Extract from Alan Kitching: A Life in Letterpress by John L Walters

A beautiful new book by John L Walters on the life and work of typographer, designer and letterpress master Alan Kitching is published by Laurence King this month. In this extract, Walters examines Kitching’s departure from Omnific, the studio he founded with Derek Birdsall and Martin Lee, to concentrate on working in letterpress, and also his influence on a generation of designers.

The Field Trip to Mars by Framestore VR Studio

Best in Book – Craft and technical innovation Entrant: Framestore VR Studio Framestore, McCann and Lockheed Martin’s Field Trip To Mars combines cutting edge tech with great storytelling to create an immersive VR experience for school children, says Rachael Steven In April last year, a group of fifth and sixth graders boarded a bus outside their […]

Aston Villa’s new badge: no, it didn’t cost £2million

Redesigning football club badges is notoriously tricky, with passionate fans and a hostile press ready to pounce on any false move. That process can be even more problematic when the club in question is facing relegation, as SomeOne found out when its redesign of Aston Villa’s badge was announced. We talk to ECD Gary Holt about the project

Coke Hilltop Remastered

Coke’s Hilltop ad – which spawned the song I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing and was recently canonised in Mad Men – has been remastered and colour corrected.

Exposure: Photographer Agnes Lloyd-Platt

Art Director Gem Fletcher examines the work of Photographer Agnes Lloyd-Platt, in the latest instalment of a series looking into new talent in photography, from recent graduates to photographers breaking into the industry…

Hornbach’s deliciously different approach to DIY ads

A new spot from German DIY brand Hornbach sees a man tumbling down a hill in a metaphor for the pleasure-vs-pain experience of engaging in home improvement. It is the latest surreal piece of advertising from a brand who does things differently.