This month has been go go go. Have you felt it too? The turn of the season is upon us and it feels like the world speeds up with no signs of slowing.
Earlier this month, TDK ran a Folio Day in Istanbul. Hosted by our Istanbul City Host Salih Aydin, the day saw people to sharing work, receiving feedback from experienced designers, and expanding their networks. A huge success! If you are interested to host a Folio Day in your city, get in touch!
Last week was NGV Melbourne Design Week and TDK took part in the panel series called Design Futures. Held at Collarts in Melbourne, the students came armed with great questions for the amazing panelists.
If there is something in your city that you think TDK should be part of, reply to this email and we'll try and make it happen. We're always interested in partnering with design education and brands that support emerging designers.
TDK Studio helps you become a more valuable creative professional by growing your practice and building your confidence. And you can jump in for a free 30-day trial until June 30!! With Creative Insider talks and insights, Thought Bubble conversations between industry professionals and Studio Briefs by a Creative Director and so much more to come. We're going slow with this, and working with founding members to make it great.
If you are ready to invest in your career and have direct access to industry professionals, this is made for you.
Finally, if you have anything you want to chat about with us, hit reply.
Yah-Leng Yu quit a Computer Engineering degree at NTU after one year — she knew from the first week it was wrong.
What followed was a winding path through Boston, Los Angeles, and New York, through books and annual reports, through luxury fashion until she landed back in Singapore and founded Foreign Policy Design Group. The detours weren't detours at all. They were her education.
Growing up in a culture where storytelling runs through everything — folk tales, family history, conversation — Ana Cristina found her medium in brand creation. Bogotá shapes her work constantly: colour palettes pulled from street vendors' fruit, from mountain light, from puddles. She goes to the spaces her clients' audiences inhabit. The city is primary material, not just backdrop.
'I have always been committed to creating visuals that are gentle yet powerful—not sharp enough to hurt, but capable of stirring thought.'
Yutong Liu draws from life. Not life as backdrop, but life as the actual material — the lawns of London in summer, clothes hanging from iron poles outside Shanghai apartments, strangers on the tube, people smiling at a screen in a gallery.
Graphic designer and business owner Liam Stritt, is our creative on the inside. Liam brings you a series about effective collaborations between designers and, well… everyone else!
Each month, he'll sit down with a person you’re likely to come across in your design career — whether they’re a copywriter or a CEO, a recruiter or a creative director, or anyone else in between.
Hosted by Writer Marita Davies, Thought Bubbles are quick 15 minute conversation between design industry professionals that share advice, failures and lessons learnt along the way.
Thought Bubbles are unfiltered and sincere conversations and this month we look at folios from an industry professionals perspective.
Located in Mongolia, Desember Studio’s work speaks for itself. Have a peek at their work - especially the Jamiyandagva Ballet Foundation - it makes you feel all the feels!
Sthlm Signs is a Swedish signage company that blends graphic design with handprinted signage. Merging lettering, typography, graphic design and painting - Sthlm Signs showcase their work in this short video.
This website was shared in our online community a couple of weeks back and we keep coming back to it to check it out. Need some design inspiration? This is your new favourite website.
Volume 01, to be published in late 2026, will feature emerging designers from around the world, exclusive interviews, guides to our favourite TDK cities, a spotlight on our city hosts and more! Pre-orders close soon.
