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JULY 17, 2025

POV Forward Thinking Review of the Year Editorial Team Jenny Brewer Olivia Hingley Ellis Tree Elizabeth Goodspeed Liz Gorny Extra nice Extra Search Account Social Sergey Isakov’s illustrations create a “quiet tension” between clean constructivism and spontaneity With a playful take on scale, the artist’s graphic shapes subtly shift perspectives.

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JULY 15, 2025

Words Paul Moore — Date 16 July 2025 Work Creative Industry Product Design Web Design Identity App Branding We can all sniff out a pretentious rebrand. Reading "Richard Turley gives Air’s." The way forward was this: cut out the corporate fluff, lead with truth and take the absolute p**s whilst they’re at it.

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JUNE 9, 2025

Reading "Andrés Higueros avoids coffee." Words Sudi Jama — Date 9 June 2025 Work Graphic Design Illustration Logo Food & Drink Branding Animals When creating the brand identity for the Tulum-based coffee shop, Story Horse, Andrés Higueros took into consideration his clients’ respective Irish and Mexican identities.

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JULY 16, 2025

POV Forward Thinking Review of the Year Editorial Team Jenny Brewer Olivia Hingley Ellis Tree Elizabeth Goodspeed Liz Gorny Extra nice Extra Search Account Social Designer Gabrielle Adam is finding inspiration in everything cheesy, kitsch and fun The more silly something is, the more likely it is the freelance designer is going to be a fan.

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JUNE 16, 2025

POV Forward Thinking Review of the Year Editorial Team Jenny Brewer Olivia Hingley Ellis Tree Elizabeth Goodspeed Liz Gorny Extra nice Extra Search Account Social Chloe Gaillard imbues typography with historical easter eggs No matter how big or small, this designer makes brand design that is elegant and effective.

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JULY 15, 2025

Reading "Pauline Mauruschat creates." Words Paul Moore — Date 15 July 2025 Work Illustration Painting 2D Drawing Feminism Nature The painter Pauline Mauruschat takes watercolour to another level. Although she takes considerable inspiration from her daughters, Pauline is transparent about art as an act of catharsis. “I

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JUNE 19, 2025

Reading "Kinetics is king in Max." Words Paul Moore — Date 19 June 2025 Work Photography Campaign Art Direction Sport Branding There’s a reason why there isn’t sports photography for chess – it’s all about movement, fury and kinetics.

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JUNE 16, 2025

Since 1985, the showcase has acted as a launchpad for some of the UK’s most exciting creative voices, offering an early glimpse into the next generation of designers across fashion, furniture, textiles, illustration, ceramics and more. But more than just an exhibition, New Designers creates a space for connection, visibility and momentum.

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JULY 24, 2025

POV Forward Thinking Review of the Year Editorial Team Jenny Brewer Olivia Hingley Ellis Tree Elizabeth Goodspeed Liz Gorny Extra nice Extra Search Account Social Tamagotchi re-designs, video game visuals and lucky charms: Welcome to the overstimulating 3D world of Iosif Abaab The Berlin-based designer is making common objects do unexpected things.

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JUNE 19, 2025

POV Forward Thinking Review of the Year Editorial Team Jenny Brewer Olivia Hingley Ellis Tree Elizabeth Goodspeed Liz Gorny Extra nice Extra Search Account Social Geometric mischief: Elya Akateva’s posters prove how much you can do with the default Challenging system settings, these forward-thinking graphics show a refusal of control.

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JULY 10, 2025

Reading "Floating heads and strange." Words Paul Moore — Date 10 July 2025 Work Graphic Design Illustration Collage 2D Funny Society Garrett Davis, a graphic designer and artist based in southeast USA, isn’t trying to illustrate what dreams look like, but rather what they feel like.

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JUNE 19, 2025

Share Words Emma Taggart — Date 19 June 2025 Tags Ones to Watch 2025 Features Creative Industry Advice Process Share Applications are currently open for It’s Nice That’s Ones to Watch – a talent showcase championing the next generation of creatives. In this piece, we share tips and resources for making creative work on a budget.

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JUNE 17, 2025

Reading "ESH’s enigmatic rebrand for." Words Paul Moore — Date 17 June 2025 Tags Work Digital Graphic Design Rebrand Web Design Music Branding Share Speaking to Alina Kotlyachkova, programme manager of ESH, a Moscow-based design agency concocted in university, I felt like I was falling down a rabbit hole.

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JULY 2, 2025

Reading "Jack Sachs takes us through." Since those fateful days, Jack has brought his joyous characters to projects for Apple, Nike Kids, Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared and P!nk, nk, and created wacky statues in Chengdu, China. (He He was also one of our Ones to Watch, back in 2017!) For those who don’t know, Gumball is an artist’s heaven.

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JULY 8, 2025

Reading "Sana Bansal’s introspective." Words Ellis Tree — Date 8 July 2025 Work Illustration Print Risograph Zine Drawing Process History Sana Bansal creates all kinds of characters, from potatoes to aubergines with faces to furry creatures large and small, with tactile, warm textures she makes with “wax pastels and a simple 6B pencil.”

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JUNE 23, 2025

Reading "Black Lodge Press is the." This is the perspective of Cj, the artist behind Black Lodge Press. Having “always lived out in the sticks”, as he puts it, this kind of quiet has now had, upon reflection, quite a large influence on his work. Above Black Lodge Press: No Great Men!

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JUNE 24, 2025

POV Forward Thinking Review of the Year Editorial Team Jenny Brewer Olivia Hingley Ellis Tree Elizabeth Goodspeed Liz Gorny Extra nice Extra Search Account Social After Hours’ new identity is expressive, layered, and always on the move The duo behind the creative studio talks through its recent refresh, and why they choose to operate fully remote.

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JULY 9, 2025

POV Forward Thinking Review of the Year Editorial Team Jenny Brewer Olivia Hingley Ellis Tree Elizabeth Goodspeed Liz Gorny Extra nice Extra Search Account Social Alan Rivera paints a travelogue of Texas that is filled with love Through colourful and minimal compositions, this artist celebrates the consumer beauty of Austin, Texas.

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JUNE 12, 2025

This title fittingly became the name of a project that set out to create gig-style promo posters for the team’s matches following their 2024 promotion to the Premier League, initiated by brothers and lifelong town fans Steven and Richard Haugh. Reading "19 artists created gig-style."

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JUNE 24, 2025

Date 24 June 2025 Words Paul Moore Tags Work Advertising Animation Campaign Stop Motion Sport Process Share Having developed cartoon shows for Netflix and a new iteration of Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared for Channel 4, the production studio Blinkink flexes its creative muscles across live-action puppetry, 2D, CG, stop-motion, and even AI animation.

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JUNE 11, 2025

Words Ellis Tree — Date 11 June 2025 Work Graphic Design Illustration Typography Logo Rebrand Identity Music Sport Branding Before graphic designer and illustrator Antoine Laurent came onto the creative scene, he was a carpenter that spent quite a lot of his spare time skateboarding. Reading "Skate culture and street art."

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JUNE 30, 2025

POV Forward Thinking Review of the Year Editorial Team Jenny Brewer Olivia Hingley Ellis Tree Elizabeth Goodspeed Liz Gorny Extra nice Extra Search Account Social Michael Gao transforms furry culture with sincerity and horror Through a series of airbrushed fursonas, this painter unpacks ancient traditions of transformation and animal instinct.

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JUNE 11, 2025

Reading "“A dusting of love”: Matt." Words Paul Moore — Date 11 June 2025 Work Digital Photography Gaming Archive Music Technology Food & Drink Branding Reminiscence has always been a large part of the art that defines our culture.

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JULY 22, 2025

Date 22 July 2025 Words Paul Moore Tags Work Graphic Design Typography Rebrand Identity Music Process Share Here’s how Collins got around to creating some of the hottest design of the year. Reading "Collins rebrand for Muse."

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JULY 3, 2025

POV Forward Thinking Review of the Year Editorial Team Jenny Brewer Olivia Hingley Ellis Tree Elizabeth Goodspeed Liz Gorny Extra nice Extra Search Account Social Seth Steinman merges the internet with ancient technologies Preconceptions of what modern technology looks and feels like are challenged in these post-postmodern sculptures.

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JULY 23, 2025

POV Forward Thinking Review of the Year Editorial Team Jenny Brewer Olivia Hingley Ellis Tree Elizabeth Goodspeed Liz Gorny Extra nice Extra Search Account Social Photography as a wordless diary: Yasuhiko Iida’s new photobook humanises London Vignettes of skaters, artists, chefs, friends and family are packed into a grungey photobook narrative.

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JUNE 25, 2025

Words Paul Moore — Date 25 June 2025 Work Photography Publication Book Documentary Politics Society History The concept of Fantasy Island , published by Rotten Books, sounds simple and quaint – 50 years of Irish photography by 70 Irish artists – while the final product is anything but. Reading "Fantasy Island shows Ireland."

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Creative Boom

JUNE 22, 2025

Ingrid Picanyol These visionary creatives are redefining visual communication with bold aesthetics, cultural storytelling and boundary-pushing innovation across all mediums. To identify the graphic designers making the biggest impact right now, we turned to our global community of creatives, art directors and industry insiders.

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JULY 16, 2025

Thomas Merceron: Le Plongeon (Copyright © Thomas Merceron 2024) A master in the art of evoking intense sensations and a cinematic feeling, even through the still frame, the illustrator’s work feels as if it was made for this latest introduction of a meditative and meandering motion. Reading "Animation is breathing new."

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JUNE 23, 2025

POV Forward Thinking Review of the Year Editorial Team Jenny Brewer Olivia Hingley Ellis Tree Elizabeth Goodspeed Liz Gorny Extra nice Extra Search Account Social Deadline extended for our Ones to Watch showcase – submit your work now! Reading "Deadline extended for our." Check our criteria below to make sure you comply).

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JUNE 24, 2025

Date 24 June 2025 Words Paul Moore Tags Work Advertising Animation Campaign Stop Motion Sport Process Share Having developed cartoon shows for Netflix and a new iteration of Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared for Channel 4, the production studio Blinkink flexes its creative muscles across live-action puppetry, 2D, CG, stop-motion, and even AI animation.

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JULY 1, 2025

But comics weren’t the creative’s first and only love. Out on the pitch since primary school, Anna played on teams throughout her early years and into university, finding close friends at Falmouth and Cambridge on the field, and even meeting her partner “under the floodlights of the astroturf”, she tells us.

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JUNE 26, 2025

POV Forward Thinking Review of the Year Editorial Team Jenny Brewer Olivia Hingley Ellis Tree Elizabeth Goodspeed Liz Gorny Extra nice Extra Search Account Social These Dirt Shoes grant you the mystical power of Mother Nature This wearable art object is made completely out of soil, spreading wildflower seeds by design with every step you take.

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JULY 21, 2025

Its Catalan name translates in English to, “to find”, a message and ethos that has informed the whole direction of its identity, created by the design and creative services studio, Design Office Fun©. Reading "The letterforms for this." This ethos of seeking and discovery is perhaps best demonstrated in the identities logo.

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HONGKIAT

JANUARY 13, 2025

For Hongkiat.com readers -web designers, developers, and creatives who value innovation-this is especially true. That way, you wont need to rebuild your site a year from now just because the theme is stuck in 2019. Support & Feedback: Themes with dedicated support -like Litho -often spark glowing reviews.

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JUNE 30, 2025

POV Forward Thinking Review of the Year Editorial Team Jenny Brewer Olivia Hingley Ellis Tree Elizabeth Goodspeed Liz Gorny Extra nice Extra Search Account Social Rave along with Maxxing’s dizzying visuals Nightlife collective Maxxing is dedicated to bringing design to the forefront of the dance music experience.

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JUNE 16, 2025

Reading "New photobook Cracks and." Words Paul Moore — Date 16 June 2025 Work Photography Publication Book 2D Technology We like scuffs, scratches and scrapes. It’s the time of the re-emerging analog, the easily battered, flaking leather, bobbing sweaters, and the tick of clockwork.

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