As ardent Guardian readers we were disturbed by a slightly fawning piece this week about the Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘new’ map where ‘warriors, villains, fools and heroes get their own …

I was reading recently that Jack White trained as an upholsterer prior to worldwide fame as one half of the White Stripes. Much of the interview contained the obligatory rock …

If D&AD had the chance to rewind back through its history it might have approached things differently. The Gold Award, for example, might have been gold. The Silver Award, silver, …

Rounding off what’s become India week, there’s an interesting write-up of the Kyoorius Designyatra conference on the Creative Review blog. We really hope they didn’t mean us when they accuse …

We’ve always been of the view that listening to designers banging on about how they great they are on stage is an inherently dull experience. So we’ll often include examples …

So you’re thundering down some leafy Indian highway with a cab driver seemingly intent on a) beeping furiously at everyone and everything b) nearly running over all the people, dogs …

Johnson banks’ creative director Michael Johnson has been in India this weekend at the Kyoorius Design Yatra conference, where 1600 of India’s designers and students attended a 3 day festival …

It doesn’t seem to be cool to design logos. Spend any time at any student show and you’ll see viral ads, YouTube stings, type animations, blind-embossed handmade books, animated hand …

It seems we’re not the only ones querying D&AD’s flag project, which we discussed last week. Ex-president Mike Dempsey filed this as his submission. Ouch. There are more pictures on …

Johnson banks’ creative director, Michael Johnson, was featured in yesterday’s Guardian Weekend magazine amongst their selection of the UK’s top 50 designers. The list, compiled by a panel including Emily …