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Osch crafts warm and positive logo and branding for abuse charity Tender

Creative Boom

Launched in 2003, the charity was founded by Tamsin Larby, producer of The Vagina Monologues, whose experience in theatre revealed how performance could be used to engage people in the prevention of abuse. Tender is one of the few UK organisations focused predominantly on the prevention of domestic abuse and sexual violence.

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Swiss sculptor Christian Bolt offers a fresh answer to the age-old question: what is beauty?

Creative Boom

Sometimes, art can provide a fresh way to look at things. There he took a Master of Fine Arts degree at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence, Europe’s traditional and oldest art academy, where he studied technique and materials of sculpting, art history and anatomy. But he doesn't see that as a contradiction.

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Danny Miller shares his top five books, reflecting a life surrounded by art in New York

Creative Boom

He grew up in New York City, surrounded by contemporary art his entire life, which meant he eventually studied Painting & Art History at UCLA before transitioning to the design world. He would eat stale old black bread for days on end in favour of being able to do what he loved and express himself through his art.

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It's all in the eyes for A Practice for Everyday Life's identity for the 59th Venice Biennale

Creative Boom

Crafted by A Practice for Everyday Life , the London studio founded by Kirsty Carter and Emma Thomas in 2003, it's inspired by Surrealism and represented by eyes, which can be seen dotted around the Venetian city. Biennale Arte 2022: The Milk of Dreams. Courtesy La Biennale di Venezia and A Practice for Everyday Life.

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Top of the Stack: Colossal’s Favorite Art Books of 2022

Colossal

We’ve published dozens of articles on artist monographs and compendiums of broader topics across art and design and science and history over the last 12 months, and these are the 10 titles that impacted us most. Prime, Art’s Next Generation. Art and Climate Change. Ocean, Exploring the Marine World.

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Human Hair, An Insect Trap, and Dozens of Fish Constitute Mail Art by Ritta Ikonen

Colossal

Finnish artist Ritta Ikonen has a rare relationship with postal services around the globe because of her ongoing Mail Art series. The documentary project started in 2003 when Ikonen was a student at the University of Brighton. Become a Colossal Member and support independent arts publishing. Sent from Exmouth in England.

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Design 4.0: leading design in the new industry

UX Collective

won an arts competition, causing an uproar in the arts community (source: Jason Allen ) The art community is going through a terrible storm of words over the latest annual art competition at the Colorado State Fair. As the creator, Allen, said, “Art is dead, dude. Yes, but it comes with its own set of challenges.