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Celebrating collaboration: Blackburn’s National Festival of Making

Creative Boom

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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Parker crafts modern new identity for historic mattress brand Ostermoor

Creative Boom

The brief The brief was a rebrand that was steeped in heritage and craft but with the ambition to chart a new path for the DTC mattress industry. Even now, Ostermoor remains the sole manufacturer of its mattresses, eschewing white-label production and instead designing and building them at their Massachusetts factory.

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Code/Craft/Chaos: The Space Between Man + Machine in Art

Design Milk

As the space between man and machine continues to grow smaller, design agency Here went to work exploring the rapidly evolving gap between craft and technology. The big question: Can technology help us make beautiful art? In doing so, Here paid homage to Vera Molnar, known as the pioneer of Generative Art.

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Jaguar reveals its reimagined brand, marking a new era

Creative Boom

Now owned by Tata Motors, it plans to introduce three new electric vehicles in 2026, marking a pivotal moment for the British car manufacturer. Reimagined as a modern 'maker's mark', it's now embossed on brass to give a sense of craft and heritage while signalling a fresh, future-focused direction.

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Amy Cushing + Lara Sparey Explore Intersecting Crafts With DIORAMA Sculptures

Design Milk

Though seemingly contrasting crafts, the partnership indicates where the artists are in exploring the boundaries of their work, respectively, as Cushing experiments with metal’s structural implications and Sparey accentuates the precision of her material against a second element. Lara also teaches design and is an established printmaker.

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North teams up with Peter Saville to create Factory International's new identity

Creative Boom

Photo by Marco Cappelletti, courtesy of OMA and Factory International London design studio North has collaborated with Peter Saville to craft the new visual identity for Factory International – the organisation overseeing Manchester International Festival and managing Aviva Studios, the city's dynamic new cultural space.

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Is AI really coming for your illustration career? An industry expert weighs in

Creative Boom

Illustration by Inma Hortas As an illustration agent at Folio Art, James Hughes offers insights into the future of illustration amidst the rise of AI. For one, they're trying to decide if it's worth dedicating years of hard work to mastering a craft that might not exist in its current form five years from now.