It's Nice That

“I do think for the industry right now staying relevant is key” Shanice Mears explains how to not get overwhelmed by trying to grow in this week’s Creative Career Conundrums > buff.ly/QBsxdnZ

Collins’ identity for a new climate movement emulates the healing feeling of sitting in the sun > buff.ly/iVM7ChC

Shelley Horan’s otherworldly shots of everyday objects are a spectacle in styling > buff.ly/yucG4bb

What kite flyers can teach us about craft and community > buff.ly/grdr4Qx

"Could you create an entire magazine using only pencils and paper?” Sasha Winzansky shares the story behind Pencil Magazine > buff.ly/y4f1aVS

Is this or is this not the best-looking board game you've ever laid your eyes on? > buff.ly/NjoCc5p

Guess who's coming to LA! > buff.ly/lO8QCf5

DEI rollbacks have been a persistent and worrying backdrop to 2025. The co-founders of Where Are The Black Designers? reveal how funding cuts postponed their largest project to date, and the bleak picture this paints for the creative industry today > buff.ly/F0nOsdu

Enter Yoffdog uses typography and texture to bitcrush digital and analogue worlds together > buff.ly/YtI2OqV

The disabled concessionary bus pass is broken. So, Dan Bowhay used one to travel the entire length of England, documenting the nation through a stark photography and film series > buff.ly/Gj0BDUV

What if there was a Yellow Pages but for the internet? Meet The Internet Phone Book > buff.ly/Pm56HkM

Tilt unveils refreshingly unexpected rebrand by Ragged Edge > buff.ly/FwvaZA7

Rarely seen in western media, Selina Kehuan Wu’s photobook documents China's public-square dancing in all its ethereal glow, all the while exploring a multi-layered societal history > buff.ly/ZAERgFv

Pencil Magazine reconnects us to the tactility of the humble pencil > buff.ly/y4f1aVS

Angela Kirkwood illustrates a reissue of Magical Athlete – the zany Japanese board game that’s absurd and fun in equal measure > buff.ly/NjoCc5p

Hello Los Angeles! 🌴 We're going to be in town next month! Keep your eyes peeled for our Nicer Tuesdays ticket drop 👀 > buff.ly/lO8QCf5 #NicerTuesdays

POV: Where has the money gone? > buff.ly/F0nOsdu

Enter Yoffdog’s graphic worlds of textural maximalism > buff.ly/YtI2OqV

Dan Bowhay photographs the “factual reality” of being a disabled passenger on public transport > buff.ly/Gj0BDUV

Internet Phone Book is a directory for a more inspiring web-surfing experience > buff.ly/Pm56HkM

Unconscious bias seeping into your work interactions can be a tough working dynamic. Katie Cadwell brings buckets of advice for women to excel in their creative workplaces in this week’s Creative Career Conundrums > buff.ly/WylLdRP

Excited to meet the newest generation of creative talent? Check out our 65-strong lineup of brilliant artists, designers, illustrators, photographers and more > buff.ly/Nc19BUC #INTOnestoWatch2025

Ragged Edge rebrands Tilt with a grounded, human-first approach to tackling financial issues > buff.ly/FwvaZA7

Dancing In Utopia captures the trance-like communion of public square dancing in China > buff.ly/ZAERgFv

Introducing It’s Nice That’s Ones to Watch 2025, our curated list of next generation talent from across the globe. > buff.ly/CaSA30P Ones to Watch 2025 is supported by Residence.Co

“A place of exploration”: Queeriosities is the annual makers fair centring queer art > buff.ly/uXBmc79

A new book on art features David Shrigley’s on-the-nose illustrations and Kate Bryan’s tongue-in-cheek words > buff.ly/nb8of14

Remembering Nathaniel Russell’s charming and economical illustrated columns for The Smudge > buff.ly/O8mIpEl

Elizabeth Goodspeed investigates how, as off-the-shelf brand identities become the norm, designers risk losing the equity, authorship, and evolution that come with building a brand through collaboration > buff.ly/kFaWXQh

With a collection dating back to the 60s, the Museum of UnRest is displaying it’s archive of iconic screen-printed posters, marking the struggle against climate breakdown, the cost of living crisis, housing shortage, and more > buff.ly/hiKutcs