It's Nice That

Strategy comes before style: Take a look at the branding work of creative group NA1>
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A slow alternative to mainstream fashion media, Booklook is the magazine you can wear and read>
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POV: The creative agency model is dead – that’s why I shut mine down>
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“Hot, gay and bookish”: After Hours’ bookshop identity spotlights a piece of Sydney’s queer history>
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“Be loud online, build connections, and look for side doors...” – How to get seen by brands>
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The illustrations of Sebastian Curi are all about learning analogue tools (flaws and freckles included)>
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Heated Rivalry’s cinematographer shares the visual secrets behind the hit series>
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“A poster is a bit like a song”: Jakub Zasada’s geometric works are a thing of beauty>
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How Lily Kong’s series Sweet Escape reignited her intuitive approach to illustration>
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How does a creative residency impact your practice? Quite a lot, according to these artists>
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These portraits capture the unsung heroes of editorial fashion – assistants>
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Alex Ram’s blocky characters are an ode to spending quality time with yourself and others>
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Submerge yourself in the hazy vignettes of Xueting Yang’s comic collection, Teeth>
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Vintage Arab cassette tapes inspire Sometimes Always’ warm identity for Fatouh Harissa>
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A 50-year goldmine of design: AIGA New York unveils its poster archive to the public>
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Creative Career Conundrums needs you! Submit your burning questions>
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PhotoVogue returns to it’s first theme – the power and plurality of the female gaze>
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Saint Urbain’s identity for dating app Cerca makes courting cool and casual>
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Get in, loser! Dinamo’s auto-inspired typeface has arrived, with 108 fonts in the boot>
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BBH’s rebrand, typeface and “zag” glyphs convey its ethos through design>
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Imagine5 is the environmentally conscious magazine inspiring action through optimism>
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This rocks: Zach Knott’s Stone Isles is a geological ode to crystals, science and family>
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Pokémon turns 30! Explore the archives of original sketches that defined our childhoods>
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The imperfect animations of Orysia Zabeida are drawn frame-by-frame from memory>
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Visual communication that challenges convention: Phantasia on how graphic design can forge true collaboration>
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Vrints-Kolsteren’s identity for electronic music festival Gabonsa frames it as an “adventure playground”>
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Theo Cottle pays tribute to the slow dancing of Japan’s youngest samurais>
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“You’re well within your right to gatekeep your online voice”>
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This archival book celebrates the bygone eras of the humble crisp packet>
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What if your finger turned into a slug? In Lily Shaul’s surreal animated world, nothing needs to make sense>
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