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Inspiring work from emerging and established artists, designers, illustrators and photographers, along with recommended events and exhibitions to help spark creative ideas.

Chicago studio Span rebrands Asian carp as 'Copi' to help US biodiversity

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4 October 2022

Panchita is inspired by a real little girl in South America

Toy-like animation Panchita is raising awareness of poverty in Latin America

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4 October 2022

Consumerism goes crazy in each episode of Sound Deals

Fictional products get brought to life in cheerfully sinister illustrated adverts

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29 September 2022

Pei-Hsin likes the way tones are layered up as it reflects her emotions

Pei-Hsin Cho creates delicate and intimate illustrations to express difficult emotions

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28 September 2022

London Fire Brigade gets a new typeface that nods to the lettering of vintage fire engines

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28 September 2022

The character designs took a year and a half to develop

Tamás Rebák's Moebius-inspired animation is a sci-fi exploration of letting go

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27 September 2022

Kammerspiel / Chamber Play #149, 2021 © Claus Stolz and VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022

German photo artist Claus Stolz mixes real and fake to pose the question what is real?

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26 September 2022

Pann's Coffee Shop © Ashok Sinha

Gas and Glamour: Ashok Sinha's photographs pay tribute to America's classic car culture

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22 September 2022

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Carson City VI, Vårgårda, Sweden, 2016. From the series The Potemkin Vil- lage © Gregor Sailer and VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022

Photographer Gregor Sailer captures ghostly images of hidden areas no one can visit

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22 September 2022

Osaksi Maisemaa

Sami Havia's surreal paintings capture alienation and the dying light of the summer months

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21 September 2022

“Teetering on indecision.”, 2022

Peter Frederiksen 'draws with a sewing machine' to create stunning embroidery artwork

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20 September 2022

© Orlando Gili

Flowers for The Queen: Photographs of wellwishers paying their respects outside Buckingham Palace

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16 September 2022

© Whitley Isa

Photo series by Whitley Isa asks: what is a professional hairstyle for black women?

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15 September 2022

Petra wanted to be a vet before following an artistic career

Petra Braun's playful figurative illustrations celebrate the 'badass' women in her life

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14 September 2022

31 modernist logos can be found within its pages

Special edition of LogoArchive zine solidifies Ukrainian identity through publishing

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14 September 2022

Genius Sports Illustrated basketball ad is a design slam dunk

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14 September 2022

Phoebe McCaughley explores anxiety in her animation for Rizzle Kicks' Jordan Stephens

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13 September 2022

Front Yard with Crepe Myrtle, 2022. Image courtesy the artist, Library Street Collective, Detroit; and albertz benda, New York and Los Angeles. Photo by Thomas Dubrock

Natalie Wadlington's wide-eyed charming characters paint a picture of our love of pets

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7 September 2022

Farewell, 2022 © Yuri Yuan. Courtesy of the artist; Make Room, Los Angeles, CA; and Alexander Berggruen, New York, NY

Yuri Yuan's Dark Dreams straddles the border between waking and sleep, life and death

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6 September 2022

© Wenjia Wang

Wenjia Wang's unusual illustrations give personality to our internal organs

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6 September 2022

Kinoto Studio on living a design double life, launching in a pandemic, and staying versatile

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5 September 2022

© Goldie Cai

Goldie Cai highlights daily life and mental health in her powerfully colourful illustrations

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1 September 2022

© Aleksandra Bokova

Aleksandra Bokova's quirky digital illustrations challenge ideas of femininity and insecurity

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31 August 2022

© Irina Șelaru

Irina Șelaru closes the gap between her personality and drawings by embracing simplicity

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31 August 2022

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