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Features / Miscellaneous

A final goodbye to London’s Wardour News from i-D, Dazed, Fantastic Man and many more

For any Londoner, or anyone visiting the capital, with a love of the printed page, Wardour News in Soho was the go-to spot to find the niche, interesting titles alongside the big hitters. It’s with a heavy heart that we use the word “was” as, at the end of last month, the newsagent closed its doors becoming the latest victim of rising rents in central London.

Ruby Boddington — 08 June 2018

Ruby Boddington — 08 June 2018

Regulars / The Graduates 2018
Apply for The Graduates 2018, now open to global applicants for the first time!

Each year as university graduates hand in their final assignments, begin building degree shows and place orders for their cap and gowns, we have our own graduation class too. The It’s Nice That Graduates celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, and if you have graduated or are graduating from an undergraduate creative course (bachelor’s or equivalent) in 2018 we want to hear from you!

It's Nice That — 04 June 2018
News / Product Design
Ikea reveals collaborations with Solange, Lego, Adidas and Olafur Eliasson

Each year in the birth place of Ikea – a small town called Älmut in Sweden – the design giant holds its Democratic Design Days event. Naturally the event attracted a host of design journalists, but, democratically it was also live streamed on the Ikea Today website for everyone at home to see.

Laura Isabella — 08 June 2018
Media Partnership / Illustration
Joey Yu illustrates the busy, messy fun of Field Day

“Are you guys having a good time?” was a question asked by pretty much every performer at Field Day (and probably every festival across the world, ever) last weekend in London.

Lucy Bourton — 07 June 2018
News / Graphic Design
Design Studio rebrands UEFA Champions League, using light as its “centrepiece”

Branding and graphics agency Design Studio has worked with UEFA to rebrand the entire Champions League visual identity, using light as its core design device. Working with the icon of the football association’s existing branding, the “starball”, Design Studio has adapted its aesthetic to appear as if it’s “crafted from light”, making it luminescent, translucent, and gradated in tone. This device has then been rolled out across all the identity’s details and applications, using a gradient of light as a unifying design system in all TV graphics.

Jenny Brewer — 08 June 2018
Regulars / The Graduates 2018
Portfolio tips from top studios: what to leave in (and out) and how to get noticed

How best to present all that hard work you’ve been slogging over is one of the great conundrums of our industry. Too much information could drown out your best ideas, but strip it back too much and you might be underselling yourself. To help you build your best portfolio and stand out from the swarm, we’ve asked influential people from top studios and agencies including Google, Nexus, A Practice for Everyday Life and Mother to share their advice for graduate portfolios, drawn from looking at lots (and lots) of them over their careers. Here they tell us what they look for, and how you can make a lasting impression.

Jenny Brewer — 28 May 2018
News / Digital
Secret 7" is back and includes a web-based expressive typographic artwork generator

Secret 7”, everyone’s favourite exhibition that brings the worlds of music, art and design together, is back for its sixth year. Opening tomorrow (8 June) at The Jetty in Greenwich Peninsula’s Summer Hub, the exhibition will be open until 23 June.

Ruby Boddington — 07 June 2018
Features / Graphic Design
Beauty through the eyes of Stefan Sagmeister and Jessica Walsh

Stefan Sagmeister and Jessica Walsh have been thinking about beauty. This might seem unsurprising, as both are designers who occupy the upper echelons of the design hierarchy, and aesthetics, you’d imagine, would be an ongoing concern. “One part of what we are doing is aiming to eradicate the tired notion that beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” says Stefan with a laugh. “Because it’s not.” I’m sat at the control centre of the Stefan and Jessica show, an office just off Broadway in Manhattan. Outside the meeting room where we are sat, a small team is working away diligently.

Owen Pritchard — 04 June 2018
News / Graphic Design
Advertising giant Ogilvy undergoes global rebrand and “re-founding” by design agency Collins

International advertising agency Ogilvy has rebranded, working with design agency Collins to redesign its logo, fonts, website and entire visual system, as well as “re-founding” in a synchronised global campaign. This event launches the advertising giant’s internal restructure, as the company has unified its collection of sub-brands to bring all its agencies under the Ogilvy Group umbrella.

Jenny Brewer — 06 June 2018
Work / Graphic Design
Folch and Bráulio Amado’s identity for Barcelona Design Week sheds light on issues of consumption

For the second year in a row Barcelona-based studio, Folch, has created the identity for its home city’s design week. Following on from the previous theme of “transformation” which showcased the work of sculptor Wilfrid Wood, the studio’s 2018 identity revolves around the concept of “revalue”, making use of the recognisable and well-loved illustrations of Bráulio Amado.

Ruby Boddington — 04 June 2018

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