Using collage to convey a single message: Chantal Jahchan on her research-led approach to editorial illustration

Graphic designer and illustrator Chantal Jahchan took the New York Nicer Tuesdays audience behind the scenes of her intricate and imaginative editorial illustration work. Walking us through the creation of her cover for The New York Times Book Review, the designer revealed the re … | Continue reading


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BritBox’s new advert is a 14-hours-long one-shot take

Created by Uncommon and directed by Blinkink’s Nicos Livesey, See It Differently is a love letter to traditional filmmaking – championing craft, graft and genre in opposition of CGI and AI. | Continue reading


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Paradiso fest: four days that redefined the way creatives come together and get inspired

Part creative retreat, part design conference and part jam-packed ‘school trip’, Paradiso festival got rid of speaker hierarchy and keynote exhaustion, swapping in connection and boundless creativity. | Continue reading


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Daniela Spector on making work that carries the weight of grief

At February’s Nicer Tuesdays in New York, lens-based artist Daniela Spector outlined how archiving came to be the central purpose of her photographic practice. From the loss of her mother in 2019, to the creation of her project I Forbid You to Forget Me, Daniela detailed her jour … | Continue reading


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In Requena Office’s identity for Garden Pizza, words look like plants and letters like flowers

In a new design system for the restaurant, the studio looked to the slow and quiet processes of the natural world for inspiration. | Continue reading


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How Passover Became a Design Problem

Contemporary Haggadot are upending tradition, rethinking form, and asking what freedom – and Jewishness – look like now. | Continue reading


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Disaster Confessions: When creative workflow goes horribly, hilariously wrong

Full of painfully relatable stories of hectic projects going awry, this collection is sure to make you laugh, cringe, and learn from other people’s mistakes. | Continue reading


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Tais Sirote’s surreal photos blur the line between real and rendered

These hyper-polished images appear digitally-rendered, but the London artist’s process is surprisingly tactile. | Continue reading


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Qualeasha Wood’s tapestries translate digital realms into something “permanent, distorted and tactile”

Through weaving, the Philadelphia-based artist is exploring “Black Femme identity” and representation in the online sphere. | Continue reading


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Mother knows best: James Anderson learnt everything about design from his mum

With no formal training, James has forged his own path, developing a distinct design philosophy that combines research, intuition and indulgence. | Continue reading


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No time for creativity? New video series SuprOrdinary inspires creatives to stop being their own roadblock

Presented by It’s Nice That in association with BUCK, SuprOrdinary follows the inspirational quest of designer Devin Mathews as he seeks to bring more creativity into his life, by any means necessary. | Continue reading


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An outsider’s advantage: MullenLowe on nurturing original perspectives

Speaking on the power of original thinking, Carlos Andrés Rodríguez, MullenLowe’s global creative director, discusses his own path through the creative industry. | Continue reading


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Sweet Bitter studies the radicchio in an unfolding collage of its forms

The result of a bizarre obsession with this red member of the chicory family, the publication is a photographic and material study of the striking plant. | Continue reading


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What does modern basket making look like? Basketclub is a gesture to explore

Is basketry a dying craft? This manual and unmechanisable making process with age-old techniques has been the club’s collective act of discovery. | Continue reading


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Creech’s brand for Seremoni is a whole other kettle (and quality) of fish

The New York-based creative studio embodies the fishing brand’s uniquely high standards by carefully balancing illustration, type and tone. | Continue reading


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A24’s latest book unpicks the beauty and craft behind Past Lives

Alongside essays and interviews, the screenplay book – art directed by Actual Source – echoes the emotional honesty of Celine Song’s poignant film. | Continue reading


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How online master’s are helping creatives battle changing industries

Ready to level up your creative career? Join a masterclass to experience online learning at Falmouth University. | Continue reading


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“Good studios are out there”

Many job ads say a degree isn’t required, but does that hold up in practice? Katie Cadwell unpacks industry hiring biases and shares ways to find studios that truly embrace a range of talent in this week’s Creative Career Conundrums. | Continue reading


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“Divine intervention”: Universal Favourite overhauls a wet wipes brand from top to bottom

The new identity for Saintly is Renaissance-inspired, with ornate typography, delicate tones and bare-bottomed cherubs. | Continue reading


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These sun-soaked photos are a love letter to blue skies and sunshine

Tempo Bello – meaning ‘good weather’ in Italian – traces Cecilia Pignocchi’s move from the grey skies of Amsterdam to a slower lifestyle and an important period of self-reflection in Italy. | Continue reading


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These sculptures unravel the hidden meanings behind material belongings

Working with a range of materials, John Saint Michel’s experimental practice engages with the symbolic and emotional weight of objects. | Continue reading


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James Willan’s charming animations have a melancholic undercurrent

Combining analogue and digital techniques, this Middlesbrough-born, London-based creative embraces an enchanting interplay between medium and message. | Continue reading


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Clement Cases’ typeface Base Pixel slowly turns to “trash”

Each weight of this variable typeface degrades in resolution until its letterforms are an abstract mass of pixels. | Continue reading


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“The opportunity for invention”: Pentagram New York welcomes its first product design partner, Piotr Woronkowicz

A first for the international design agency’s New York office, Piotr’s arrival suggests not only a shift in the design industry but one in public behaviour. | Continue reading


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Athletics’ identity for GOCA references traditional Japanese script and incorporates “infinite” patterns

Centred around championing Asian creatives, GOCA’s wordmark opens up to spotlight art and artists. | Continue reading


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Vic Bakin is documenting Ukrainian youth in Kyiv’s de-occupied territories

Focusing his lens on queer communities and subcultures in the region, the artist’s images are a war-torn account of adolescence. | Continue reading


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When culture is cut, everyone suffers – not just the creative industry

Our Berlin correspondent lays bare the realities of recent funding cuts to arts and culture in Germany, and what Berliners are doing about it. | Continue reading


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Creativity in the Big Content age: welcome to Stocksy’s Curation Paradox

Available to download now, the premium stock creative media platform’s latest report breaks down how creatives and clients are losing out due to the homogeneity of curated imagery we consume. | Continue reading


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Sander Coers uses photography, ceramics and AI to explore familial history and loss

A shocking photograph of the artist’s grandfather in a newspaper triggered a deeply personal journey to unearth hidden family histories | Continue reading


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Days old bread built Super Studio’s new brand identity for Rose Bakery

With a potato print-like technique and a logo inspired by lines scored into fresh dough, this identity pays homage to all the artisanal techniques of a traditional small town bakery. | Continue reading


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Take a seat! This online magazine is dedicated to the wackiest chairs out there

Challenging the chair’s conventional form, Chair of Virtue features furniture from emerging and established designers that sits at the intersection of art and design. | Continue reading


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“It doesn’t diminish its value”

Not every great idea makes the final cut... but does that mean it has to disappear? Katie Cadwell shows you how to repurpose rejected work and fuel your creative growth, in this week’s Creative Career Conundrums. | Continue reading


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Don’t get between Bill Rebholz and his love of signs

The LA-based artist finds his greatest inspiration across his state’s local cityscapes, drawn to janky, busted-up signage and never pretty or pristine plaques. | Continue reading


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Kaishui Yikai Lui’s tender series is a window into self-discovery and belonging at art school abroad

The photographer’s portraits of Chinese international students in London uncovers the complexities of finding a new place to call home. | Continue reading


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A Friend of Mine’s brand for Suupaa is a masterclass in eclectic yet restrained typography

A creative cavalcade of type, tactility, illustration and interiors, the brand’s whimsical yet temperate identity shows the impact of restraint. | Continue reading


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Elizabeth Goodspeed on why graphic designers can’t stop joking about hating their jobs

Designers are burnt out, disillusioned, and constantly joking about quitting – but underneath the memes lies a deeper reckoning. Our US editor-at-large explores how irony became the industry’s dominant tone, and what it might mean to care again. | Continue reading


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What does British craft mean today? New Balance and Hip explore

New Balance’s latest Made in UK campaign explores British craft through the lens of those who make it happen. With a poem by John Joseph Holt at its core, the project brings together the voices, landscapes, and skilled hands behind the brand’s Flimby-made footwear. | Continue reading


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Algae or underwear? Mandy Barker documents the fast fashion waste polluting our seas

Collecting 200 fabric samples of clothing across several thousand miles of coastline, the artist has created a typology that traces the tangible effects of the world’s most environmentally damaging industry. | Continue reading


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Font Spectrum is making futuristic typefaces that shift to make new forms

At this Amsterdam-based foundry, things go from readable weights to “decorative extremes” with imaginative methods of integrating motion. | Continue reading


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The illustrator and knitter Annie Hall sees wool as the perfect tool for drawing

With hundreds of jumpers under her metaphorical belt (including 45 different cat designs) Annie embraces knitwear as her illustrative medium of choice. | Continue reading


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How Warby Parker turned its flagship SoHo store into a living gallery

With custom installations by the likes of Geoff McFetridge and Andy Rementer, and a renewed creative vision, the eyewear and lifestyle brand aims to prove shopping can be a fun and creatively enriching experience. | Continue reading


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A new book documents over two decades of Rocket Recordings’ independent album artwork

Out of the Void curates the entire back catalogue of the record label’s releases. The limited edition book is a time capsule of a fascinating era for independent artists. | Continue reading


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POV: You’re a pedigree dog – Jack Kenyon captures Crufts on a wide fish eye lens

From this angle, the furry competitors in the world’s largest dog show appear all the more adorable and comical. | Continue reading


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Massoud Hayoun’s political paintings are seeped in symbolism and shades of blue

The painter’s surreal portraits merge past and present figures – the familiar and fantasy – to connect stories of “exile, love and resistance”. | Continue reading


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One philosophy underpins designer Ji Park’s eclectic practice – “fuck around and find out”

With a practice that challenges traditional definitions of disciplines, the creative’s approach is ever-informed by experimentation, thought and play. | Continue reading


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Buro Blits is tackling branding with a fun and fearless approach

For independent graphic designer Phebe Van der Meulen, self expression and creative freedom are at the heart of having a practice that feels like “a playground”. | Continue reading


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Wing Walkers: The daredevil performers that dance in the sky

Casey Steffens captures the athleticism, friendship and community behind the unique sport of performing stunts on a flying plane. | Continue reading


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I’m obsessed!: Why following fixations makes our creative work better

As creatives, when something grabs our attention, it has the potential to really take hold. Our obsessions might temporarily tilt us off balance between work and life, but they can take us to unexpected places creatively. So how do we know if we should follow them? | Continue reading


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