GBH’s monster Puma yacht

London-based design agency GBH has designed the livery and graphics for sports brand Puma’s 70 foot yacht which will compete in the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012. The livery features giant red octopus tentacles and a watery Puma…

Street Tag iPhone app: Graff up London scot-free

As part of its Street Summer season of programming and events, Channel 4 has created an iPhone app called Street Tag that allows users to virtually graff any wall or surface they fancy using their iPhones…

Björk Biophilia: The Ultimate Edition

Music-loving folk with cash to burn could consider spending £500 on the Ultimate Edition of Björk’s new album, Biophilia – a made-only-to-order edition that comes in a beautifully made lacquered and silkscreened oak hinged-lid box…

A Philly Life

Photographer Jeffrey Stockbridge is currently exhibiting work from three projects at the Wapping Project Bankside in London. The images present a bleak vision of life in Stockbridge’s hometown of Philadelphia.

The cut and thrust of a new mark for fencing

Hoping to broaden the appeal of fencing in the run up to the Olympics, studio Shaw+Skerm has designed a great visual identity for a campaign to help promote the sport in the UK

Exhibition: Hand.Written.Letter.Project

Craig Oldham began his Hand.Written.Letter.Project (HWLP) by inviting a selection of leading designers and image makers to simply share their thoughts in the form of a handwritten letter on their own letterhead. Now over 100 handwritten responses are being exhibited at London’s KK Outlet until 27 August…

Dunhill’s A/W campaign: Men, thinking

Just like its Spring / Summer 2011 campaign, Dunhill’s new Autumn / Winter campaign features an impressive cast of thinking men’s men doing what they do best: having a bit of a think.

CR/Blurb Bursary: Tom Darracott, Kiss Kiss book

Tom Darracott recently became the first recipient of our bursary award set up with Blurb. His resulting project, the hypnotic film Kiss Kiss, now forms the basis of book which is available to buy at Blurb.com

Nokia Gulp short film

Wieden + Kennedy London is on something of a roll this week, first releasing the new Cravendale spot and now this new short film for Nokia. Titled Gulp, it is shot entirely on the Nokia N8 phone and has just set a Guinness World Record for the ‘World’s Largest Stop-Motion Animation Set’.

New Will Self book covers

Greg Heinimann at Bloomsbury has designed a series of new covers for author Will Self’s backlist, to coincide with the release of the paperback edition of his latest book, Walking to Hollywood