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2020Synoptic Office’s Bookshelf reveals the what, how, and why of its design practice
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2025Review of the Year 2025: Top 15 Nicer Tuesdays Talks
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2014Here 2014: A look back at the wit and wisdom from our creative symposium last Friday!
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2017Pentagram partner Natasha Jen shares her most inspirational books
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2017“Everyone should be a foreigner somewhere”: 11 creatives give their advice on working abroad
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2017Pattern archive and studio Patternity shares its most inspiring books
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2013Bookshelf: See which books inspire graphic designer Sonya Dyakova
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2019Mother Design's team pick out the books that keep them inspired
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2016Kuti Kuti, the comic association looking to educate and inspire
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2015Zelda Malan on the importance of teaching ideas to design students
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2025An outsider’s advantage: MullenLowe on nurturing original perspectives
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2017Design studio DR.ME shares its most inspirational books
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2018Cover Stories: MacGuffin's Kirsten Algera on the magazine covers that left a lasting impression on her work
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2013Things 2013 #14 - five things to leave you bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
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2020In an exciting industry, if you find yourself bored, you’re doing something wrong
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2017Bloomberg digital designer Steph Davidson shares the books she’s kept hold of
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2014Beautiful book documents the views out of famous writers' windows
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2018Artist Martin Sloss on how arts organisation Project Ability inspired his passion for painting
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2017Founder of Women Who, Otegha Uwagba on her most inspirational books
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2022The importance of creative community and finding your own style with Nwaka Okparaeke
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2021“I’ve managed to break a few boundaries along the way”: Meet the blind photographer who captured this year’s Paralympians
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2013Going behind the scenes of some of our favourite artists' studios with photographer Brigitte Sire
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2015COS heads of design on the books which inspire them and their designs
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2019“Even bad pizza is kind of good”: Five life lessons from David Droga
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2015Design duo Studio Opposite shows us the books that inspire them
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2020Where do new ideas come from? The science and mythology surrounding inspiration
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2015Gurafiku founder Ryan Hageman on the wonder of Japanese graphic design
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2019Slanted’s CEO Julia Kahl’s Bookshelf features Bambi, Arles and international writing systems
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2017Photographer Nina Manandhar shares her most inspirational books
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2012Lessons from Offset 2012
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2017Illustrator Bridget Meyne on finding inspiration in “real life” magazines
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2014Bookshelf: The guys at Animated Review pick their most inspirational books
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2012Bookshelf: Celebrity portrait photographer and filmmaker Jamie-James Medina shows us his literary inspiration
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2020Sue Murphy on how books are windows into intimate worlds that we never knew existed
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2009Why graphic design?
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2026Forward Thinking 2026 – find fresh inputs and clarity for the year ahead
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2022Kris Andrew Small discusses manifestation and the importance of putting yourself out there
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2015Here's Faye Toogood on the books which most inspire her
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2022Ashish Shah conjures up the essence of Mumbai in a collaborative photo series with scent brand Byredo
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2016"Be fearless" - Insights into life as an art director
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2013Bookshelf: Textile designer Seetal Solanki revelas her five most inspiring books
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2016Things: the inspiring post that got us through the long hot summer nights of August
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2015“Ideas are as important as execution” and five other wise creative nuggets
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2019Which books inspire the beautifully considered work of Querida studio?
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2019Marcus Oakley's latest series is inspired by how mundanity influences our creative process
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2017Illustrator Lizzy Stewart shares some gems from her bookshelf
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2020Honest, inspiring or provoking, here are the Nicer Tuesdays talks which we can’t stop thinking about
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2026“At 28, you are absolutely not too old for this industry”
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2014Publication: Business brains through a creative lens from The Challenger's Almanac
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2016Monument Valley creator ustwo gives us a peek at its bookshelf
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2011Brand New Conference, a Review by IDEO
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2016Taschen editor Julius Wiedemann on the books that inspire him
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2016Anna Wintour on Grace Coddington, an extract from Saving Grace: My Fashion Archive
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2020Forever the student, Natalia Oledzka’s practice is a masterclass in subtlety
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2012Great animation showcasing some of ad legend Rory Sutherland's ideas
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2022Do You Copy?
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2015The Pitchfork design team gives us a sneaky peek at their bookshelf
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2013Bookshelf: Inspiring books from the shelves of photographer Will Robson-Scott
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2016Barbara Iwanicka and Vincent Hammingh design Frame’s analysis of the relationship between workspace and creativity
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2015Thurstan Redding captures the quiet moments backstage at fashion shows
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2016Animator Andy Baker on the books that still inspire him
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2014Bookshelf: Legendary fashion photographer Matthew Donaldson shows us which books inspire him
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2017Kenneth Vanoverbeke on designing daily and finding inspiration at the supermarket
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2020Five “I wish I had done that” projects to keep you inspired (and envious)
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2025Birds of a Feather
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2014Another tranche of top art school advice from our creative pals
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2024Creative survival guide: Five ways to start the year right
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2013Bookshelf: The inspirational books of music video director Abbie Stephens
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2026Hiding in plain sight: how do creatives find inspiration in everyday life?
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2021What are the effects of isolation on creativity?
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2016Advertising guru Dave Trott and his inspirational Bookshelf
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2026Bráulio Amado on why there is unlimited inspiration in the world, if only we become “crazy enough to look for it”
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