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The best new fonts for September 2026
Check out the hottest new typefaces in our monthly roundup. Summer is fast becoming a memory. We've all had our holidays, switched off our out-of-office replies, and are wondering whether to put a jum...
Sequins in sitting rooms: why photographer Debby B...
A new Norfolk exhibition captures young British champions at home in their living rooms. Think about photographing sports professionally, and a certain type of image comes to mind. An athlete in actio...
Clara Biel turns laundromats, pool halls and super...
The French illustrator behind Champ Magnétique is taking her hot pinks and oranges from screen to canvas, and finding that how she paints and what she paints both come back to a gentler pace. There is...
Inside Qiaoyu Liao's Suuugar!, the clay-animated c...
In her grad film, a clay squirrel gets so distracted making tea that she forgets the cake completely. Here, the animator explains how live-action reference, a multiplane set, and lots of handmade clay...
How Rob Farmer turns half-baked sketches into New ...
The Melbourne-based motion designer discusses procedural software, editorial deadlines and why perfectionism is the enemy of good work getting seen. "You can look at anything around you and wonde...
A billboard of signed school leavers' shirts has a...
In a campaign for Everyone's Invited, Don't Panic has pinned real school leavers' shirts to a billboard, each one carrying a young person's handwritten testimony of AI-enabled sexual harm. When you le...
Seven lines of client feedback that knock you side...
Got a sentence that's keeping you awake at night? Here's how to reclaim your confidence. No one likes to be criticised. But it can sting even worse when it comes from a client who doesn't understand t...
Why a Belfast band used 100 dishes of mould to mak...
Thibault Barillon of Robocobra Quartet explain why he grew petri dishes of fungus to illustrate their 100-track release. When I was a student, I shared a room with a lovely bloke, but he did have some...
Are you getting ghosted more than ever? You're not...
It's not about you; it's about a broken business culture. You've spent a lot of time, effort and emotional energy forging a working relationship. It's all going well. Then… nothing. The founder who sa...
Asking which typeface DeafCity Hub used for its lo...
Templo took a highly original approach to branding a new cultural space for the deaf community, taking inspiration from the community itself. Glance at a typical logo and one question typically comes...
Canva launches ProSuite bringing Affinity, Cavalry...
Affinity and Cavalry stay free, a long-requested Blend Tool finally arrives (thank God), and Canva makes its biggest move yet to support the professional designer. There's no doubt Canva did things th...
The eyes have it: How we're bringing Creative Boom...
Our friendly eyes have been getting some love thanks to motion designer Dan Silverstone and our own development team. Keep an eye on them because they'll now offer lots more entertainment depending on...
How Marie-Lou Garcia turns holidays, friendships a...
She was once a graphic designer until she rediscovered drawing during lockdown. Now the Paris-based illustrator saves up peaceful moments from her life, then turns them into beautiful, calm artworks....
What this elegant redesign of a sparkling water br...
Antwerp studio WeWantMore's refresh of BRU trades a second-long shelf glance for a seat at the table. It's become such a cliché in packaging design, you'd think it was law. Everything needs to be opti...
Saehan Parc wants her illustrations to inspire oth...
The illustrator's crowded scenes are so densely packed and filled with tiny details, stories, hopes and wishes. Look closely at Saehan Parc's illustration portfolio and there's always more going than...
We Are Pi's ads for Interrail break free from trav...
This clever poster turns a sentence into a train journey: a simple but effective design trick, delivered in style. Let's be honest, we all know what a travel ad looks like. Beautiful scenery, with not...
Why beer mats beat billboards when you want to cra...
As part of a campaign titled 'Say It Over a Drink', 25 illustrated coasters are getting pub-goers in the UK talking about debt. Anyone who's ever worked for government, a public body or a charity will...
Pentagram's twin logos for Doha Design District ar...
Led by Samar Maakaroun, these two identities for a maker space and event space highlight how strong brand architecture is built on discipline, not decoration. Msheireb Downtown Doha is a planned city...



























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