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From a brand identity that gives waste a second life to a celebration of websites with the most innovative scrolls, here are some of our favourite stories from the past few weeks.

Jamilla Okubo is an interdisciplinary artist exploring human experience, history and identity

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Mother Design rebrands fiction podcast brand Realm, inspired by sci-fi and magic

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Graphic designer Hayoung Im brings precision and flair in equal measure

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Neasden Control Centre’s paper-cut graphic icons for Millican symbolise land, sea and urban waste

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Giving waste a new lease of life, Iya studio’s brand identity for Handle celebrates a circular model

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“We will never be silent again”: Vanilla Chi creates a downloadable poster about facing anti-Asian hate

14 April 2021

Anaïs Boileau tells us about her “visually strong, colourful and graphic” pictorial photographic practice

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The everyday objects that got us through lockdown, documented by Paula Zuccotti

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Dive into the scroll hole with April’s Double Click!

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Introducing Ones to Watch 2021!

Ones to Watch 2021

This year’s ensemble is finally here! Meet the innovative 11 and the stories behind their work.

Getting to know Margot Lévêque and her personality-driven typefaces

22 March 2021

Shape-shifting studio Play Nice wants to use creative knowhow to elevate communities

22 March 2021

Lamas Burgariotti on how creative curiosity allows it to merge graphic design and fine art

22 March 2021

Lu Yang’s digital reincarnations explore a world beyond gender and reality

22 March 2021

Step into the ever changing world of animator Dante Zaballa

22 March 2021

The delectable lettering of Leandro Assis is a vibrant reflection of his own journey

22 March 2021

A balance of male weakness and female strength: Saitemiss captures fleeting moments in her anime-infused illustrations

22 March 2021

“What does it mean to perform?”: Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi on witnessing as a part of becoming

22 March 2021

Absurdism and humour collide: Glamour Shot creates a new kind of family portrait and it’s all about fun

22 March 2021

Cut, warped and distorted: Conor Cunningham discovers a new approach to photography thanks to lockdown

22 March 2021

“A form of adoration”: Amber Pinkerton on photographing Jamaica from a Jamaican gaze

22 March 2021

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Graphic designer Ira Ivanova treats each project like a game where you set your own rules

10 February 2021

Now You See Me Moria is a poster project raising awareness about the EU humanitarian crisis

10 February 2021

Gilbert Schneider likens his design practice to crate-digging for the perfect sample

4 February 2021

Sam Winston’s concrete poetry project rearranges the dictionary to question our learnt definitions

2 February 2021

MakingIt21: 21 posters sharing positive messages and insights from the industry

1 February 2021

Tom Noon shares an update of his work, which includes a gritty book on life in lockdown

29 January 2021

Automatico studio updates its design ethos to one that succumbs to “simplicity, reduction and calm”

25 January 2021

Mark Bohle and Raffael Kormann designed 80 posters over a year for Kulturzentrum Merlin

22 January 2021

Chaumont poster competition calls for entries with collage-based identity by DIA

11 January 2021

Ikki Kobayashi returns with a new train of thought, this time focusing on positivity and interiors

7 January 2021

Designing the identity for an art institution that contradicts the all-too-familiar capitalist narrative

8 December 2020

Marylou Faure takes on poster design for Montreux Jazz Festival following the likes of Andy Warhol and Malika Favre

4 December 2020

Nolan Paparelli’s Everett typeface is back, but this time it’s matured and refined

3 December 2020

Latest talks from Nicer Tuesdays

Why nostalgia is so important to the success of Burger King’s rebrand

14 April 2021

Designing a restaurant experience which makes you feel like you’re sitting in a story

13 April 2021

How comedy can challenge our beliefs by holding a mirror up to society

25 March 2021

“It’s all about taking time to absorb my life, doodle and turn it into a story”: How Min Heo creates her delightful comics

24 March 2021

How the creative Punjabi diaspora turned out in support of the Indian Farmers’ Protest

The Communitea Shop sells tea-themed prints by 55 stellar creatives to raise funds for the London Chinese Community Centre

Hudson-Powell creates a title sequence inspired by the emergency services for new comedy, Bloods

Josje van Stekelenburg’s photographs are like visual ASMR

Be seduced by the beauty of urban allotments in Chris Hoare’s series Growing Spaces

Nexus Studios collaborates with 22 drama pupils in a one of a kind, digitally animated school play

Jobs of the week from Comuzi, Vice Media Group and It’s Nice That!

Illustrator Robert Hunter on the “Spielberg 80s family sci-fi” worlds of Cartoon Network’s Elliott from Earth

If They Come is a short film combining realism and abstraction to tell the human story behind immigration headlines

Periods are getting a rebrand, and it’s about bloody time

Best of the Month

Jamilla Okubo is an interdisciplinary artist exploring human experience, history and identity

Mother Design rebrands fiction podcast brand Realm, inspired by sci-fi and magic

Graphic designer Hayoung Im brings precision and flair in equal measure

Neasden Control Centre’s paper-cut graphic icons for Millican symbolise land, sea and urban waste

Giving waste a new lease of life, Iya studio’s brand identity for Handle celebrates a circular model

“We will never be silent again”: Vanilla Chi creates a downloadable poster about facing anti-Asian hate

Anaïs Boileau tells us about her “visually strong, colourful and graphic” pictorial photographic practice

The everyday objects that got us through lockdown, documented by Paula Zuccotti

Dive into the scroll hole with April’s Double Click!

Introducing Extra Nice – a new way to boost your creativity, give back to the community, and support It’s Nice That too.

Introducing Ones to Watch 2021!

Getting to know Margot Lévêque and her personality-driven typefaces

Shape-shifting studio Play Nice wants to use creative knowhow to elevate communities

Lamas Burgariotti on how creative curiosity allows it to merge graphic design and fine art

Lu Yang’s digital reincarnations explore a world beyond gender and reality

Step into the ever changing world of animator Dante Zaballa

The delectable lettering of Leandro Assis is a vibrant reflection of his own journey

A balance of male weakness and female strength: Saitemiss captures fleeting moments in her anime-infused illustrations

“What does it mean to perform?”: Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi on witnessing as a part of becoming

Absurdism and humour collide: Glamour Shot creates a new kind of family portrait and it’s all about fun

Cut, warped and distorted: Conor Cunningham discovers a new approach to photography thanks to lockdown

“A form of adoration”: Amber Pinkerton on photographing Jamaica from a Jamaican gaze

“It’s horrendous, it’s constant failure”: Geoff McFetridge on the pain of painting

Poster Perfect

Graphic designer Ira Ivanova treats each project like a game where you set your own rules

Now You See Me Moria is a poster project raising awareness about the EU humanitarian crisis

Gilbert Schneider likens his design practice to crate-digging for the perfect sample

Sam Winston’s concrete poetry project rearranges the dictionary to question our learnt definitions

MakingIt21: 21 posters sharing positive messages and insights from the industry

Tom Noon shares an update of his work, which includes a gritty book on life in lockdown

Automatico studio updates its design ethos to one that succumbs to “simplicity, reduction and calm”

Mark Bohle and Raffael Kormann designed 80 posters over a year for Kulturzentrum Merlin

Chaumont poster competition calls for entries with collage-based identity by DIA

Ikki Kobayashi returns with a new train of thought, this time focusing on positivity and interiors

Designing the identity for an art institution that contradicts the all-too-familiar capitalist narrative

Marylou Faure takes on poster design for Montreux Jazz Festival following the likes of Andy Warhol and Malika Favre

Nolan Paparelli’s Everett typeface is back, but this time it’s matured and refined

Latest talks from Nicer Tuesdays

Why nostalgia is so important to the success of Burger King’s rebrand

Designing a restaurant experience which makes you feel like you’re sitting in a story

How comedy can challenge our beliefs by holding a mirror up to society

“It’s all about taking time to absorb my life, doodle and turn it into a story”: How Min Heo creates her delightful comics

Rational Simplicity: Celebrating Rudolph de Harak, an unsung hero of mid-century graphic design

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