Jenny Mascia says hand-painted animation is the “perfect way to depict emotions”
2021
Haley Tippmann’s illustrations create a sense of home in a world of collective lockdowns
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Embroidery artist Nicole Chui is reimagining the possibilities of her medium
2021
Marylou Faure on all things freelancing, from self-promotion to pricing up work
2020
It’s not a phase! Laura Jayne Hodkin’s new animated short is a moody love story between Yorkshire goths
2025
Eman Ali calmly guides us through the streets of Oman in a touching hometown revisit
2023
“Demand the changes we need” – Art to the Polls enlists creatives’ help to get young people voting
2024
Scary Boots is an arts and literature zine born from a “chaos of imperfections”
2025
W–E studio and Decimal’s digital design system for Aaino mimics the tactility of print
2025
Chris Dorley-Brown’s photographs of London during lockdown are “terrifying and exciting in equal measure”
2020
A tale of twins: A changing relationship as told through photography
2021
Tracy Chahwan on making the visuals for all the best “strictly-vinyl” parties in Beirut
2022
Derek Abella utilises illustration to tap into the universal language of nostalgia
2021
Mauled To Death is a strangely hilarious taxonomy of the fan culture around Darth Maul
2025
Coco Capitán on the pursuit of honesty and photos that don’t feel staged
2024
Connecting people, tech and the planet, Pitch Studios creates digital artworks with purpose
2021
Photos as a living organism: Riya Panwar reinvents the photographic canvas
2025
An insight into one of the most extraordinary places on earth, Amazônia highlights the rainforest’s degradation
2021
Inspired by her childhood, Isu Kim’s illustrations are a lovable and joyful treat for the eye
2020
Eric Hu on the visual system behind NikeLab, tackled in 48 hours
2020
Minimalism, connection and culture: the influence of emotional and physical spaces across Shivani Parasnis’ practice
2021
Tami Aftab’s depiction of her father’s short term memory loss is playfully poignant
2020
Outfry’s story-driven rebrand is led by two poultry protagonists
2024
Brandon Tauszik’s Pale Blue Dress examines the subculture of reenactment groups
2020
This moody photo series taps into the drama, struggle and intensity of being an elite athlete
2024
Keely “Poi” Majewski’s bold and otherworldly 3D illustrations are full of drama and attitude
2022
What’s your dream for the future? This short film centres on the iconic end-of-school signed shirt
2024
Unreal nature: Inside Mark Dorf’s digital vivariums and infinite livestreams
2026
Hamburg-based design studio Liebermann Kiepe Reddemann on how to innovate your web design
2022
Meet illustrator Petrouchkaka and her kinky birds in boots
2022
The Reset reveals the play behind the play
2024
Photographer Leo Xander Foo on transforming moments of dysphoria in to artistic euphoria
2021
Graphic design to display an unending love of pizza? Meet Chaoqun Wang and her playful projects
2020
Creatives’ legal FAQ: lawyers answer the big questions creatives always ask them
2024
Jacob John Harmer’s Lost Ones captures the volatile period between adolescence and adulthood
2021
Where can your creative curiosity take you? Explore the The Ulm School of Design’s digital archive on Dropbox
2021
Finding the sweet spot in between art and design, Jiaxi Wei discusses her type-led practice
2020
“It reminds me how bad I am at making predictions”
2025
Kingston Poplar’s curious paintings are a reflection of modern society
2023
Serene and fluid, Gleeson Paulino’s photo series gives baptism a new meaning
2023
POV: The physical design studio is waning. Could a residency model replace it?
2025
Gay swans and non-binary butterflies: Neiama’s menagerie of photographic portraits challenges masculine stereotypes
2022
POV: Graphic design schools are teaching tech, but are they teaching taste?
2026
What lies behind social media fame? Photographer Naomi Wong meets TikTok star Mia Wells
2024
Level up: exploring the artistic side of video game design
2024
The Naguib Mahfouz Project is reviving the writings of one of Egypt’s most visionary authors
2023
Ned Elliott’s delicate works celebrate the cosmic beauty of love, grief and death
2025
Like moving portraits: Ode’s new film is all about ascension and transformation
2024
Anny Peng’s illustrations use dark humour to visualise feelings that words can’t express
2023
Osamu Yokonami photographically explores the concept of anonymity
2020
“Engage, be kind and speak up”: Nora Nord captures the tenderness of her surroundings
2020
Is Headspace XR really what Gen Z needs?
2024
In his peaceful compositions, Paulo Pastel celebrates a medium that often gets “forgotten”
2022
How Hourly Comic Day gave illustrator Ping Zhu an indispensable creative outlet
2023
Gang Buron-Yi adds hints of “artificial flavours, sugar, fat and salt” to his highly addictive graphic design practice
2021
JiaHao Peng’s tender photographs document life’s fleeting moments – expect LA sunsets, beaches and lots of plants
2021
Democratic design: How Mette and Rolf fell in love and founded Hay
2021
Emily Stein captures the awkward innocence of teen proms in Black Tie
2020
Intimacy, interaction and human connection: the art of conversations with Miranda July
2022
Savoury shoes and chess made of cheese: Saskia Martindale reimagines everyday snacks for otherworldly props and sets
2026
Florent Tanet creates a quarantine series from the roof of his window
2020
“There really is a frame for every face”: Camille Boumans on her inclusive TikTok-inspired campaign for Ace & Tate
2022
Hana Gamal draws our attention to the significant and overlooked role women play in Egyptian agriculture
2021
Design can play, and is already playing, a critical role in rethinking food of the future
2021
Christopher Joshua Benton builds humble, colourful and bright art pieces with found objects
2021
Rohan Chaurasia on how his childhood in Thailand influences his design practice, exploring mundanity and animism
2020
By tackling the digital skills gap, This Is How helps young people take their first steps into the creative industry
2022
Explore the surreal world of a fast-food mascot in new immersive experience, Sweet Dreams
2024
The collage work of Aaron Marin is an “exercise in creating under restraint”
2023
The delectable lettering of Leandro Assis is a vibrant reflection of his own journey
2021
“Make sure you’re entirely clear on what you are walking into”
2025
The absurd and the dreamy: Jiaa Li’s illustrations are therapeutic
2020
The high contrast photographs of Bea Dero are romantic glimpses of youth
2026
Creative Career Conundrums needs you! Submit your burning questions
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These sculptures unravel the hidden meanings behind material belongings
2025
Spinning Yarns: how African textiles tell personal and universal tales
2021
Enter the eclectic and unique world of graphic designer Joel Fear
2021
Sarah Stedeford’s Beautiful Croydon shows the powerful personalities living in the London borough
2021
Mark Pernice on jumping between running a design studio and being an illustrator too
2020
Elroy Salam pays homage to Ataya, a centuries-old ritual of tea brewing
2025
Daniel Gebhart de Koekkoek returns with his yearly calendar and guinea pigs are his 2021 muse
2020
Bevan Agyemang is a visual artist working with found objects to explore “identities in relation to space”
2020
Jessica Alazraki’s lavishly decorated kitchen tables are a feast for the eyes
2022
Federico Paviani on how curiosity drives his graphic design practice
2022
Inspired by family dynamics and small town living, Erinn Springer creates truly atmospheric photography
2022
The big reveal: tips for presenting your creative work in the best light
2020
Andrew Englander’s distorted paintings offer a new perspective on the still-life genre
2022
Miriam Woodburn on the “intensely personal and rewarding process” of creating her series Queer Women
2020
Pulp Zine asks its readers to rethink what ‘real’ sex is
2025
Benjamin Artola’s paintings present a world without humans
2024
Vic Bakin is documenting Ukrainian youth in Kyiv’s de-occupied territories
2025
Painting the worlds of Studio Ghibli with art director and background artist, Yoji Takeshige
2026
“Design a planet saving piece of junk mail” - our top picks from the Weekly Brief
2020
Keerthana Kunnath aims to help women in her hometown shed the “shackles of social expectation”
2023
Photographer Duong Gia Hiếu on capturing the quotidian beauty of Vietnamese street style
2021
William Mebane publishes a 64-page tabloid of a Trump rally in 2017, designed by Area of Practice
2021
Out of your depth: when imposter syndrome meets creativity
2021
Moving between illustration, painting, and ceramics with multi-talented artist Claire Christerson
2021
Exploring “the tension between the mechanical and the handmade” with illustrator Carolyn Hawkins
2022
Anthony Burrill on why music, protest and being nice are important to design
2025
Spikes, satire, Frank Ocean and The New York Times: Nejc Prah discusses his recent work
2020
Hajar Benjida on documenting the overlooked women of US hip-hop culture
2020
A traditional “hatching” technique helps Georgette Smith achieve her distinctive sketchy style
2022
Artist Yin Ming uses ping pong as a metaphor for the act of code switching
2023
Esther Lalanne and Shay Hamias create an “energetic gathering of limbs” for Skittles Pride Month pack
2024
Behind the mascot, the poster and kits: How the 1990 Italian World Cup flagged a new era for football
2021
Sophie Mayanne encourages empathy, recognition and validation through an inclusive photography practice
2020
Georgia Cranstoun creates a collaborative publishing platform, full of cultural gems
2020
Craig & Karl’s inflatable Cosmos welcomes Melbourne’s commuters with smiles, shapes and surprises
2025
“A project of continental peace”: over 150 rejected flags for Europe published 65 years after creation
2020
Meet the airbrushed “hyperreal, stylised, pop art” portfolio of Darien Birks
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On Crip Time challenges the ableist systems that are “preventing disabled people from accessing the future”
2024
What lies behind artists and designers’ eternal obsession with Tarot cards?
2020
Andrew Tseng’s strange figurative drawings explore themes of humanity and masculinity
2023
Juli Majer’s illustrated world is surreal, sticky sweet and full of spiders
2020
Uli Knörzer brings the fleeting moments of everyday life to paper, “one pencil stroke at a time”
2020
Now more than ever, creatives are choosing fulfilment over perceived success
2022
Illustrator Nori Okawa creates dynamic characters out of ovals, circles and lines
2022
How Kumbirai Makumbe’s love for digital matter birthed their future-focused practice
2023
Chronicling forgotten narratives of the Black diaspora, Esiri Erheriene-Essi paints a more diverse representation of history
2022
Edie Medley’s comic about trying to treat a UTI is painfully relatable
2024
Tea parties, myths and abstract forms: Yung Hsuan Wang’s work draws out everyday wonders
2025
“Like squishy, tactile pixels”: Rosie Clements prints her photographs on bubble wrap
2024
Irene Suosalo on her silly yet utterly transfixing animations
2021
Raised in a pizza shop, Marianna Fierro’s venture into food illustration came naturally
2020
Caroline Dowsett’s work is inspired by the colours seen in every day life
2020
Cinematography legend John Simmons talks us through his stunning photography work from the Civil Rights era
2021
Cecilia Reeve’s debut film explores the transformative power of water
2025
How do you coherently present a lot of content online? Five designers of archive sites explain
2021
“I’ve managed to break a few boundaries along the way”: Meet the blind photographer who captured this year’s Paralympians
2021
The Double Click Newsletter: Sign up to our newsletter with tips and advice on digital creativity
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Five experimental designers reimagine spaces of the future for our new reality
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How important are Instagram followers? Five creatives on how to market yourself online
2020
This cyanotype series grapples with the process of leaving Russia on ethical grounds
2025
Learn new creative skills in these free Studio Short tutorials
2022
Alexander Coggin and his long-suffering muse/husband discuss life in front of the lens
2024
Raman Djafari creates a frenzied dystopia for Ashnikko’s latest music video
2023
From Form on why following your fascinations is the true antidote to trend-led design
2025
Jim Klok’s drawings are the perfect balance of expression and refinement
2020
Through synth music and 90s cartoon references, Dena Springer’s short film grapples with growing up biracial in the US midwest
2022
Wheels of Freedom: Nayquan Shuler takes us on a visual journey of Myrtle Beach’s Black Bike Week
2023
“It reminded me that inspiration can be anywhere”: two distant illustrators draw their quarantine experiences
2020
Amiee Byrne turns discarded everyday items into hyper-realistic ceramic artworks
2025
The Graduates continued! Meet some more of the class of 2020
2020
Amber Leia Jones’ illustrations allow you to escape to a more peaceful, softer world
2021
“Photography is a license to be nosy”: Nina Manandhar discusses her community-based projects Gurkha Sons and Thamesmead
2021
The Air It Out Hotline: here to help with workflow woes
2025
Joi Fulton inspires happiness and nostalgia in her blend of 2D and 3D illustrations
2021
The Bayeux Tapestry and footy combine to tackle men’s mental health in Corbin Shaw’s work
2020
The endlessly charming Prashanti Aswani tells us how she built her illustrative career
2021
An illustrative portrait of rapidly changing Shanghai by Jeffrey Hsueh
2021
Can sticking to one style be stifling? Supermundane’s new work shows how variety can boost creativity
2024
Shining a positive light on Asian voices, Chuntian is a guide to spring inspired by the philosophy of Chinese medicine
2020
Mythology clashes with urban culture in Laust Højgaard’s boxy, distorted paintings
2022
Guillaume Chauvin takes an unexpected approach to wartime photography in Ukraine
2020
Myah Asha Jeffers documents “the regality, the beauty and the inner world of people of the diaspora”
2021
Automatico studio updates its design ethos to one that succumbs to “simplicity, reduction and calm”
2021
Nadine Redlich’s new book is about getting yourself together, spiritual growth and… sideways eggs
2024
Does screen time help or hinder creativity?
2024
How Templo’s colourful rebrand brings GF Smith into the future
2025
Caroline Zurmely’s nail polish paintings summon life onto the canvas through an unlikely tool
2022
Matt Houghton’s Earth to Cop is a bone-chilling found-footage film on the immediacy of climate change
2021
Take part in Boook.Land’s collaborative digital novel designed by Harry Boyd and TwoMuch Studio
2020
A deep dive into the Gizzverse: How King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard created ten videos for its recent record
2021
Nightpay is Rachel Fitzgerald’s eerie take on paranoia and petrol stations
2024
Travel back to 1985 with Emily Stein’s utterly charming series, Show & Tell
2023
Oliver Macdonald Oulds paints musicians on video calls creating a moment when they can both “pause”
2020
The View From Lagos: inside Nigeria’s blooming skateboard communities
2024
Laura Pannack’s series Island Symmetries connects the similarities of youth culture across the globe
2020
POV: The UK is losing its creative spark
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Photographer Toby Coulson captures the “humour, beauty and strangeness” of everyday interactions
2020
Shut your laptop! Ways to find inspiration offline
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Minet Kim on the importance of developing her personal illustration practice as well as the commercial
2020
Rene Matić explores “dimensions of Blackness through the lens of their own personal experiences as a queer, Black womxn”
2020
Break out of the simulation with Isle of Any and Oscar Hudson’s new video game-inspired advert for Coinbase
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Isle of Any’s Coinbase campaign is meant to mess up your TV
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How can design shape inclusive dialogues? Deem Journal teaches us to value design beyond the aesthetic
2020
Jessica Walsh, Eike König, Ollie Olanipekun and Danielle Pender offer up advice for creatives
2020
Margherita Sabbioneda on defining her unconventional design practice
2021
“It’s hard for me to separate serious topics from my sense of humour”: Mario Meneses on his comical animations
2021
Graphic designer Eilean Friis-Lund asks you to keep asking and to keep learning
2020
At September’s Nicer Tuesdays, we get a lesson in staying true to yourself as a creative
2022
Han Gao’s packaging design for Yours Truly is “like sitting in a Zen garden with a peaceful mindset”
2021
Bakar’s new music video is a huge, joyous after-school dance
2025
Philip-Daniel Ducasse’s Afrocentric work documents people, culture and the talents they possess
2020
Pomp! Jody Evans photographs the raucous drag event that always gets a little messy
2025
Vasilis Marmatakis on the strangely traditional ways he creates Yorgos Lanthimos’ film posters
2025
Björn Giesecke allows printing processes and techniques to guide his design decisions
2020
Summer Wagner’s surreal yet strikingly familiar photographs feel like hyperreal paintings
2024
James Shaw reimagines our relationship with materials by translating waste into desirable objects
2021
Princess Hıdır’s sci-fi inspired illustrations will take you to a whole new world
2022
A Girl Who’s Afraid of Touching People is Liang-Hsin Huang’s beautifully expressive new animation
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“A battle cry for the burnt out”: Air releases manifesto for creative directors in crisis
2024
Testing the limits of the humble pencil, Danny Ische’s illustrations are a mesmerising mismatch
2023
Angelica Liv wants to evoke smiles and joy from her narrative-based illustrative creations
2020
Human After All brands Vimeo’s break out of browsers, onto the big screen
2024
Dive into Cecilia Reeve’s soothing, swimming pool-themed imagination in her music video for Nijuu
2020
Lukas Keysell’s meditative illustrations teach us a lesson in patience
2020
Graphic designer Jaehoon Choi finds form in function when combining the abstract with strict rules
2020
In Creators Crushing It, Pinterest shares the stories of some of its most passionate creators
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“The only limits are your imagination”: How Angela Kirkwood brings her characters to life with animation
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Neethi is an illustrator with one main goal: to transport her audience to colourful worlds
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Camille Walala to share tips on creative perseverance at Adobe MAX
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Photographer Anu Kumar on reconnecting with her Indian heritage, failing exams and recipes for weddings
2022
Mabel Esteban on why her illustrations have a sinister feeling
2023
Gigi Rose Gray’s latest offering illustrates the highly coveted canned goods from lockdown
2021
Creative polymath Loreng on living in the southeast Asian Mecca of experimental arts, Yogyakarta
2020
Yu Pan illustrates the ways in which Buddhist teachings can help us to alleviate stress and anxiety
2024
Kris Andrew Small on pushing his style forward without distancing it from his existing work
2020
Haein Kim gives us the low-down on her hilarious and witty character design
2020
Mathieu Labrecque treats his playful pixel illustrations like a mathematical puzzle
2022
Graphic designer Ben Eli lovingly pays homage to pop and queer culture
2021
Samba’s mythical direction for sports brand Yonex transforms tennis into a gladiator’s arena
2025
Italian designer Simone Cutrì aims to address social issues through his multidisciplinary practice
2020
From lamps to playgrounds, Isamu Noguchi believed sculpture should be omnipresent
2021
Us By Night’s return is a raucous and rousing success
2024
“You never know unless you ask the right questions”
2025
Edd Carr’s animations use plant-powered processes to explore our ecological crisis
2024
Marylou Faure makes a hearty splash with a daring dive into 3D inflatable sculpture
2022
“That picture-perfect, balanced work and family life might just be a myth…”
2024
An exploration of paternity, masculinity, race: Alex Christopher Williams on Black, Like Paul
2020
Learn how Ollie Olanipekun built Flock Together, the birdwatching collective for people of colour
2022
Oliver Pavicevic makes a virtual reality recreation of a memorable train ride
2020
Dig into some excellent advice from some of our favourite creatives
2020
Juan Ortiz-Arenas takes a different approach to documenting lockdown in his series N17, Covid-19
2020
Swiping, Prompts and The Ick: Has design changed how we date forever?
2023
Art duo Mazaccio & Drowilal use collage to deconstruct popular culture
2020
Searching for Harvey: solving the mystery behind 200 influential gospel and jazz album covers
2022
Quil Lemons explores queerness and the Black male form in new series Quiladelphia (NSFW)
2023
“Our fight goes on. On battlefields and online” – Kyiv-based design writer Lena Kozar shares her story from inside the war
2022
“Be good, but know what good is”
2024
Rich-Joseph Facun documents the lives of a small community in Appalachia, a place he now calls home
2021
Bahati Simoens’ paintings are “a love letter to the Black body”
2021
Hugo Bernier’s delicate sculptural forms and imagined characters give his hazy work an ethereal feel
2024
Shamma Buhazza transforms Pinterest into a resource to decolonise design
2020
Dogs and their Dykes is redefining queer family and companionship
2024
In A Big Fat Sky, Max Miechowski documents “the subtle complexities of life” along the British east coast
2020
Meet the shiny, “yummy”, alien-like characters of 3D artist Harriet Davey
2020
“I let my creativity freely wander”: Sandrine Cheong’s multimedia design practice is playful and inquisitive
2025
The Nice List: It’s Nice That’s Christmas gift guide of lovely things made by creatives
2021