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“No one had seen faux fur like it and people went mad”: Shrimps’ founder Hannah Weiland in conversation with It’s Nice That

The British womenswear and accessories label began by making cruelty-free, faux-fur outerwear back in 2013, but today, it’s a brand more well known for its playful designs dreamed up by its founder.

Jyni Ong — 21 October 2019

Jyni Ong — 21 October 2019

Work / Digital
Fyre Festival’s digital designer Tokyo tells its story, two years on

While festival-goers ate sad cheese sandwiches and wondered how they’d ever get home, Billy McFarland’s scam luxury event also left a trail of design industry victims including British studio Tokyo, which finally shares its work.

Jenny Brewer — 21 October 2019
Work / Photography
Jump Ball celebrates the relationship between basketball and the African diaspora

Bronx-based photographer Joshua Kissi, in collaboration with the Toronto-based Sunday School Creative, highlights the relationship between young Africans in America, and from the diaspora, with basketball.

Jyni Ong — 21 October 2019
News / Advertising
ITV Creative develops Ant and Dec choose-your-own-adventure ads ahead of new I’m a Celebrity

A first for the broadcaster, the campaign will allow viewers to help (or hinder) Ant and Dec, as they cross the high seas to get to the I’m a Celebrity jungle.

Laura Snoad — 21 October 2019
Work / Animation
How Amanda Bonaiuto’s animation for Chocolate Moon turned into a piece of personal reflection

In teasing out ideas for the music video, Amanda started to resonate with the project more and more. After a move to New York, she tells us: “I notice plastic bags floating through the air nearly every other day, which feels so surreal in contrast to my experience living in Pasadena, where I would see squawking flocks of parrots more often than a plastic bag.”

Alif Ibrahim — 21 October 2019
News / Film
Nick Knight directs Kanye West IMAX documentary Jesus is King

A trailer is out for the film being released this Friday in tandem with the launch of West’s album of the same name, showing the ShowStudio founder behind the camera with the artist, filming a gospel choir inside James Turrell’s Roden Crater.

Jenny Brewer — 21 October 2019
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Double Click’s back-to-school edition provides inspiration for anyone prepping a degree show

Across the UK in October, students make their way back to their desks and studios to undertake another year at university. For some, this month will have seen them starting their final year of studies, and for anyone enrolled in a creative course, that only means one thing: degree shows. So, for all of you around the world who this applies to, we’ve pulled together a little inspiration in the form of some of our favourite degree show and exhibition sites, all created by students (at the time).

Ruby Boddington — 21 October 2019
Work / Graphic Design
Symbols of freedom “and the struggle for it”: a look at the Polish School of Posters

Over recent years this pair of friends and design fiends have been keeping their eyes peeled for coveted pieces of graphic design history from Poland. Collated together in their joint venture of Projekt 26, the pair’s efforts provide insight into an area of graphic design rich in history and undoubtable creative flair.

Lucy Bourton — 21 October 2019
Work / Art
Soft and pastel-hued, Coline Marotta’s paintings draw from our relationship with tech

Curious about the use of colour and how she can apply it within her paintings, Coline aims to expand her hues wherever possible. “Painting through colours is a big part of my process,” she says, “and it’s an organic movement.”

Ayla Angelos — 21 October 2019
News / Digital
Facebook removes all Spark AR effects related to plastic surgery after wellbeing concerns

Following controversy around a number of AR filters seeming to promote plastic surgery and spread negative body image, Facebook is amending its policies to refocus on mental wellbeing.

Jenny Brewer — 21 October 2019

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