When heritage brands overhaul their identities, the backlash can be brutal – but should brands care? And is it just part of brand survival? We look into whether total brand resets can work at a time where everything is everywhere all at once. | Continue reading
This artist prompts us to rethink the meaning of clothing, the proximities of the canvas and how much narrative one fraction of the body can tell. | Continue reading
The Sheffield-based designer is balancing experimentation with restraint through a blend of physical and digital media. | Continue reading
The TikTok spot might not be the future after all. As brands continue to invest in cinematic, editorialised formats, they gamble that audiences will invest the time to tune in. But will the bet come off? | Continue reading
We chat to the acclaimed graphic designer and art director as he becomes Pentagram London’s newest partner. | Continue reading
The iconic photographer known for his celebrity portraits doesn’t see much difference between people and landscapes – in this new body of work, human history is as evident in fields and oceans as it is in faces. | Continue reading
How does one accurately capture Tilda Swinton, the shape-shifting icon of experimental cinema and modern blockbuster flicks? Little White Lies has taken on the task of creating a fiesta out of her expansive career by creating “five miniature magazines” – one for each of her eras. | Continue reading
Gameboy, anime and Louis Vuitton, this twin sister duo is turning their shared girlhood into physical objects that will “last forever”. | Continue reading
“I’m trying to approach blue skies from an anthropological perspective and uncover a deeper narrative, beyond just sales data and review scores.” | Continue reading
Applying his background in fashion design to letterforms, graphic designer Eikou Zhang has managed to configure a full latin letterset with one classic Chinese knot at its core. | Continue reading
Our Naarm correspondent spotlights three female-led labels making waves in the city, sonically and visually. | Continue reading
You are eager to share and befriend but having trouble with connecting with creative peers? Alex Bec suggests ways to build community though curiosity and intentionality in this week’s Creative Career Conundrums. | Continue reading
The London based photographer and director Tom Emmerson brings his signature elevated concepts and kinetic joy to this pop-house banger. | Continue reading
Maggot Death has been bootlegging, designing, and printing for five years, saying nothing’s too shocking to screen-print. | Continue reading
Inspired by a meme and print colour schemes, these audio-visual works dance, deconstruct, fall apart and put themselves back together again. | Continue reading
Dina Litovsky took to the Nicer Tuesday stage in New York City with It’s Nice That’s US editor-at-large Elizabeth Goodspeed to discuss her incredible body of work featuring starkly lit, uncompromising photographs as seen in The New York Times and Time magazine. Speaking about her … | Continue reading
Digitally manipulated faces, gaudy cosmetics and maximalist set design all appear in this gumball machine of Gen-Z aesthetics directed by Léa Esmaili. | Continue reading
Delving into the “shady, awkward sides” of human connection, Ida Anderson evokes loss, melancholy and the fractal nature of our communication with one another. | Continue reading
Designers from Pentagram, Koto, Creech, and more talk candidly about the murky waters of client selection, the logistics and risks of rejecting work on moral grounds, and how to keep afloat without losing your soul in today’s design climate. | Continue reading
Little Troop – the married design-duo Noemie Le Coz and Jeremy Elliot – delivered a talk bursting with humour and charm at June’s Nicer Tuesdays in New York, walking us through their designs for MoMA’s family festival, inspired by their own kids and their interactions with the na … | Continue reading
The South Korean artist explores intersections between nature and memory through his satisfying transformations. | Continue reading
Life, love, death, dogs and kittens are all preserved in this Colombian photographer’s emotionally fragile artistic eye. | Continue reading
In Room Tour, the artist injects new meaning into objects, clothes and patterns, turning them into symbols of connection. | Continue reading
In a bit of a pickle? Submit your career or workplaces questions to Creative Career Conundrums? We’ll be back for our weekly advice column next week! | Continue reading
Sam is an avid collector who’s all about finding ‘things’ and turning them into something significant. | Continue reading
Walk in the footsteps of Aca and Ica through a Jakarta painted in magical realism and the absurd. | Continue reading
Fanatics of Moomin-themed mugs have created their own sub-culture over the past 35 years. Now, a book documents them in all their whimsical glory. | Continue reading
When Us By Night returned from hibernation last year, we’re sure many who weren’t there got some serious FOMO. Now’s the time to make sure you grab yourself a ticket for this year’s instalment of the design event that doubles as one big party. | Continue reading
A group of Geordie artists, including collage artist Jimmy Turrell, turn Newcastle’s Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art into a black-and-white striped church. | Continue reading
The collective’s Copenhagen exhibition wasn’t “an exhibition in the traditional sense” – attendees were ashing their cigarettes into the artworks. | Continue reading
With this year’s festivities fast approaching, we join photographer Vic Moy on a journey through West London. | Continue reading
For the 2025 incarnation of the British Pavillion, the agency brings the geometric and organic together to showcase Kenya’s awe-inspiring landscapes through design. | Continue reading
Alexander Long’s brilliant and funny gateau-esque sculptures evoke feelings of mundanity, digital eeriness, and critiques of how much we consume – literally. | Continue reading
In the four piece’s early years, Blur’s drummer was rarely found without a camera on his person – snapping everything and anything that happened in-between shows. A new book published by Hero Press brings these charming, unfiltered photographs together. | Continue reading
There are certain legacy brands that prove you don’t have to constantly change to keep consumers’ attention. We find out how they build loyalty and familiarity without becoming staid. | Continue reading
It starts with a viral image from Twitter and ends with everyone’s clothes off in a forest ruled by a dragon called Grandma – welcome to the endearing magic world of glitch pop duo Disiniblud. | Continue reading
The Milan-based creative is creating work for musicians and publications full of texture and abstract movements. | Continue reading
Our Berlin correspondent looks at the complicated history of street art in the city, from its subversive roots to its gradual commodification, and what that means for the city’s distinctively alternative culture. | Continue reading
In collaboration with VTProDesign, Part and Sum’s Return on Experience (ROX) report champions the real-world impact of original ideas and true craft. | Continue reading
When founding a studio, heading in-house team or dropping out of the industry is not for you. Where can seasoned creatives go instead? Katie Cadwell shines a light on the need for more experienced talent in this week’s Creative Career Conundrums. | Continue reading
“Darkness and light are no longer opposites, but necessary to give meaning to the whole.” | Continue reading
The South Korean creative uses illustrative fieldwork to expresses a deep love for the outdoors in the hopes to “bring people together to protect it”. | Continue reading
“By distilling complex ideas into simple, elegant visuals, Japanese designers set a precedent for design as a force for problem-solving and innovation. Design is a very powerful tool.” | Continue reading
The most memorable music campaigns now operate like alternate realities, with every video, poster, and set design fitting into a cohesive creative vision. Here’s how music’s biggest stars and their creative teams are reshaping the fan experience. | Continue reading
Na Kim, acclaimed designer and art director at The Paris Review, took to the stage at June’s Nicer Tuesday in New York City to tell us about her humble beginnings smoking cigarettes and shoplifting to juggling several jobs and learning design. She talked about taking professional … | Continue reading
Looking to expand your creative horizons whilst holding down a full-time role? Shanice Mears guides international talent looking to creatively grow that doesn’t compromise their visa requirements in this week’s Creative Career Conundrums. | Continue reading
“I love the interaction between sound and image and how different pairings create different emotional responses,” says the London-based graphic designer and animator. | Continue reading
The enduring message behind the directors latest short is: “Life is precious, you’ve got to make it count.” | Continue reading