4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (293+ words) The independent studio reframes "psychic guidance" for modern life, with stunning illustrations by María Jesús Contreras. Given the unusual subject, Mother Design did some research beyond the usual category and spotted a cultural shift: people are increasingly turning to things…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (351+ words) The illustrator talks about the winding path that led her to editorial covers for Die Zeit, Elle, and Der Spiegel, and the graphic novel she's now building. In Thomke Meyer's illustrations, you'll spot hair whipping sideways, vines coiling and unravelling…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (640+ words) The Turin-based artist fell in love with illustration one afternoon, thanks to an Andy Warhol ink drawing. Now she works for The New York Times and the Financial Times, inspired by "ordinary" moments she once dismissed. Ever had someone say,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (917+ words) Two years, five characters, and 42 pairs of creative hands were behind the London studio's most ambitious project, and also its most honest. We sit down with Vicky Ghose, Mike Moloney and Stephen Middleton to find out more. For an industry…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (276+ words) The artist on quitting the client-pleasing grind, sticking to a regular drawing habit, finding vitality in art-making, and building enormous, hand-cut paper flowers on the floor. "In an age when almost anything can be copied, what, if anything, cannot be…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (647+ words) Her evocative work reminds me of the storybooks of my 1970s childhood—only reimagined for the digital age. Originally from China, Fei Meng lived in the UK for ten years before relocating to New York in 2024. She's spent the last six…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (237+ words) It's a simple statement, but it's also a refreshing take on the panic around AI in creative work. If the mechanics of image-making are becoming commoditised, then curation, taste and a point of view – which is, let's face it, the…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (193+ words) With works that are "slightly lonely and quietly optimistic", the artist turns the everyday into something familiar, nostalgic and utterly beautiful. A pigeon on a beach path; a blue elephant spring-rider bolted to tarmac; a chain-link fence catching the afternoon…...