Party symbols

Voting began in India’s general election yesterday, with 840 million expected to attend polling stations over the next six weeks. Symbols adopted by the key parties include a palm, a conch, a clock and a broom… Indian National Congress The INC was founded in 1885 and has been in power for 54 of the 67 […]

The Hilda Stories

Damien Florébert Cuypers has animated a series of shorts for furniture brand Herman Miller, in which 80-year-old Hilda Longinotti reflects on her 21-year tenure at design director George Nelson’s New York studio.

A hand-painted font for Glasgow

Design studio Kellenberger-White has created a hand painted font and identity system for arts festival Glasgow International.

Six New Ads To Watch

This week’s round-up of new ads features some lovely print work, web work, ambient (is that phrase still used?) work, as well as some great films. We begin with an epic number for Lurpak which sees director Dougal Wilson take us on a journey to a new cooking galaxy, far, far away…

What’s On

CR’s pick of exhibitions, design events and creative activities for the week ahead including two new exhibitions at The Photographers’ Gallery in London, with John Deakin and the Deutsche Börse Photo Prize, The Story of Jacqueline Wilson at the Museum of Childhood, new documentary festival Art Screen Glasgow, Secret 7″ Record Fair in London, and The Weather Diaries as part of The Nordic Fashion Biennale in Frankfurt …

Gregori Saavedra’s King’s Cross mural

Illustrator Gregori Saavedra has designed a large-scale black-and-white mural to cover a former Olympic gym in London King’s Cross while it is refurbished.

Charming Fabergé Big Egg Hunt website by Fallon

The Fabergé Big Egg Hunt recently launched in New York City, with 270 egg sculptures, designed by artists including Jeff Koons, Tracey Emin, D•Face and Zaha Hadid, placed around the city for the month of April. Fallon London has created a charming identity and website to promote the event.

The neue Comic Sans

Earlier today, Comic Sans was trending on Twitter. The reason? Designer Craig Rozynski announced the arrival of Comic Neue, his make-over of the now infamous mid-90s typeface. I spoke to him about the project

Good-bye To All That

Matthew Young at Penguin has designed an austere new cover for a forthcoming edition of Robert Graves’ Good-bye To All That, published as part of the company’s ongoing First World War-related series