Tom Carey, senior creative director at Wolff Olins, explains why it is vital to design with love and leave yourself open to heartbreak. “Don’t get too emotionally att...
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Why now’s the time to break convention in consumer healthcare
Conran Design Group strategy director Tim Parker looks at emerging brand strategies in consumer health – and finds out how brands like Starface and Zing are finding new ways to stand out and engage....
Developing an in-agency AI manifesto
Giulio Ruggieri, partner and director of interactive design at Interstate Creative Partners, explains why a critical step for any agency integrating AI into their practice is to craft a thorough and astute set of prin...
Angus’ A-Z of logos: Gucci
In his latest monthly Transform column on the A-Z of logo design, Pentagram partner and creative director Angus Hyland tells us what’s so trendy about Gucci. Despite...
Kun Milk brand characters undergo radical transformation
Children’s milk brand Kun Milk turned to M – N Associates to craft a digital redesign of its ‘Kuniverse’ brand characters. Famed in Vietnam for its animated television series, Kun Milk required a new brand direction w...
Names don’t matter. How you get there (and how you use them) does
Tom Dabner, creative director and partner at SomeOne, talks about the challenge of naming brands, and his experience of renaming a $1bn international health-tech company following a merger....
What's not in a name
James McCarthy, freelance naming and verbal identity director, shares a technique to help great names survive the selection process. Six words to strike fear into the...
Angus’ A-Z of logos: FedEx
In his latest monthly Transform column on the A-Z of logo design, Pentagram partner and creative director Angus Hyland points us in the direction of FedEx. Once you’v...
Why local authenticity is the new international
Jenny Hu, senior strategist at Design Bridge and Partners’ Shanghai office, shares her team’s story of developing an identity for Rissai Valley, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, and explains why authenticity was key....
New Mockly line of cocktails captures spirit of New Orleans
The non-alcoholic drinks, named ‘Second Line’ by New York branding agency Applied Design, aims to cater to health-focussed consumers. By naming the cocktails after New Orleans’ Second Line parades, Applied Design’s wo...