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Janny Ji on working at Media Arts Lab, how Pentagram shaped her creativity, and designing for communities

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New York-based graphic designer and illustrator Janny Ji talks us through working with some of the biggest studios in the industry and how she earned a place at Apple's coveted Media Arts Lab. Media Arts Lab is a great place to work. And that's barely scratching the surface. Can you tell us a little about how you got to this point?

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Social Media Challenges: The Good, Bad and Dangerous

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Social Media Challenges: The Good, Bad and Dangerous Viral internet trends are not a new concept for anyone with social feeds. That’s why I’m asking myself, what is a “social media challenge”? You had better be prepared because it will get wild out here on this strange journey through the land of social media… dares!

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Conran Design Group crafts new logo and identity for global comms group Havas

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It originally grew out of the world's first news agency, created in 1835, and most recently was integrated into media, entertainment, and communications conglomerate Vivendi in 2017. All this is divided into three main operational divisions: Havas Creative Network, Havas Media Network and Havas Health & You.

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Illustrator Elenia Beretta celebrates a culinary classic with new picture book, We Love Pizza

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It's a media that can be used differently: similar to watercolours but thicker and more compact.". In the last few months, I've introduced some fluorescent colours to my palette to create more contrast.". "I I like the idea of gouache because of its texture," she continues. But also because it's natural. Elenia Beretta.

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Inspired by memories of Taipei, David Huang's illustrations are a colourful, expressive delight

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With clients including The New Yorker and Quartz, his work is typically colourful, expressive, vibrant, and loud. David graduated from Rhode Island School of Design in 2017 and has now been freelancing for five years. Before social media existed as a way of procrastinating, drawing was my distraction from my homework.

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'It was love at first sight': Julie Andriamampianina on discovering digital art and refining her style

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While she indulged in the odd bit of drawing here and there, it was not until 2017, when she was studying art direction for her master's degree, that she discovered the "magical world" of illustration. "It You usually work alone with clients, and nobody's here to tell you whether what you're doing is good or not.

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Love to critique other people's work? Here's why a positive approach can boost your career

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You share it with a client, a stakeholder, a colleague or a friend, and all you get back is negativity. Most of us, at one point or another, have seen a project we didn't like on a blog, an agency website or social media and have at least been tempted to lay into it. In 2017, I did a Q&A blog post with a designer.

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