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Wikimarathon 2022 online meeting for participants of ureport Ukraine by Rina.sl
Project
2015
Matthew Frost on social media pretence, celebrity and his way with women
Project
2012
What the &#@$!? WTFLevel.com is a real-time Twitter profanity tracker.
Project
2010
Finsta
Project
2019
“What one word sums up your year?” - Our top picks from the #OneWord18 Insta Brief
Project
2013
Hilarious, moving and intriguing — The official White House Flickr page
Project
2019
Yushi Li's work takes a sideways look at agency and intimacy for the Tinder generation
Project
2024
What lies behind social media fame? Photographer Naomi Wong meets TikTok star Mia Wells
Project
2013
Photography: NASA got Instagram and then the internet exploded in excitement
Project
2020
William Sheepskin on the rising popularity of Bo-Kaap on Instagram, and the impact on its residents
Publication
2018
Patrik Mollwing appropriates our "search by hashtag" culture in his latest book
Project
2015
"Art that works for Instagram culture" and other Nicer Tuesdays learnings
Project
2016
Best of the Web: who to follow, your best chat and our fav things online
Project
2010
Utweet
Project
2015
Graphilately is the Instagram account making stamp collecting cool
Project
2020
Through an illustrated set of trading cards, Moritz Winkels looks at the negative sides of social media
Project
2016
Submit Saturdays: Tips for Social Media
Project
2016
The Best of the Web, your finest social bantz and who to follow
Project
2018
What one word best sums up your year? Take part in our Review of the Year Instagram brief
Identity
2016
Logo-twt
Project
2017
Mushpit explores social media anxiety in new exhibition Interiority Complex
Project
2013
Photography: Bobby Scheidemann's new series is a nod to the insta-generation
Project
2017
“A small Japanese photographer is on the same page of great photographers!”: Piczo joins WeFolk
Project
2008
Social Commontating
Project
2012
The Weekender – Time capsules, twitter stalking and a slo-mo slinky
Project
2019
Get your tickets for July's Nicer Tuesdays now!
Project
2015
Paul Smith talks Instagram and his latest Printed Pages back cover
Project
2020
“Make a digital collage using objects in your home” – Introducing the It’s Nice That Weekly Brief
Identity
2021
Change The Lens and UTA Brand Studio unveils a powerful new identity system
Project
2015
New York Times designs imagine yesterday's stars using social media
Project
2016
#currentmood, and the art that reflects our strange social media revelations
Project
2020
“Create an illustration showing a fun activity you can do by yourself” – Joseph Melhuish’s Weekly Brief
Motion
2026
James Junk on why his graphic design “won’t save the world” – but it can centre emotion and humanity
Project
2009
Most comments suck. Discuss
Poster
2026
(2) Instagram
Project
2013
Miscellaneous: Our favourite Twitter account DJs Complaining...illustrated!
Poster
2026
Instagram
Project
2016
Things: a selection of the post that brightened up our wet and windy June
Project
2012
Almost there team – but just before it ends let's look at 2012 in Tweets
Project
2017
How has Instagram enabled female artists globally to thrive?
Project
2016
Wilfrid Wood on Instagram inspiration and satire in sculpture at Here 2016
Project
2014
How on earth was the excruciating Robin Thicke Twitter Q&A allowed to happen?
Project
2013
Mixtape: Listen up! This Twitter-sourced Friday Mixtape is a corker
Project
2019
Bob Bicknell-Knight tackles data hacking, Mark Zuckerberg and dystopic digitalisations
Project
2015
Post is great. Here’s this month's Things to prove it
Identity
2018
NOSA logo SocialMedia 500pxE
Project
2013
Unleash a new side of Instagram in new Mercedes challenge Untamed
Poster
2026
(4) Instagram
Thinker
Zeynep Tufekci
Poster
2026
8adpreacher
Project
2012
The SHOWStudio Tumblr
Poster
2023
art-shool-instagram.jpg
Painting
2025
(8) Instagram
Identity
2026
Adcker — Awwwards SOTD
Poster
2026
(5) Instagram
Poster
2024
pacific_pb_mtg_select_ig-13.jpg
Project
2013
Opinion: Should teenage social media posts be used against our future selves?
Project
2018
Paola Ciarska's detailed drawings explore voyeurism in a social media-dominated world
Project
2016
The best things on the internet, stuff you've said on social and who to follow
Project
2020
Laura Simonati’s imaginary scenic drawings are a breath of fresh air on social media
Project
2009
Social Suicide
Project
2019
Michael Bodiam and Sarah Parker on translating work from an Instagram grid to the printed page
Publication
2023
In her new book, Tess Smith-Roberts turns disaster dating stories into hilarious comic strips
Project
2009
Rumors
Project
2018
Artist Adam Ferriss' photography filters are better than any on Snapchat
Project
2016
Printed Pages On Tour: apply for tickets now!
Project
2016
Marco Onofri tackles the topic of internet lust in The Followers (NSFW)
Project
2017
David Brandon Geeting’s Neighbourhood Stroll sees the photographer Instagram posting on mass
Project
2016
The best things on the web, YOUR best comments and the finest folk to follow on social media
Project
2020
What’s your creative resolution? Take part in our Review of the Year Instagram brief
Project
2015
Designers create "male" and "female" robots that independently converse using phrases from Twitter
Project
2019
Lucia Sekerkova documents the rituals of Romania’s social media savvy witches
Project
2019
Richard Turley on how Instagram has “weaponised” our need to be liked
Project
2023
Drained by the algorithm? Explore is an ad-free social media platform built for creatives
Project
2015
Online privacy, oversharing and tech that's beautiful: Frequency brings us them all
Project
2012
The Weekender – singing nuns, Wes Anderson bingo and the first ever Tweet
Project
2016
Short reads, long reads, gifs and tweets - here is the first Best of the Web of June
Publication
2019
Odd Publications’ new book A Tweet History is a reminder that what you say and do online matters
Project
2011
SoMe
Project
2019
Paris Hilton gives us the lowdown on where in the world is particularly hot
Project
2016
Review of the Year 2016: Top 25 Instagram posts
Poster
2016
FB Alix
Project
2018
Our top picks from the #OneWord17 Insta Brief
Project
2017
What one word best describes your year? Get involved in the Review of the Year Insta Brief
Project
2013
Opinion: It's time for social media users to start minding their language
Poster
2021
Online Diversity
Identity
2017
Google+ logo (2011-2019)
Identity
2017
HODI fb logo
Identity
2019
Pinterest Logo (2)
Identity
2021
Instagram logo 2016
Identity
2020
Flickr logo - SuperTinyIcons
Identity
2021
Logo---FB-with-circle
Identity
2018
Google Plus logo (2015-2019)
Poster
2020
Winter mood-MEME 20200213
Poster
2023
Design para Redes sociais
Poster
2026
Poster - A Social Celebrity 01
Identity
2017
LinkedIn Logo (with ®)
Poster
2024
Online icon
Identity
2016
Facebook Messenger logo 2013
Poster
2026
Poster - A Social Celebrity 02
Identity
2016
Drooble logo
Identity
2022
Logo of Twitter
Poster
2026
Poster - A Social Celebrity 03
Poster
2026
Poster - A Social Celebrity 04
Identity
2021
Google Plus new logo (2013-2015)
Project
2024
Is more always better? Photographer Johel Pereira documents people’s skincare routines
Project
2020
Chris Maggio captures the unpretentiousness of Sam Barsky who knits world renowned landmarks onto jumpers
Project
2024
POV: Is it the designer’s responsibility if an app is addictive?
Project
2016
Cool off with this week's Best of the Web and who to follow on social media
Project
2019
Design agency T&T&T's auction website lets you buy social media influencers' personal possessions
Project
2019
Conall McAteer shows us the oscillating nature of political opinions on social media
Project
2016
Best of the Web and the Graduates you should follow on social, pronto
Project
2014
It's Mice That: How our April Fool's Day prank came to fruition
Project
2017
Things: The post full of positivity we received this April
Project
2017
Jon Burgerman on his utterly brilliant Instagram experiments
Project
2018
“Create a flag which represents your own Island”: explore culture through design in our latest Insta brief
Motion
2013
Studio Audience: Pod's here with music videos, selfies and Olympics graphics
Project
2023
Swiping, Prompts and The Ick: Has design changed how we date forever?
Project
2020
For a new collaboration with TikTok, we asked 12 creatives to interpret 12 emotions
Project
2019
Matthew Keff digitally riffs off the design tropes of social media and advertising
Project
2014
We discuss a floating house, the Turner prize and selfies in Studio Audience
Identity
2025
POV: Are social media pile-ons stifling the creative industry?
Project
2020
Pinterest offers new ways for creatives to connect directly with audiences
Poster
2025
Instagram
Publication
2025
Perfectly Imperfect is the ‘social magazine’ (and nerd’s paradise) remodelling the online sphere
Project
2015
Nicholas Mirzoeff on the real impact of sharing 700 million snapchats every day
Project
2015
Review of the Year 2015: Top 10 Instagram
Project
2015
Ready to Instagram your brunch? Jolly good! Here's the Weekender
Project
2024
A tech exec’s portfolio site masquerades as a non-stop Google Meet
Poster
2026
(2) Instagram
Project
2015
Alice Rawsthorn on using Instagram as a design criticism tool
Project
2020
How important are Instagram followers? Five creatives on how to market yourself online
Project
2021
Privacy friendly, customisable and no algorithms: An 18-year-old recreates a new functioning version of MySpace
Project
2024
POV: Why the rush for a new creative social media is leading us nowhere
Project
2019
Celebrating 100 issues of the It’s Nice That Weekly Comic
Project
2013
Get ready to be jealous of Jennilee Marigomen's impressive Instagram feed
Project
2014
Advertising: Some of the best ads ever made on show in this aptly named Twitter feed
Project
2018
Sophie Koko Gate on illustrating social media’s influence on art criticism
Project
2017
2017: the year that protest became a trend?
Project
2012
First look at the new MySpace, and it won't be what you expect
Project
2018
From the Royal Court to @TabloidArtHistory: social media’s influence on art criticism