Sharks of Perth T-Shirt: Artist Leonie Brailey speaks up about the controversial Australian shark cull by way of a very sweet item of clothing

Sharks of Perth T-Shirt


In response to the strongly protested and illogical shark cull in Western Australia, Melbourne-based artist and musician Leonie Brailey has created a delightfully sweet “Sharks of Perth” T-shirt. Featuring various types of…

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Børk Blankets: Iceland’s multidisciplinary creative studio introduces four graphic quilts to be made by 66°NORTH

Børk Blankets


While the life of a digital designer often leads down different paths and to various projects, most work produced is often temporary and intangible. To make something more permanent, four graphic designers from Reykjavik-based multidisciplinary creative studio ); return…

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Xiong Liang: The writer and illustrator channels the spirit of traditional Chinese watercolors into picture books for children

Xiong Liang


Xiong Liang is an illustrator from China’s Zhejiang province (south of Shanghai) and is now one of the most established picture book artists of the capital. Yet he never really…

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Mod Notebooks: A service that digitizes handwritten notebooks and syncs to the cloud

Mod Notebooks


Writers and illustrators often fill notebook upon notebook with ideas, wordplay, sketches and doodles. Many are then lost to a drawer or a shelf, and the creativity stays locked away. Mod Notebooks has a brand new solution…

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Masterpiece Coloring Book: Two Japanese artists interpret the classic works of old masters with childlike but intelligent perspective

Masterpiece Coloring Book


Often irreverent and always original, Zurich-based indecent publishing house Nieves has been publishing offbeat zines and art books since 2001, for a dedicated fan base that’s global and ever-growing. Their latest release, “,…

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Movidoodle: A drawing app with undulating, vibrant patterns as your marker

Movidoodle


With a brand new update now available, the free animated drawing app Movidoodle—available for iOS users—manages to charm now more than ever. Beginning with either a blank white page or…

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MiCha Lamps: The imaginative Parisian designer duo Kuntzel+Deygas bring 2D cats to life

MiCha Lamps


Paris-based Olivier Kuntzel and Florence Deygas of Kunztel+Deygas are masters of capturing the essence of motion in 2D form. (You might have seen their designs in the title sequence of Steven Spielberg’s “Catch Me If You…

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Kustaa Saksi: Hypnopompic: Abstract tapestries inspired by migraine-induced hallucinations and half-dream states

Kustaa Saksi: Hypnopompic


The way one sees the world informs their representation of it. This is true in all forms of expression—but especially in visual arts. Health ailments (from the severe to the commonplace) have oft-influenced the work of great artists. Amsterdam-based Finnish artist …

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Satan Lucky: China’s subversive illustrator on walking the censorship line, free speech and publishing

Satan Lucky


Beijing-based comic designer and illustrator Satan Lucky—a light-hearted name choice he made as a teenager—is not a dark character at all. On the contrary, he’s a smiling, cheerful young man with a very independent spirit and…

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Illustration Next: A snapshot of contemporary illustrators at their finest alongside exclusive thematic work

Illustration Next


Though the internet has had a major impact on pop art—and art in general—a resurgence in illustration has been building over the past few years. For her new book called “Illustration Next,” veteran illustrator Ana Benaroya…

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