Category: Art

The winners of Penguin’s 2024 Cover Design Award Competition was once again fierce for this year’s prestigious awards by Penguin Books. We reveal the winners of its annual prize where creatives get a remarkable opportunity to showcase their talents. Today, Penguin Books has announced the winners of its popular Cover Design Award, which sees aspiring…

Brighton studio Cronica has partnered with the European Media and Information Fund to craft a dynamic visual identity, blending print and digital aesthetics to combat misinformation and promote media literacy. In a year where over half the planet is holding elections, it’s increasingly clear that truth matters. That’s precisely why, in 2021, a bunch of…

Glastonbury is here once again. And it’s looking like a dry one (those lucky bastards). If you’re one of the jammy sods to be there, you’ll likely have seen a new ad for Strongbow, marking it as the perfect festival refreshment. Otherway has crafted a new campaign for Strongbow to kick off its summer of…

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Blending magical moments, science, storytelling and a hint of nostalgia, Almighty’s designs position Joonbyrd at the forefront of the beauty and wellness industry. Headquartered in London, Joonbyrd is a company focused on creating skincare, wellness, and lifestyle products that promote emotional wellbeing alongside physical benefits. Founded by dermatologist Dr Alexis Granite, it aims to create…

The agency restored the charity’s 20-year-old website to make it a better resource for members and refined the brand identity to make it more “modern, integrated and coherent”. Banbury-based integrated agency Toast Design has developed a new identity and bespoke website for national charity The Victorian Society, which is looking to attract new and younger…

Icons and pictograms are so important to our society, yet even designers don’t discuss them all that much. A new book explores their evolution and impact in our increasingly visual digital world. In an increasingly visual world, icons and pictograms have become the universal language of design. A new book from independent British publisher Counter-Print…

Working in collaboration with Stuart Gough, Pentagram, JKR, and Impero, the charity launches its refreshed brand and positioning today. Its focus is on being “more accessible, inclusive, and digitally enabled.” Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH) has unveiled a new identity to build on its mission to transform the lives of seriously ill children and…

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Feeling like a fraud? We share the community’s best tips to help you embrace your unique voice, trust your process, and view challenges as opportunities. As a creative professional, your work is an extension of your very self. Your ideas, your vision and your unique perspective, are the tools of…

All My Friends Reprise: Looking For Owls blends vibrant imagery with detailed band lore. London illustrator Sam Taylor explains what he learned from this unusual project. We’re big fans of London-based illustrator Sam Taylor, whom we last covered in 2023 when he was experimenting with hand-made techniques. Now he’s behind a new children’s book titled…

Four new commissions have come through the festival’s Art in Manufacturing programme, positioning Lancashire as a hub of creativity and craft. This year’s National Festival of Making in Blackburn, Lancashire, will host four new commissions for which artists have paired with industrial sector factories to reinforce Lancashire as a centre for making in the UK.…

Political tropes and materials such as leaflets, protest banners, and opinion stickers are heavily featured in the graphic identity of the exhibition. Munich-based studio WVH has designed the graphic concept and identity for an architecture exhibition at the Pinakothek der Modern in Germany, using political codes and aesthetics as well as recycled materials from previous…

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Little Big Brands sought to respect the history of the garden’s namesake, Mildred Mathias while bringing it into the modern day with a new brand identity. The UCLA Mathias Botanical Garden has launched its new identity, coinciding with the renaissance and modernisation of the garden itself, which includes enhanced entry points and common areas as…

A Visible Distance interrogates the last three decades of design and creativity, from the commercialisation of the internet to the advanced technologies and practices of today. The creative industries are not short on autobiographies, monographs, and more of the like written by established figures, many of whom started their careers in the 1970s and 80s.…

There’s a darker side to the Beautiful Game that Women’s Aid wants you to know about. And that’s the hidden issue of domestic abuse exacerbated by the country’s fervour for football. Whilst many of us are enjoying the Euros this month, an award-winning campaign by Women’s Aid highlights a darker side to football: the spike…

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Unleash your creativity while you’re away from the studio! This essential tech will help you present work, win clients, and stay connected when travelling to conferences and client meetings or while enjoying a working holiday. In today’s fast-paced world, we creatives often find ourselves on the go. It’s a perk…

A series drawing parallels between womanhood and forms and patterns found in nature by illustrator Noopur Choksi. Choksi is from India and currently based in Baltimore. She studied Graphic Design at the National Institute of Design and recently graduated with an MFA in Illustration Practice from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Her work is an…

Hugo Timm, senior creative director at Frontify The diversity of channels is overwhelming many designers and studios right now. Hugo Timm explains how you can both survive and thrive during this ongoing revolution. Wherever design and branding are headed over the next decade or so, one thing’s for certain: It’s all changing very rapidly indeed.…

FT Scenik Unleash your creativity with June’s innovative fonts, from versatile workhorses to bold experimentations and cultural inspirations. Feeling like trying something new? Us too. It’s the kind of spirit that often takes over when summer hits, the weather improves, everyone gets outside, and you start to think: let’s shake things up a little. And…

The New York agency draws inspiration from viral videos to showcase the culinary versatility of cottage cheese brand Good Culture. Do you ever eat cottage cheese? Many people don’t, and some have never even tried it. This soft, crumbly cheese is unusual because it’s made by curdling milk, typically skimmed milk, giving it a mild…

A solo exhibition exploring the intricate dynamics between heritage and personal experience by artist James Jean (previously featured here). While James is well-known for his collaborations with global entities like Prada and BTS, as well as being the creative hand behind the posters for Oscar-winning movies like Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Shape of Water, and Pinocchio, the Centre of…

Global studio Turner Duckworth designed dimensions for the brewery’s identity, commissioning illustrator Brian Steely to showcase the personality of each brew through illustrations. Turner Duckworth is behind Vocation Brewery’s new visual identity and packaging system, which sees its much-loved “eye” emblem reinstated more consistently across the brand. The Yorkshire-based brewery approached the studio directly to…

Crafted by animation studio ROOF, this inspiring 3D spot captures a mother-son bond, a journey of vision loss, and a new dawn promised by the new drug therapy Vabysmo. Wet AMD (age-related macular degeneration) is among the leading causes of vision loss in people over 60 in the US. It won’t make you go completely…

The rebrand introduces a simplified communications system, including clearer product naming and universal benefit-led iconography. Many of us will recognise Wilkinson Sword, a brand with a hint of its 250-year history in its name. It began as a weapons manufacturer in 1772 under a different name before Henry Wilkinson introduced sword production to the company…

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Navigating the transition from student to professional can be daunting, but these lessons from creative pros will help you achieve success. The journey from the structured confines of an academic setting to the dynamic and ever-evolving professional world can be exhilarating. But it can also feel like a sharp, handbrake…

Olena Led by photographer and director JJ Keith, these striking images symbolise the journeys of refugee entrepreneurs, amplifying their voices and celebrating their contributions to British society. Refugee and entrepreneur are not words you often hear in the same sentence. And yet, for obvious reasons, those who’ve risked life and limb to bring their families…

The museum’s new logo references the shape of the building and also resembles a goal and football. Ahead of the 2024 Euros, creative agency Poke Marketing has rebranded Manchester’s National Football Museum to emphasise the importance of football in English culture. The rebrand comes at a time of transformation for the museum, which will look…

This epic spot blends legends, rising stars and iconic moments from Centre Court to excite us all about a thrilling summer of tennis action. Wimbledon is coming: the world-famous tennis tournament takes place on 1-14 July. And advertising agency McCann London has already unveiled an evocative new trailer for their client, The All England Lawn…

Aseries documenting bird banding at the Long Point Bird Observatory by UK-born, Toronto-based photographer Finn O’Hara. Bird banding is a technique for studying and identifying birds. To keep track of individual birds, scientists use mist nets to capture the birds, and once collected, attach aluminum bands (engraved with a unique set of numbers) onto the birds’…

A selection of work from Portland-based artist Chris Lael Larson. Working in the overlap of painting, photography, and assemblage, Larson aims to create new perceptual experiences within the subject matter of the “everyday absurd.” That is, the strange, curious, and confounding ways we connect to each other–the things we consume and the environments we inhabit. Larson…

A beautiful series by Berlin-based photographer Ina Königs. Königs’s passion for photography comes from exploring the subtle nuances of the human condition and the “inner landscapes” that connect us all. Many of her pictures are reflections on encounters within her immediate surroundings: “My pictures are journeys into a world of introspection and mysticism, in which the…

A project documenting photographer Stephen Joyce’s hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Joyce’s father died when Joyce was 18. “You Can’t Go Home Again” reflects different stages of Joyce’s grief and the difficulty of navigating a place so closely tied to the person he loved most. While always feeling a sense of attachment to his hometown, Joyce grew to…

Korean illustrator Jiyung Lee travels between France and Korea working on various projects including installation, publishing, and printing. Her creative process begins by contemplating familiar objects in unfamiliar ways. She focuses on expressing objects in simple forms, deliberately excluding details and descriptions to explore the point at which a mere form becomes an object.