Jonathan Zawada puts a twisted AI spin on Mark Pritchard’s cover art
The Australian artist used generative imagery to create the cover artwork for the producer’s new EP on Warp
Ronan Mckenzie launches new arts space with joint exhibition
Wata, Further Explorations is a collaboration with artist Joy Yamusangie that examines ancestry and cross-cultural connections, and launches online as the debut project hosted by Mckenzie’s new art space Home
Anna Goodson
Why illustration should be the star of your next campaign
Illustration is becoming an increasingly attractive first-choice option for creative commissioners
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Great Work: Haim’s augmented reality album cover
Fans of LA pop rock group Haim were treated to an interactive AR soundscape on Instagram to celebrate the band’s latest release
Camille Walala envisions a green future for London’s Oxford Street
The artist’s “what-if portrait” of the busy central London road is a far cry from pre-Covid reality, with plants and pedestrians in place of roaring traffic
Louise Hagger on food photography and storytelling
From her tasteful shots for the Guardian to her irreverent experiments in image-making, Louise Hagger’s food photography is underpinned by memory and emotion. She talks to us about connecting through recipes, secrets of the trade and how Instagram has impacted her practice
The BakeKing’s hyperrealistic cake creations
Ben Cullen has built up a cult following for his mesmerising illusion cakes, which have appeared everywhere from Slowthai’s recent music video to Jurgen Klopp’s birthday party. He talks about how his career journey took him from graphic design to tattooing to cake artistry
Experiences with homelessness retold in graphic novel form
Accumulate has worked with people affected by homelessness to share their stories in a new graphic novel, The Book of Homelessness
How I Got Here: Bake Off illustrator Tom Hovey
Tom Hovey talks to us about his journey from fussy eater to street artist to Great British Bake Off illustrator, and why food illustration is a good palate cleanser in the Instagram age
magCulture Live goes virtual for 2020
Replacing its annual London conference, the online edition of magCulture Live features creatives from across the magazine spectrum, including Atlantic creative director Oliver Munday and Empire editor-in-chief Terri White
Stanley Donwood takes uplifting new artworks to the streets
The artist and long-time Radiohead collaborator has left his “depressing flyposters” behind in favour of new artworks designed to spread joy in ten cities across the UK
Irvine Welsh on creativity and cancel culture
The author explores the rise of cancel culture in new documentary Offended by Irvine Welsh, where he discusses the threat that the phenomenon poses to the creative industries and why he thinks Trainspotting wouldn’t be published today
How I Work: Laura Pannack
The award-winning portrait and documentary photographer talks to CR about why shooting in analogue is best, the upside of commercial projects, and offers an insight into her latest project
Daniel Benneworth-Gray on keeping in contact
When our design correspondent reached out to Twitter for advice on managing his contacts, he realised he had the perfect system already. Even if it made no sense, sometimes not even to him
Design Manchester 2020 aims to go global while staying local
For all the obvious reasons, the festival is taking a more digital approach this year, and has partnered up with institutions and creative hubs from around the world to celebrate creativity and design in difficult times
Life through an iPhone lens
Ghanaian visual artist Prince Gyasi creates striking, vivid imagery photographed with an iPhone. CR talks to him about his unconventional practice and how it helps local children get an education