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Jenny Brewer

Jenny joined the editorial team as It’s Nice That’s first news editor in April 2016. Having studied 3D Design, she has spent the last seven years working in design journalism. Contact her with news stories relating to the creative industries.

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  1. Iwd_back-from-motherhood_sara_andreasson_list International Women's Day — More anxious, more focused and much more tired: returning to work after maternity leave
  2. Encyclopedia-pictura_diy_cartoon_network_animation_itsnicethat_list-2 Animation — From Kanye West to Cartoon Network: Encyclopedia Pictura’s latest animations champion the power of DIY skills
  3. Cover-stories-maguffin-listprinted_pages_itsnicethat_publication Printed Pages — Cover Stories: MacGuffin's Kirsten Algera on the magazine covers that left a lasting impression on her work
  4. Christo-london-mastaba-serpentine-lake-sculpture-itsnicethat-list Sculpture — Christo lands in Serpentine Lake with The London Mastaba, the artist's first major UK work
  5. The-carters-beyonce-jay-z-apeshit-music-video-film-itsnicethat Film — Beyoncé and Jay Z take over the Louvre for Apeshit music video
  6. Brody-fonts_graphic-design_itsnicethat_brody_fonts Graphic Design — Neville Brody launches type foundry, Brody Fonts
  7. Ben-terrett-russell-davies-half-and-half-art-scarves-royal-academy-summer-exhibition-art-itsnicethat-list Art — Ben Terrett and Russell Davies’ half-and-half art scarves made it to the RA Summer Exhibition
  8. On-the-ground-at-grenfell-nendie-pinto-duschinsky-film-itsnicethat Film — On the ground at Grenfell documentary by Nendie Pinto-Duschinsky is now online for one-year anniversary
  9. Joel-meyerowitz_where-i-find-myself_photography_laurence-king_itsnicethat_list Photography — The porous and sometimes political work of legendary photographer Joel Meyerowitz
  10. Thibaud-herem-raising-a-forest-illustration-itsnicethat-list-3 Illustration — Thibaud Herem gives an illustrated tour of his garden in Raising A Forest
  11. Venturethree_trustpilot_rebrand_graphic-design_itsnicethat-list Graphic Design — Venturethree rebrands Trustpilot with “adaptable and understated” visual identity
  12. Cover-stories-chris-clarke-list Printed Pages — Cover Stories: The Guardian's Chris Clarke on the magazine covers that influenced him and his work
  13. Sounds-and-sorcery-disney-fantasia-immersive-theatre-events-itsnicethat-list Events — Disney’s Fantasia to be recreated in immersive live musical event in London’s The Vaults
  14. Design-studio-uefa-champions-league-rebrand-graphic-design-itsnicethat Graphic Design — DesignStudio rebrands UEFA Champions League, using light as its “centrepiece”
  15. Assemble-granby-workshop-venice-biennale-the-factory-floor-tiles-architecture-itsnicethat2 Architecture — Assemble and Granby Workshop install 8,000 handmade ceramic floor tiles at Venice Biennale
  16. Ogilvy-rebrand-graphic-design-advertising-itsnicethat-list Graphic Design — Advertising giant Ogilvy undergoes global rebrand and “re-founding” by design agency Collins
  17. Audrey_yeo_my_brother-holdframe-animation_motionographer_itsnicethat Animation — New platform Holdframe offers animators’ full project files for others to download and explore
  18. East-bank_allies-and-morrison_o%e2%80%99donnell-_-tuomey_camps-felip-arquitecturia-bbc-list Architecture — Latest designs for London’s East Bank, “a powerhouse of culture, education and innovation”, unveiled
  19. Robot-food_coop_alcohol_packaging_graphic-design_coop_itsnicethat_list-2 Graphic Design — The rebrand of Co-op’s own-brand alcohol range looks to align with its craft brand counterparts
  20. The-magic-order-netflix-comic-book-mark-millar-publication-itsnicethat Publication — Netflix releases trailer for first published comic book, Mark Millar’s The Magic Order
  21. Olafur-eliasson-building_architecture_itsnicethat_fjordenhus_121765_list-2 Architecture — Olafur Eliasson’s first building is a partially submerged, curvilinear spectacle in a Danish harbour
  22. Kim-gehrig-wieden-kennedy-lurpak-smoooth-advertising-itsnicethat1_alt-list Advertising — Kim Gehrig directs highly satisfying Lurpak ad for Wieden + Kennedy
  23. Katy-wang-animation-itsnicethat-list Animation — Penguin releases animated trailer by Katy Wang for Yrsa Daley-Ward’s memoir, The Terrible
  24. Build-nike-track-and-field-2018-graphic-design-itsnicethat-list Graphic Design — Build updates Nike's Track + Field branding, based on the athletic track’s “acceleration graphic”
  25. Andy-baker_nx-worries_music-video_animation_itsnicethat_list Animation — Behind the making of NxWorries’ sexy, summery Lyk Dis video with Andy Baker and Robin Velghe
  26. Buzzfeed_uk_logo_graphic-design_itsnicethat_list Graphic Design — Buzzfeed UK reveals new logo and bespoke typeface inspired by the trending arrow (exclusive)
  27. Animade-tend-film-animation-itsnicethat-list Animation — Animade’s captivating short film Tend is a metaphor for modern day fatherhood
  28. Olimpia-zagnoli-cuore-di-panna-illustration-itsnicethat-fanta-list2 Illustration — Olimpia Zagnoli dreams of childhood summers in 80s Italy with Cuore di Panna
  29. Four-three-boiler-room-film-itsnicethat Film — Boiler Room launches film platform 4:3, a “Netflix for the underground”
  30. Grads2018_ The Graduates 2018 — Portfolio tips from top studios: what to leave in (and out) and how to get noticed
  31. Lartigue_paul-smith_michael-hoppen_photography_itsnicethat-list Exhibitions — Paul Smith curates show of rarely seen Jacques Henri Lartigue photographs for Michael Hoppen
  32. Pentagram_london-design-biennale_identity_graphic-design_itsnicethat-list London Design Biennale 2018 — Pentagram’s London Design Biennale identity envisages Darwin’s seven universal emotions as paper masks
  33. Royal-academy-stamps_royal-mail_art_itsnicethat Art — Art stamps by Grayson Perry, Tracey Emin and Yinka Shonibare released by Royal Mail with the Royal Academy
  34. John-morgan-venice-biennale-2018-british-pavilion-island-identity-graphic-design-itsnicethat_list-2 British Council: Venice Architecture Biennale 2018 — Tales of the sea: behind John Morgan’s identity for Island, the British Pavilion at Venice Biennale
  35. Matt-groening-disenchantment-netflix-series-animation-itsnicethat-list Animation — Matt Groening reveals characters from new animated series Disenchantment (well, partially…)
  36. Pentagram-london-design-festival-identity-2018-itsnicethat-dominic-lippa Miscellaneous — London Design Festival 2018 reveals Pentagram identity and installations by Studio Frith and Kellenberger-White
  37. Barack-and-michelle-obama-netflix-itsnicethat Film — Barack and Michelle Obama to produce films and series with Netflix
  38. Benedict-morgan_photography_itsnicethat_tableware-list Photography — Benedict Morgan exposes the trickery of a photography set in his Tableware series with Lisa Jahovic
  39. Bill-gold-film-poster-designer-graphic-design-itsnicethat-list Graphic Design — Iconic film poster designer and illustrator Bill Gold has died aged 97
  40. Sandro-miller-psychogenic-fugue-photgraphy-itsnicethat-list Photography — John Malkovich plays iconic David Lynch characters in photo series by Sandro Miller
  41. Channel-4_4creative_handmaids-tale_metro_advertising_itsnicethat Advertising — 4Creative brings The Handmaid’s Tale’s dystopian world to Britain in provocative ad campaign
  42. Dougie-wallace_goan-to-the-dogs_photography_itsnicethat_list Photography — Dougie Wallace asks “who are the happiest dogs?” with new series Goan to the Dogs
  43. Morgan-powell_finger-machines_animation_itsnicethat-list Animation — Morgan Powell's animated industrial finger machines will unnerve and hypnotise you
  44. England-2018-world-cup-squad-announcement-wieden-kennedy-dan-emmerson-somesuch-advertising-itsnicethat-6 Advertising — England’s 2018 World Cup squad announced in film by Somesuch’s Dan Emmerson for Wieden+Kennedy
  45. Scouts-rebrand-not-on-sunday-graphic-design-itsnicethat-badges-list Graphic Design — The Scouts rebrand aims to reflect a “more relevant image of Scouting”
  46. Airbnb_cereal_typeface_font_dalton-maag_graphic-design_itsnicethat-list-2 Graphic Design — Airbnb launches new bespoke font Cereal, designed with Dalton Maag for online and offline fluidity
  47. Stanley-kubrick-photographs_through-a-different-lens_photography_film_itsnicethat-5 Publication — Photographs by a teenage Stanley Kubrick reveal the director's intuitive eye for character
  48. Sophie-harris-taylor_epidermis_photography_itsnicethat_list Photography — Sophie Harris-Taylor breaks down the stigmas of skin issues with photo series Epidermis
  49. Itsnicethat_kontrast_timokuilder Illustration — Timo Kuilder launches Kontrast, an illustrated mobile puzzle game
  50. Google-doodle_georges-me%cc%81lie%cc%80s_nexus_backtothemoon_1 Animation — Today’s Google Doodle is a magical VR animated film homage to Georges Méliès
  51. Sagmeister-and-walsh-ladies-wine-design-sorry-i-have-no-filter-itsnicethat Miscellaneous — Sagmeister & Walsh launches Sorry I Have No Filter, selling merch to champion creative women
  52. Art-paul_playboy-logo_itsnicethat Graphic Design — Playboy’s original logo designer and art director for 30 years, Art Paul, has died aged 93
  53. Uniform_rugu_augmented-reality-product-review-app_digital_itsnicethat_logo Digital — Uniform launches augmented reality product review app, Rugu, aimed at Snapchat generation
  54. Je-suis-charlie-banner-outside-palais-de-tokyo-at-january-10_-2015_-credit-paul-skgdesign-museum-hope-to-nope-graphic-and-politics-2008-18-exhibition-publication-itsnicethat Graphic Design — More than a placard: GraphicDesign&’s Lucienne Roberts on the aesthetics of protest
  55. Standardsmanual-emoji-publication-itsnicethat-list Publication — Standards Manual celebrates the original emoji from late 90s Japan with new book
  56. Davidshrigley-art-itsnicethat-list Art — David Shrigley: "Question Time is like watching people having an argument in a pub"
  57. Margaret_calvert-itsnicethat Graphic Design — Margaret Calvert unveils first ever print, Woman at Work
  58. Fearless-girl-itsnicethat Miscellaneous — D&AD Awards 2018 winners revealed, with ecology, empowerment and satire prevailing
  59. Ok-go-lambchild-superstar-vr-digital-itsnicethat-2 Digital — Chris Milk and OK Go’s Damian Kulash Jr made a VR experience for Tribeca Film Festival
  60. Damien-hirst-peter-blake-heni-talks-art-film-itsnicethat Film — Damien Hirst interviews Peter Blake on new art films platform, Heni Talks
  61. Life-kitchen-hat-trick-design-plates-graphic-design-illustration-itsnicethat-logo Graphic Design — Hat-trick rebrands Life Kitchen, with Marion Deuchars type and plates by Howard Hodgkin and Noma Bar
  62. Tom-fisher-catherine-prowse-the-need-to-be-alone-the-school-of-life-film-itsnicethat-list Film — Rod puppets in intricate felt sets profess The Need to Be Alone for Alain de Botton
  63. Art-of-shinkansen-furze-chan-japan-rail-animation-itsnicethat-list Animation — The Art of Shinkansen animated gif series celebrates the Japanese bullet train
  64. Ikea-place-app-magic-flatpack-portal-augmented-reality-digital-itsnicethat Digital — Ikea included a Narnia-like secret portal in its augmented reality app
  65. Lovers_greenpeace_end-ocean-plastics_graphic-design_itsnicethat_typeface Graphic Design — Lovers’ campaign for Greenpeace borrowed from the “grotesque brand soup” found in our oceans
  66. World-press-photo-2018-ronaldo-schemidt-photography-itsnicethat_list Photography — World Press Photo of the Year 2018 winner Ronaldo Schemidt depicts a Venezuelan protestor ablaze
  67. Pentagram-battersea-dogs-and-cats-home-rebrand-graphic-design-itsnicethat-list Graphic Design — Pentagram rebrands Battersea dogs and cats home to visualise "personality over sentiment"
  68. Diesel-make-love-not-walls-david-lachapelle-list Miscellaneous — Only wise designers and bold clients can survive our seismic cultural changes, says D&AD report
  69. Gillian-ayres-ra-itsnicethat_list Art — British abstract artist Gillian Ayres has died aged 88
  70. I_heart_ny_milton-glaser_film_itsnicethat-list Film — Milton Glaser stars in I Heart NY documentary premiering at Tribeca film festival
  71. Alex-bertulis-fernandes_dial-down-the-feminism_opinion-advertising-art-itsnicethat-list Opinion — "Dial down the feminism" creator Alex Bertulis-Fernandes on the aftermath of going viral
  72. Patrick-thomas-rapid-response-unit-24-hours-news-art-itsnicethat Art — Patrick Thomas to produce real-time graphic response to real and fake news for Rapid Response Unit
  73. Bex-day_transgender_adobe-stock_photography_itsnicethat-list Photography — Bex Day brings the UK’s under-represented transgender community to stock photography
  74. Pollution-pods-render-somerset-house_michael-pinsky-art-itsnicethat Art — Visitors will breathe in the pollution of different cities in upcoming Michael Pinsky installation
  75. Eurolab-forum-european-culture-wolfgang-tillmans-rem-koolhaas-eu-rebrand-itsnicethat Miscellaneous — Wolfgang Tillmans and Rem Koolhaas call on European creatives to rebrand the EU
  76. David-bowie-statue-andrew-sinclair-sculpture-itsnicethat_list Sculpture — Statue of David Bowie unveiled in Aylesbury
  77. Baron-harley-weir-jamie-reid-function-publication-itsnicethat-7 Publication — Harley Weir and Jamie Reid explore the functions of the female body for Baron
  78. March-for-our-lives-amplifier-gun-reform-protest-posters_graphic-design_itsnicethat_list Graphic Design — March for our Lives: artists including Shepard Fairey donate protest posters for the gun reform rallies
  79. Marina-willer_red-trees_film_itsnicethat-list Film — Pentagram’s Marina Willer releases first feature film Red Trees on Netflix
  80. Willo-perron_thirty-seconds-to-mars_album-cover_graphic-design_itsnicethat-apple-list Graphic Design — Brian Roettinger's album cover for Thirty Seconds To Mars’ America can be customised via online generator

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