Sochi: where no snow falls in winter
Read moreSince the announcement of the location of the next Winter Olympics photographer Rob Hornstra and writer Arnold van Bruggen have worked on The Sochi Project. They have visited the area many times and parts of the project have now been...
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No creative has been paid to make this ad #coglioneNo
Read moreA plumber or a gardener don’t work for free. A designer is too often asked to do so. It’s what Osocio blogger Noah Scalin wrote about in his Design Activists Handbook. The three funny videos in this post are...
Canada’s designers rebel against government-developed national logos
Read moreWhen Canadian public broadcaster CBC released the logos being considered by the Government of Canada for the country’s upcoming sesquicentennial, people were quick to react. Nobody was quite as vocal as Canadian designer Ibraheem Youssef, who now works as...
Amazing Posters: A Home For Everyone
Read moreThe quality of the work submitted for the poster for tomorrow project is getting better and better. The most recent project A Home for Everyone is stunning. The goal of the poster for tomorrow project is to make posters...
Free Design for Non-Profits
Read moreWebby award-winning 99designs is giving away free ‘design contests’ each month to a number of certified non-profit organisations around the world. For those unfamiliar with this model, it’s a process whereby designers submit competing designs in response to a...
3 Decades of Aids Awareness Campaigns #WorldAIDSDay
Read moreI was wondering if there is an evolution in style and message in AIDS campaigning. So I started a Pinterest board with work containing print, outdoor and ambient campaigns. From all over the world. The question is too complicated...
Great book about what it is like to be dyslexic
Read morePeople all over the world struggle with reading for a variety of reasons, like dyslexia, lack of education and an unfamiliar language. I wrote before how a designer came with a solution for those who suffer from dyslexia. It...
Hunting jackets turned into animals under threat
Read more‘Embodying ethics : Endangered’ is an unique project from Rohan Chhabra. The project was exhibited at the 2013 London Design Festival. After graduation Rohan worked as a Product Designer with sportswear label Nike for 2 years. Since 2013, Rohan...
Artist gives shape to his inner demons #mentalhealthweek
Read moreIt’s Mental Health Awareness Week in several countries, so it seemed like the right time to share this series of illustrations by Toby Allen, titled “Real Monsters”: Although it could be misconstrued as literally demonizing people with mental illness,...
The traffic lights in New York tell you what to do on 9/11: Forward. Together.
Read moreGreat guerilla project in New York this morning. On this morning of 9/11, pedestrian traffic lights around New York City have taken on a whole new meaning. The stop symbol has been modified to resemble the fallen twin towers....
