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Why a Belfast band used 100 dishes of mould to make their album cover
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (427+ words) Thibault Barillon of Robocobra Quartet explain why he grew petri dishes of fungus to illustrate their 100-track release. So when I first saw the artwork for Belfast group Robocobra Quartet's 100-track album Hundred Pieces, my mind immediately went to unpleasant…...
Why Studio Kiln swapped Cornwall for London
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (544+ words) The award-winning studio has spent years proving creativity doesn't need a postcode. So why are they now heading for the Big Smoke? Even in 2026, some people get sniffy about the idea of running a design studio outside of London. Especially…...
How illustrator Azra Hirji turns the family table into an archive of food, migration and memory
1+ week, 5+ day ago (386+ words) The artist behind the Substack In The Filing Cabinet is on a mission to preserve her family's table. From her mother's homemade chutney to her late father's lentil daar – one appetising artwork at a time. The colour hits you first…...
Art&Graft's In Pursuit of Magic is a reminder of why we do this at all
1+ week, 5+ day ago (917+ words) Two years, five characters, and 42 pairs of creative hands were behind the London studio's most ambitious project, and also its most honest. We sit down with Vicky Ghose, Mike Moloney and Stephen Middleton to find out more. For an industry…...
This rebrand of a voice-journalling app looks lovely, but is an 'AI illustration system' the right call?
2+ week, 4+ day ago (659+ words) The Working Assembly's new identity for Untold aims to avoid gen AI clichés, but still uses gen AI to create it. It can't have escaped your attention that AI feels like a dirty word right now. But generative AI isn't…...
The world's press descended on Ashton-in-Makerfield and missed the real story. StudioDBD didn't
2+ week, 5+ day ago (407+ words) The town made headlines after a local by-election made Andy Burnham Prime Minister. But the real story was already happening behind the scenes – a car park becoming a public square, with an identity by StudioDBD inspired by making. For such…...
Myriam Wares crafts a winter that looks nothing like winter in a surreal series about starting again in Italy
2+ week, 6+ day ago (511+ words) To make sense of her move from Montreal to Turin, the French-Canadian illustrator turned to her art. The resulting series conveys her mixed emotions and how she felt stuck between two worlds. Still lives From Elsewhere — Une Nuit Ensoleillée Moving…...
When bike brand Brompton needed a refresh, Studio Blackburn didn't mess around—they headed straight to the factory floor
3+ week, 4+ day ago (517+ words) Iconic bicycle manufacturer Brompton needed a global brand platform. But Studio Blackburn didn't just design a system. They went to the source and cut metal letters next to the machines that build the bikes. It's no secret that we're big…...
D&AD has a stark message for creatives: the industry is eating itself from within
3+ week, 5+ day ago (618+ words) Drawing on 197 in-depth conversations with global creative leaders across 30 countries, alongside an analysis of more than 10,000 D&AD Award entries, its new AI & Creativity Report gets to the heart of what's tearing the creative industry apart. Remember when, a few…...