• Thierry Brunfaut on Challenging the Status Quo in Branding

    Thierry Brunfaut on Challenging the Status Quo in Branding

    Thierry Brunfaut, Creative Director and Founding Partner of Base Design, has spent more than three decades reminding both clients and designers that branding is not about fitting in—it’s about daring to stand out. Base Design, with studios in Brussels, New York, Geneva, and Melbourne, is known for shaping bold identities for clients like MoMA, the Louis Vuitton Foundation,…

  • Martin Naumann on Curiosity and the Art of Experimentation

    Martin Naumann on Curiosity and the Art of Experimentation

    Martin Naumann is a multidisciplinary digital artist from Germany. Known for his vibrant, futuristic, and experimental aesthetic, Martin has built a distinctive style that blends science, nature, and speculative ideas. His work has attracted clients like Adobe, Universal Music, and even Star Wars, and one of his pieces is featured in Style Cards Vol. 2. In…

  • Jovile Sibilë on Being a Multi-Passionate Creative

    Jovile Sibilë on Being a Multi-Passionate Creative

    Jovile Sibilë is a multi-passionate creative—a creative director, brand emotion architect, community builder, and DJ. She also expresses herself through photography, poetry, event creation, drawing, and many other mediums.  In this talk, Jovile Sibilë opens up about what it’s like to be a multi-passionate creative—embracing a world of interests without losing her sense of self.…

  • Marina Willer, Partner at Pentagram, on Creative Leadership

    Marina Willer, Partner at Pentagram, on Creative Leadership

    Marina Willer is a Partner at the legendary design firm Pentagram and one of the most respected creative voices in the design world. Marina has led brand identity projects for iconic institutions such as Tate, Amnesty International, and Rolls-Royce.  Beyond design, she’s also an accomplished filmmaker, with her documentary Red Trees premiering at the Cannes Film Festival. Her work blends colour,…

  • Jonathan Zawada on Creating from a Place of Self-Trust

    Jonathan Zawada on Creating from a Place of Self-Trust

    Jonathan Zawada is an Australia-based multidisciplinary artist known for his distinctive visual universes and collaborations with musicians like Flume and Mark Pritchard. In his work, Jonathan explores the complex interplay between technology and human experience—and our increasingly intertwined physical and virtual realities. His work spans album covers, digital sculptures, installations, textiles, and even furniture design. …

  • Alex Trochut on Letting the Work Lead the Way

    Alex Trochut on Letting the Work Lead the Way

    Alex Trochut is a renowned graphic designer and illustrator originally from Barcelona and now part of the Apple design team in California. His client list includes Nike, Google, and The New York Times, among others—and we’re proud to feature his work in our Style Cards Vol. 2.! In this talk, Alex shares a deeply reflective look…

  • Ricardo V. on Building a Design Studio Sustainably

    Ricardo V. on Building a Design Studio Sustainably

    Ricardo V. is the founder of The Branding People, a design studio with a global reach, with offices in Mexico, Spain, and Saudi Arabia. In this talk, Ricardo shares practical tips and hard-earned lessons from over a decade of running a design studio. From refining client collaboration and leading complex rebranding projects to aligning cultural…

  • Tyler Spangler on Staying True to Yourself

    Tyler Spangler on Staying True to Yourself

    You’ve probably come across Tyler Spangler’s work somewhere on the internet—perhaps even on your desktop background without realizing it. His art is an explosion of colour, form and fearless experimentation that blending into a vivid digital collage with a psychedelic touch. But Tyler’s career as a freelance designer career didn’t start as a carefully planned or calculated move, instead…

  • Valeriya Gogunskaya: Dancing Through Life on a Longboard

    Valeriya Gogunskaya: Dancing Through Life on a Longboard

    Meet Valeriya Gogunskaya, a longboard dancer and the founder of a renowned longboarding camp in Portugal. At her camp, Valeriya brings together some of the best longboard dancers as instructors, alongside enthusiasts eager to improve their skills. Having participated in this camp last summer, I had an amazing time and am thrilled to share Valeriya’s…

  • Talk on Creativity with Sebastian Masuda, the ‘King of Kawaii’

    Talk on Creativity with Sebastian Masuda, the ‘King of Kawaii’

    Very excited to share with you a talk on creativity with Sebastian Masuda, a Japanese artist known as the ‘King of Kawaii.’ The term ‘kawaii’ translates to ‘cute’ or ‘adorable.’ As an aesthetic style, it encompasses Japanese pop culture, and as a philosophy, it encourages people to reflect on what’s unique about themselves and contemplate…

  • Courage Is a Practice: A Conversation with Erica Jennings

    Courage Is a Practice: A Conversation with Erica Jennings

    What does it really mean to be courageous? In a recent Bloomerang podcast episode, we sat down with Erica Jennings—musician, mentor, coach, and the iconic lead singer of SKAMP, the band that gave voice to Lithuania’s post-independence generation. In the ’90s, SKAMP embodied something radically new: cosmopolitan, independent, unapologetically authentic. They weren’t trying to fit…

  • Neosbrand’s New Wave Design for the Adventurous Generation

    Neosbrand’s New Wave Design for the Adventurous Generation

    In this article we’ll see how Javier approaches a young audience, understand the importance of adventure to Neosbrand, find out where he sees the future of brands and design, and take a look at his new wave design contribution to the Style Cards Vol. 2.