If sci-fi has taught us anything, it’s that robots are bad news. Most narratives featuring AI beings end in war, chaos or an existential threat to the human race. But what if robots didn’t want to take over the world? What if they just wanted to have a good time? This is the premise for […]
John Lewis has thrown us a Christmas curveball as it eschews its traditional festive ad format and instead releases a spot based on the life story of Elton John
The ad is Ricardo Tisci’s first for the fashion house since taking the reins from Christopher Bailey earlier this year, and brings Calypso’s fantastical approach to a number of different festive scenes, with cameos from Matt Smith and Naomi Campbell
The brand has collaborated with The Cybersmile Foundation on a spoken word ad by BETC London, which features a diverse cast of women sharing their experiences of online abuse – along with a couple of famous faces thrown in for good measure
Partner Angus Hyland has taken inspiration from the London-based restaurant’s colourful, post-war ‘Shōwa Era’ interiors, refreshing its visual identity and other graphic materials
Paul Simonon contributes to the music on Merrie Land, the second album from The Good, The Bad & The Queen, but has also created the visuals for the release. We talk to him about his inspirations, creating art with Nescafé coffee, and Brexit
The indie mag’s annual calendar – in which dogs named after food are photographed with their namesakes – has become a must-buy for pooch-loving foodies. Here, Editor-in-Chief Marina Tweed talks us through the process of bringing it to life
House of Illustration’s new show includes 40 works by different illustrators – three of whom are refugees themselves. We speak to curator Katie Nairne about how illustration allows artists to show a different side to an already widely documented subject
Ali Hanan’s organisation has been given a £65,000 grant by the government to run a two-week programme in Manchester and London that will help place women who have taken career gaps into new creative roles
Conference of creativity Design Indaba returns to Cape Town from February 27 to March 1 2019. Speakers this year include Droga5 founder David Droga, costume designer Ane Crabtree and VP of 3M Company Eriq Quint
The Canadian Down Syndrome Society is applying to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature to have the first humans included on the endangered list
Dieter Rams’ designs for Braun, and those of the Braun design team working under his direction, are celebrated in a beautiful new series of images created by photographer James Day, art director Gem Fletcher and set designer Kei Yoshino
Sustainable design studio Upcircle used refurbished furniture, empty coffee sacks and felt flags to turn Pop Brixton into a “Viking longhouse”
Used to mock political figures, share messages of dissent and stir rebellion, postcards were a powerful tool in Russia during the early 1900s. A new book from Four Corners explores why
The book includes interviews with everyone from the TV show’s co-creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones to the costume and production designers, while Zoe Bather and Applied Works have given it a suitably eerie aesthetic
Photographer Julia Fullerton-Batten’s Old Father Thames series explores the “infinite variety” of stories the river has to tell – everything from the mudlarks of Victorian London to the annual swan upping ceremony
The campaign by Droga5 New York explores some of the paper’s biggest scoops, including Trump’s suspect tax schemes, to highlight how much effort goes into finding out the truth
The Pentagram partner has collaborated with Timberlake on the design of his new autobiography, which includes over 30 different typefaces and photos from the actor and singer’s personal collection
Installation, experience and sound designer Yuri Suzuki has become a Partner at Pentagram’s London studio
The graphic designer and letterpress artist has co-produced a record with one half of electronic duo Acid Washed, which features a fittingly typographic record sleeve
Tasmania’s West Coast hopes to reinvent itself with new open-source branding designed by For The People, and developed in partnership with the local community
An evening of film and live dance, plus an auction of great dance-inspired photography, will raise funds for Prostate Cancer research and awareness
Previously known as New Payment System Operator, the payments company is hoping to shake off the finance sector’s old fashioned reputation with a continuously moving brand mark
Sport England is hoping to broaden the campaign’s appeal to women of all age groups and backgrounds, by showing that exercise can include everything from hula hooping in your kitchen to teaching yourself how to swim on YouTube