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Creative Boom

Knockout’s identity for Bombay Bramble is a ‘creative new expression of gin’

London agency Knockout is behind the identity and bottle design for Bombay Bramble, Bombay Sapphire's new ruby-red drink that blends the vapours from the drink brand's distilled London Dry Gin with a rich fruit infusion made from blackberries and raspberries. Read More

Livewire

Hikikomori Artists: How Japan’s Extreme Recluses Find Creativity, Self-Discovery in Isolation

The Japanese word “hikikomori” translates to “pulling inwards” Read More

The Conversation

Cat in a spat: scrapping Dr Seuss books is not cancel culture

Let’s start by putting aside the bugbear that it is even possible to “cancel” children’s author Dr Seuss. Read More

It's Nice That

Meet Sandwich Friends, one of Ikea’s new soft toys based on kids’ drawings

Designed by Audrey, aged 9, the deliciously squishy buddies will become part of the brand’s Sagoskatt collection along with Mermaid Dog and Fried Egg. Read More

Animation Xpress

Review: Disney’s ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ is a visual spectacle depicting Southeast Asian culture

Produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, Raya and the Last Dragon action-adventure tale is the 59th feature of the pioneering studio that finally made it to the big screens after the tumultuous 2020. Read More

Dezeen

Alex Proba’s graphic swimming pools are “a celebration of colour and pattern”

Designer Alex Proba hand-paints swimming pools with graphic murals, including the pools of two Palm Springs houses and a mural on the deck of a public pool on Manhattan's Roosevelt Island. Read More

Creative Boom

Behind the scenes with the creators of Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon, a movie made during a pandemic

There are lockdown projects, and then there are full-blown lockdown projects that push the possibilities of remote working and creative collaboration beyond any limitations we've experienced before. Read More

Artnet News

Dissenting Artists Around the Globe Were Jailed and Killed at an Alarming Rate Last Year, According to a New Report

The survey found that governments may be using the pandemic as a pretense to crack down on artists. Read More

The Conversation

Apple’s new emojis are more ammunition for the online generation wars

When I saw the news that Apple would be releasing 217 new emojis into the world, I did what I always do: I asked my undergraduates what it meant to them. “We barely use them any more,” they scoffed. Read More

It's Nice That

The best universities for art and design ranked for 2021, in a very different context

While many universities in the UK remain closed and those in the US continue to navigate Covid restrictions, the annual list of best higher education schools for creative subjects remains fairly consistent. Read More

Fast Company

Google’s anti-tracking move is good for privacy, and even better for Google

Since it’s big players like Google that have all the targeting data, smaller ones will have a hard time competing without cookie data. Read More

Creative Review

Dimitris Armenakis’ short tackles overconsumption in the 21st century

Using cartoon characters inspired by the 1930s, Armenakis explores overconsumption through the perspective of the consumed rather than the consumer Read More

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