Highlight the Remarkable
JP Stallard:

Everyone knows the phrase “Behind every great man is a great woman.” But what does it mean? That the man is always the hero and the woman his sidekick? The truth is, all too often women were upstaged, and their actions and successes not mentioned. 2018 is the year to rewrite history: with Stabilo Boss. By highlighting remarkable women and their stories.

Print advertisement created by Dennis May at DDB, Germany

Dennis has done a great range of work in the same Smile in The Mind style.

M11
Rob Duncan:

A lovely little identity for M11 studio. A nice gift to find. Beautifully crafted and lends itself to a unique pattern too.

Brewster Murray
Frost* Collective
Rob Duncan:

They never fail to find the gift at Frost* Collective. Couldn’t be simpler, an elegant strong ‘B’/’M’ and feeling architectural with several levels at the same time. Smart by design indeed!

Yo Sushi
Paul Belford Ltd.
Rob Duncan:

A beautiful new brand for Yo Sushi by Paul Belford Ltd. The graphic ideas and colors throughout are stunning and clever in concept. The brand guidelines are particularly clever, presented as a Bento box with fish and chips (for materials and color palettes).

Random Acts for Channel4
Bold & Bold with 4 Creative
Jamie Ellul:

Bold & Bold have created a lovely glitchy identity for Channel 4’s short form film series Random Acts in collaboration with 4 Creative. In particular it’s a really clever use of the new Channel 4 brand typeface Horseferry – flipping between the various cuts of the type to create a random glitchy feel to all text. Also the RA condensed monogram for social media is such a simple reduction.

Agatha Christie stamps
Studio Sutherl& Neil Webb
Paul Felton:

Royal Mail have released a set of six commemorative stamps to mark the centenary of Agatha Christie writing her first detective story. The stamps, designed by Studio Sutherl& and illustrated by Neil Webb, depict a complex plot in one single frame, together with hidden clues only revealed with UV light, heat, in negative space or by using a magnifying glass.

IV Centenary of the death of Cervantes
Mucho
Rob Duncan:

I don’t usually upload our own work, but the great thing about being a partner at Mucho is constantly being impressed and envious of work that gets produced by other partners and offices. This identity in particular by Marc Catala hits the nail on the head. An identity to celebrate the 400th Anniversary of the death of Cervantes. What else could it have been? And getting those curves/ruffles just right isn’t as easy as it looks!

Elder brook
&Smith
Rob Duncan:

A refreshing approach to a new brand and range of drinks from David Folkman and Craig Jones (Ex Innocent Drinks). &Smith’s identity showcases the work of young YCN illustrators Enrica Casentini, Ana Jaks and Quentin Mongue. Clever copy by ‘We all need words’ describes the ‘better-for-you-cordial’, Elderbrook doesn’t pretend to be full of your five-a-day, turn you into a yogi in one sip, or give you Popeye’s muscles. But it does taste good!

Killing/Hunting
Mads Jakob Poulsen
Luke Robertson:

An illustrated response by Mads Jakob Poulsen to the gun control debate in the United States. He accompanies it with a well articulated article.

Also see some related reading on how sensible gun control laws introduced in Australia worked.