Illustration

After weeks of lockdown and countless video calls, we are tired of our own apartments. Stop redecorating your home office space, skip the fancy bookshelf and artsy prints – Studio Ghibli has something much more fun to step up your video call game.

Ferry Gouw is known as an illustrator, graphic designer, and video director. Personally, however, he doesn't want to restrict himself to any occupation in particular. Having directed a whole visual universe for Major Lazer, we spoke to him about designing for the music industry and learned how he usually creates such immersive narratives.

We skyped with one of our oddest, most favorite and fun Forward speakers: Jim Stoten - and a few seagulls. The illustrator is based in a seaside town on the south coast of England and has worked for Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, Home Festival Venice, Land Rover Magazine, and many more.

Vienna, the capital of Austria, has been rebranded - a new visual identity and brand strategy that aims to serve its citizens, as well as its increasing number of tourists.