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Laura Stein on the Five Books that shaped her approach to design, branding, and sustainability

Creative Boom

From groundbreaking ideas on sustainability to the art of personal and systemic change, these are the reads that continue to shape her creative journey. Her work lies in culture, fashion, architecture, technology, education, and place across brand, print, motion, digital, and environmental. But I did, and it truly blew my mind.

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

Creative Boom

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

Creative Boom

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

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Three free archives of Victorian illustration to inspire you

Creative Boom

If classic literature brought to life in works of art inspires you, then it's worth pointing your web browser towards three new archives of Victorian imagery released online by Michael John Goodman. Yet, it's just as intriguing to see how contemporary illustrators such as Georgie McAusland or Laura Laine have interpreted the poem.

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Textile artist Anya Paintsil incorporates humour, hair and folklore to tell stories of her dual heritage

Creative Boom

She grew up speaking Welsh and always had a "weird little art practice" going on the side, even though she wasn't much a fan of school or art, for that matter. Having left education at 16, Anya worked full-time before heading to Glasgow and decided to study art at university – choosing illustration as her initial discipline.

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How childlike play informs the work of artist and designer Jonas Mayer

Creative Boom

Born and raised in this quaint corner of the world, Jonas' path to becoming an artist is a testament to his unwavering dedication to his craft, unique creative style, and ability to extract inspiration from the most unlikely sources. Fueled by this desire, he embarked on a new path, studying Fine Arts in his hometown.

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F5: Dwight White II on the Art + Collaborations That Inspire Him

Design Milk

Ask any artist how they found themself in the art world and many will regale you with a tale of an unexpected career path. This pivot to another this interest has carried Dwight down a winding path to a place where his work straddles fine art, sociology, and experiential design.

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