Études Studio on Crossing Creative Lines: Fashion, publishing, a creative agency and a new pop-up are all in a day’s work for this hybrid collective

Études Studio on Crossing Creative Lines


Crossing lines and breaking boundaries is nothing new in the creative community—in fact, it’s largely what the industry is built upon. Communications designers become brand engineers, painters design textiles and ceramicists dabble in industrial engineering. However, few…

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Climate Changed: An expansive graphic novel-style analysis of the world’s environmental woes and the policy action around them

Climate Changed


Visual learners, rejoice. French artist and journalist Philippe Squarzoni—known for his celebrated non-fiction, graphic novel-style works on politics and human rights—lends his eye and storytelling panache to an extensive work on one of the world’s most significant and controversial issues: climate change. Inspired…

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Link About It: This Week’s Picks : First kisses, net neutrality, Bill Cunningham and more in our weekly look at the web

Link About It: This Week's Picks


1. Disarming Design From Palestine In conflict-ridden Palestine, the rich history of craftsmanship and design is sometimes overlooked. Newly minted cooperative Disarming Design From Palestine showcases the region’s unique wares and design talent, including olive wood…

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Kapital Creation: A Beijing State of Mind: An upcoming film explores the juxtaposition of unbridled economic development and burgeoning creativity in the city

Kapital Creation: A Beijing State of Mind


Urbanization is a major global issue, but nowhere more pressing and extreme than in China. The country’s urban population is expected to hit one billion over the next decade, according to the World Bank. Alongside unprecedented economic development and resource consumption, China has…

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