“I grew up with super conservative Korean immigrant parents, and obviously my mum’s aspiration was for me to become a lawyer, so my upbringing was really nothing creative at all,” says Amber Park. The artist’s back story is a fairly common reality among children of immigrants who have ended up in the creative industries, in […]

I recently finished a novel where a character hiding in a secret panel in an old house had lost consciousness and died. The only person who had an inkling of the hiding space was a child who grew up harboring the terrible secret. Secrets are a great way to add depth to a character, especially […]

“I’m just a deep diver on the internet,” laughs Marcia Pinna, as she Zooms from her Los Angeles home. As co-head of the experimental electronic label Evar Records, Pinna, a graphic designer, is responsible for the artwork for all of their releases, and it was while searching for suitable artists to create imagery for her […]

Any designer worth their weight in coffee table books is likely a big fan of Standards Manual, the publisher based in Brooklyn that specialises in, well, standards manuals, among other design history-related artefacts. The publisher’s latest and tenth release is another beautiful title, this time exploring the graphics of amateur — better known as ‘ham’ […]

The cannabis industry has changed dramatically since Breez was founded in 2015. The California-based brand has grown rapidly during this time, building up a range of premium THC and CBD-infused mints, tincture sprays and tablets. The brand’s quick expansion has brought a number of challenges with it, however, namely around its branding and communications. “These […]

Writing an action story or screenplay can be a lot of fun. There’s something exhilarating about writing fast-paced action sequences filled with excitement and suspense. However, it’s important to avoid common clichés—overused ideas or stereotypes lacking original thought—if you want your story to stand out. In this article, we will take a look at 9 […]

London-based artist John Walter has released his first NFT collection titled Sydney Ducks, in collaboration with HIV charity Positive East. Named for a group of Australian ex-convicts who set fire to buildings in San Francisco during the gold rush, the series continues Walter’s commitment to tackling HIV stigma and virology disinformation through art. Sydney Ducks […]

New York Times photography editor Jeffrey Henson Scales and ‘unofficial’ Panthers photographer Stephen Shames share the stories behind a pair of new photo books dedicated to the political organisation Photographer Jeffrey Henson Scales started taking pictures of the Black Panthers when he was just 14. Having grown up poring over copies of “big picture magazines” […]

If there’s one thing that most English people agree on, it’s the importance of pubs. But it’s no secret that over the last few years, such establishments have been closing in their droves thanks to everything from redevelopment to rent hikes, licensing struggles, the cost of living crisis, and more. It seems like a good […]

Chris Killip’s work is impassioned, urgent – but it is rarely tragic, despite the circumstances faced by many of the people he photographed, and remained close to, over the course of his life. There are images that will evoke tragedy in some audiences, but then, for Killip, it was never about audiences. The late photographer […]