News
Designer's Toolkit: 5 brilliant buys for your creative work life
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (612+ words) Malika Favre and George Wu's curated bazaar, I Can't Afford This But Maybe She Can, is stacked with brilliant things. Here are five of our favourites for a designer's toolkit. Laptop & Pencil Cases by YKRA The Bazaar, as they call…...
What history's most ridiculous design brief can teach us today
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (557+ words) A new book celebrating Britain's forgotten matchbook collection is an accidental masterclass in how designers can get better at their jobs. There's a matchbook in Billy Woods' collection that reads, simply, "Stolen from Harrods". Another advertises Hierons Luxury Mobile WCs....
When Defeat Looked This Good: The Street Fighter sculptures that hit different
1+ week, 3+ day ago (389+ words) Buenos Aires-based creative Kukso has turned the most overlooked moment in arcade history into a series of sculptures that are equal parts nostalgia trip and genuine art. As a lifelong gamer who grew up hammering buttons after school every day,…...
Northern Design Festival is back – and this time, it's bringing its own typeface
1+ week, 5+ day ago (271+ words) Now in its third year, NDF returns to Lancaster this May with a people-first programme, a bespoke new typeface rooted in medieval history, and a billboard campaign asking big questions about northern creative identity. There's a question the organisers of…...
Béla Bezold designs eyewear inspired by lava and symbiosis
2+ week, 4+ day ago (364+ words) The Design Academy Eindhoven graduate is merging art and product design to create sculptural eyewear rooted in nature and evolution. Gute Laune Brille, worn by the artist "Everything that we consume once belonged to nature and will eventually return," says…...
Hugo Rocci paints the tools we forget to see
3+ week, 3+ day ago (373+ words) The Amsterdam-based artist turns everyday objects into meditative studies of colour and form. Hugo is drawn to the allure of the things we miss or tend to glaze over. "Tools, machines, construction materials and furniture are usually valued for their…...
From pizza boxes to oversized handbags: The playful world of Maya Golyshkina
1+ mon, 10+ hour ago (645+ words) From pizza boxes to oversized handbags: The playful world of Maya Golyshkina'Creative Boom From pizza boxes to oversized handbags: The playful world of Maya Golyshkina The London-based artist uses household materials to create theatrical, sculptural, performative self-portraits. Maya Golyshkina is…...
Base Design builds a brand that breathes for Brussels' vast new cultural centre, Kanal
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (546+ words) Kanal isn't a traditional museum, and Base Design's identity doesn't treat it like one. The system spans visual, sonic and behavioural layers, all designed to flex as the institution grows. When Brussels' former Citro'n garage reopens in November 2026, it won't…...
How hand-drawn thinking is reconnecting designers with creativity in a precision-first industry
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (646+ words) As AI tools, software and hyper-polished visuals dominate modern workflows, many designers are rediscovering the creative power of slowing down. Matteo Di Iorio of Interstate explores why sketching remains one of the most valuable and human parts of the design…...
How designer Luke Tonge is rewriting the rules on creative placements
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (865+ words) When a design student lands a placement, they typically know how it goes. Shadow someone, do a bit of work, make the tea, then leave. Luke Tonge, a Birmingham-based designer and co-founder of the Birmingham Design Festival, looked at that…...