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YARA + DAVINA on hacking motherhood, job-sharing art, and making space for mothers in public culture

2 days ago | creativeboom.com | Abbey Bamford

When YARA + DAVINA became mothers within a month of each other, they didn't step back from their practice – they stepped forward together. The socially engaged artist duo began collaborating as a job share, determined to remain visible in an industry that too often sidelines mothers. Their work – which spans everything from poetry to bronze public sculptures – is rooted in play, accessibility and political intent, often exploring themes of care, identity, and who art is really for.
Pentagram crafts a smart, elegant identity for AI video pioneer TwelveLabs

2 days ago | creativeboom.com | Abbey Bamford

Pentagram's latest project introduces a striking new identity for TwelveLabs, an AI company redefining how machines comprehend video. At its heart, the rebrand marks a conceptual shift, positioning video not as a linear sequence of frames but as a volume. For TwelveLabs, this reframing is more than a technological advancement, as it's setting them apart in the fast-moving AI landscape. For Jody Hudson-Powell and the Pentagram team, it became the foundation for the entire creative direction.
Sergio Membrillas on the art of staying true: Illustration, evolution, and finding joy in the process

2 days ago | creativeboom.com | Abbey Bamford

Where others have become obsessed with speed and trends, Sergio Membrillas has built a career on slowing down and staying true to his craft. Over 13 years as a professional illustrator, he's evolved a distinct style – bold, graphic, and quietly playful – that feels both timeless and entirely his own. But this evolution, as he's quick to point out, wasn't something he forced. "I believe evolution is essential for every artist," Sergio reflects.
OCD and AlphaTheta Team Up with HUCK to Explore Creativity and Flow States Through Music

2 days ago | creativeboom.com | Abbey Bamford

For most of us, music is a background hum that we tap into for motivation, relaxation, or simply to fill the silence. But what if it could be something more? Something like a portal into our most creative, focused selves? Yes, this is as cool as it sounds. And that’s the premise behind Flow State, a new content series from AlphaTheta – the brand more commonly known for its Pioneer DJ products – created in collaboration with countercultural media platform HUCK and agency OCD.
Designers needed a book about their history that didn't exist… so I wrote it myself

3 days ago | creativeboom.com | Tom May

The saying goes: to know where you're going, you need to know where you're coming from. So if you work in design, how much do you really know about the giants whose shoulders we're all standing on? I don't just mean the obvious names like Stefan Sagmeister or Paula Scher that get trotted out in every design blog post. I'm talking about the complete picture. The textile revolutionaries. The furniture and interiors visionaries. The industrial design pioneers.
Dust to Dust: Reimagining death in a Maltese quarry

3 days ago | creativeboom.com | Emily Gosling

Art and design, by their very nature, can transport you somewhere — usually emotionally, sometimes spiritually, and occasionally, literally. This central tenet of the knotty and much-debated function of culture partly explains why I've found myself standing next to a dead sparrow at the bottom of a vast quarry somewhere in Malta, 12 storeys down into the sand and scurf, contemplating death, and the ego, and pondering a newly egalitarian and rather beautiful future for memorialisation.
9 tell-tale signs your client project is heading for chaos (and what to do next)

3 days ago | creativeboom.com | Tom May

We've all been there. The client project, which started with such promise, begins to unravel. Deadlines slip, communication breaks down, and what should have been a straightforward brief becomes a labyrinthine nightmare. The good news? These disasters rarely happen overnight. There are almost always warning signs if you know what to look for. We asked seasoned creatives to share their red flags: those tell-tale moments when a project starts veering toward chaos.
Selman rebrands the Cathedral of St. John the Divine

3 days ago | creativeboom.com | Abbey Bamford

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine – North America's largest Gothic cathedral and a cultural landmark in New York City – has unveiled a striking new visual identity designed by Brooklyn-based studio Selman. For founder and executive creative director Johnny Selman, rebranding a space of this scale and symbolism meant starting not with mood boards but with presence. "We believe showing up in person is crucial," says Selman, the studio's founder and executive creative director.
The Working Assembly blurs the lines for Pinky Swear's genre-defying identity

3 days ago | creativeboom.com | Abbey Bamford

Some places defy neat description, and that's exactly the point with Pinky Swear, a new hospitality experience opening this month with a soft launch in New York's Lower East Side. Pinky Swear is a deliberately genre-blurring hospitality experience that combines upscale dining, interactive art, and social play under one roof. For creative agency The Working Assembly, the challenge was clear: build a brand identity as fluid and unpredictable as the destination itself.
What the Glastonbury controversy teaches us about pricing our work

4 days ago | creativeboom.com | Tom May

It's the same every year. Like clockwork, both social media and real media clamour to do what they do best: moan. Not about politics. Not about the trains. Not even about the weather. No, it's Glastonbury Festival time, which means it's time for the annual whinge-fest over how much it costs and how bad the line-up is. It's a tradition as sacred as Glastonbury itself. Within minutes of the headliners being announced, someone somewhere will tweet "WHO?" as if that settles the matter.