In the final days of 2018, Netflix premiered Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, an interactive film released as part of Charlie Brooker’s sci-fi anthology series. …

From rabbits with pocket watches to feminised motor-vehicles, we’ve been lending our traits and characteristics to non-human entities for the best part of human history. Generally speaking, personification and anthropomorphism are harmless. We’re used to seeing animals, vegetables, and minerals on their hind legs, adopting human voices and livelihoods, and…

I took a trip to London recently to do some gallery lurking, and was fortunate enough to get a ticket into the V&A’s latest digital inspired offering, Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt. As a designer within the industry this show is exploring, when I saw the curtain lifted on how games are made…

When you think of co-viewing, what comes to mind? Family shows that reach out across generations, perhaps — Doctor Who and Christmas specials, popcorn-fuelled movie nights. Or maybe it’s that iconic image of all five Simpsons, crammed onto a three-seater couch pointed towards a boxy, aerial-bearing television set. With a…

This week we’re pleased to announce the launch of a brand-new app for CBBC’s Horrible Histories, in partnership with the BBC and Scholastic. In Gruesome Game-a-Thon, fans of the hit CBBC show can enjoy a fast-paced romp through the eras and pit their wits against the clock in a series…

Earlier this month I attended Ukie’s annual Digital Schoolhouse launch, in which they presented the findings from their most recent survey of online safety in schools. …

With every school summer holiday comes the annual Summer Reading Challenge, coordinated by The Reading Agency in partnership with public libraries across the UK. …

It starts with one person shuffling into the office kitchen, taking their chances and asking under their breath: ‘Did anyone watch Love Island last night?’ Wherever you work, it’s going to be a mixed bag of responses. There are the die-hards, the intrigued, the never-would-I-evers, the I-only-watched-one-and-now-I-can’t-stops. There are 3 kinds of Love Island viewers in our office: 1. The target…

One from the Jollywise archives! Senior Designer Will Weaver writes about the importance of simplicity in creative thinking, and his love for Brian Eno. The old aphorism ‘Necessity is the mother of invention’ came to mind recently when I was listening to Episode 38 of the Adam Buxton podcast, in…