In contrast to the stark white Wim Crouwel show, the V&A’s new major exhibition ‘The Cult of Beauty’ is dark and moody, dripping in romance and sensual images: a panopoly …

To a whole phalanx of British and European designers Wim Crouwel is a living legend of Dutch Modernism – a life dedicated to typographic form, to grids, to layout, to …

A couple of us headed down to Somerset House this week to take a look at the second annual Pick Me Up, which is becoming the UK's pre-eminent contemporary graphic …

A few weeks ago, Creative Review magazine asked us to nominate a list of our favourite logos. They’ve combined ours with about 20 other lists and come up with a …

A few weeks ago we had the chance to take a break from the branding of culture, blue-chips and charities and mull over the problems faced by the one-time industrial …

Just a few days ago, the johnson banks studio was caught in a heated debate. The cause of it? An appropriate response to the tragedies in Japan. As regular readers …

We were back in Downpatrick this week for a follow-up visit to the Lowden guitar workshop in Northern Ireland. Last year we popped in at the end of a lecture/workshop …

You can see how it could happen. Tap 'London Olympics logo’ into Google images and you get a motley collection of real and made-up logos. And, yes, one which has …

We were recently contacted by Wieden + Kennedy London’s Creative Director, Tony Davidson about his online wood type project, Almost Extinct. Essentially, the idea of the project is to explore …

We have broadly had a good reception to our Science Museum scheme and it was shortlisted twice at last night’s Design Week Awards. It gained a commendation in the identity …