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Project
2009
Talk #18: Ian Wright
Project
2014
Guardian writer Stuart Heritage looks back on his time as a fresher
Project
2014
Illustration: Mike Ellis illustrates rooms from his friends' houses
Project
2018
Noah Beckwith on developing his own authorship in graphic design
Project
2017
Photographer Joshua Gordon's “loose diary” of work (NSFW)
Project
2023
Facts & Figures: Sebastian König’s self-initiated zine goes back to basics
Project
2015
“I wouldn’t recommend trying to make it as an illustrator to anyone”: straight-talking McBess
Project
2023
How Hourly Comic Day gave illustrator Ping Zhu an indispensable creative outlet
Project
2012
Sagmeister's hunt for happiness documented in new show
Project
2021
Paula de Álvaro playfully champions design’s role as one of expression rather than service
Project
2021
How and why Kate Prior turned to cheffing over lockdown
Project
2021
Art and soul: why vulnerability is so often the secret creative ingredient
Project
2019
Illustrator Jordan Awan on fulfilling his childhood dream
Identity
2020
“A revision and not a revolution”: Koln’s Pablo Mariné on updating his father’s visual identity for cultural centre, Matadero
Project
2016
Photographer Laura Coulson's intuitive process
Garment
2024
“Personal projects are a good way to build something and keep doing it”
Project
2015
Big commissions and a more confident style in Sarah Mazzetti's updates
Project
2024
After having a stroke at 25, Eilish Briscoe created a typeface to show the process of learning to write again
Project
2019
Giacomo Gambineri on shifting his creative career from graphic designer to illustrator
Project
2019
Meet Ian Weldon, the “photographer that photographs weddings”
Motion
2024
Angela Kirkwood felt “purposeless” – so she made a short film about a bird that can’t fly
Project
2018
Illustrator Grace Helmer on protecting her work life balance
Publication
2022
Rose Wong explores a personal passion through her experimental Lookbook project
Project
2019
Illustrator José Ja Ja Ja is “fascinated with the possibilities of the medium”
Project
2020
Rivers Yang’s 100 Shapes Project is a personal puzzle for the designer
Project
2018
Alexander Medel took a year off illustration and design - but now he's back!
Project
2012
Charlie Brooker: Sun Poem
Project
2014
Illustration: More updates from the ever-excellent Martin Nicolausson!
Project
2009
Talk #10: Rob Matthews
Project
2023
Eman Ali calmly guides us through the streets of Oman in a touching hometown revisit
Project
2019
Sam Gregg's latest work uses photography to rediscover his hometown of London
Publication
2021
Only good news: David McKendrick’s Paperboy magazine highlights the need for positivity
Project
2019
David McKendrick and his 20-year infatuation with Pam and her handwritten notes
Project
2019
Illustrator Faye Moorhouse has made a trilogy of zines about her cat
Project
2016
Designer Nina Jua Klein on going it alone after years as part of a studio
Project
2019
Graphic designer HeeJae Kim uses personal projects as an opportunity for “fun and growth”
Project
2017
Photographer Sophie Mayanne’s new personal project celebrates imperfection (NSFW)
Project
2023
Being funny and fearless with Singaporean art director Jonathan Chen
Publication
2018
Pentagram's Luke Powell and Jody Hudson-Powell's Bookshelf from their teenage years
Project
2017
Llewellyn Mejia's paintings created in between commercial projects
Project
2017
India-born photographer Anu Kumar captures her childhood home of Kavi Nagar
Project
2018
Seb Agresti on his first year as a full time illustrator and learning to balance that freelance work load
Project
2019
Find an angle and exhaust all possibilities: Matt Asato-Adams on his design process
Project
2011
Alida Rosie Sayer
Publication
2023
Intimate and unpredictable, Emma Hardy documents her family over 20 years
Project
2013
Illustrator MVM pays homage to the humble fingernail in his vibrant new personal project
Project
2019
Friday Mixtape: Mahaneela's mix of songs that have soundtracked her career
Project
2018
A peek inside illustrator Gaurab Thakali's compelling mind
Project
2017
Photographer Johnny Dufort on getting outside his comfort zone
Project
2016
A "stress opus" from cartoonist Nadine Redlich
Project
2016
Review of the Year 2016: illustrator Tuesday Bassen
Project
2012
Jessica Hische
Project
2014
Meet talented photographer and LCC Graduate, Francesca Jane Allen
Project
2018
Friday Mixtape: Jim Stoten's soundtrack to his solo summer holiday
Project
2016
Review of the Year 2016: graphic designer Sarah Hyndman
Project
2010
2010 Review: Andy Smith
Project
2012
Introducing...The day-to-day routine of illustrator and storyteller Aidan Koch
Project
2018
Little Pyongyang director Roxy Rezvany reflects on what constitutes a successful year
Identity
2019
The Y: Alba Zari’s “photographic quest” to discover the identity of her biological father
Project
2022
Photographer Anu Kumar on reconnecting with her Indian heritage, failing exams and recipes for weddings
Project
2013
Illustration: Architecturally trained Giacomo Bagnara is magnificent
Project
2014
Illustration: We check back in with the superb Paul X Johnson
Project
2017
Photographer Ronan McKenzie tells us about ongoing personal project Girls