It’s long been noted that the typeface Trajan (based on the inscriptions on Trajan’s column) has become Hollywood and American TV’s favourite typeface. It’s solid. It has gravitas. It’s been …

Also noticed last week in Beijing, this nifty customisation of your normal moped handlebars. The woolly gloves are attached to the bars – the owner just sticks his or hands …

My brief trip to China last week was my first, ever. In the few hours off that I had, I frittered away a forgettable hour looking for Chinese guitars, but …

D&AD have kindly sent us a very nicely edited film of Michael Johnson’s Guitars and Graphics talk at this year’s Xchange conference. Here’s a brief excerpt. There’s talk of G&G …

Last night saw the opening of London’s most glamorous outdoor skating rink, at Somerset House. We’ve been helping out with the branding of the event, which has a very prominent …

I’ve just come back from Beijing where I’ve spent several days helping to judge a science, art and design competition called Dreamlab. A brief was set to Chinese Universities by …

Recently I was asked by a design journal to name ‘my design hero’. For decades, I hoovered up the design and writing of what would have been my nominations, whether …

It’s the 9th of November, and those of you with longish memories will remember that 8 days ago we should have witnessed the grand unveiling of the new logo for …

For some reason, in early 2004 we skipped the whole Christmas card thing and sent everyone a ‘still a good idea’ sale catalogue. A really weird idea, with re-photographed, unused …