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V&A names Benjamin Phillips as Moira Gemmill Illustrator of the Year 2024

Creative Boom

Phillips, who won in the Illustration for Children category, explores themes of Jewish identity, generational divides, and gentrification in his work. This year saw a record-breaking 2,000 submissions, each exploring a diverse array of themes and ideas through the medium of illustration.

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Illustrator Ulrike Marais explores grief and memory in her insect-themed cookbook picture book

Creative Boom

Brighton-based illustrator Ulrike Marais tackles themes of grief and memory via insects and meals in her latest project, Omi's Dinner Party. Beautifully realised with a combination of traditional and digital mediums, Omi's Dinner Party is a feast for the eyes as well as the soul.

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Maiyashu's new picture book explores how people relate to their hometowns in a breathtaking way

Creative Boom

It's a theme that author and illustrator Xinyue Chen, AKA Maiyashu, explores to great effect in their latest picture book, I Will Always Be Here. I still prefer working on paper much more than working digitally. What do you picture when you think of home? A building, your bedroom, or even just a feeling?

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Playfully sinister works by the Cameron Twins challenge our connections with our past selves

Creative Boom

Working across screen print, digital montage, photography, casting, sculpture and installation, the work of the Cameron Twins leans into a strong, garish aesthetic that plays with a bright and oversaturated colour palette.

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The Creative Boom 2023 Christmas gift guide for creatives

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Grumpy Ant plush toy by Aysha Tengiz Diana F+ CMYK by Lomography Felt hanging decorations by Wrap and various artists Built upon creative collaborations with designers, illustrators and artists, Wrap started life in 2010 as a magazine and now includes a stationery and product range, online shop and editorial content in print and digital.

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Gradwatch 2020: Artist Matilda White, Camberwell College of Arts

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She describes herself as a printmaker and artist, working digitally as well as on paper, and recently branched out into textiles. For her final degree project White created a woven piece entitled A Gender Circus, which uses symbols and tropes from the world of performance to explore themes of gender and identity.

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Seven Artists Crack Open the Art of Printed Matter in ‘Bookworks’

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Paper tomes have had an immeasurable impact on society and our ability to relay knowledge, and even in an age of digital e-readers, the physical volume still embodies an appeal as timeless as literature itself.

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