Interviews

New interviews are published every week, each one offering advice and insight into the creative industry. We chat with artists, designers and visual communicators – both established and emerging.

Arlo Parks, Alex Kurunis

Arlo Parks on her new album, the significance of its artwork and the vulnerability of writing

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Eileen at work

Eileen Cooper on illustrating Angela Carter for a magical new edition of Nights at the Circus

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Kathryn Jubrail

Mother Design MD Kathryn Jubrail on post-pandemic design trends, 'kitchen table' agency culture and more

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16 February 2021

How Martina Paukova joined the big breathing, bubbling body that is illustration

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8 February 2021

Genie Espinosa on her love of Disney and horror, but her hate for bananas

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3 February 2021

Photo: Matt Doyle

Shantell Martin: the London artist taking over galleries and the US

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25 January 2021

Bottoms up! John Larigakis on art directing and his Guinness-like style

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19 January 2021

James Fooks-Bale, creative director at Monotype

James Fooks-Bale, creative director at Monotype, on what it takes to be a great type designer

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13 January 2021

Ellice Weaver on being an explorer of forms, and a fearless explorer in life

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Anil Sebastian

Anil Sebastian uses music to bust the binary, and raise big questions around AI, morality, and inclusiveness

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16 December 2020

Azarra Amoy. Photo credit: Edwin Ingram

Azarra Amoy on art and activism, and why we all have the power to make positive change

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9 December 2020

Photo by Kristle Marshall

Lettering legend Lauren Hom on the importance of switching up your style

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2 December 2020

Dava Guthmiller on the industry "boys' club" mentality, and why the best portfolio projects are the boring ones

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25 November 2020

Photo by Celia Bartlett

Michelle Thompson on playing with politics and print through colourful collage

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18 November 2020

Kim Salt reveals how athletes and dancers influenced her craft

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11 November 2020

Nikkolas Smith on his viral painting of George Floyd and the positive change he's now seeing in America

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3 November 2020

Image credit: Alex Abian

Luis Mendo on leaving behind design for drawing – and not leaving the house

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28 October 2020

Marloes De Vries on her love of freelancing and the surprising outcome of uncertainty

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21 October 2020

Taaryn Brench on freelancing during the pandemic, and the change she wants to see in the creative industries

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16 October 2020

Lachlan Goudie, courtesy of Paul Stewart

Lachlan Goudie on escaping with art, his love of Scotland, and staying creative during a pandemic

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29 September 2020

Portrait of Sarah Boris - Photography by Lorna Allan

Sarah Boris on how the pandemic has changed her life, and why we all need to slow down

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Giacomo Felace on waking up to hard truths and why difficult times can bring out the best in us

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Kaia Charles on celebrating black British culture, and tackling the lack of representation in the arts

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Sophia Yeshi on lifting each other up, fighting for better representation, and creating the world she wants to see

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