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Creativity and control: Stanley Kubrick’s obsessiveness and the meticulous films it produced
Ruby Boddington —Bobby Fischer sat forward, his hand covering his mouth and his elbow resting on the table in front of him. His eyes firmly fixed down on the chequered surface below, the American leant forward out of his black leather chair and moved his Bishop from E6 to D7. Across the table from him sat Boris Spassky, a Soviet. They were engaged in the 21st game of their World Chess Championship match, in the Laugardalshöll arena, Reykjavík and with that move, Fischer emerged as the world’s 11th chess champion. It was a politically charged win, which humiliated the country that had gone undefeated for 24 years, and was dubbed “The Match of the Century”.
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Pedro Destefani explores the relationship between Stan Smith the man and the brand
Jyni Ong —In a recent personal project, the designer Pedro Destefani explores the relationship between Stan Smith, the man, and the brand he has become synonymous with over the past few decades. Arguably best known today for his name’s attachment to a particular Adidas trainer, Stan Smith was in fact a world-famous tennis player back in the 1970s and 80s. In this self-initiated editorial project (which is not affiliated with the sports brand), Pedro looks at the man on and off the court, as well as that famous shoe.
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PES tackles marine plastic pollution in his latest stop motion mini-masterpiece
Josh Baines —We like Adam Pesapane. Better known as PES, the Oscar-nominated director and bloke we once described as the don of stop motion animation, Adam’s provided stunning visuals for the likes of Honda, Scrabble, and change-cashing giants, Coinstar.
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Ruby Boddington —
Whilst working as part of Same Paper, Xiaopeng Yuan keeps up his own photographic practice. We’ve covered some of his work in the past, and so when we saw the newly-released issue of Télévision magazine, the cover of which features a new story shot by Xiaopeng, we had to find out more.
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Micaiah Carter interprets Uniqlo’s linen range with a sultry sun-drenched shoot
Matt Alagiah —One of the unique strengths of young American photographer Micaiah Carter (who we picked as one of our Ones to Watch earlier this year) is his ability to conjure a rich mood, an evocative atmosphere, in a straightforward studio setting. His shoots often feel like a heady distillation of the last days of a long summer – there’s a lot of warm sunlight on skin, deep blue and purple-hued skies, and clothes that flow breezily off radiant bodies.
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Louise Bonnet paints exaggerated bodies as symbols of melancholy and loneliness
Daniel Milroy Maher —“I am interested in the body. In what having a body feels like, or how we try to hide the way it feels. To contain it or control it. How it brings shame and humiliation because we cannot control it,” says artist Louise Bonnet. “I am fascinated by the ornamentation of it, the extreme ways of hiding our primal origins with all this external stuff. For example, with the Hitchcock Blonde, or the renaissance portraits, where any sign of wildness is eradicated. I love all the intricate techniques used to achieve this. It’s so prevalent and all-encompassing.”
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Step into “Gonzovationism” with this new range of Ralph Steadman illustrated shoes
Josh Baines —Following on from collaborations with everyone from Vincent van Gogh to Geoff McFetridge, American slip-on peddler, Vans, has unveiled a new range of apparel featuring the work of legendary illustrator Ralph Steadman.
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Simon Cowell banished to the end of the Earth in new ad for Barclaycard
Josh Baines —Believe it or not, we’re sort of hooked on the new series of Britain’s Got Talent. Just last week we watched in slack-jawed amazement as an amazingly bald stuntman managed to wriggle himself out of a straitjacket. Whilst hanging upside down. On fire.
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Oscar Maia translates the essence of his native Porto into a new publication
Jyni Ong —“I have learnt to see graphic design as a kind of puzzle,” explains Oscar Maia. Based out of the historic city of Porto, Oscar has been practising for more than a decade in some of the romantic city’s renowned studios. From Atelier Martino&Jaña to the White Studio, Oscar has honed a career specialising in design in the cultural sector which he continues today as a freelancer.
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Mathieu Larone illustrates the “elusive liminal space between the cryptic and the understandable”
Daniel Milroy Maher —Describing, his drawings as falling into “a grey zone between cartooning and colour based-rendering”, illustrator Mathieu Larone says he is able to morph his practice depending on the project he’s working on. “I’m also hellbent on exploring the limits of what can and cannot be understood in an image, and using the practice and form of illustration to communicate in subtle and nonlinear ways,” he adds.
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Publication —
The Washington Post's climate change issue features 24 equally important covers
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Graphic Design —
Atelier Brenda and Amélie Bakker create “squidgy” identity for Beursschouwburg
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Film —
Flying Lotus and David Lynch drop an impressively surreal music video by Salad Fingers' David Firth
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Photography —
Thomas Pratt photographs the effects of religion, natural disaster and globalisation on an island community
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Photography —
Viacheslav Poliakov shoots the “folk-baroque-industrial mess” of Ukraine and Poland
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Advertising —
“Even bad pizza is kind of good”: Five life lessons from David Droga
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Events —
Join Cachetejack and Dropbox for a collaborative workshop at OFFF Barcelona
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Film —
Men of Maize explores the preservation of Mayan culture in Guatemala
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If You Could Jobs —
Jobs of the Week from The Music Market, HemingwayDesign, Forty Eight Point One Ltd, and the HudsonBec Group
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Photography —
New exhibition hosted by Fabric turns the lens on clubbing around the world
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Graphic Design —
The US government releases its first bespoke typeface: Public Sans
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Publication —
“The time just feels right”: Stuart Brumfitt and Mirko Borsche, editor and designer of The Face, on its relaunch
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Art —
Philip Gerald's lowbrow, crude paintings are a reflection of his views on the art world
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Miscellaneous —
Pornhub decides to try out beesexuality with new awareness campaign
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Photography —
Jack Davison delves into a world of miniature cityscapes in his latest shoot
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Graphic Design —
Ony Agency on the rebrand of AZ Museum in Moscow
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Film —
Castells is a gripping short film about the Catalonian tradition of building human towers
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Illustration —
Ganmu's illustrations and animations look at the relationship between emotions and the objective world
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Publication —
Hardcore souls: Mark Leckey, Ewen Spencer, Jacob Wise and Studio Temp team up for a new music-focussed mag
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Animation —
Animator Matthieu Garcia Marin captures the longing and anxiety of coming out
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Illustration —
RoomFifty teams up with socially-focused charity Intoart for new range of prints
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Digital —
Max Colson satirises post-Brexit UK in a 3D-modelled animation
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Dropbox: Call for Collaboration —
Call For Collaboration: your chance to work with Actual Source on a series of graphic stamps
