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Annabel Wright on how self-publishing could empower women in business

Creative Boom

According to the Publishers Association, most senior roles in publishing are held by women. But we're not there yet – the gender gap within the creative sector is well documented. Publishing, however, is different – at least on the surface. But there's still gender disparity amongst authors and even more across genres.

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Special edition of LogoArchive zine solidifies Ukrainian identity through publishing

Creative Boom

And as well as recording the country's amazing logos, it also acts as a way to solidify Ukrainian identity through publishing. Having started in 2015 as an Instagram profile which documented notable examples of modernist, mid-century logos, LogoArchive expanded in 2020 with the launch of its international research programme.

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Books About Food: Hit Instagram account launches new website that will be the 'IMDb of cookbooks'

Creative Boom

An amazing collection of family recipes with anecdotal stories, which was later referenced in a collection of essays put together by Daunt books called In The Kitchen, published in 2020." After some further Googling, I found out the book was self-published by the author herself, Archana, in Bangalore, India. Apparently not. "It

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Board game UX: help and documentation

UX Collective

Documentation in web design is usually a secondary goal. What documentation tips here can we apply? With this kind of dependence on help documentation in the UX sector, we should look to board games as examples of how to have documentation readily available for users and to have answers to their questions readily available.

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Spanning Four Decades, Edward Burtynsky’s Photos Document the Devastating Impacts of Industry

Colossal

From the salt ponds of Spain to the eerie tunnels of Russia’s potash mines, Burtynsky has traveled the globe for the last four decades documenting the indelible impacts of industry. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month.

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Open Planet Is a Growing Library of 4,500 Free Videos Documenting Nature and Climate Issues Around the World

Colossal

Documenting animals, plants, landscapes, and more, the footage is diverse in subject matter and captures visual evidence of some of the most pressing issues facing the world today. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month. Do stories and artists like this matter to you?

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Diaries of War: illustrator Nora Krug on depicting raw accounts of the war in Ukraine

Creative Boom

Best-selling German-American author and illustrator Nora Krug has documented two anonymous, first-hand accounts of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in her powerful new graphic non-fiction book, Diaries of War. Working as an illustrator lent itself well to this project, as Nora says she is committed to looking, observing and documenting. "I