All Hail The Grid

A 3-minute explainer on our slightly obsessive love for grids, why we use them, and how they transformed the design principles and work created by Slash.

Guest UserApril 20, 2021Slash, grids, Ripple Collective

Crafting the long way

Master Crafter

“You’re on duty til you die, you know, as a craftsman.”

Jonny KennaughMarch 28, 2021Slash, Monocle, video, Craft

The Map

An epic analog to digital design challenge with one of the most recognizable maps in the world.

Jonny KennaughOctober 25, 2020Slash, subway, design, New York

A Zine Education

An into to the offline world of visually messed up, obscure, but somehow beautiful zines.

SlashJonny KennaughSeptember 30, 2020slash, zines

The Ultimate Rooftop Garden

Architecture and urban gardens make very good friends.

Jonny KennaughSeptember 15, 2020Slash, Grow Your Own, Gardening, Sustainability, Food

A Century of Wisdom

The things you learn from living for one hundred years.

Jonny KennaughJuly 27, 2020Slash, video, 100, advice

Cooper Black

The story behind one of the most popular fonts in the world.

SlashJonny KennaughJuly 2, 2020Slash, design, font, cooper black

Children of Wool

Lifetimes of dedication, skill, patience and perfection crafting rugs in the mountains of Morocco.

Jonny KennaughJune 2, 2020Fabrica, Makers, Weaving

Stories in Place

Stories In Place

Pandemics, filmmaking, adaptation, and some beautifully told stories that capture a very crazy moment in time.

Jonny KennaughMay 12, 2020Video, Coronavirus, Stories in place

SoHo's Urban Font Conservation

Charming old street signs turned into fonts and living a whole new life.

Jonny KennaughMay 7, 2020Slash, font

Slash's Lockdown List #1

The good links that are helping us, and now maybe you, through lockdown.

Jonny KennaughApril 9, 2020Lockdown, Slash, Slashers, List

Dear Desert / Film Screening

Dear Desert / Film Screening.

We made a film. Come watch it with us!

Jonny KennaughMarch 2, 2020Kingdom, screening, dear desert, Slash, film

Welcome to the Future

We’ve finally dropped our predictions for 2020 and we’re predicting that they are spot on.

Jonny KennaughMarch 2, 2020Future, 2020, Slash

Design Canada / Screening Time

Join us for Canadian snacks and a screening on the golden age of Canadian graphic design Eh.

SlashJonny KennaughJanuary 13, 2020Slash, design, Design Canada, Screening, Film

Welcome to Truckistan

The land of moving artworks, color, karak tea, roadside repairs and just general chaos.

SlashJonny KennaughDecember 17, 2019Truckistan, Truck, Pakistan, Art, Travel

Don't Tick Boxes.

Don’t Tick Boxes

We chased discomfort, we found it, and we used it as a chance to grow. Here’s the four things we’re using to aim for excellence.

SlashJonny KennaughDecember 8, 2019work, productivity, change

A Single String

When you can’t build it yourself, get a master to do it and then just watch and learn.

Jonny KennaughDecember 8, 2019Fabrica, making, rababa, process, Emirati

Suffering in the Desert: Part 2

Part 1 of biking around the United Arab Emirates was about suffering and failure.
Part 2 went a little bit better. Check it out.

KingdomGuest UserDecember 5, 2019Kingdom, Bike, endurance, UAEFKT

The Best Productivity Hack Ever.

It’s an interesting approach, and if you like running it might just work out in your favor.

Ripple CollectiveJonny KennaughNovember 28, 2019productivity, running, efficiency, Slash

Seek discomfort

Nuno on not getting stuck in the comfort zone, a new city, and the next chapter of Slash.

Ripple CollectiveJonny KennaughOctober 7, 2019Slash, Seek Discomfort, culture, Abu Dhabi