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Karrie Fransman: The House That Groaned

Dan Stafford I love you; an open letter from James Cartwright

Joi Fulton inspires happiness and nostalgia in her blend of 2D and 3D illustrations

Tarik Saleh: Sadness is a Blessing

Marcus James

More intuitive than conceptual, Dunja Jankovic’s work is created to be felt rather than understood

Illustration: More illustration from Laura Carlin to remind you that you're human

Lalita Lupina animates the inner turmoil and anxiety felt at an indoor swimming pool

Providing a creative way for people with Motor Neurone Disease to bank their voices, I Will Always Be Me is a dynamic and heartfelt publication

Smile poster

Love, loss and loneliness: Polly Nor’s heartbreaking new film

Nadine Redlich’s new book illustrates the moment you realise you actually hate your partner

Illustration: Mariana Miserável's miniatures revel happily in their misery

At Tacabanda studio, design snobbery is out and happy mistakes are in

Furever

Emotional States: why the theme for 2018's London Design Biennale is more important than ever

Ill Studio: Moodcyclepdia

Art & Graft: Spectrum

Illustrator June Tate finds “that sweet spot between cute and profound”

Joe Bichard animates an exercise in self compassion for The School of Life

In Singapore, Thaqif Nazri’s intricate typography and graphic design evolution catches our eye

Alex Goddard's latest short shows what really happens when "absence makes the heart grow fonder"

Jessica Walsh launches type foundry, calling it a “passion project”

Graphic designer Dennis McInnes wants to make work that is “strong and empowering”

Animator Daniela Sherer tackles forgiveness for The School of Life

Peony Gent's illustrations move effortlessly from the emotive to the irreverent

Moth collective produces emotive animation exploring the last job on earth for The Guardian

The design of Genie Wu proves craft and code can co-exist

Micah Lidberg's illustrations of peonies serve to remind us of how much we love him

Luren Jenison

Dave Smith

Jack Sachs creates a series of giant smile-inducing statues for Chengdu

Meet the illustrator Dian Liang whose work hopes to be like “a pill for therapy”

“I want people to feel good about being alive”: Rob Moss Wilson’s works are absolute joy

Illustrator Amy Moss on evoking a feeling over formal technique

Step in to the world’s most emotive zoo with Charlotte Ager’s new book

Sometimes design shouldn’t be functional and instead, purely evoke emotion

Saam Farahmand: The XX

Illustrator: Philippa Rice weakens our knees with her Soppy publication

Haein Kim reimagines fleece as a symbol of maternal love in her latest animation

Really powerful advert for the new British Red Cross campaign (sponsored post)

Rudo Company skilfully transmits the emotion of fear in a colourful video for Siamés

Miju Lee on her 2D and 3D illustration process centred on human emotion

Jonathan Castro on how he's developed the emotional side of his graphic design practice

Graphic design studio Maximage’s motto is “emotions and technology”

The Functionality - Feel It, Take It

What do you do when a project ends? We explore creative grief and how to deal with it

The Ugliest Thing I Love: Textile designer Seetal Solanki on her love/hate relationship with some headphones

Beautiful visuals in St John Ambulance's harrowing new advert courtesy of BBH

An investigation into design, space and emotion from Evan Grothjan

Journey into Fear (1942 poster)

More anxious, more focused and much more tired: returning to work after maternity leave

Hannah Buckman creates “feelings of self-acceptance and belonging” in her illustrations

Art: Jennie Ottinger will make you nostalgic and grateful to have survived camp

Buck and YCN Studio create an incredibly powerful animated film for Childline

Poster loveulster

Yue Zhang’s emotion-led illustrations aim to create a connection with the viewer

New Aesthetic is a type repository that puts feelings before function

Felicia Chiao’s illustrated characters visualise the looming presence of our intimate anxieties

The Momentus Project

To-do list socks and an animating umbrella: take a peek at a collection made with your feelings in mind

Opportunity: Time is ticking to get your entries in for the Spotify #NowFeeling campaign

Happly — Awwwards SOTD

Margo Ferreira’s vulnerable and communicative practice

Luke Evans' honest and emotive talk on the journey his practice has followed

Sujin Kim empathises with that “back to work feeling” in five new comics

This year's edition of Pictoplasma will look at virtual characters and emotion

Luke Gilford

Illustrator Marie Jacotey on depicting emotions we daren’t talk about

Counting the levels on which we love illustrator Michelle Thompson's work

New Logo and Identity for Split Watches by 20(SOMETHING)

New Logo and Identity for Koperski (Funeral Company) by UVMW

Poignant short on life, death and dance with Bowie and Kate Bush’s choreographer

Holly Stapleton intertwines feelings of “bliss and melancholy” to create truly serene illustrations

Elizabeth Goodspeed on the delicate art of nostalgia in branding

Cindy Yang’s poignant animation questions the routine and mundanity of life

“In the end, design is about feelings”: Off Office on its thoughtful design ethos

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

Louise Silfversparre and Lina Reidarsdotter Källström animate a “sad power ballad matched with the heated emotions of reality television”

Nikita Teryoshin's Ahoi from Zhuhai mirrors the confusion and joy of visiting a new country