TEMPLO created the visual identity and global campaign for the British Council’s British Pavilion presentation at the 2026 Venice Biennale, featuring Lubaina Himid’s Predicting History: Testing Translation. The flexible system uses shifting, reoriented title typography and a vivid palette drawn from Himid’s paintings across posters, publications, signage, merchandise, motion, and digital applications.
TEMPLO developed the visual identity and global campaign for GBR – Geology Of Britannic Repair, the British Pavilion exhibition at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale. Grounded in the Great Rift Valley, the work communicates earth-based architectural practice, climate crisis, inequality, and planetary repair across print, digital, wayfinding, motion, and advertising.
TEMPLO created the visual identity and communications for the British Council's 2024 Venice Biennale exhibition, Listening All Night To The Rain. The responsive system translates each installation's audio into graphics and extends across exhibition signage, print, film, social assets, merchandise, and digital materials.
Studio Banana developed a playful and sustainable visual identity for the British Council’s Bilingual Baby Club, a program encouraging early bilingual learning through play. The design system uses geometric shapes and vibrant colors inspired by children’s toys, complemented by a multisensory learning kit crafted with circular economy principles.
The Chase collaborated with the British Council to refresh the global Education UK brand, which promotes studying in the UK to international students. The new identity was informed by extensive research and designed to reflect modern educational values while respecting diverse cultural sensitivities.
A Practice for Everyday Life designed a folio of postcard-sized prints and a text-based publication accompanying the British Council’s touring exhibition ‘David Hockney: Words and Pictures’. The design draws from Hockney’s own works, using a grid structure and color palette that reflect his focus on the everyday. The studio also created a catalogue booklet promoting the wider programme of international exhibitions.
Creative Boom profiles Broaden, a purpose-led filmmaking studio founded by Bryony Simcox and George Webster, which built its own studio from a 40ft shipping container in Greater Manchester. The DIY project embodies sustainability, adaptability, and community spirit, using reclaimed materials and family help. The new space supports Broaden’s mission to create socially conscious films and foster collaboration within the creative community.
Creative Boom interviews artist duo YARA + DAVINA about their collaborative practice that merges motherhood and art-making. The pair discuss how job-sharing allows them to balance caregiving and creativity, and highlight their recent public artwork 'WOMAN - WHOLE' commissioned by Old Diorama Arts Centre. The conversation explores systemic challenges for mothers in the arts and advocates for more inclusive cultural programming.
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Creative Boom reports on TEMPLO's bold new identity for the British Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale. The project, titled 'Geology of Britannic Repair', explores themes of rupture, repair, and colonial legacies through a flexible, movement-led visual system inspired by the Rift Valley. Collaborating with curators from Cave_bureau and the British Council, TEMPLO created a dynamic identity spanning digital, physical, and experiential applications.
The article announces 'New Dimensions: The Future of Paper', a UK event series by GF Smith in collaboration with Gmund and It’s Nice That. The events will showcase GF Smith’s new rebrand by Templo and feature talks from creatives exploring the intersection of paper and digital media, including Hato, Alice Isaac, and Holly Eliza Temple. The series celebrates paper’s evolving role in contemporary creative practice.