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Can you taste design?

Eating is a multi-sensory experience, and the design surrounding food – from restaurant interiors to menu typefaces – can have a tangible impact on that. But with gentrification tearing out eateries with an ounce of individuality, is this distinctive visual experience now being forfeited?

Thu May 30, 2024 15:25
Blinkink and BBC’s jam-packed Euros spot begs the question: what’s the benefit of Easter eggs?

Using a giant pinball machine as a metaphor for the Euros, the 3D animation features some details that are “visible for six frames”.

Thu May 30, 2024 13:34
POV: The UK is losing its creative spark

A recent report by the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre’s reveals alarming disparities in class representation across the UK’s cultural sector. In hope of change, we speak to resource sharing network Common People on how class representation is more than just a moral issue.

Thu May 30, 2024 12:34
The View From Cairo: how Helmi Eltouni’s al-Hilal book covers carved a modern Arab aesthetic

In his first column, Moe Elhossieny charts how the iconic Egyptian graphic designer, artist and calligrapher challenged Western-centric design ideals and created a visual legacy still influential today.

Wed May 29, 2024 14:22
Rachel Sender illustrates all the lumps and bumps that come with ageing

The Rotterdam-based illustrator’s latest zine explores the relatable journey of warmly accepting our body’s natural transformations.

Wed May 29, 2024 13:21
This isn’t a book, it’s Studio Yukiko’s “290-page tomb” for postmodernism

The creative agency’s new exhibition catalogue for the Bundeskunsthalle Museum is an eclectic and bombarding display of postmodernist art and design… It’s also pretty hard to pick up.

Wed May 29, 2024 12:09

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