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Philip DiBello and Devin Washburn of Brooklyn-based design studio No Ideas take to the New York Nicer Tuesdays stage to talk about the creative process behind two of their largest book projects to date: Design Harder by Erik Carter and Figma’s 2026 Config…

This production studio slash publishing house is all about cross-pollination.

To coincide with the stop-motion studio’s upcoming release, London’s Design Museum welcomes Wildwood, exhibiting the inner workings and design of Laika’s nature-inspired epic.

The graphic designer’s hands-on guide transforms into eight different book and zine templates, inviting readers to explore self-publishing through experimentation and play.

Drawing on the familiar forms of car window stickers, Studio Herrström’s gives music label Milkshake the visual structure it needs to scale.

Erotic Review director Lucy Roeber describes the brick walls the publication has faced in building an online presence as a result of landing in the ‘erotic dustbin’ of the internet – with limited room for expression and discussion.

Where does AI belong in your practice?

Does working in the creative industry without a creative degree impact your validation, self-worth or creative fulfilment?

As the Southeast Asian nation plans to expand its rail network to about 360 km by the early 2030s – matching cities such as Hong Kong, London, Tokyo and New York – station managers have designed their own signs to help passengers navigate the growing maze.

From metal band logos, watermelon emojis and comic book grawlixes to coded messages designed to evade online censorship, SourceType’s new book examines how illegible text can communicate and connect us.

Creative agency Music, in collaboration with F37 Foundry, translate the architectural references to Fulham as an area and the heritage of Fulham as a football team into a functioning type system.

This experimental animator moulds natural elements around client briefs, utilising swamp waters and decaying plants in inventive stop motion capture.

At November’s event in London, expect talks from multi-disciplinary artists, logo illustrators and the creatives behind some of the UK’s best local community branding.

Tickets are now available for our final Nicer Tuesdays event of the year in LA!

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Chief editor Katy Hundertmark and former art director Hamid Sallali from Foam Magazine travelled all the way from Amsterdam and Spain to join us at our Nicer Tuesdays stage in September to talk about the origins of the acclaimed photography magazine, from…

The Baltimore-based designer and illustrator makes the case for focusing on your own emotions and creative vision to attract the kind of work you really want to create.

Eternal Family is a movie streaming app like no other.

Ondesign goes behind the scenes with On’s creative teams – spanning architects to stylists and designers – showing how they push what’s normal, and possible, for a sports and culture brand.

For the designer, “thinking too much” is just another way of making work that feels “forced or silly”.

Inject shop founders Malika Favre and George Wu’s delicious design taste into your next weekend plans...

Boundary-pushing science is often difficult to understand, that’s where clear and accessible brand design often comes in to help.

The writer and illustrator’s carefully constructed visual narratives are packed with colour, character and a playful sense of humour.

Amid growth, change and takeovers, Depop’s brand and creative chief keeps coming back to what the brand does best, and where it has permission to show up.

When the foundry set out on this typographic revival, they knew something would get lost in translation – so they chose to embrace it, and the results are much more interesting.

The multi-hyphenate fills us in on what working so hard to be recognised as an illustrator has taught him about being recognised as an artist.

In Singapore, towering glass skyscrapers are paramount, and the arts aren’t high up on any parents’ dream jobs for their kids.

Inspired by Christian imagery, the Flemish Primitives, Maurice Sendak and H.R.

The Orchid synth is made for beginners and pros alike, including Kevin Parker from Tame Impala – the identity is floral like its namesake, and celestial like its unique sound bank.

Achieving ‘success’ in creative education is interesting when it comes to transitioning into a workplace environment, because it’s not one-to-one comparable.

Xsolla remains tragically overlooked, but as Luke Powell and Judy Hudson-Powell tell It’s Nice That, what the company needed was a strong identity rooted in UI and gaming worlds – and that’s what it got.

Inspired by early animation techniques, the multimedia artist combines hand-stitched textiles, illustration and digital motion to create visual responses to music.

Chronograph collects 25 years of photographs of his children turning into adults.

The London-based creative tells us how sitting with things “beyond comprehension”, embracing surrealism and making self-published zines helped her bring a dreamy, introspective visual world to life.

Boasting a bold colour palette, bespoke blocky type and a system that tilts as if it’s ready to tear up tarmac, this refresh pulls up with the future of racecar racing.

Inspired by subway tiles, mosaics, snail shells and lollipops, this designer uses typography as a way of creating microcosms of larger ideas which expand how typography lives.

Part collage art, part cookbook, Sveinung Sudbø didn’t want to simply map out flavour profiles, he brings them to life through collage and a loudness that suits the complex tastes of Thailand.

Meet 72 of the most exciting emerging graphic designers, illustrators, animators, artists, filmmakers and photographers from around the world, selected by It’s Nice That.

Horah Inc really wears its inspirations on its sleeve, that’s why you’ll see vintage-styled cartoons, warm colours and retro typography referenced across its wide-ranging portfolio.

Playfully ordinary, this artist’s style tugs at the seams of domestic life, amplifying its silliness through off-kilter cartoons.

In collaboration with us at It’s Nice That, Today at Apple – Apple’s free in-store, educational programme showing what’s possible with Apple products and services – is hosting a new event series called Made in Business.

Working across posters, records, garments and merchandise, the Lyon-based designer combines Xerox, airbrush and Letraset with digital tools to create textured graphics rooted in music and DIY communities.

Every story gets its own typeface, artwork and visual world, with gaming-inspired navigation, sound and video bringing each piece to life online.

It can feel like a daunting feat to get a job abroad.

Graphic designer Andrew Bell shares his personal journey from full-time to freelance and back again, and how he’s gradually come to understand the working conditions he needs after being diagnosed with inattentive ADHD.

The writer, editor and founder of Girlhood Studies unpacks her ideal weekend lineup: gallery shows, vintage shopping and Gregg Araki films included.

The brand for Canica combines constructivist geometry with expressive illustration, creating a visual world that’s fun but not too childish.

Made during a year-long outpatient programme, the experimental comic combines drawings, journals, ephemera and text messages to document the artist’s turbulent inner world.

Made during a year-long outpatient programme, the experimental comic combines drawings, journals, ephemera and text messages to document the artist’s turbulent inner world.

For Disabled people and those living with chronic illness, cooking can be a tricky and arduous task, but this is something often ignored in mainstream foodie culture – typically led by trends, fads and style over substance.