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Concrete Hong Kong: learn about architecture through foldout models

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A new book celebrates the architecture of Hong Kong public housing in the 1950s-1980s. During the 1950s-1980s, when the colony was under British rule, public housing embraced the modernist architectural approach, and Hong Kong initiated mass housing projects that dramatically redefined urban living. Weird, isn't it?

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Poster Cult: the latest works of Swiss printmaker Dafi Kühne

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In his studio, he mostly worked on typographic posters for music, art, architecture, theatre and film projects, but also created some posters for products. Whatever the method, his goal is always to push the quality and the boundaries of his designs.

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Honest, raw, dark as you like – meet new UK illustrator Ben Duchesne

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They are excellent for achieving fine detail and high levels of control, whether you're rendering architecture, scenes from nature, or human anatomy. While studying for his degree, Ben was inspired by Victorian etching, so pen and ink became his media of choice. He's been working on his own comic book, Vld, set in Anglo-Saxon times.

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Laura Stein on the Five Books that shaped her approach to design, branding, and sustainability

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Her work lies in culture, fashion, architecture, technology, education, and place across brand, print, motion, digital, and environmental. Massive Change had just been exhibited, and the show's book was published.

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Paul Catherall's illustrations spark a new series of modernist matchboxes

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Lighting up our screens today is a new collection of luxury matchboxes celebrating modernist architecture in all its illuminated glory. Donned in Paul Catherall's iconic style, it's a type of architecture that the artist knows only too well.

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50 fonts that will be popular with designers in 2025

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It was designed in the summer of 2010 by Warsaw-based designer Łukasz Dziedzic ('lato' means summer in Polish) and has since been published under the open-source Open Font License. Published through Klim Type Foundry in 2019, it comes in eight weights with matching italics. The easiest way to use the latest 2.0

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10 brilliant illustrators you should have on your radar

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And with output as diverse as their influences (ranging from 8-bit video games and Chinese watercolours to architecture and emojis), you're sure to find art that speaks to you personally. Katherine's editorial and publishing clients include The New York Times, New Yorker, Rolling Stone and Entertainment Weekly. Work by Jiawen Chen 5.