Giacomo Lee
Giacomo Lee is Staff Writer for Digital Arts. He comes from an arts & music journalism background with experience in editorial and literature, including a novel by the name of Funereal. Feel free to contact him via email; he's interested in all things design, illustration, East Asia and branding.
Articles by Giacomo Lee
Features: Classic posters from Cuba's Golden Age celebrate cinema and revolution
Forget that Che Guevara poster hanging on your wall; a new retrospective proves there's a lot more to classic Cuban poster design.
Features: Ichijo Hikaru's riso print pop art is a celebration of the female body
Alva Skog meets Roy Lichtenstein in the art of one of our favourite new Japanese artists, and our Tokyo DADA series continues with a profile…
Features: No to numbers, YES to art! Dan Woodger and other illustrators on surviving the 'follower bias'
More and more clients are moving away from names both big and small due to follower counts. So how do illustrators fight back against this…
Features: Kristof Devos on how he designed this summer's must-have watch
Sold out in hours, an ingeniously designed watch embodies the illustrator's 'perfectly useless' meaning of life.
Features: How to make the best graphic design portfolio: Leta Sobierajski, Middle Boop and Brand Nu give their tips
Gordon Reid, Radim Malinic and one of the brains behind Wade and Leta on how new grads can make the best design portfolio.
Features: What is Adobe Fresco? Hands-on and release date of Adobe's newest painting app
What is Adobe Fresco? Find our review of Adobe's new painting and drawing app formerly known as Project Gemini on the iPad linked below.
Features: Ethical illustrator George 'OMG' Goodwin on why every art grad needs to watch Buffy
An interview with the 'maximilist' artist also known as OMGiDRAWEDit on Notre Dame about-turns, our burning planet and the sadness of going viral.
News: The Best Art and Design Conferences of 2019
This year find inspiration, fun, skills and the chance to meet some like-minded people at these festivals across subjects from concept art…
Features: Spider-Spoof! How animators helped Conan O'Brien Enter the Spider-Verse
With great parody comes great responsibility...
News: Nike ranges new and classic get wildly interpreted by artists and animators worldwide – here are the best
Unsung Taiwan collectives and cult stars like Julian Glander give their takes on the Air Max 97 and 270 React for one of Nike's most…
News: Stranger Things art from Bloodbros turns our Hawkins heroes into Playmobil figurines
See Eleven, Will and crew as toys in sweet new art based on the hit Netflix show.
Features: Stranger Things VFX breakdowns from Season 3 and beyond
Find out how all those gross zombies were made in the latest season of the paranormal drama – plus a round-up for VFX work from previous seasons.
Features: Japanese illustrators give us cats, cats and more cats
Check out a gallery of cool art devoted to our feline friends.
News: Metronomy's new video hypnotises with indie grooves and 3D weirdness from Clara Bacou
Our favourite 3D artist adds her magic touch to one of our fave indie bands.
Features: How Herman Miller's graphic design heritage is as rich as its furniture design
From mid-century modern to Mike Perry magic, it's time to look back at the furniture master's branding and graphic design legacy.
Features: Why (and how) illustrators should get into animation
Jelly London on why illustrators need to start thinking about all things GIF, motion and animation-related.
News: Yuko Shimizu's Godzilla box set illustrations want to make us spend monstrous money
The Criterion Collection is bringing the classic Godzilla movies to Blu-ray with awesome presentation from Yuko Shimizu.
Features: Best Design Bibles: Books that go deeper into graphic design
Essential design book 'bibles' from the world's greatest designers and graphic design experts.
Features: Best Graphic Design Books: The Essential Texts for any Design Student
The most essential graphic design books: type, logos and beyond.
Features: Enter graphic design heaven with these vintage Japanese posters
Muji's sartorial mastermind and other Japanese design legends are featured in an expansive new retrospective.
