Panóptico de Actualidad Gráfica y Visual
For photographer Bea Dalley, making images allows her to “freeze moments” and turn them into something more tangible, and is a way to explore ideas that feel true to her. “I’m able to show the viewer the world the way I see things. I have always lived in my imagination and romanticised things I see as if they were in...
The death of the CD has been exaggerated – like some stubborn, insistent earworm, it refuses to go away. Could its mini resurgence herald a new wave of creative design for music?...
Bankwest is the latest brand to see the value in creating limited edition merch for its customers or staff – a trend that seems to have emerged in response to digital fatigue and a renewed love of real objects in the age of AI. In this case, the brand has honed in on its network of brokers, creating a bespoke...
The artist and educator’s six-year documentation of Elaine, Arkansas, confronts a history of racial violence and decades of neglect, while proposing a more reciprocal model for documentary photography...
“Design as an outlet for creativity wasn’t always the creative sector I was drawn to,” says graphic designer Mac Brown. “I always wanted to be a very traditional artist, but during my time at school I had classes in both fine art and graphic design. The way design was able to integrate art into creating products, brands and emotion caught...
It was in the run up to Maddie McCoubrie’s final year on the illustration course at Arts University Bournemouth that she discovered the 3D software Blender, which allowed her work to open up into wider illustration and animation techniques and “worlds that felt unique to me”, she explains. “These often centred around vibrant colours, quirky shape language and perhaps slightly...
While other sectors such as food and sport have flexed outside of their typical settings, and reached new audiences in turn, design books have remained static. It’s time for a shake-up...
In Sweden, as in many countries around the world, young people are currently facing a major uphill battle to buy their first homes, owing to extremely high prices in cities and strict down-payment rules. This issue has been widely debated in recent years, with articles and news reports delving into the situation; what is less common however, are visualisations that...
The new ads employ a documentary format, and a tongue-in-cheek tone, while revealing the many maddening trips we make in life that could be avoided if we are willing to be adaptable, change our plans and break old habits. Crucially, each of the films ends with the same simple suggestion: Oder aber Uber? (Or order Uber?). Serviceplan developed four short...
Despite being a highly technical creative medium, stop motion has long been celebrated for its simple charm. From children’s film and television to meticulously crafted commercials, it is most commonly associated with warmth and tactility. None of that is lacking in the work of George Cook, yet the University for the Creative Arts animation graduate is interested in exploring what...
We talk to the co-founders of the Stockholm-based agency Snask about how irreverence and personality still go a long way in the creative industries...
Grace Moran takes great inspiration from nature in the creation of her art. This includes everyday experiences of the trees and plants she sees in the tree nursery in Brighton where she volunteers, but also other “unconventional and experimental techniques”, including mudlarking, metal detecting and underwater photography. These experiences, and her daily walk to university… Source...
