A moment on Rye Lane A few days ago, walking through Peckham, I turned a corner and found two artists suspended on a lift, painting a new Gorillaz mural. The colours were sharp, the lines unmistakable, and the atmosphere had that particular tension London produces when something is arriving before it has a name. It…
A new food brand has appeared across the UK, but it isn’t trying to sell you anything edible. Algorithm™ is a fictional label created by the Cybersmile Foundation as part of its latest campaign, Stop The Forced Feed—a sharp, unsettling commentary on the invisible systems shaping what we see online. The algorithm doesn’t wait for…
London Fashion Week is not a single event — it is a rhythm. A pulse that returns three times a year, shaping the creative calendar of the city and reminding the world why London remains one of the most influential capitals of contemporary fashion. Officially, LFW takes place in February, June and September, marking the…
London Fashion Week doesn’t happen once a year — it arrives in three distinct waves: February, June and September. Each edition brings a different energy, a different urgency, and a different generation of designers ready to step into the light. And yet, beneath the glamour and the choreography of the schedule, London Fashion Week remains…
London Fashion Week has always been more than a calendar event. It is a living organism — a crossroads where art, identity, and ambition collide. This year, more than ever, the runways and off‑runway spaces revealed a truth that London understands better than any other city: fashion is not just aesthetics. Fashion is communication. Fashion…
As days lengthen but urban challenges persist, Southwark responds with collective action. From the streets of Peckham to Elephant & Castle, we explore how our borough is turning concern into hope. February in London is always a season of contrast: the days are finally drawing out, yet the evenings remain long and, at times, shadowed…
An intimate conversation with Angelo Calvi (aka Misterflip)By Blend London On the eve of a London Fashion Week set in Shoreditch, we sat down with Angelo Calvi — also known as Misterflip — to talk about something rarely discussed in club culture: vulnerability. Not the curated kind, but the quiet, physical tension that lives in…
For all the hype and bluster surrounding the Super Bowl, there really is no event quite like it when it comes to compressing the US national mood. The 60th edition of the NFL’s marquee fixture once again combined sport, spectacle and extremely expensive advertising – each 30-second spot reportedly costing an eye-watering $8 million –…
Capturing emotion is one of advertising’s great challenges. It gets even harder when trying to distil and represent the wow factor of an experiential campaign, especially when it has to sit within the frenetic scrolling of social or tight confines of a mobile phone screen. How do you convey the sensations, interactions and excitement of…
In a panel presented by Koddi, Kathryn Lundstrom, Commerce and Sustainability Editor at AdWeek, led a discussion on the integration of programmatic retail media. Gopuff and Koddi have recently teamed up to make on-site retail inventory available on The Trade Desk. “This collaboration means that buyers and advertisers are able to activate against the full…