Furlough diaries
From voluntary work to homeschooling, the finessing of baking skills to scrubs bags stitchin’, the team at mark-making* have been …
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May 12, 2020
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Archive
Metaphors in creative copywriting – metaphorically speaking
I read the other day that we use metaphors about every 25 words. Which seemed a lot. So I started …
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July 22, 2019
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Brum Design Fest
Forever in search of new sources of creative inspiration, there’s nothing I love more than visiting an exhibition, exploring a …
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June 11, 2019
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Moving on up – mm*s new spot in the Design Week Top 100
Our mantra is “the idea is king and delivery rules”. First and foremost, we want to do work that’s effective …
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January 9, 2019
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Zoe March
Own-brands are coming into their own
Supermarkets, the backbone of Great Britain, keeping us fed and watered and to be honest where I spend a disproportionate …
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June 8, 2018
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Nicola Edginton
A brief history of the emoji
Ask any designer, we’re suckers for a set of brand guidelines. The past couple of years we’ve seen a trend …
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May 30, 2018
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David on creativity
mark-makers on creativity In this series we’re asking mark-makers to reflect on their relationship with their craft and what inspires …
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April 13, 2018
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David Souch
Zero UI – Design for voice and invisible UI
Smart speakers and virtual assistants. It’s most likely you have heard of them or heard stories about them*. Possibly you …
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February 28, 2018
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A pleb’s approach to polymathy
mark-makers on creativity In this series we’re asking mark-makers to reflect on their relationship with their craft and what inspires …
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February 8, 2018
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Megan Williams
Vantablack: how to commoditise a colour
Only a century or two ago, before industrialised ways of working brought down the price of practically everything, the colour …
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September 18, 2017
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Learning how to see
I’ve been interested in visual literacy ever since I started working alongside designers. But it wasn’t until recently that I …
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July 18, 2017
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