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Creative minds unite: All Flows Festival returns to Milton Keynes with star-studded lineup

Creative Boom

For starters, David Pearson, the celebrated book designer whose typography-forward approach has caught the eye of everyone from Wes Anderson to Herms, will share insights from his remarkable career. The festival takes place at MK Gallery, an architectural gem that presents significant exhibitions alongside extensive public programmes.

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Folklore meets design in Facing Forward, a new limited-edition book by HONDO & Astrid Chesney

Creative Boom

Typography also plays a crucial role in the book's design language. The book was photographed in her East London studio, offering a glimpse into the environment that gave birth to the project's vivid world of faces and forms. HONDO chose the striking Drullers typeface, known for its bold, characterful forms.

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The Class of 2025 – our pick of this year’s degree show projects

Design Week

But it’s still extremely sensitive, and Caitlin McIntosh’s book design deals with this weighty subject matter with care and verve. The motion designer has created a real feeling of joy and dynamism, built around his skilful handling of texture, which runs throughout his portfolio.

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Fantasy Island shows Ireland from 70 photographers’ alternative perspectives

Its Nice That

Above Mervyn Smyth: Holy Cross (Copyright © Mervyn Smyth, 2002) The front cover of Fantasy Island always gets a reaction from anyone you show it to – an evocative school book design with a drawing that appears to have been drawn in pencil and partially erased.

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For a rural arts festival, Untitled Macao takes the pastoral from pastel to kaleidoscopic

Its Nice That

Where to book hunt in Amsterdam, a playground for contemporary book design 29 April 2025 The View From. 350 designers strong, DEMO Festival 2025 proves just how far motion design has come 15 April 2025 Media Partnership Work. 15 May 2025 Nicer Tuesdays Work.

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"I paint in the hope of removing anguish" artist Yuka Sakuma discusses her nihonga-inspired paintings

Creative Bloq

Inspired by the nihonga school, her work has been exhibited at home and abroad. I received so many invitations to exhibit from gallerists who saw it, and it was the work that launched my career as a painter. Comments ( 0 ) ( ) When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

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Meet Paul&Thomas, the playfully precise studio built on a chance encounter

Its Nice That

Now sitting within the cultural industries in both private and public sectors, Paul&Thomas work across book design, identities, wayfinding, web design, and exhibition design.