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Micro Trends

Elastic Agencies

Responding to the demands of Post-purpose Brands while facing rising inflation, creative agencies must embrace flexibility to keep clients and tale...

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Artist Shantell Martin re-imagines Comic Sans font

British artist Shantell Martin has created new font Shantell Sans, based on her signature felt-tip handwriting.

Design : Advertising & Branding : Society

Viewpoints

It’s time to tackle gender tropes in typography

Designer Beatrice Caciotti and LS:N Global’s creative foresight analyst Savannah Scott discuss how to tackle the prevalence of gendering in the des...

Design : Society : Typefaces

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On the Edge rebrands conservation for the digital age

Breaking away from conventional branding for conservation projects, the charity is undergoing a rebranding informed by the digital world.

Design : Sustainability : Cliamte Change

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Type and colour clash to elevate Spanish produce

Santo Cielo, a Chinese delicatessen brand that imports Spanish products into China, has rebranded to celebrate Spain’s culture.

Food & Drink : Design : Advertising & Branding

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This font can improve your memory

A team of researchers have developed Sans Forgetica, a typeface that draws on the principles of cognitive psychology to help readers remember their...

Design : Science : Typography

Big Ideas

The Edge on interfaces

Guatemala – Accent is a new programme designed specifically for people with no prior knowledge of computer interfaces.

Microsoft : Post-language Typography : Globalisation

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Anybody out there?

London – Design firm The Partners has created an extraterrestrial brand identity for scientific research body METI International.

The Partners : Post-language Typography : Branding

Viewpoints

Nadine Chahine: Monotype

Why the glance is the currency of the age.

The Focus Filter : Monotype : Typography

Viewpoints

Monotype: Beyond Authenticity

The type foundry on winning consumer trust through co-creation, transparency and typography.

Monotype : Trust : Typography

Design Directions

Spring/summer 2017 Fashion Week: Part 1

Messages of female empowerment and irreverent DIY embellishments were among the themes and treatments presented by designers this season. LS:N Glob...

Fashion Week : Feminism : Gucci

Design Directions

Noto

The Noto Project is a collaboration between Google and Monotype that combines 800 languages in one type family.

New Bricolage Living : Google : Typography

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Tactile typography

London – D&AD has announced the winners of the New Blood Awards, which highlight the best in young creative talent.

D&AD : Typography : New Blood Awards 2016

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Conversation-starters

London – The branding for this year’s D&AD Festival not only celebrated creativity but questioned its meaning.

D&AD Festival 2016 : The Beautiful Meme : Branding

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Spell it out

Moscow – Design studio Universal Everything has explored the crossover between kinetic architecture and typography for OFFF design festival.

Universal Everything : OFFF Design Festival : Typotecture

Micro Trends

Post-language Typography

The design world is drawing inspiration from bilingual environments to propose alphabets that transcend traditional type.

Typography : Langugae : Graphics

Design Directions

Type Reinvented

Digital art studio FIELD and typography company Monotype have created three digital installations that examine themes of language, space and ...

Field : Monotype : Typography

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Type unseen

London – Central Saint Martins MA graduate Emil Kozole has created a typeface that automatically censors itself. Typography project aims to highl...

Project Seen : Emil Kozole : Central St Martins

Design Directions

Nordea Markets

Design studio Snask revitalises an investment bank’s identity with a contemporary and playful rebrand.

Nordea Markets : Snask : Bank

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Take a breath

Milan – LS:N Global paid a visit to the Fabrica research centre in Treviso, Italy, to hear about the preparation for FUHA, its latest collaborati...

Fabrica : FUHA : Milan Salone

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Chimes new roman: Making a personalised typeface using sound

Oslo – Graphic designer Håkon Meyer Stensholt has created a new form of typeface using sound.

Sound Meets Type : Håkon Meyer Stenholt : Sonic Landscapes

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True to type: Short film highlights the potential of web fonts

Berlin – Long ignored, typography is now coming into its own as graphic art, appreciated outside of the inner circle of font geeks. And although we...

Berlin : Typography : Flatforms

Design Directions

Möbius Design Studio: Visual Communication

As part of a new wave of design talent across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, the all-female Möbius Design Studio is paving the w...

Dubai : MENA : Graphic Design

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History of language: EF takes us on a journey through the decades

International – To celebrate its 50th anniversary, international language school EF, Education First, has released a new decades-spanning shor...

Faction Marketing : Marketing : Advertisement

Design Directions

Glasfurd & Walker: Branding and art direction

From a bold neon light designed to guide visitors from the main street in Vancouver to a monochrome sticker that neatly seals a takeaway lunch orde...

Glasfurd And Walker : Vancouver : Brand Identity