The Fandangoe Kid on creativity as catharsis
Artist Annie Nicholson, aka The Fandangoe Kid, shares how grief has shaped her practice, and discusses the complexities of using creativity to work through trauma
How the Pandemic Graphic Archive is preserving our new reality
Founded by recent graduate Charlotte Walker, a new online archive is collating Covid-19 signage and wayfinding from around the world
Hulu launches revamped brand experience
The US streaming platform has updated its design system to offer a more unified experience and reflect the ancient proverb that inspired its name
When art collided with the American magazine
Senior curator Mason Klein explains how photography, graphic design and magazines transformed American visual culture from 1930 to 1960, ahead of a new exhibition at the Jewish Museum in New York
Valentin Pavageau’s digital collages fuse surrealism with psychedelia
Inspired by old paintings and stop motion, the illustrator combines small characters and vast landscapes to create dream-like images
Inside the VFX boom
The VFX artists behind Disney’s award-winning film The One and Only Ivan talk about tapping into their secret inner thespian and why VFX is in the midst of a golden period
Making sense of the NFT gold rush
NFTs have been all over the news, spreading a mix of confusion and excitement in equal measure. Here, James Britton, group managing director at Stink Studios, explores what opportunities they might open up for artists and designers
Comics artist Leomi Sadler on her new book and the journey to get there
The first in a series of books, Tummy Bugs gathers ten years worth of work. Here Sadler talks about the process of reflecting on work that was created during a different time
Qianhui Yu’s sugar-coated animations come with a serious message
The animation director and recent RCA graduate uses a pastel colour palette and cutesy characters to address important subjects such as sustainability
Gavin Strange on balancing the day job with passion projects
By day, Gavin Strange works as a director and designer for Aardman Animations, and by night he operates as JamFactory, an alias which sees him indulge in his love of side projects. Here he tells us how he does it
Manjit Thapp on the emotional power of illustration
Fresh from releasing her first book, we speak to Manjit Thapp about using illustration as a tool to express emotions, and how she creates her distinctive artworks using a combination of analogue and digital media
Hudson Christie on the playful process behind his uncanny illustrations
Using a clever combination of 2D and 3D, the Canadian illustrator’s textural creations have attracted clients including the New York Times and Bloomberg Businessweek
