Web Font Awards

Entries are now open for the second annual Web Font Awards, the scheme set up by Monotype Imaging to recognise the outstanding use of type on websites

Boat sets sail again

Boat magazine, as its name suggests, was born out of a desire to see the world. But what’s remarkable is that the studio behind it relocates to a different city for each issue. Having worked in Sarajevo, the itinerant title moves to Detroit next month

Jan and Hjalti’s great adventure

How many of you, when asked to pitch ideas, have thrown something outrageous in just for the hell of it, thinking ‘They’ll never pick that one?’ Thus it was that Jan Wilker and Hjalti Karlsson of karlssonwilker inc now find themselves on a ten-day, road trip across Europe all paid for by Mini

M for Marina

Joining the ranks of ‘logo as image receptacle’ identities is a new scheme for Barcelona’s Marina Port Vell created by Aesop, the London-based consultancy that was formed earlier this year

Burrill print to benefit Wilton’s Music Hall

Anthony Burrill has created a new print to raise funds for Wilton’s Music Hall in London, the East End Victorian venue that still has many of its original features. The print will be launched at a Vintage Open House event on Sunday September 25 by none other than Barbara Windsor

Ian Wright’s Colourful Life

Illustrator and artist Ian Wright has unveiled a series of new commissioned works from his role as artistic ambassador for Keaykolour paper, all of which can be seen at Tent London

CR October issue: set in stone

The October issue of Creative Review features a cover set in granite and concrete. The design ties in with our feature on Blackpool’s Comedy Carpet, the latest typographical installation by Gordon Young and Why Not Associates

Open studios, this Friday

Graphic design gets its very own series of ‘open house’ events this Friday as a host of London studios open up their doors to visitors. It’s part of GraphicBirdWatching’s efforts to celebrate the work of some of the capital’s leading female designers

BBC unveils new beta homepage

As of today a beta version of the BBC’s homepage is online at beta.bbc.co.uk, organised around a “visual-first” design and carousel. While not specifically created for touchscreen devices, the design undoubtedly owes much to the new ways in which users access content online

Tent type

If you are heading to the London Design Festival’s Tent London show, be sure to pick up a copy of the rather nice accompanying directory designed by Marc&Anna using Rick Banks’ F37 Bella font

LDF 2011: design from all angles

This year’s London Design Festival opened at the weekend, complete with an identity by Domenic Lippa and his team at Pentagram; their fifth iteration for the annual event

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How Guinness embraced social

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