Brexit, a recession and a healthy freelance market have left many design agencies struggling to fill senior roles. Rachael Steven explores the impact this is having on the industry – and considers how agencies can respond to a talent shortfall
London-based agency Sea Design has recently rebranded analytics and software company Callcredit, creating designs that aim to position the brand as “a contemporary and vibrant business within a crowded sector.” Sea worked with the UK Callcredit team and consultants Crimea River on the project, which looked to reposition the brand as well as creating a […]
Classic logos for Nasa, American Airlines, IBM and the Munich Olympics are among those celebrated in the new issue of Graphisme en France, a print and digital publication from Parisian institution Centre National des Arts Plastiques (CNAP). The design of the issue, created by Elsa Aupetit and Martin Plagnol of graphic design studio Kiösk, riffs […]
In the third of their series of articles for CR on Branding for a life in paradox, Coley Porter Bell’s James Ramsden and John Clark look at how to balance excess and restraint in brand design projects
Eccentric ad land star Mark Denton Esq is behind a bonkers new east London grocery store of sorts, or at least an art exhibition masquerading as one. His current show at Jealous Gallery takes the form of an old-fashioned grocers, bearing the familiar hallmarks of hand-painted, primary coloured lettering, cheery shop assistants, and gaudy window […]
The winners of this year’s New Blood Awards have been announced, with accolades handed to projects as varied as a hand-drawn animation for The National Autistic Society, a fabric labelling campaign challenging beliefs around British identity, and a typographic system aiming to help promote Chinese gender quality. For the 2017 event, D&AD awarded a total […]
In the second of their series of articles for CR on Branding for a life in paradox, Coley Porter Bell’s James Ramsden and John Clark look at consumers’ seemingly contradictory demands for both serendipity and predictability and how brands should respond
After his investigations into happiness, Stefan Sagmeister’s new obsession is beauty, on which subject his studio is creating a major exhibition (see statement below). In contrast to the rationalism of Modernism, beauty can be seen as indulgent or decadent but, Sagmeister argued in a talk at the D&AD Festival, the formal can also be functional. CR’s Patrick Burgoyne interviewed Sagmeister on the topic following his talk. What follows is a transcript of their discussion
As one of the founders of Wickens Tutt Southgate and latterly Brandhouse, Mark Wickens helped build one of Britain’ most successful design consultancies – one that played a significant role in the establishment of a British design ‘industry’
Find out all the major winners from this year’s Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity here.
When we crave both instant gratification and deeper experiences, how can brands respond? James Ramsden, ECD and John Clark, Planning Director at design agency Coley Porter Bell look at how brands are addressing increasingly conflicting opportunities, in a series titled Branding for a life in paradox
Fresh from CSM’s BA graphic design degree show, here’s a selection of our favourite work on display this year: from distressed type to ‘Kanye 2020’ Presidential branding