Es Devlin: 20 years of “tidying up”

In a live Q&A with artist Jeremy Deller, Es Devlin revealed that her entire career creating spectacular areas shows for bands was informed by a desire to clean up all the mess on stage she witnessed at her first gig, and why the lowest bridge in Hamburg has been a key influence on her work

Mother

Not for sale: 21 years of Mother projects

Throughout its 21-year history Mother ad agency has created personal projects alongside its commercial work. As a retrospective exhibition opens at Old Central St Martins in London, we talk to co-founder Mark Waites about what this work means to Mother

How creating a vision board can help achieve your goals

As part of our January new year, new you, author and course leader Claire Bridges, shares a taster of the content from our new six-part online course Mastering Creativity with inspiration and practical tools to make 2018 your best creative year yet. In this second article in the series Bridges invites you to roll your sleeves up, grab the spray mount and a stack of magazines to get stuck in to create a vision board.

Make your mark on D&AD 2018 with Hato’s 3D drawing tool

Design studio Hato is inviting creatives – and anyone with internet access – to contribute to D&AD 2018’s visual identity by creating a 3D mark using a digital drawing tool. An easy-to-use digital drawing tool on D&AD’s website allows users to create 3D artworks by clicking and dragging their mouse or their finger. Users can […]

In defence of brand purpose

‘Brand purpose’ that goes no further than the marketing department has been rightly criticised, says Max Ottignon. But a purpose that extends across a whole organisation is vital to a successful brand

Isamaya Ffrench and Filip Custic create surreal visuals for Camper

Camper is well known for its unusual and playful photography. It was named Brand of the Year in our 2016 Photography Annual for its outstanding use of images and Global Creative Director Romaine Kremer has recruited a stellar list of creatives – from makeup artist Isamaya Ffrench to photographer Daniel Sannwald – to produce some striking […]