Views, news and musings

My mum always likes to remind me, as all mothers do, of my childhood. I wrote recently that one memory …Read More

Anyone who knows me, knows my love of music. And I mean love. Nothing is off the cards, and as …Read More

A selection of mark-makers* made their way to this year’s D&AD festival, where the theme was “Make. Change”. It was …Read More

This month some of the mark-makers visited the Birmingham Design Festival to see, hear, and learn from the industry’s finest. …Read More

Many of our clients do amazing things, but once in a while it’s taken to an entirely different level. That …Read More

How Ellie Norman and her team’s strategic thinking gave the green light to Netflix’s ‘Drive to Survive’ series and the …Read More

The importance of standing out from the crowd remains the perennial challenge for businesses. And as meaningful and compelling product …Read More

This month marks four years of me working at mark-making* – and what an amazing four years it’s been! As …Read More

The Title Design of Saul Bass from Ian Albinson. It’s amazing how some classic designs can survive the test of …Read More

What is blanding? ‘Blanding’ isn’t a new thing, but my sense is it’s on the rise. Brands within a category, …Read More

I read the other day that we use metaphors about every 25 words. Which seemed a lot. So I started …Read More

Forever in search of new sources of creative inspiration, there’s nothing I love more than visiting an exhibition, exploring a …Read More