2024: A rollercoaster year where great creativity and storytelling triumphed. This year has seen the creative world face some of its biggest challenges yet, but – as we’ve learned over the years – we ...

It’s no secret that the characterful brand mascot has become a dying breed in 2024. At this year’s Super Bowl – essentially the World Cup for ad campaigns – mascot-led commercials were almost ...

Analysing some of the best and most popular brand design work of this year, It’s Nice That and Frontify find common themes of nostalgia, bravery and a lot of humanity. Frontify is one of the world’s ...

Uncover why brand mascots are being killed off, and whether their near-extinction is good for business.

Joe Zadeh is a journalist, editor, copywriter and sub-editor based in Newcastle, UK. Publications include Noema Magazine, The Guardian, VICE, Rolling Stone and many more.

The recent launch from the Australian independent type studio, run by designer and art director Joseph Dennis, marries retro-futuristic design, narrative storytelling and illustration. It was whilst ...

16 years since the duo’s last onscreen adventure, Wallace & Gromit will be back on our TVs this Christmas. Here, we speak to its creator and director Nick Park, co-director Merlin Crossingham and ...

As we sign off for the year, our advice column ends with a final reflection. Katie Cadwell looks back on the last six months and shares her thoughts for 2025 in this week’s Creative Career Conundrums.

In a new five-part video series, we hear from a global selection of designers on trending visual concepts and how Squarespace can be used to jazz up your online presence with them – from Vivid Glow to ...

Following Type of Feeling’s launch earlier this year, the foundry now welcomes its first new release and eighth typeface: Meraki. A labour of love five years in the making, the Type of Feeling foundry ...

What do a cardboard box, a flooded country road, and an unpleasant smear on the bottom of your shoe have in common? They’re all the colour of the moment – at least according to Pantone, whose 2025 ...

Drawing from daydreams, literature, and practical effects, the photographer’s work invites us into a collective fantasy – one that might just be more real than it seems. Art feeling otherworldly is ...