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LABASAD opens applications for its next cohort of online master’s students

Barcelona School of Arts & Design, (LABASAD) is an institution that predicts the future of creative education. As applications for its next intake open up, the school once again evolves to meet the ...
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Anatomy’s new campaign for the Horniman museum is built on a bespoke typeface foraged from the museum’s collections and gardens

The agencies new visual system was built to reflect the excitement of the eclectic discoveries that emerge from a visit to the historical London location.
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Joanna Blémont transforms watercolour paintings into comics, zines and a 2,000-frame film for Loewe

Drawing from walks, photographs and Google Maps, the artist’s slow, sequential process turns familiar places into uncanny scenes.
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Hannah Motzel Brown’s shadowy mechanical pencil drawings expertly depict fingers, freckles and folds of skin

The artist builds detailed worlds where bodies, fabrics, flowers and shadows blur between fantasy and realism.
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Kurt Bauer’s still life photographs reveal more about a place than a “postcard view” ever could

The Austrian photographer captures overlooked details and fleeting moments, making you incredibly curious about what’s going on just out of frame.
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Hinge’s Jackie Jantos on inclusive design, trust and the path from creative to CEO

The CEO of dating app Hinge sheds light on the creative strategies behind everything from UX to ad campaigns and product research, and her personal approach to such an influential role.
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Pablo Rochat on turning suburban Atlanta into a medieval fantasy for Phoebe Bridgers’ new music video

Directors Pablo Rochat and Lance Oppenheim swap the Renaissance faire for a gas station, casting real-life jousters and a nostalgic hit of Old School RuneScape into a video that treats make-believe as ...
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Design studio Supersystème builds visual worlds by treating typography as image

Masters in the art of lettering and layout, the Montreal-based design studio creates identities, publications and posters where words become an essential part of the message.
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In the burgeoning Nigerian animation industry, these creatives are turning myth, memory and mischief into moving image

From NTA jingles and stop-motion soap adverts to Disney’s Lagos-set Iwájú and a new wave of Spirit Fiction, Somto Ajuluchukwu, Erem Emeka Nehemiah and more are building worlds rooted in folklore, ...
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“Ask yourself where you can add value”

Selling your work and, indeed, yourself is a tough job at the best of times. Building (or rebuilding) your portfolio is a particularly tricky part of this, and it’s made all the more challenging when ...
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Kelli Anderson’s paper gadgets and pop-up books approach graphic design as a fine art

Graphic designer and paper engineer Kelli Anderson joined us on the Nicer Tuesdays stage in New York City in a Q&A with Elizabeth Goodspeed to talk about her latest book Alphabet in Motion, an ...
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Emilie Hahn’s claymations are a fly on the wall to funny situations – like the Zumba class at your local gym

The artist’s handmade films are the product of people watching and finding a whole lot of comedic relief in the “not very glamorous” side of life.