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Noble Signs restores NYC’s storefront signage so you “feel at home before you’ve stepped in your own door”

David Barnett, co-founder of Noble Signs, joined us on the Nicer Tuesdays stage in New York City to talk about what he loves most: signage, especially in the Big Apple. The graphic designer talked ...
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Look up! Parallel Press’ Astro Black archives and protects the dazzling visual history of Black astronauts

Drawing on a cultural “fascination Black people have had with the planets and stars”, as well as the racial tensions surrounding the space race, this catalogue doesn’t just aim to pay homage to Black ...
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How do you avoid overcomplicating an editorial illustration? Ana Miminoshvili has mastered the art

For editorial illustrations, the brief is the article. The first step for Georgian illustrator Ana Miminoshvili is research, to gather as much information as possible and narrow i ...
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Are we stuck in the typographic principles of the 20th century? Matter Of’s new anti-design manual investigates

With essays, images and typography from a giant pool of collaborators, Matter Of’s book New New Typography is a cornucopia of ideas. It’s also a manual for the most unstable art: type design.
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One person’s rubbish is another’s treasure: This folded photo series transforms trash into objects worthy of still life

Delivered in a less-than-conventional format, this publication is sent by post in a large letter that unfolds into intimate ...
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Body, mind and printed matter: Angela Lian on how she exercises creative muscles as well as her body’s

Chinese-Taiwanese artist co-founder of It’s Happening Angela Lian joined us on our New York Nicer Tuesdays stage in June – and she made it very clear that one thing is a constant through all of her ...
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From Garth Marenghi to Garden Force: Sam Campbell and Joe Pelling discuss the creative approach to Make That Movie

We chat to the creator and co-writer / director of the show about their love for amateur filmmaking, iconic TV references, and the fun they had making that unnerving Yooglet.
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More of a performance than a fixed system, Ronnie Scott’s new identity does a typographic dance

This new visual language is inspired by the “rhythm and spontaneity of jazz” – type, image and colour dance across a new ...
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From hand-drawn type to doodled logos, illustration takes the lead in the visual identity for Florence’s first art book fair

Tam festival’s loveable book character logo is made of “one single, slightly crooked line” – that’s what makes it so special.
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“Story is humanity’s oldest technology”: Wedge Studio on its 12 steps for tackling design projects

Based between LA and Montreal, Wedge Studio joined Nicer Tuesdays in one of its home cities to present its “seemingly unsexy” projects – such as designing the visual identities for dental floss, beans ...
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This browser-based generative tool allows musicians to create their own visualisers with trippy geometry

Whether it’s made for electronic tracks, album covers, posters or just for fun, this easy-to-use generative tool makes the visualisers more fun than ever to make.
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The “glitchy, jittery” visuals of this Pitchfork designer are made with serendipity and his new favourite motion software

Pitchfork Selects is a weekly playlist made up of the most exciting new music drops, so its visuals have to match its audible freshness. Enter Chris Panicker, and the Cavalry app.