Inspiration
Having won a silver award in last year's Creativepool Annual for New York City Department of Transport, self-employed artist Ben the Illustrator is the focus of this Spotlight Q&A.
Find out about his route into the industry which has led to working...
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Inspiration
London-based illustrator Matt Blease has been playing with puns for years but his wisecracking commentary on the world isn't quite delivered in the way you'd expect.
The Breed London artist, who counts the likes of Google, The New Yorker, Nike and...
Posted by: Ryan Watson
News
Creativepool held its annual Connect: London festival at Boiler House, Old Truman Brewery last week with two days of inspiring talks, workshops and networking events for the creative industry.
The packed programme saw the action take place across...
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Design
Wahaca by Without
Mexican-style street food restaurant Wahaca in the UK has has been given a rebrand by London-based design studio Without with a focus on illustration.
The new branding centres around a line-drawn, illustrated logo of a hand...
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Design
Mr Kipling by Robot Food
Strategic brand agency Robot Food has redesigned the look of Mr Kipling cakes in the US and Australian to boost its international appeal.
The company is known in the UK for its ‘exceedingly good cakes’ slogan...
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Design
FC Barcelona - Summa
European footballing giant Barcelona is renewing its image with a rethink of the iconic crest design and an official introduction of a nickname regularly used by fans.
The new logo, created by Spanish consultancy Summa...
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Design
Pentagram - John Lewis/Waitrose
Pentagram partner Harry Pearce has rebranded John Lewis, Waitrose and parent company the John Lewis Partnership, in a bid to unify the three brands and highlight the “positivity” of the company’s...
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Advertising
Mother Design
Mother New York has announced that Mark Sloan has been named Head of Mother Design. He came over from TBWA\Chiat\Day, where he served for over three years as its director of design. Mark’s prior experience included working on a...
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Design
me&dave - Royal Mint Court
me&dave, in collaboration with real estate developer Delancey, has brought London institution Royal Mint Court back to life with a refreshing and unique branding strategy. Since Barclays’ departure in 2000, the...
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Design
Ragged Edge - Assembly
Most hotels want you to spend time in them. But for millennial travellers, the priority is to get out and experience the city. Assembly is a new hotel brand from Criterion Capital, designed to inspire people to make the most...
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Design
SomeOne - Funeralbooker (Beyond)
Studio SomeOne has rebranded and renamed funeral price comparison website Funeralbooker, with a “charming” and “radical” identity that aims to stand out from a “sea of sameness” in...
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Design
BrandCooke - London North Eastern Railway
Virgin Trains East Coast (VTEC) has been rebranded as London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), following the collapse of the private franchise. VTEC, now LNER, is a trainline which runs from London to...
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Design
Pentagram - London Design Biennale
This year's London Design Biennale will be devoted to the theme of emotional states and how design affects every aspect of our lives (the way we live and how we live) and influences our very being, emotions and...
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Design
Supple Studio - Sex Talk
Supple Studio has designed the identity for a new podcast series aimed at young adults that aims to discuss sex “openly” and without “judgement.” Sex Talk has been started by the producers of the...
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Design
Jones Knowles Ritchie - Miller Harris
The pages of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Tender Is The Night” contain many things. Love and loss. Vibrancy and darkness. Beauty and violence. And for London perfume house Miller Harris, a brief....
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Technology
3D print a home in 12 hours
3D-printing could very well be changing the game soon for global poverty and architecture, with these sturdy, 3D-printed homes that can be built a fraction of the going rate, in a fraction of the time. Whilst other...
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Advertising
Snask - Kandima
It's not often a studio gets the “big wet dream task” to brand an entire island of paradise, but that's exactly what happened to Stockholm's Snask recently when it was approached by Kandima, a resort in the Maldives....
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Technology
Facebook confirms testing of downvote button
Facebook will now allow users to downvote comments to eventually hide them. The social media giant is testing the ‘down-vote’ button, making it first available for a small set of users and...
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Design
Pentagram - Mills & Boon
Publishing house Mills & Boon has revealed a new visual identity, which has been designed by Pentagram partner Angus Hyland. The UK-based publisher was founded in 1908 and specialises in romance fiction, typically releasing...
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Design
Hato - D&AD Festival
London-based studio Hato has elected to involve the public in creating the “collaborative visual identity” for this year’s D&AD Festival, using the ‘Start with a Mark’ campaign to invite people to...
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Advertising
AnalogFolk
Independent digital agency AnalogFolk, has announced the appointment of Fredrik Dahlberg as Creative Director. Dahlberg will be responsible for the development of the agency’s copy arm as well as bolstering the agency’s...
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Design
Kenyon Weston - The Coca-Cola Company (Diet Coke)
Diet Coke has been rebranded and given a bold new can design, which follows the drink suffering a drop in sales in the last year. The new look comes alongside a host of new flavours, which The...
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Design
BrandOpus - Twinings
Global brand design agency BrandOpus has designed a new London Edition range of teas for long-term brand partner Twinings. London is the place where it all began for Twinings. To celebrate everything they love about their home...
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Design
Netflix get Abstract for the Art of Design series (January)
Netflix began the year with the launch of a new documentary series that took an in-depth look inside the beating heart of the design industry, in much the same manner as their previous,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns