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Take 5: Lamp-Making, Basket Weaving, Metal Art + More

Design Milk

The Philadelphia-based marketplace and design studio Lostine, helmed by husband-and-wife duo Natalie Page and Robert Ogden, gave fellow journalists and myself a chance to indulge in this inclination during their lamp-making workshop hosted in their studio.

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Bauhaus Graphic Design: Past, Present, and Future

Inkbot Design

From 1919 to 1933, the Bauhaus united fine arts and crafts to create practical yet beautiful designs for the machine age. He aimed to start a new movement in the visual arts that rejected the excessive historicism and ornamentation that defined late 19th-century design in favour of a modern , industrial aesthetic.

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June 2024 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

Colossal

1,800 Innovate Grants for Art + Photo Featured Innovate Grant awards two $1,800 grants each quarter to one visual artist and one photographer. 2024 Booooooom Art & Photo Book Award (International) Artists, photographers, and illustrators are invited to submit cohesive bodies of work they’d like to see turned into a book.

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14 Mysterious and Macabre Home Furnishings in Defense of the Dark

Design Milk

For me, it’s more about tone and texture, the interplay of shadow and light, and slightly twisted forms,” says Nicole Ficano, Workshop/APD’s Director of Interiors. Dark and mysterious doesn’t have to be ugly or rough. There’s an element of chiaroscuro at play – what’s compelling is how it draws the eye and pulls you in for a closer look.”

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History of Graphic Design: Tracing the Path of Visual Communication

Inkbot Design

As human societies progressed, so did the craft of graphic design. Graphic design emerged as a distinct discipline during the Arts and Crafts movement of the late 19th century. By the late 19th century, graphic design was more complex during the Arts and Crafts movement, emphasising skilled craftsmanship and design harmony.

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8 Standouts from London Design Festival 2023

Azure Magazine

Among the major themes of LDF 2023 was an emphasis on sustainability (expressed through alternative materials and processes); the rise of more collaborative, cross-cultural approaches to design; and a resurgence of craft production techniques like weaving. “Join, Assemble, Hold” staged two different displays together in one space.

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Creative leads on the women that inspire them most

Creative Boom

After an early career as a lawyer at a magic circle firm, she began her art career at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Priya read modern languages at Cambridge University then received a distinction and the annual dissertation prize in the history of design from the Royal College of Art. Her inspiration. His inspiration.