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World of Wearable Art: a magical event fusing art and fashion in unique ways

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2024 WOW Show, Crazy Curiosities of Creature Carnival Blending performance art, fashion design, music and contemporary dance, The World of Wearable Art was an intoxicating cocktail of creative disciplines. We reveal what it was like to attend this unusual event. But I can tell you this much: it really was an experience.

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Meet the artist behind the cover of this year’s Booker Prize winner

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She is known for her use of watercolour to ink, collage, markers, and gouache to craft paintings, patterns, and illustrations. Her work on the illustration and lettering of book covers began with novels by Virginia Woolf, some of which were published in 2016 as a paperback series.

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Soumyaraj Vishwakarma's calming illustrations remind us to enjoy a slower pace of life

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Art has always been a strong part of Soumyaraj's identity. Her mother bought her a watercolour kit when she was a young child, and they would sit and paint together and craft for hours. She also thanks her art teacher, who helped her lean more towards a creative subject in her further education. "My It's a win-win for all.

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TiredCity unveils new identity with Hands Collective

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Vietnamese art retailer TiredCity has revealed a striking rebrand, including a new typographic system, refined visuals, and a dynamic design language that reflects the brand's evolution in Vietnam's contemporary creative scene. The rebranding aligns with TiredCity's "Art for Everyone" strategy, which aims to democratise art appreciation.

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Celebrating collaboration: Blackburn’s National Festival of Making

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Four new commissions have come through the festival's Art in Manufacturing programme, positioning Lancashire as a hub of creativity and craft. The Art in Manufacturing residencies began in 2016 and take place between November and July. The finished work will be exhibited at Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery.

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Xiangni Song follows her instincts to create paintings of the abstract images in her mind

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Spending her time between Beijing and New York, Xiangni was trained at the School of Visual Arts in 2016. She subsequently transitioned from illustration to fine art by enrolling in the MFA Fine Arts program at Pratt Institute in 2020. This doesn't mean her background in illustration was time wasted, though.

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Olivia Zhao's designs for home fragrance brand are quite unique

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Founded in New York in 2016, Homesick is a home fragrance and lifestyle brand with a simple goal: to bring joy to your home by helping you feel closer to the people, places and moments that matter most. So we take our hats off to Boston-based designer Zhenqi (aka Olivia) Zhao for crafting something more original and eye-catching.

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