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Meet the artist behind the cover of this year’s Booker Prize winner

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Last week, thousands watched as English writer Samantha Harvey was awarded the 2024 Booker Prize for her novel Orbital, one of the shorter winners in the competition's history. Her work on the illustration and lettering of book covers began with novels by Virginia Woolf, some of which were published in 2016 as a paperback series.

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V&A names Benjamin Phillips as Moira Gemmill Illustrator of the Year 2024

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Benjamin Phillips is the Moira Gemmill Illustrator of the Year 2024 The V&A Illustration Awards, now celebrating its 52nd year, continues to champion the finest in contemporary illustration. The V&A has announced Benjamin Phillips as the Moira Gemmill Illustrator of the Year 2024. Shepard, Quentin Blake, and Posy Simmonds.

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Poster Cult: the latest works of Swiss printmaker Dafi Kühne

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Tunnel IV, 2024 © Dafi Kühne Tipoteca 1–25, 2020 © Dafi Kühne After completing a bachelor's degree in Visual Communication at Zurich University of the Arts in 2009, Kühne opened his own poster design and letterpress printing studio, "Babyinktwice", in the Swiss Alps.

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The biggest trends in graphic design for 2024, as predicted by the creative industry

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Here, we explore eight of the most hotly anticipated trends for 2024 based on the insights of industry experts. But the good news is that whatever happens to the economy in 2024, graphic design will be in demand… perhaps more than ever. Trend 2: Brand sprints Ultimately, Mark is hoping the design subscription trend will fade in 2024.

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Illustrator Marc David Spengler publishes the ultimate collection of his sketchbook pages

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Published by Chemistry Publishing, Marc David – Sketchbook sees hundreds of the illustrator's sketchbook pages from between 2017 and 2023 reproduced at their original size. That's one reason why I wanted to publish this book. I started editing the book at the end of 2021 and graduated in 2022.

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Rebrand of Riot Games by Stink Studios prioritises the player experience

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Founded in 2006 and based in Los Angeles, Riot Games is a major video game developer, publisher and esports tournament organiser, best known for its battle arena game League of Legends. The new visual identity unites Riot's diverse gaming worlds with a cohesive system prioritising player experience.

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Fresh tools to help creatives run their freelance practice in 2024

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Then you'll love Obsidian: a powerful knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files, allowing you to quickly capture notes and link between them, visualise connections in a graph view, and publish notes to the web. This recommendation comes from graphic designer Rohit Sharma.

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