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16 of the best online shops to buy original art prints for your home

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We reveal the best place to buy wonderful art prints to fuel your mood, imagination and creativity. A beautifully produced art print isn't just a nice thing to have: it's an investment in your daily mood, sense of well-being, and creative career. They Made This Make your home beautiful for an affordable price! But where do you start?

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Mucho's annual report for the University of California is a dynamic blend of print and tech

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Since 2014, design studio Mucho has created the Annual Report for the University of California Investments office. To reflect its contents, Mucho decided to bring some interactivity to the printed piece by working with illustrator John Burgess. Combining print and technology this year was a challenge.

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How Alphabet shapes brands with trust, collaboration and a 'Saul Bass ethos'

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One of the biggest shifts, he reckons, is that design is becoming increasingly "less constrained by print and its limitations", a shift that he reckons opens up exciting opportunities for designers – despite being a self-proclaimed lover of print. "I

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London Original Print Fair moves to Somerset House for its 37th edition

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Deborah Azzopardi, The Great Escape, 2014, Cynthia Corbett Gallery. Tickets have now gone on sale for the 37th edition of the London Original Print Fair , which this year moves to Somerset House. Running from the 26th to the 29th of May 2022, this year's fair boasts prints by Picasso, Francis Bacon, and Lucien Freud.

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Commercial Type releases visual journal Double Acts in Pop

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Designed by Chris Wu, edited by writer Caren Litherland, and printed by Conti Tipocolor, Florence, Double Acts in Pop is obviously visually stunning, but it is meant to be read as much as admired. Described as a "272-page visual journey meets 1,652-word essay", the book features Commercial Type's entire catalogue of typefaces (60+ families).

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Creative Boom drops eight new and exclusive prints by leading artists and designers in its shop

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Creative Boom has today launched eight new art prints by some of your favourite illustrators and graphic designers. Each artwork is available in an A3 poster, printed on the finest Giclée art paper and produced to museum-certified archival standards, guaranteed for more than 100 years. The Last Emperor by Noma Bar.

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New book highlights how much graphic designers can learn from the small ads of yesteryear

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If you haven't heard of Standards Manual , the Brooklyn-based, independent publishing imprint founded by designers Jesse Reed and Hamish Smyth in 2014, it's about time you did. Hamish Smyth discusses the making of the book Classified: Local Ads from America's Small Towns and why it's a must-read for designers in 2023.