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

Creative Boom

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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Last week, thousands watched as English writer Samantha Harvey was awarded the 2024 Booker Prize for her novel Orbital, one of the shorter winners in the competition's history. She is known for her use of watercolour to ink, collage, markers, and gouache to craft paintings, patterns, and illustrations.

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Kind Studio crafts a floral identity for UAL's 2024 graduation ceremonies

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University of the Arts London is known for incubating some of the world's most creative students. Sean then went on to do a course at UAL himself: a master's in Graphic Communication at Chelsea College of Art & Design. And so their graduation ceremonies are a big deal.

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Top 10 Friday Five Posts of 2024

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She draws from two decades of experience in the graphic arts to inform fresh objects in the realm of ceramics and surface design. Whats more, her work builds on a storied tradition of West African art and textiles while referencing the Black Arts Movement and the early 20th century Harlem Renaissance.

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'Storytelling and emotional connection matter more than aesthetics,' says illustrator Fangfang Han

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Fast forward to 2024, and she's recently won a World Illustration Award for New Talent in Animation. Originally from Hefei in eastern China, Fangfang relocated to London, studied illustration at the Kingston College of Art, and graduated this year. Count Fangfang Han among them. My family also played a big role.

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Type trends for 2024 every designer needs to know about

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To help guide you, we've sat down with some of the design industry's best-known experts and got their input into the trends likely to dominate in 2024. In 2024, I think this will continue," he adds. Eve Warren, senior creative at LOVE , agrees that 3D type is likely to be a big part of 2024 typography.

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Penguin Books reveals the winners of its 2024 Cover Design Award

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The winners of Penguin's 2024 Cover Design Award Competition was once again fierce for this year's prestigious awards by Penguin Books. Anna Billson, art director at Penguin Random House Children's, adds: "A very much deserved win for a very accomplished design. James Gregory won second place, while Craig Ferdinando was third.