Creative Boom

APRIL 22, 2024

Since graduating from the School of Visual Arts in 2022, her distinctive illustration style has been recognised by the Society of Illustrators, Creative Quarterly, and the World Illustration Awards. The core of my art lies in its ability to stir emotions, spark thoughts, and initiate conversations," Esther tells Creative Boom. "The

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Creative Boom

JUNE 27, 2022

Patrick Nelson uses paper like a paintbrush to create incredible collage art. In 2020 he was featured in the De Young Open in San Francisco, a juried community art exhibition. Describing his art, Patrick says: "I construct graphic, timeless images from hand-stained newspaper clippings, juxtaposing modern designs with old media.

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Creative Boom

JULY 29, 2024

The international art collective teamLab is taking immersive art to the next level. If you're involved in the creative world, by now you're probably aware of the concept of the immersive art show. But in the art world, nothing stays the same for long. And I've got to say, I was blown away.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 21, 2024

Connecticut-based contemporary artist Alexis Rockman has returned to Huxley-Parlour with Conflagration, a solo exhibition of nine new paintings focusing on the increasing occurrence of wildfires worldwide. This approach is not just art for art's sake, either. What connects Greece, Canada, Spain, Russia, and Portugal?

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Design Milk

MAY 29, 2024

Serving as both his first major solo show in the United Kingdom and the announcement of global representation by London’s Gallery FUMI , Casey McCafferty unveils a new body of work in carved wood and stone, in an exhibition called Head Hand Foot , that will be on display through June 29th, 2024. Photography courtesy of Gallery FUMI.

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Design Milk

MAY 23, 2024

While steel and glass rely on their inherent physical properties or the power of thinness to impress, brick and mortar are often seen as basic, relegated to a plebeian class of material often unfairly shared alongside textiles within the context of contemporary art. I love it when people have a certain fascination with bricks,” Wubben says.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 16, 2023

The 22nd edition of the International Festival of Creativity, Art and Digital Design of Barcelona takes place later this month at the Disseny Hub in Barcelona. The rooms themselves exhibit varying behaviours, further highlighting the imperfect and constantly evolving nature of the creative process.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 14, 2025

Although it did feel like I was studying 40 subjects during art school." Receiving this grant shaped me because it felt like I finally received the recognition I was searching for in art school," says Nastia. I like the contrast of sharp shapes, but also the softness of textures in the way 'real' materials translate in illustrations."

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Design Milk

MAY 9, 2024

Guests amidst the hustle and bustle of Milan Design Week 2024 were granted a moment of respite with the Rude Arts Club exhibition tucked away on Piazza Santo Stefano. Although both collections are entirely distinctive, I wanted to harness the enduring art school ethos of utopian collaboration.”

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 1, 2023

They've also opened the doors to amazing opportunities, such as being exhibited at the Truman Brewery in Shoreditch as part of the UAL awarding body's Origins Creatives 2023 showcase. I've always been a fan of surrealist art, and his work instantly makes me think of childhood and imagination.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 28, 2024

The town's old red phone box has been turned into an art space, which was the setting for hand lettering artist Seb Lester's latest show. Entitled Tiny, the exhibition ran earlier this month and featured a series of pieces inspired by vintage script and historical typefaces.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 24, 2022

Bright, bold, and impossible to miss, Megan's art also focuses on female perspectives to tell unique stories. Originally from China, Megan Du is a London-based artist studying illustration at the University of the Arts London. It was like my first mini-exhibition," Megan tells Creative Boom.

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Creative Boom

MAY 22, 2022

Tactile and textural, Erik Mark Sandberg 's portraits of people have this unbelievable aesthetic that makes you want to reach out and touch them. There is a comfort that the hirsutism and fur textures communicate," he tells us. These textures are metaphors that investigate the psyche within the images.".

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Creative Boom

JULY 16, 2024

While objects melt together and creatures emerge from alternate dimensions, the artist perfectly handles everything from plush textures to transparent surfaces. To say Wenjing's art is unique would be something of an understatement. Still, I'm not limited to them and adjust my palette to suit each project's requirements."

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Design Milk

JANUARY 13, 2025

Like seedlings emerging from the earth, the collections forms exhibit wide, grounding bases that seem to draw energy from below the ground, extending upwards in a symbolic nod to ancient wisdom, growth, and renewal. Perhaps the headliners of the collection are the special edition Dewlit chair and armchair.

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Design Milk

JULY 26, 2024

Born and raised in Spain, the architect was surrounded by exceptional design, but it was a visit to fellow countryman Santiago Calatrava’s City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia when he was 12 years old that made a lasting impression. The light was included in an exhibition at Vitra called “Transform!:

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Creative Boom

MARCH 9, 2023

Courtesy of DCG and the Artist On the eve of his upcoming solo exhibition 'Let This Be A Sign', Nigerian artist, painter and sculptor Samson Bakare tells Creative Boom about his inspirations, process and unique approach to re-envisioning the history of Africa. Instead, he sees imagination as the channel through which his art can flow. "I

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Design Milk

APRIL 1, 2025

His recent solo exhibition, Moving Fragments , at Objects With Narratives serves as a culmination of his past five years of exploration, showcasing earlier works alongside six new pieces. In 2025, that name is Tim Vranken.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 3, 2025

With a love for acrylic gouache, '90s nostalgia, and stacks of unfinished books, Fern Choonet turns everyday mess into art, proving that imperfection is where creativity thrives. For illustrator Fern Choonet, art has never been a neatly contained practice. The culture is so rich, and you can see art everywhere."

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Creative Boom

MAY 24, 2022

Take Constanze Bachmann, who recently completed an MA in Fashion Design Technology (Womenswear) at London College of Fashion , University of Arts London (UAL). I create immersive fashion experiences that inhabit the liminal space between art, design and science. Read on to learn what inspired it and the process of creating it.

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Design Milk

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Crafted from a multitude of materials including ceramic and steel, this piece also exhibits an oxidized copper finish with limbs emerging from a chunky bed-like structure, transitioning from a static to kinetic force. Photo: Courtesy P.P.OW Photo: Courtesy of Gagosian Gallery “Light for some time to come will have to be considered darkness.”

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 21, 2023

A new exhibition focused on the transformative role of place showcases the breathtaking work of this artist couple and their unusual painting technique. I was initially drawn to working with palette knives because they are suited for creating paintings with heavy textures. I consider this the 'start' of my training.

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Colossal

OCTOBER 16, 2024

In his solo exhibition Remembering Our Collective Future at Sapar Contemporary , the artist has incorporated recyclable materials and distilled the palette to white, evoking a symbol of purity and drawing attention to the consequences of human impact on our oceans, such as coral bleaching. Running concurrently at the Charles B.

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Design Milk

DECEMBER 29, 2022

In March, sculptor and industrial designer Aaron Blendowski and artist Sue Ravitz headlined Superhouse’s first exhibit of the year – Isolated from Function. By hand folding the tin foil, each mirror ends up with its own weight and structure, along with a unique lustrous texture. And the most popular Art post of 2022 is… 1.

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Design Milk

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

” Jing Ju Recalling the first piece of art that left a lasting impression, Ju describes her key encounter with Qi Baishi’s ink wash shrimps. Art/Photo: Miki Kim 1. Art by Miki Kim She’s a South Korean tattoo artist and illustrator, and I love her trippy and surreal style. Photo/Art: ZHANG XIAOLI 2.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 23, 2022

Titled Cradle, the exhibition at Reem Gallery in Ham Yard, Soho, will bring the Central Saint Martins fine art graduate's unique body of work to the masses, all centring around the recurring theme of cats in nursery rhymes and folk stories.

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Design Milk

MAY 30, 2025

Cuff Studio Cuff Studio presented their first solo exhibition, entitled Within, and unveiled select pieces from their Spring 2025 furniture collection of the same name. Even aesthetes without a furry friend can still appreciate its composition, blending surfaces, textures, colors, and forms for quite unique sculptural compositions.

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We And The Color

APRIL 24, 2025

This art show is an invitation into the mind of Roman Klonek , a Polish-born artist based in Germany, whose work dances playfully between the aesthetics of mid-century cartoons and the bold impact of traditional printmaking. However, Roman Klonek didn’t just admire cartoons; he pursued a formal arts education.

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Design Milk

APRIL 26, 2024

Google Hardware Design Studio , in collaboration with arts and research lab Chromasonic , explores the bandwidth of those sensory perceptions with their Milan Design Week 2024 exhibition Making Sense of Color. To learn more about all the talents involved with the exhibition visit design.google , chromasonic.com , and weareamplify.com.

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Design Milk

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

I love anything geometric and when you throw in some Yves Klein/cobalt blue paired with clear textured glass, I’m all about it. Naraka (Bones) painting by Wally Wilfred Ever since I saw news of the Dhapi en Naraka art exhibition sharing works by Wally Wilfred, I was hooked.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 6, 2023

Graduating from University of the Arts London in 2018, Elizabeth's work has been featured in British Vogue, The Royal Academy of Arts, Home House, Soho House, Heals, The London Design Festival, John Lewis, Delphian Gallery and Art on a Postcard. I'm not a fan of hyperrealism. Everyone is so happy all the time," she adds.

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Design Milk

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Atsushi Shindo’s award-winning artful lighting, HAORI , made me feel warm and safe the first time I saw it, as though each conical piece was welcoming me into an embrace. The “enwrapped light” was exhibited at Salone and then at the Interior Lifestyle 2023 fair where HAORI received the coveted Young Designer Award.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 30, 2022

"I got so inspired that I decided to start experimenting with digital art and 2D, and publish it online every few days, no matter what. Growing an audience, Nikita started receiving commissions, and it wasn't long until he began working with his favourite music artists and exhibiting worldwide. And there we have it.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Here, she explains how it improved her art and lifted her confidence. My biggest artistic inspirations come from abstract art, Fauvism, Cubism, and Primitivism," she tells Creative Boom. Also, I am passionate about experimenting with colours and textures, and I find it thrilling to capture these elements on paper."

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Creative Boom

MARCH 26, 2024

Inspired by the vibrancy of Matisse and the spontaneity of Jackson Pollock, PJ Riley's paintings also reference the distortions of Picasso and the textured brush marks of van Gogh. The exhibition is a testament to Riley's status as a visionary storyteller whose canvas serves as a mirror to the complexities of contemporary life.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 12, 2024

American photographer Keisha Scarville has today been awarded the coveted new Saltzman Prize, an arts award presented in cooperation with the Center for Photography at Woodstock (CPW) and PHOTOFAIRS New York. Her work has previously been exhibited at the Studio Museum of Harlem, the Huxley-Parlour Gallery in London, and ICA Philadelphia.

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Design Milk

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Interior architect Alexandra Loew , founder of the Alexandra Loew Studio in Los Angeles, co-organized the exhibition with Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher, SFMOMA’s Helen Hilton Raiser Curator of Architecture and Design. She’s the star of this week’s Milkshake , talking to us from within the exhibition itself right before it opened to the public.

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