As you might gather from the publisher’s description below, Open Wide is an … unsettling (!) book. I’ve always been fascinated by how cover designers can lean into the darker

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I’ve been following Cj Hendry’s work since 2013, when she was drawing in black and white pen with painstaking precision. Back then, her focus was on surface and detail. Over

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Bamp-badamp-ba-danna-damp, ba-danna-damp! MTV’s sonic signature by Jonathan Elias To borrow from Longhi on Caravaggio, there was life before MTV and life after and the two were not the same. Indeed,

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Sustainability brands have long been defined by soft color palettes, delicate leaf motifs, and messaging that nudges consumers toward “doing less harm.” It’s a visual and verbal language that feels

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This industry perspective is by Talia Patapoutian, research lead at Red Antler. Indulge me for a moment: imagine you’re standing inside the walls of Game of Thrones‘ Winterfell, with centuries

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In the vast and often noisy world of music tech, Muse Group has quietly been building something remarkable. With over 400 million users across beloved tools like Ultimate Guitar, MuseScore,

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