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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.

Soft, glassy and meditative, Pol Solà’s digital artworks are a form of “visual yoga”

11 May 2021

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Mind the Gap: why Hockney’s Piccadilly Line roundel uproar signifies a deepening disconnect between art and the public

18 May 2021

Shanghai-based studio KauKau returns with a striking and multifaceted rebrand for Strong Noodle

12 May 2021

Preserving Syrian design history and graphics in the Arab world: Meet the Syrian Design Archive

11 May 2021

Mirna Pierre’s curvy and bold typeface is a celebration of Black graphic designers in history

19 May 2021

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

How prop design transports actors into a different world: Annie Atkins on career tips, Wes Anderson and more

13 May 2021

An Oscar-nominated short on a student budget: How Siqi Song made Sister

12 May 2021

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

13 April 2021

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

14 April 2021

UDL studio talks us through its bold and brash identity for menswear brand Mega Suen

Tyler Q Durden’s photographs seem peaceful and quiet but are “wild on the inside”

Travys Owen shoots with high saturation, colour and “split-second decision making”

Zhenya Rynzhuk on the digital design decisions behind the interactive Covid Art Museum

Multidisciplinary artist Tia O’Donnell on being an artist for the people

DJ and broadcaster Gilles Peterson releases a 600-page book devised over a year in lockdown

Jobs of the week from Wieden+Kennedy, Otherway and Courier Media!

“We love anything that screams chaotic”: Escape into a future fantasy with Fon and Fa Watkins

This year’s Dazed 100 features global change-makers including Azeema, Cho Gi Seok and Mohamad Abdouni

Spoon Archaeology treats plastic cutlery like historical artefacts – because soon they will be

Best of the Month

Soft, glassy and meditative, Pol Solà’s digital artworks are a form of “visual yoga”

Mind the Gap: why Hockney’s Piccadilly Line roundel uproar signifies a deepening disconnect between art and the public

Shanghai-based studio KauKau returns with a striking and multifaceted rebrand for Strong Noodle

Preserving Syrian design history and graphics in the Arab world: Meet the Syrian Design Archive

Mirna Pierre’s curvy and bold typeface is a celebration of Black graphic designers in history

Graphic designer Hayoung Im brings precision and flair in equal measure

How can photography be used to rehabilitate in prisons?

Elliot Ulm’s graphic design memes will make you laugh and then make you think

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

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

How prop design transports actors into a different world: Annie Atkins on career tips, Wes Anderson and more

An Oscar-nominated short on a student budget: How Siqi Song made Sister

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

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

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

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