It's Nice That

The lauded co-founder of Studio Ghibli has taken animated film to new heights. Now, a first-of-its-kind retrospective pays tribute to the master, inviting us behind the scenes of the mind that gave us Spirited Away and My Neighbour Totoro.

Bizarre, disarming, apocalyptic and somehow funny too – deciphering the incomparable work of Heather Phillipson

While her mound of whipped cream (complete with cherry, fly and drone) stands gooey and forboding on Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth, and her dystopian fantasies engulf the Tate Britain, we speak to one of Britain’s most original and exciting young contemporary artists.

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Enrique Puerto creates bold branding for baking powder company Loosey-Goosey

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Find crisp, clean and structural graphic design abound in the work of Eunsun Park

12 January 2022

An unusually meaty identity for plant-based food brand La Vie

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From the glory days of soda pop culture to the periodic table: we take a look at the inspiration behind some of Marx Design’s projects

7 January 2022

“If people want to eat our work, we have succeeded”: Casper Heijkenskjöld on his scrumptious design practice

3 December 2021

In South Korea, Triangle Studios is a one-man design powerhouse

16 November 2021

Nestled away in the mountains of Italy, Studio Mut’s designs still manage an impressively far reaching impact

15 November 2021

Yosh Schreiner and Tim Lindacher create a “humorous, almost naive” identity for an electronic music festival in a castle

4 November 2021

“The stakes are higher”: Regular Practice on reaching maturity with its updated studio

1 November 2021

Forward Thinking 2022

We kick of the new year with a series of features looking at trends and topics set to impact the creative industry over the next 12 months.

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Culinary creativity: tuck into a week of features on how design shapes food culture

Join us in exploring the ways in which culinary culture provides a playground for creativity and community.

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Behind the scenes of a landmark campaign marking one of the most anticipated events in sport: 4creative talks the Paralympics

10 December 2021

“The beauty of humour is that it breaks our expectations of certain circumstances”: Lily Kong brings the funny to illustration

10 December 2021

“Marrying the futuristic origins of music technology with a new wave of visual art practices”: Zak Group on Fact Magazine

9 December 2021

“I see a little bit of myself in the women I photograph, and them in me”: Annie Lai on capturing “in betweenness”

9 December 2021

A new typeface from Man vs Type looks back to the culture of colonial Bombay

The day rioters stormed the Capitol revisited in photographs

Learn to trust your gut more in an emotive animation from Hannah Jacobs and Harriet Gillian

Best Art Vinyl Award 2021 goes to “interchangeable” artwork from Paul Phillips

Guilherme da Silva captures the vulnerability and power of the LGBTQIA+ community

Book Giveaway Alert! If You Could Jobs are giving away three copies of Gavin Strange’s Do Fly

KesselsKramer launches two digital agencies, letting audiences decide which one survives

A new Beijing Winter Olympics campaign uses choreography and an escalator in ingenious ways

Cut, paste, drag and drop: Sometimes Always invites you to play around with footage from security cameras

Type foundry Boharat Cairo on the vast possibilities of Arabic type design

“My photos are natural and raw”: Romain Lenancker crafts mesmerising worlds without 3D software

“An iconic piece of art for the city”: Veazey Studio launches The Atlanta Rap Map

Collins looks to eliminate online trolls with a new identity for OpenWeb

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Isle of Dogs animator Tobias Fouracre creates stop motion thieves for VanMoof campaign

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Carolina Moscoso hopes you’ll find the “weirdness” in her architecturally inspired drawings

The Egyptian Cassette Archive documents thousands of tape cover artworks from the 1960s – 2000s

János Hunor Vári uses receipts, rulers and nail polish remover to create experimental typefaces

Tommy Cash pitches a cushioney, bread bun sofa to Ikea called Loafa

Delve into the brilliantly intuitive designs of studio Pay2Play

Lucile Ourvouai sparks conversation around sexuality and desire through her vivid illustrations

Aardman’s thumbprint-covered rebrand reflects the people behind the clay

Thy Tran takes emotive pictures where two women can “simply be whoever they wish to be”

Folklore, fiestas and loud grandmas: enter the wonderful world of Lydia Ortiz

“Almost too beautiful to be true”: Inside Hayao Miyazaki’s genius

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