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How Loughborough's graphic design BA is shaping the industry's leaders

Creative Boom

More than 40 students exhibited their work this year, with several earning prestigious Pencil awards. Caroline Paris (class of 2008) Caroline Paris, group creative director at Saatchi & Saatchi, has been named a Female Frontier by Campaign magazine for leadership. And its ability to prepare students for industry is clear to see.

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The 20 illustrators inspiring us the most in 2025

Creative Boom

Christoph Niemann Christoph Niemann is an illustrator, graphic designer, and children's book author who has been writing and illustrating The New York Times blog Abstract City since July 2008 (renamed Abstract Sunday in 2011). He draws inspiration from a wide range of sources, including antique furniture, animals, and plants.

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Ai Weiwei’s New Toy Brick Masterpieces Re-Mix Art History

Design Milk

World-famous artist, activist, and provocateur Ai Weiwei is currently exhibiting stunning new work at two different galleries in New York that reproduce famous paintings and news images on a massive scale all composed from hundreds of thousands of LEGO and WOMA bricks. Ai Weiwei, “Ai Quadruplex in Dripping” 2022.

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F5: Sallyann Corn on Independent Bookstores, Saunas + More

Design Milk

In 2008, Corn founded the Seattle-based studio fruitsuper with Joe Kent. It is here that the team hosts rotating exhibitions, panel discussions, gatherings, and private events. “I knew that was exactly the path meant for me,” Corn says. “It Collection title: All Along.

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The Very Welcome Return of the Folkestone Triennial

Creative Boom

john gerrard's Ghost Feed, photographed by Thierry Bal, 2025 © The sixth edition of the coastal-set public art exhibition poses the question, 'How Lies The Land? Launched in 2008 by Creative Folkestone, the Triennial has had a transformative effect on the town.

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Anyone who thinks the iPad isn't a serious art tool hasn't been paying attention

Creative Bloq

David Hockney standing in front of his iPad art, during his 2023 exhibition at Manchesters Aviva Studios, Bigger and Closer (Image credit: Aviva Studios/Justin Sutcliff) Picture this: its 2008, and David Hockney —arguably Britains most famous living painter—walks into an Apple Store and emerges with an iPad. And guess what?

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Richter – Leander Herzog & Richard Nadler

Creative Applications

Richter is featured in the exhibition "Generative Abstraction" at Expanded.art in Berlin. Since 2008, CAN has been at the forefront of innovation––facilitating and contributing to the conversation about culture, society and critical making. Click to start a new layer of motion and color. Doubleclick to enter fullscreen.