Grad Shows 2019: The Best New Illustration and Graphic Design Talent from D&AD New Blood
Saving the best for last, New Blood was bigger than ever with a huge variety of universities showcasing their best and brightest talent.
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Call Me By Your Name and other queer film classics are celebrated in Aiste Stancikaite's prints for Pride Month
A unique illustrator and designer team up honours the fine art of cinema posters with sensual homages to queer cinema, just in time for Pride Month.
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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.
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How to calibrate your monitor
Is your monitor giving you bad colour accuracy? This is how to check using the best tools on the market.
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From Vaporwave to Future Funk: Night Tempo artists talk Japanese aesthetics of cuteness and City Pop
Why illustrators around the world are in love with a period of Japanese history they can only imagine, all thanks to Daft Punk, Bandcamp and a little bit of Netflix.
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Here are all the amazing winners of the World Illustration Awards 2019
See who won big at the AOI World Illustration Awards last night in our illustration round-up.
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UNICEF art director Camila Garay on saving lives with design – and why she needs your help
Interview: Find out how Camila has shown design is key to the UNICEF message - and why not all big data is bad.
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Cats v Dogs: Decide man's best friend in this fun illustrator face-off
Illustrators depict our most beloved pets in cute and weird pictures; put aside whether you're a dog-person or cat-person to vote in this inspired new art project.
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Grad Shows 2019: The Best New Illustration Talent from New Designers
We pick out four illustrators whose work we loved at the New Designers multi-institution grad show in London.
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The World's Best Craft Beer Label Designs
From body horror manga cans to tins from outer space, here some of our favourite craft beer labels from around the world.
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Disney artist Mingjue Helen Chen on creating this year’s poster for Europe’s best boutique art conference/rave
The poster represents artists coming together from around the world to create something magical – as well as bringing out your inner child.
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Adobe CC buying guide: pricing, new features, discounts & free trials
Adobe released Creative Cloud in a move towards becoming more of a software-as-a-service provider. If you’re considering a shift to the cloud as well, here’s what you need to know.
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K-pop, footy and streetwear: Red Velvet fave Flashmo is the ugly cute face of sad youth and cult passions
Interview: Sungmo Kang tells us about illustrating for Red Velvet, his sporting love for the Reds – and how he hopes to save Korean youth.
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A Drawing a Day: Ushiki Masanori's mirror anime world of strange cartoon faces
Tokyo DADA: Interview with Ushiki Masanori, who's been creating one character a day for three years to wild acclaim. Now his best Visitors have been compiled for the artist's first European exhibition.
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Monsters Inc meets Southern Gothic - a chat with D&AD Pencil winner Travis Louie
An interview with the artist who won big for a spooky, kid-friendly New York Times cover.
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Best alternatives to Illustrator
Excellent vector graphic software apps for those without Adobe in their lives.
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Best Monitor Calibrators
These are the best colorimeters you need to ensure colour perfection.
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Chiara Luber brings vintage postcards to life in her summery ode to Hepburn and romance
Swoon and fall in love with a gorgeous cartoon tribute to Roman Holiday and the Italian singer Mina.
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How to Brand a Film Festival, Saul Bass style
A new movie festival pays homage to the master of film posters and title sequences.
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Grad Shows 2019: The Best New Illustration and Graphic Design Talent from LCC
The Best Talent from UAL's London College of Communication 2019 grad show, ranging from an imaginary music fest to climate crisis art prints.
