Developments of 2022: The yr in tech

Developments of 2022: The yr in tech

This year, news coverage of the technology sector was dominated by agents of chaos. Lawsuits, layoffs, and financial losses were near-permanent fixtures in headlines when it came to the big multinationals and Silicon Valley behemoths, even among those that seemed to be faring comparatively well. However, while it’s easy to succumb to the doom and […]



Music movies of the 12 months 2022

Music movies of the 12 months 2022

As we round off the year, it feels as though you can’t move for someone sending you an AI-generated Christmas card, or rewriting A Christmas Carol on ChatGPT but with all the characters as dogs. So it’s perhaps little surprise that many of the most interesting music videos from the last year have been heavily […]



Inciting Incident: Definition, Examples, Varieties, and How one can Begin a Story Proper

Inciting Incident: Definition, Examples, Varieties, and How one can Begin a Story Proper

How do you start a story? You might have heard that you need to start with a bang, that you need to hook the reader with deep conflict in the first few pages. But what does that actually mean? The answer is the inciting incident, one of the six structural elements of plot used to tell […]



Ukrainian company Twid displays on 2022

Ukrainian company Twid displays on 2022

Ukrainian creative agency Twid is resolutely clear in what it wants – more global clients, “to prevail over the terrorist state” – and what it doesn’t. “In Ukraine, we don’t want to feel that foreigners are making indulgences for us – we don’t want to miss deadlines or not reply to emails,” says Alex (Sasha) […]



Cáit McEniff’s folk-inspired illustrations

Cáit McEniff’s folk-inspired illustrations

I’m basically trying to make art and see the world like I did as a kid,” says illustrator Cáit McEniff. You could apply this to the purposefully wobbly lines and bucketloads of charm in her fabric pieces or paper illustrations. However, what she means is the childlike spirit and curiosity she tries to maintain in […]



Contained in the world of up to date board recreation design

Contained in the world of up to date board recreation design

Modern board games can help us understand complex real world scenarios, while also having fun. We take a look inside the current boom for new games and how they are designed The cover of Daybreak, a new cooperative board game exploring climate change, presents an optimistic vision of the near future with a sunrise breaking […]



Writing Immediate:  Select Your Personal (Writing) Journey

Writing Immediate: Select Your Personal (Writing) Journey

When I was a kid, I loved reading Choose-Your-Own-Adventure novels that had alternate paths written into the story. If you aren’t familiar with them, they were elementary or middle grade chapter books that begin a story and at key moments, offer the reader a choice: “To go through the portal, turn to page 37. To […]



Advert campaigns of the 12 months 2022

Advert campaigns of the 12 months 2022

As we are all too aware, it’s been another rollercoaster year of drama and anxiety, with 2022 awash with political and economic turmoil, war, and ever-increasing evidence of the devastating effects of climate change. We’ve also seen ongoing social division, played out with the most intensity – as ever – on social media, while the […]



Videogame Atlas explores the wonder and complexity of digital worlds

Videogame Atlas explores the wonder and complexity of digital worlds

In recent years, videogame worlds have transcended their original purpose as mere containers for player navigation and become tools for education. Since the release of its first Assassin’s Creed game, French developer Ubisoft has received messages from teachers around the world saying that they have used various instalments in the series to teach history lessons. […]



Film posters of the 12 months 2022

Film posters of the 12 months 2022

This year’s selection of the best movie posters of the year once again demonstrates a wonderful array of traditional techniques and styles – photography, painting, collage – and a refusal to homogenise into any singular form. One pleasing commonality: as yet, the world of film poster design has resisted any incursion from AI-generated art. Whether […]