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Rachel Many's posters highlight how creative mothers are paying twice for an industry in freefall
10+ hour, 11+ min ago (710+ words) Tap outside or press Esc to close The Los Angeles designer has turned the maths of motherhood into art, pairing sharp visuals with an essay that's funny, angry and backed by hard numbers. There's a particular kind of maths that…...
Fifth Avenue food hall identity highlights how a person can trump a mood board
10+ hour, 16+ min ago (544+ words) Tap outside or press Esc to close Love & War's identity for Shaver Hall shows how naming, history and a forgotten icon can turn adaptive reuse into a genuine creative opportunity. Every city has at least one building everyone walks past…...
Harry Matuszewicz-Milne was rejected for 550 design jobs, so he built Acid House Designs instead
10+ hour, 14+ min ago (629+ words) Tap outside or press Esc to close This Edinburgh-based interior designer applied for hundreds of jobs after graduating and got nowhere. Eventually, he decided his "too bold" portfolio wasn't the problem'it was the brief. It's a familiar story for a…...
'Should we do it at all?' The question David Johnston wants every creative to ask before the brief goes out
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (1156+ words) Tap outside or press Esc to close Accept & Proceed's founder spent 20 years mastering the mechanics of desire. Now his new framework, Signalism, asks what that mastery actually costs. All images by Angela Grabowska At the start of a project, all…...
Allison Henry Aver on why 45 is the perfect age to start your own agency
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (745+ words) Tap outside or press Esc to close The veteran creative leader, who specialises in branding for beauty and fashion, explains why it took her a few decades to figure things out. The most surprising thing to me when I opened…...
How Kaitlin Brito protects her 'pure making' so the paid work gets better
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (953+ words) Tap outside or press Esc to close The New Jersey illustrator on hitting the burnout wall, drawing with a black ink pen so she can't turn back, and finding the magic in everyday things like beans and thrifted trinkets. It…...
D&AD New Blood Awards 2026: a student project about periods wins both of the year's top prizes
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (354+ words) Tap outside or press Esc to close Blood Stocks, a Danish proposal to turn menstruation into a medical asset, was the only project at tonight's ceremony in London to take both a Black Pencil and a White Pencil. Here's why…...
Koto reframes Stack Overflow around the one thing AI can't replace: its community
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (402+ words) Tap outside or press Esc to close The much-loved developer site has had a tough couple of years. So Koto's job was a tricky one: not just a fresh look, but a fresh argument for why Stack Overflow still matters…...
We need to talk about the 'messy middle' of our creative careers
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (695+ words) Tap outside or press Esc to close Feeling stuck between junior and senior is a common experience, so why is it never discussed? We chat to brand designer Gavin Brophy about this much-misunderstood phase of a creative career. Everyone's career…...
Clever World Cup campaign shows how objects can create meaning beyond traditional advertising
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (638+ words) Tap outside or press Esc to close In a brilliant piece of self-promo for a creative agency, prayer beads prove the best campaigns don't sell products; they understand rituals fans already perform. Every England fan has a tell. Some can't…...