A lesson from history

What the US Declaration of Independence can teach designers and creatives. Or, why clients can sometimes be right

Talent-spotters: Sunderland

Sunderland’s Degree Show this year proved an eclectic mix, with silversmithing, fashion, interior design and animation, to name but a few, all packed into one space…

Illustrations to aid bookshop navigation

Stockholm-based designer Patrik Svensson has created a set of 20 illustrated signs for a branch of Jashanmal, a chain of bookshops in the United Arab Emirates…

Presenting the new SEGD magazine

The Society for Environmental Graphic Design recently relaunched its magazine with a new name and design by London studio Holmes Wood. The studio made a film revealing the process behind it

D&AD New Blood 2012: our picks

Though installed in a new venue, D&AD’s graduate talent hypermarket, otherwise known as New Blood, is as overwhelming as ever. Patrick Burgoyne battled through the private view crowds to find some favourites

Talent-spotters: Chester

Our guest reporter, Callum Peters, paid a visit to the University of Chester’s degree show, Untitled, which is running until June 28 at the University’s Kingsway Buildings…

Nice publications

It’s time for another crop of nice publications, this time featuring the latest from Nobrow, the new issue of Ideas Illustrated, plus a newsprint publication by a group of graduating photography students…

Talent-spotters: Colchester Institute

Taking into account the Queen’s Jubilee, the theme for this year’s Colchester Institute show was Make Do & Mend. We sent our talent-spotter, Jason Stone, to scope out some of the best work from the exhibition…

Talent-spotters: Northumbria

With 78 graphic design students alone, Northumbria’s Reveal proclaims itself the canniest degree show on Earth. Our guest reporter, Livija Dale, covered the graphic design section of the exhibition…

Put it in your Dingbat

As we noted in our July issue, the humble dingbat can be a thing of both beauty and utility. Which is why it was chosen as the name and identity for a new range of notebooks and diaries designed by Silk Pearce

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