You might remember learning phonics as a child: linking letters to sounds. In the UK, for example, you’d say: cuh-ah-tuh, cat. Phonetic characters, the International Phonetic Alphabet, are a universal system for writing these sounds down without spelling confusion. For…
In recent years, conversations around type design have intensified— geographically, culturally, and conceptually. Yet much of the industry’s foundation still leans on inherited systems, often disconnected from the contexts in which they’re used. It’s within this gap that designers like…
The way brands access type is changing. Previously, the choice has been binary: off-the-shelf fonts designed for mass use, or fully bespoke commissions built from the ground up. One offers speed and accessibility; the other, distinctiveness, control and ownership. But…
When The One Club for Creativity approached Khyati Trehan to design the visual identity for ADC Young Guns 23, it marked a full-circle moment. Founded in 1996 by the Art Directors Club, ADC Young Guns is a portfolio-based competition recognising…
Michele Merlo’s work sits at the point where process and obsession quietly overlap. A freelance media designer with over a decade of experience across brands and agencies, his practice isn’t defined by a single medium so much as a compulsion…
The visual identity for La Vida Era Más Corta emerged from a close reading of the album’s emotional landscape — its reflections on time, memory, and the fragile awareness of the present. Throughout the record, intimacy and rawness exist side…
Teleport sits in an interesting space between studio and self-authored platform. Founded by four collaborators who chose to regroup and recalibrate during the disruptions of the pandemic, the Seoul-based agency approaches design less as a service pipeline and more as…
Designed by Marco Rollo, this debut T1 Glicky font released by T1 Foundry bridges the worlds of graphic and type design, translating a deep sensitivity to lettering into a bold, expressive display family. Born from the spontaneity of hand sketches…
There’s a particular kind of designer who ends up in creative code — not the ones chasing speed or slick interfaces, but the ones who get hooked on the quiet logic of making an image appear from nothing but instructions.…
Some designers arrive at their practice through tidy, linear paths; others piece it together through half-planned shifts, chance encounters, or even a hidden back door. Elliott Elder, the co-founder and designer behind UNCANNY, lands little in all of them. After…
Design systems and approaches often reveal more about a studio’s instincts than their intentions, and the identity for Open M Art Fair 2025, organised by abC_art book in China, is a good example of that. What began as a practical…
In an era where creative production is fragmented across tools, teams, and platforms, Aurum Logik proposes something different: a unified environment where sound, image, and narrative meet. Built for modern creators working across film, photography, audio, and video, the platform…
For Spanish type designer Javier Unknos, type design & typography has always been more than form — it is a way to reconcile personal history, creative freedom, and technical precision. Having first encountered letters through graffiti and, at the same…
Typeface design has always carried a tension between tradition and experimentation – a constant push and pull between inherited forms and the urge to redraw the rules. Within this continuum, designer Emelie Gannert has carved out a space that feels…
From June 13th 2025, Outernet London plays host to Like Nature, We Persist—a bold, immersive installation by internationally renowned artist and designer Kris Andrew Small. Situated in the heart of London and forming part of the city’s official Pride celebrations,…
