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Esther Tang's gloriously textural illustrations help her connect to the world emotionally

Creative Boom

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. And this is without mentioning the dozens of group exhibitions she's been part of. We caught up with her to learn more.

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Artists demonstrate how to grab attention at the world's biggest design event

Creative Boom

This year, the Lexus car maker exhibit is the first thing you see as you enter. And so, every year, they put a lot of time, effort, and money into developing a unique art installation that conveys their vision of the automotive future. This year, we got not one but two such exhibits under the joint heading of 'Time'.

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Mellow Meadow's art sends you on a spiritual journey through natural and mystical beings

Creative Boom

The illustration artist from Shanghai, also known as Yue Li, is a recent graduate of the School of Visual Arts and is now based in New York. In her recent solo exhibition, Water Stitches , she travels through time to explore her spirituality to its fullest, re-envisioning ancient wall paintings via her own mural-like, surrealist style.

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Bauhaus Graphic Design: Past, Present, and Future

Inkbot Design

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. Merging Fine Arts With Crafts Gropius wanted to return to the medieval roots of the word “Bauhaus,” which translates to “building house.”

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Let Material Speak for Itself: the STUDIO DAM Approach to Branding

The Branding Journal

STUDIO DAM’s and Admira’s participation was in the SingaPlural exhibition, where the theme for 2019 was dubbed Unnatural Phenomena. For one, laminates are man-made materials that mimic natural materials, colors, and textures. Many warmed up to this new perspective of laminates as art. A Look Into the STUDIO DAM Approach.

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12 Psychedelic Designs and 70s Art For Posters

Creative Market

Of course, the psychedelic design movement has a long and illustrious history: it spread throughout the globe and dominated the visual arts for several years in the 1960s and 1970s. If you’re hosting an art gallery exhibit in town and want to make your visitors trip, use psychedelic art to bring them through the unknown paths.

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Xinmei Liu’s images are inspired by old Chinese propaganda posters

Creative Review

.” Top: Kid without a mom is like a rainy day; Above: Boys and girls should stay away from each other, from Model Citizen Guidelines (ongoing project) Originally from Shanghai, Liu finished her education in New York attending the School of Visual Arts to get an MFA from the Illustration as Visual Essay programme.