We’ve done a fair amount of branding work in the charity sector (Shelter, then Christian Aid and currently Save the Children). There’s always an interesting stage on these branding projects …

This may prove to be a completely idiotic thing to do, but here goes. This piece in last week’s Guardian brought it home, once again, that global warming isn’t just …

Just before Christmas we received a call from ad agency AMV BBDO . They asked us if we could turn crop circles into type (and then an alphabet) for their …

We’ve recently aired our views about not taking awards too seriously, so we’ll just quietly mention that two of our projects were commended in last night’s Design Week Awards (this …

This piece about stamp design is in the International Herald tribune today. We’re amazed to discover that our recent Beatles stamps are already one of the Royal Mail’s most successful …

It’s difficult, believe me. I’ve just returned from a brief trip lecturing in Scarborough and Whitby (as you do). Having not been to either since the mid-seventies, it was a …

Designer are magpie-like creatures. If we see a style or approach that we enjoy we’ll absorb some of it, sometimes consciously, sometimes not. It might affect our next project, or …

We’ve all got used to designer websites and indeed designer website shops. Our retail division does a gentle trade in posters and alphabet sets, it's an interesting sideline and pays …