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Artist Jeanine Brito hopes to turn bad memories into something beautiful through her surreal and theatrical paintings

Creative Boom

Based in Toronto but originally from Mainz, Germany, Jeanine Brito worked in graphic design and art direction after graduating with honours in Fashion Communication from Ryerson University in 2015. It was part of a grand plan to work in fashion, having spent a happy childhood obsessed with magazines. "I It was so inventive.

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Northern Soul revived: Elaine Constantine's photographic journey into a British subculture

Creative Boom

Moving from Manchester for her photography career, she'd been commissioned by The Face magazine to capture the northern soul scene at local nightclubs. In 2015, her film Northern Soul was nominated for BAFTA's Outstanding Debut award, The London Critics Circle Breakthrough Filmmaker award and won the NME's Award for Film of The Year.

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From Space Age to Metaverse: Vitra’s New Sci-Fi Design Exhibition

Design Milk

Comics, pulp magazines, and books also began to explore the theme of sci-fi, creating a new fan base for the genre. Years later, computer-aided design and 3D printing led to Joris Laarman’s Aluminum Gradient Chair (2013), the first 3D-printed metal chair.

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10 Years Unfolded by LAYERED Brings Fresh Color to Stockholm

Design Milk

” Indeed, many of these colors are popping up on red carpets and in interior design magazines alike, a return to unabashed color and celebration of design history. Founded in 2015, LAYERED is an interior design brand based in Stockholm, renowned for fusing a contemporary vision with expert craftsmanship and sustainable processes.

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Hot new fonts to play with this summer, courtesy of leading foundries

Creative Boom

This led to a commission for a new titling font, 'an expressive yet elegant serif typeface', to accompany his own LL Brown, which had already been in use at the magazine. Designer Kris Sowersby originally encountered it when he picked up interior design magazine Apartamento in 2010.

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Artist Vik Muniz Reconfigures Shredded Cash

Design Milk

New York, 2024 Frederick Douglass, Legal Tender, 2024 For 30 years, Vik Muniz has tackled almost every material imaginable, transforming chocolate syrup into an image of Jackson Pollock, loose diamonds into movie star headshots, and torn magazine scraps into Van Gogh paintings.

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F5: Chetan Singh Kunwar Explores Everyday Moments

Design Milk

Photo: Santiago Perez for Lovesome Magazine. The Key in the Hand by Chiharu Shiota , 2015, The 56th International Art Exhibition la Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy Photo: Sunhi Mang. I think there’s something really therapeutic seeing so many different personalities come together and interact with each other. Tangibility.