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Branding, untethered
If the tech sector is enshittifying, does that leave the creative sector polishing turds?
Feb 12 • 
Mike Andrews
New Name, Renewed Aims
An end-of-year recap and some thoughts for the coming year!
Dec 16, 2024 • 
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Rory Sutherland and the Dogma of Uncertainty
It's time to ditch wishful thinking.
Nov 24, 2024 • 
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The Corporate Merger of Political Design
The design of the Harris campaign reflects how western politics has been captured by corporate culture. And here we are.
Nov 3, 2024 • 
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Bleaking out
Apologies in advance.
Oct 22, 2024 • 
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A Green New Deal for Graphic Designers
Thinking through what an actually sustainable creative career could look like.
Oct 10, 2024 • 
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The C Word
(Not that one. Or that one)
Apr 2, 2024 • 
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The leaves are coming back
It's nearly April in Scotland, my second since moving here.
Mar 31, 2024 • 
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I'm baby, sell me insurance
On the infantilisation of branding
Sep 23, 2023 • 
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New psychedelia
Tracking a trend in search of a deeper connection
Sep 17, 2023 • 
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Blanding and flattening
With the whole world of visual culture now at our fingertips, why does everything feel so hollow?
Sep 8, 2023 • 
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Pushing positivity in a desperate world
A few things I've learned while designing for cause-related campaigns
Sep 1, 2023 • 
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Going off-feed
How can campaigners make an impact among a barrage of information?
Aug 26, 2023 • 
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Being a designer for good.
A personal struggle to maintain idealism in the grip of corporate neoliberal culture.
Dec 1, 2021 • 
Mike Andrews
Creative Breakdown
Creative Breakdown
Branding, communication & the climate crisis.
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