It's Nice That
As the deadline for the 2025 competition approaches, Pentawards’ latest trend report reveals how designers are using packaging to communicate powerful messages, drive social change, and redefine industry standards.
Born in Thailand and raised between New Zealand and Portland, Laney’s lively artwork is laced with humour and an adventurous approach.
The Brooklyn-based artist book publisher blends traditional binding techniques with unconventional materials, leaving no page unturned in its experiments in publishing.
This Brussels-based studio brings together its founders’ varied experiences in projects that centre around texture, collaboration and storytelling
Drawing inspiration from poetry, religious handouts and vintage tea card sets, the designer creates unusual compositions that she describes as “absurd or whimsy”.
The Lisbon-based creative’s two passions – graphic design and electronic music – collide in a fusion of form and fantasy.
The latest edition of this Australian magazine for emerging talent is themed ‘Stories of Collision’, presenting a special curation of Indigenous creatives selected by Wiradjuri artist Jazz Money.
Next month’s Nicer Tuesdays is sure to give you creative bunch a spring in your step with awe inspiring talks from: a design agency that’s building evolving brands, a sculptor reclaiming colonial design trends from the 18th century, a 3D design studio whose animation style capitalises on all things camp, kitsch and pop culture, and a photographer exploring their Peruvian roots through the lens.
The South Korean designer uses Matisse-inspired techniques in her vibrant brand identities, posters, and publications.
The Helsinki-based studio’s destination identity for Saaristo pays homage to Finland’s wild landscape.
Using water-based mono-printing to bring her textured scenes to life, the illustrator blends childlike brushstrokes with the atmosphere of old family movie footage.
With an everyday ritual of painting the newspaper, the artist’s project is a testament to what happens when we treat creativity as something as intrinsic as eating breakfast or brushing our teeth.
Full of life and a feast for the eyes, the artist’s soft and slow animations hit just the right note of nostalgia.
As part of a comprehensive reimagining of the platform, Buck strategically repositions the brand as the go-to for event-going.
Do I really have to keep up with all the latest tech? Katie Cadwell answers whether learning new tools is imperative to stay relevant in the industry, in this week’s Creative Career Conundrums.
The French design studio brings an artisanal family food business back to life with an identity that brings a more modern audience to the table.
The Brazilian illustrator and animator’s recent exploration of grumpiness in women has left her revelling in creating characters that are “visibly pissed off”.
The animation studio, led by directors Jack Cunningham and Nicolas Ménard, has released Triple Bill, an anthology of short films where each frame features a unique 3D printed puppet.
Is this the dream project? The Seattle-based creative studio reveals the research, script scouring and skill that goes into making an opening sequence that gets everyone talking.
The production studio has embroidered 120 stitched frames to bring Burberry’s iconic knight logo to life for a journey across London to kick start the fashion house’s Winter 2025 show.
A match made in heaven, the world-renowned art gallery collaborates with its NYC neighbour to shape it’s first-ever family festival.
A new report, created in collaboration between It’s Nice That’s Insights department and WePresent, explores the uncertain future of design, offering guidance across three areas in flux: trends, research and new roles. Download the full report now over on WePresent.
Turning to tactile printing methods, Marina Willer and her team repurpose the area’s flora and fauna to honour the past and bolster the non-profit’s future ambitions.
Home to 20 collectives, the space is a breeding ground for fresh perspectives. Our São Paulo correspondent meets some of its community.
The renowned charity record sleeve auction is back with an extraordinary lineup of world-renowned artists, including artworks for vinyl by: Antony Gormley, Yinka Ilori, Paul Smith and more…
Among an elitist equestrian scene and the backdrop of apartheid, the photographer’s latest photo story – Black Rein – is a show-stopping recognition of the life and work of athlete, Enos Mafokate.
Whether you loved designing the interiors, customising characters, or taking the stairs away while your Sim was swimming, the iconic game made a big impact on many of us – and its visual legacy is sprawling.
With nods to street culture and albums inspired by Dragon Ball Z, the French art director seeks to visualise the unique soundscapes of the artists she works with.
Stuck between poor leadership and an unresponsive manager? Alex Bec offers practical ways to navigate tricky workplace dynamics in this week’s Creative Career Conundrums.
Working with an archive of smartphone and body cam footage, the artist’s installation and publishing project encourages a deeper and more intentional engagement with images of violence.
The monthly series welcomes animators and filmmakers with wildly different processes and practices, aiming to bring fun and fresh perspectives to the travel sector.
This month, a public exhibition along Leyton High Road celebrates the neighbourhood’s rich football heritage.
The Italian illustrator transforms everyday inspiration into detailed, psychedelic scenes.
The games publisher and fashion designer have come together on a collection of clothing. Fancy winning some? There’s a gamified website for just that.
Applying an ethereal, dream-like haze to his images, the photographer marries the project’s subject matter with its visual world.
Featuring advice from a stellar collection of magazine makers, the publication sheds light on exactly how to make your own.
The graphic designer and art director’s brand for pioklepiokle mirrors its slow and considered approach to fashion.
With images from the photographer’s archive of web-surfed screenshots, the pair’s new artist book takes us on a bizarre tour of secondhand delights.
Using the print method to make “art created from the heart”, the illustrator and motion designer is celebrating all its imperfections.
This New-York based designer found his feet in design after downloading Photoshop on a whim.
London-based multimedia artist Toby Grant, aka Cato, takes the Nicer Tuesdays crowd through the development of his meticulously layered painting style, from early creative influences to the different materials and methods he uses to create cinematic scenes with theatrical dynamics.
We’re constantly surrounded by fantastic work. How can your work even compare? Shanice Mears explores how to overcome fear of sharing your work online and confidently showcase your creativity on this week’s Creative Career Conundrums.
Switzerland has a rich design heritage that has proved hugely influential. Here, we explore how designers today, including two working at the sportswear brand On, reinterpret this history within their work, and we consider why the principles underpinning “Swiss Style” have stood the test of time.
What are the effects on creativity when your tech companion is a laptop from 2006?
Marking the electronic music festival’s 15th anniversary, the rebrand turns Field Day’s identity into one that represents its genre and community.
Growing up in 1960s Manila, Romel Pineda was a serial street fighter. Now, his daughter revisits his past, reframing the violence with curiosity and care.
An investigatory exploration into her own identity, the design and artist’s practice uplifts overlooked voices.
Sitting down for a Q&A with It’s Nice That’s associate editor Liz Gorny, Will Becher – Vengeance Most Fowl’s supervising animator – gave us a special look into the process of Wallace & Gromit’s latest onscreen adventure, digging into the countless hours that have led to the duo’s worldwide success. Keep your eyes peeled for some very special guests…
Constantly switching between mediums, this animator is using her tools to create new narratives.
At February’s Nicer Tuesdays, the Dutch design studio joined us to share the origins of their playful, analogue approach. Giving us a peek behind the scenes into the objects and ideas that have influenced their annual creative campaigns for Amsterdam’s Museum Night, From Form’s founders demonstrated that creative inspiration can be found in the most unusual of places.
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