The start of an Axcellent Adventure?

Miscellaneous Adventures, the company that holds monthly woodland-based workshops and produces a range of handmade camping gear, has announced a new series of products and events including a Winter Camp Skills day and the Axcellent Adventure, a two-day axe craft workshop.

Missed Ai Weiwei at the RA? Now you can visit it online

Ai Weiwei’s retrospective exhibition at the Royal Academy in London was one of the must-see shows of last year, and over 370,000 people visited it in the flesh. But if you missed out, don’t despair, as you can now view it online, via a 360 degree website commissioned by The Space and designed by AVM…

Out There public art exhibition posters

Coinciding with the announcement that Historic England has given listed status to 41 public artworks, a new show at Somerset House will examine the legacy of post-war public art. Paul Belford Ltd has created the posters for the exhibition which reference the press attention that many of these controversial projects received

Why brands fail

In an extract from her new book, Creating A Brand Identity, Catharine Slade-Brooking examines the main reasons why brands – big or small, new or old – might fail…

Out of this World: it’s our Fab February Food and Drink issue

In our Food and Drink issue we interview the brilliant chef Yotam Ottolenghi on the importance of design, profile The Black Farmer, Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, meet YouTube food sensations Sorted, visit Food Assembly in Frome and Our Vodka in Hackney, talk apps, fast food and karma, and bring you food photography that is out of this world

Unit’s TD 63-73 – what goes into a new edition?

Unit Editions’ book on the work of Dutch studio Total Design first came out in 2011 and has just been republished in an expanded and redesigned edition. But how do small publishers decide which books are worth revisiting? We talk to Unit co-founder Adrian Shaughnessy about balancing risk and reward and the importance of listening to your audience