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Artist Sarah Graham on raising awareness for bipolar disorder and how art saved her life

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Rainbow Pony, 2020 © Sarah Graham Rainbow Popsicle, 2021 © Sarah Graham Kaisers Rock © Sarah Graham Sarah first became ill with a mixed episode of depression and psychosis in 2005, a year after losing her father. During her mania, Sarah started to experience many worrying symptoms of the condition.

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Northern Lights: Chris Cyprus's paintings capture the bygone beauty of sodium-lit streets

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Painted between 2005 and 2017, Northern Lights sees Chris paint various locations, including Stockport, Staithes, Saddleworth and his hometown of Mossley, all illuminated by the golden aura of street lamps and indoor illuminations. The project started as a series of four paintings and was sparked by a winter walk. "In

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Revolt helps Ovarian Cancer Action expand its audience and amplify its purpose

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Founded in 2005, it holds a global research conference every four years to share ovarian cancer research findings and connect with the best scientists. A new visual identity for the charity makes thoughtful use of typography and colour to help expand its audience.

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Innovative packaging design unites Coop brand across four markets

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Founded in 2005, Bedow's work moves beyond what is often lazily categorised as Scandinavian style, bringing together moments of hand-drawn details, design craft and artfulness to create simple, thoughtful, practical design. The work was carried out in partnership with Swedish design studio Bedow.

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Emotional, expressive, evocative: Illustrator Ilya Kazakov is proving that cute is the way forward

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Though he became an art director working in UI/UX and moved to Moscow in 2005, the urge to draw stayed with Ilya, and as 2019 turned to 2020 and the pandemic hit, he became a full-time illustrator. In 2023, he was granted a talent visa by France and moved to Paris, where he now lives and works.

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Reddit gets a new identity featuring a refined 3D Snoo that celebrates conversation

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Still featuring its "loveable, genderless" mascot, Snoo, it shows how the platform has grown up since 2005. This week, Reddit saw the launch of its new visual identity courtesy of Pentagram. Reddit is an American social news aggregation, content rating, and discussion website (just in case you need the Wikipedia description).

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Sabina Speich crafts large-scale pizza, bacon and chips through her 'freestyle' method of crochet

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Since 2005, she's been a member of Visarte, Visual Arts Association. Gallen before heading to art college in Switzerland. Here, she graduated with a BA from Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Fine Arts and a master's in fine art and public spheres. She'll also scour the internet, TV and social media for ideas.

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