Mohamed Bourouissa’s carefully staged view of French suburbs

When Mohamed Bourouissa’s photo series Périphérique first appeared in the late 2000s, it gave a choreographed view of life in the suburbs of France, or at least what that life looked like according to media and political representations. Born in Algeria and raised in the Parisian outskirts, the Deutsche Börse prize-winning photographer spent three years in the banlieues of Paris...

A shape-shifting visual identity for fashion designer Sinéad O’Dwyer

Dublin-born, London-based designer Sinéad O’Dwyer is one of the brightest new stars in the world of fashion. Having graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2018, her focus is on changing the representation of female-identifying bodies in fashion and challenging traditional perceptions of beauty. One key element in the designer’s early work was the silicone pieces she created using...

Campaign aimed at Cop26 delegates shows real-life impact of climate change

Created by Iris, the poster campaign will launch in major transport hubs around the UK in the run up to and during Cop26, with the intention of highlighting the realities of the climate crisis to delegates and business leaders travelling to the event, which begins next week. The campaign pairs stark copy with photographs of individuals who have experienced disasters...

Get the most out of Adobe MAX 2021

After a tough 18 months for everyone, this year Adobe MAX is casting the future of creativity in a more positive light. The headline theme for the free three-day event is ‘Limitless Creativity for All’, reimagining creative collaboration in the hybrid-working era. Thriving in this fast-changing global climate, however, requires resilience and flexibility as well as talent. With over 400...

magCulture celebrates indie mags in live London event

There are an array of great speakers lined up for the event, from Guardian creative director Alex Breuer and Modern Matter creative director Olu Michael Odukoyato to Thiiird’s editor-in-chief Rhona Ezuma and Kinfolk’s editor Harriet Fitch Little. It’s been a tough period for magazines during the pandemic, but magCulture has flown the flag for independent titles throughout via Instagram interviews...

Facebook debuts a fresh look for its app

It’s been been a rocky few months for Facebook. Earlier in October, a former employee turned whistleblower, Frances Haugen, leaked a series of damning internal documents and testified about the company before Congress. In addition, anti-trust regulators in the US and elsewhere are trying to break the company up. The social media giant has been known to look inwards when...