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Discover the latest creative talent at New Designers 2022, the mother of all grad shows

Creative Boom

Full of disruptive thinking, ambitious ideas and fresh approaches, the show features 3,000 young creatives practising disciplines including art, ceramics, fashion, furniture design, graphic design, jewellery design, product design, textiles and woodwork. Jenny Chan's reflective figurative sculptures, inspired by the loneliness of lockdown.

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Take 5: Lamp-Making, Basket Weaving, Metal Art + More

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The Philadelphia-based marketplace and design studio Lostine, helmed by husband-and-wife duo Natalie Page and Robert Ogden, gave fellow journalists and myself a chance to indulge in this inclination during their lamp-making workshop hosted in their studio.

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Papier-Mâché Creatures Inhabit a Whimsical World in Penny Thomson’s Kinetic Sculptures

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A host of wild creatures inhabit the whimsical world of artist Penny Thomson ( previously ), who creates intricate, kinetic sculptures that fit in the palm of your hand. Briony adds, “That is why we say that a batch of two or three kinetic sculptures usually take between one week and 40 years to make!”

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LDF23: 2LG Studio + British Craft Shine at the 2023 London Design Fair

Design Milk

Photo: Katie Treggiden The other part of the fair that really shone was the British Craft Pavilion and the first stand through the door belonged to furniture maker Nick James. Nick describes himself as “a highly skilled craftsman and tree lover.” Her Kantha III artwork (above) is hand-dyed using indigo and logwood plant dyes.

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Bauhaus Graphic Design: Past, Present, and Future

Inkbot Design

From 1919 to 1933, the Bauhaus united fine arts and crafts to create practical yet beautiful designs for the machine age. He aimed to start a new movement in the visual arts that rejected the excessive historicism and ornamentation that defined late 19th-century design in favour of a modern , industrial aesthetic.

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Patchwork Coats with Frayed Fur Add Shaggy Texture to Barbara Franc’s Dog Sculptures

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To create these soft sculptures, she wraps scraps of worn trousers, curtains, and scarves around a padded, wire armature, defining a muscular hind leg with tweed or a stomach with an embroidered fairytale scene. You can find more of her upcycled characters on her site and Instagram.

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The Creative Boom 2023 Christmas gift guide for creatives

Creative Boom

Stocking Fillers Grumpy Ant plush toy by Aysha Tengiz If you have a friend who makes (or just appreciates) good art, check out the online shop of Aysha Tengiz, a London-based artist working within illustration, animation and textile design. It's packed with great products such as this plushie with a difference.