination with appeal beyond run-a-way weddings. The Scottish border village has been famous since 1754, when English people started eloping to its forge to get married …
“How I learned to stop worrying about awards and love making real impact”
A few years ago, my co-founder Glenn Taylor and I made a decision that felt pretty radical and risky at the time. We stopped entering design awards. Not because we couldn’t win them – we …
How is Hey Studio using AI?
Hey Studio is a creative agency based in Barcelona. It works on creative strategies and visual languages for clients like Lufthansa and Google, as well as local restaurants and bakeries. Here, founder and creative directress …
Tributes paid to the James Bond 007 logo designer Joe Caroff
The graphic designer who created the iconic 007 James Bond logo has died aged 103. Joe Caroff designed the famous logo – which features a gun as the 7 – for the first Bond film, …
Studio Kiln refreshes Vinted identity with flowing ribbon motif
The new look is a result of Studio Kiln spending a month sitting alongside Vinted’s in-house design team at the HQ in Lithuania. Vinted’s roots go back to 2008, when Milda Mitkute was moving house …
design/leader: North creative director Jeremy Coysten
Jeremy Coysten is partner and creative director of North. The London-based design and branding agency works with clients like the Barbican, Somerset House and The Earthshot prize. Design What would your monograph be called? We …
“It’s like Tetris” – what studio managers want designers to know
How has the role of studio manager changed over recent years? As budgets have been squeezed, and employee well-being has risen in importance, the studio manager role has broadened and become more strategic. “It’s evolved …
Tothepoint brands new scheme to boost London’s biggest and most maligned borough
Tothepoint has created the branding for a new loyalty scheme for Croydon, building on its previous work for London’s biggest borough. It has around 390,000 residents, of which more than 190,000 live in the town …
Have design job ads become too specific?
“The level of specificity on job ads now is insane,” says designer and founder of Never Dull Studio, Ben Mottershead. He reflects a growing sentiment among designers that job listings have become too rigid in …