Thomas Matthew’s identity for Gardens by the Bay

Graphic design studio Thomas Matthews has created the identity, wayfinding signage and onsite brand application for Gardens by the Bay, Singapore’s new £500million, 101 hectare botanical park…

Typo London returns

Last year, the Typo conference series, which originated in Berlin, brought its mixture of high-profile speaker sessions and workshops to London for the first time. On October 19 and 20, Typo London returns to the city

Kristjana S Williams at Shapero Rare Books

Organised by Outline Editions in London, illustrator Kristjana S Williams has created a series of prints inspired by (and exhibited alongside) Victorian natural history engravings at Shapero Rare Books in Mayfair in London.

From start-up to grown-up

Yesterday, eBay unveiled its new logo. Gone is the quirky irregular type that signalled ‘here’s an exciting new company that wants to do things differently’. Instead, eBay has become the latest digital brand to signal its new-found maturity with a simpler, blander mark

Riso printing: introducing Melbourne’s A Small Press

The largest feature in our forthcoming October issue (out next week) is dedicated to the rise in the use of Risograph printers among the graphic art fraternity in recent years. To whet your appetite, here’s a look at the output of graphic designer Stuart Geddes’ A Small Press in Melbourne…

New look eBay

After 17 years, eBay has ditched its quirky, overlaying logotype in favour of a more sedate identity reflecting its transformation from start-up auction site to multi-billion dollar operation

Record sleeves of the month

Time for a round up of record (and CD) sleeves. This month we’ve selected releases from David Byrne & St. Vincent on 4AD, Cat Power on Matador, The xx on Young Turks and more…

Luminous work by Regine Schumann

German artist Regine Schumann has a show opening at the De Buck Gallery in New York today featuring a selection of her work in phosphorescent paint and viewable in complete darkness

Graphic Deliverance

Intrigued by how branding and graphics are portrayed in on-screen fiction, whether it be TV or film, johnson banks’ Thought for the Week blog talked to Anastasya Martynova, in-house art director of the BBC’s recent ‘mockumentary’, Twenty Twelve

Knoll and Herbert Matter

Herbert Matter was design consultant at Knoll from 1946 to 1966 and created the furniture company’s original logo. A new exhibition at Knoll International in London will present his identity work alongside some of his best campaign posters for the brand

Ice, Sea, Dead People’s spun picture discs

Artists Daniel Eatock and Andy Holden have collaborated on the new picture disc single from band Ice, Sea, Dead People. Each side of the disc features a unique artwork created by holding a felt-tip pen down on piece of paper spinning on a turntable