Keeping the customer satisfied

What’s life really like on the frontline of creative education today? We asked a tutor at a leading UK university to reveal the pressures and stresses of academia in 2015

Self expression

A user-generated identity for an educational foundation in Catalonia echoes the diversity of the people in its care

Stop, children, what’s that sound?

In our highly visual culture sound is often under-valued as a source of inspiration and creativity. But new app Minute of Listening aims to bring a range of musical experiences, from folk to field recordings, right into the classroom. The effects are considerable — Mark Sinclair is all ears

TV’s two-hour canal trip, complete with slow typography

This week BBC4 screened All Aboard! The Canal Trip, a two-hour real-time journey down the Kennet and Avon canal in England. The graceful movement and lulling sounds of the waterways made for compelling ‘slow TV’ but perhaps the cleverest part of the project was the use of type that appeared on bridges, passing boats and even on the water

Jeremy Deller designs new banknote for the Brixton Pound

To celebrate five years of the Brixton Pound, the capital’s only local currency, the organisation commissioned artist Jeremy Deller to design a new B£5 note. The result is both psychedelic and political and continues to challenge more traditional approaches to banknote design

Exposure: Photographer Jack Davison

Art Director Gemma Fletcher examines the work of Photographer Jack Davison, in the latest installment of a series looking into new talent in photography, from recent graduates to photographers breaking into the industry…

Mondial: a beautiful new brand magazine from Rapha

With some thought-provoking content and an aesthetic inspired by Twen and vintage cycling magazines, Rapha’s new publication Mondial offers a stylish alternative to sport and gear-focused titles, and a beautiful showcase of the brand’s products.

Hudson-Powell to join Pentagram London

Pentagram has just announced that two new partners – brothers in fact – are set to join its London office. Luke Powell (above, on right) and Jody Hudson-Powell, whose studio Hudson-Powell was set up in 2005, will become part of the Pentagram stable in October this year

Vice teams up with Magnum for new Photo Issue

Vice has teamed up with Magnum Photos for its latest annual Photography Issue, which is dedicated to social documentary and features work by new and established photographers from Europe, Africa, the US, Asia and the Middle East.

Gradwatch: Alan Knox

After touring this year’s degree shows, we’ve selected visual communications graduates from across the UK who we feel have produced outstanding creative portfolios. Here, we speak to photographer Alan Knox, who has just graduated with a first class degree in communication design from Glasgow School of Art and been selected as one of Daniel Blau Gallery’s 5 Under 30.

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