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Why making the real thing still holds its magic: Isabel + Helen on a decade of putting impossible inventions into motion

As their Motion Sickness show opens at The Conran Shop for LDF, we catch up with the pair on their continued fascination with the mechanics of things, to uncover just how they have pulled off so many breathtaking projects – from larger-than-life kinetic sculptures to wearable Power Suits.

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How do you illustrate arguments? Igor Bastidas on illustrating You Be The Judge, The Guardian column that settles the nation’s disputes

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Raw and unrefined: Studio Tyrrell’s identity for Manta Chocolate leans into the tension between purity and pleasure

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20 years, a bunch of photographers, one very sweaty archive: how to shoot The Warehouse Project

As WHP launches a new archive documenting two decades of dance music, Gary Brown, Harriet Bols and Jody Hartley share the process behind photographing its crowds, artists and fleeting moments.

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Paperclip Contour, meet Clippy: Kanon Foundry takes a 1973 typeface and makes it flexible across 15 different styles

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Explore over 580 inspiring talks on the new Nicer Tuesdays platform

Nicer Tuesdays is a global event from It’s Nice That: an evening of talks where speakers from across the creative sphere share insights from landmark projects.

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“I take the silliness very seriously”: Joe Lycett on taxidermy, extinction and his debut solo exhibition

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From Barbie logos to medieval manuscripts: step inside Teddy Blanks’ film title design process

Teddy Blanks, the Chips co-founder behind the title sequences for Barbie, Weapons and Robert Eggers’ upcoming Werwulf, explains how eBay dolls, hidden AA symbolism and a 14th Century manuscript all found their way into his lettering.

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Why making the real thing still holds its magic: Isabel + Helen on a decade of putting impossible inventions into motion

“Fundamentally wrong, but also perfectly right”: Jonas Sprattland’s videos for Nike and Balenciaga play with space, motion and form

Kristina Rozhkova turned her experience of being imprisoned into a stunningly brutal photo book about captivity, sadomasochism and cruelty (NSFW)

Is this font peak? Pangram Pangram’s Neue Gstaad is a mountainous homage to Swiss excellence

Fossils of youth: Philip Lindeman’s papier-mâché caps are a tribute to skateboarding and American advertising

Manchester City Women becomes the first WSL team have its own distinct identity

iMacs, not Imax: An exclusive interview with Christopher Notlan, director of the Oddersy

Good isn’t good enough: beware the design middle ground

How do you illustrate arguments? Igor Bastidas on illustrating You Be The Judge, The Guardian column that settles the nation’s disputes

Raw and unrefined: Studio Tyrrell’s identity for Manta Chocolate leans into the tension between purity and pleasure

Gabriel Abascal’s ethereal graphic design evokes daydreams of childhood clip art, Nintendogs and Hannah Montana CDs

“The worst thing you can do is stay unchallenged for too long”

The Weekend With Matthew Spade

Nicer Tuesdays New York: Get tickets for Mona Chalabi, Special Offer, Arsh Raziuddin and Tala Schlossberg in September!

Nicer Tuesdays LA: Get tickets for The New Company, Arielle Bobb-Willis, ilovecreatives and Bill Rebholz in September!

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An artist and former funeral professional have collaborated on a book about the bizarre and beautiful rituals of death

Paperclip Contour, meet Clippy: Kanon Foundry takes a 1973 typeface and makes it flexible across 15 different styles

Peony Gent is layering materials to create drawings that are “chewy and rich” in texture

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Explore over 580 inspiring talks on the new Nicer Tuesdays platform

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“The worst thing you can do is stay unchallenged for too long”

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“The truth is we are in sales”

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20 years, a bunch of photographers, one very sweaty archive: how to shoot The Warehouse Project

“I take the silliness very seriously”: Joe Lycett on taxidermy, extinction and his debut solo exhibition

Why do celebrities keep trying (and failing) to become artists? Gary Grimes wades into the debate

From Barbie logos to medieval manuscripts: step inside Teddy Blanks’ film title design process

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