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An Extra Nice Year: On its first birthday, we celebrate our membership community

Okocha Obasi wants to make British creative culture bolder and “more Black, intersectional and queer”

Meet our creatively curious Extra Nice mascot, created and brought to life by Animade

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Yinka Ilori: The Power of Storytelling

The Power of Storytelling: Introducing our first ever guest editor Yinka Ilori

Hannah Buckman illustrates a comic from a cut scene of Inua Ellams’ Barber Shop Chronicles

“I don’t care what people think. As artists, we have to express ourselves”: Yinka Ilori in conversation with Yinka Shonibare

Julianknxx presents a poetic reimagining of Yinka Ilori’s If Chairs Could Talk

Four creatives share the playlists that keep them inspired

Creativity isn’t a commodity, it’s a fuel for community

Designing dining: How kitchen objects become imbued with culinary culture

Spinning Yarns: how African textiles tell personal and universal tales

Multidisciplinary artist Kay Davis tells stories of childhood and identity

Conscious Creativity

Conscious Creativity: How to shape the future of our industry

A list of resources to shift your perspective on the creative industry

There is a false sense of solidarity in the creative industry and it’s down to unpaid work

Typography is the root of graphic design – we should use it to be vocal

The Robin Hood approach: creatives who use their money, intel and network to help others

How to become a B Corp: Tom Tapper takes us through the process

Why do we judge creative decisions as simply good or bad?

“It was a charmed existence, until it wasn’t”: an anonymous account of working as a designer at a Silicon Valley tech giant

Advertising is going out of fashion and the gatekeepers are locking themselves out

Design Legacies

The stuff we’re made of: What elevates certain designs to iconic status?

Behind the mascot, the poster and kits: How the 1990 Italian World Cup flagged a new era for football

Changing the practice of dining at home: the creative determination of Momofuku Ando and instant noodles

The history of Snake: How the Nokia game defined a new era for the mobile industry

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