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Casey Neistat

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Casey Neistat is a maverick American filmmaker whose wildly popular YouTube videos are redefining the industry. >
Nature’s colours

Satyendra Pakhalé tickles the imagination with a bright sculpture set in a beautiful tropical garden. >
DJ Stout on big hair, cowboy poets and planet Texas (trailer)

The Austin-based Pentagram partner and graphic designer says a sense of place is important for what graphic designers do. >
Joy Mckinney on overstepping her boundaries

This New York City-based artist touches people’s faces and records their response. >
"The Thing Under the Tree" by Lily Fang

The attention to detail in this stop-motion animation by recent RCA grad Lily Fang makes for a visually arresting story. >
Joy Mckinney on overstepping her boundaries (trailer)

Artist Joy Mckinney touches complete strangers on the streets of New York City – and captures people's reactions on camera. >
Wangechi Mutu: I'm interested in how the eye can trick you

The Nairobi-born artist tells us about the making of her first video animation, "The End of Eating Everything". >
An app for allergy sufferers

Two graduates of Pasadena’s Art Center College of Design have designed an early warning system that connects a special sensor to your smartphone. >
Victoria Hayes is ready for battle

She graduated from Parsons with a collection inspired by samurai armour. Now she’s taking on the New York City fashion world. >
A boot camp for your fingers

Masashi Kawamura has some fun designing a series of games to get users' fingers ready for the new Intel-powered tablets. >
Shining a light on workers’ safety

The new Halo Light is a multi-task light that ensures construction workers are visible from 600 metres away. >
Design advice from New York

Three New York design legends share lessons from their careers in graphic design. >
Jessica Hische - Like Knows Like

This short film takes a revealing look at American typographer Jessica Hische's everyday life. >
A haunted, handmade world

Artist Ali Aschman makes emotionally layered animations using handmade puppets and paper cut-outs. >
A brief personal history of illustration

The legendary graphic designer Seymour Chwast gives us a bird's-eye view of the period styles that have shaped the industry. >
There’s no place like here: Brazenhead Books

A short movie about a secret second-hand bookshop and its determined owner. >
Well-heeled

"Killer Heels" at the Brooklyn Museum explores the cultural history of the high heel. >
Stephen Doyle: Magic, nonsense and macramé

The New York-based graphic designer's love for words is so big, he's not content to leave them on the page. >
Milton Glaser's "10 Things I Have Learnt"

The celebrated graphic designer on the limits of being professional, why style is not to be trusted and other career (and life) lessons. >
Resetting the rules in advertising

Efficiency has become more of a priority than creativity, says award-winning Brazilian adman PJ Pereira. >
Subway reading

The NYC Transit Authority Graphics Standards Manual, a feat of design brilliance by Massimo Vignelli and Bob Noorda, is about to be turned into a book. >
How to create a portfolio that will get you hired

Industrial designer Amina Horozic shares some of the insights from her new book "Breaking In" on how to create a winning showcase of your work. >
Battle of the Jazz Guitarist

This short film by Mark Columbus is a twisting but sincere portrayal of the complex relationship between father and son. >
A multilingual typeface

Azer, co-designed by Wael Morcos, is a family of fonts that can be used in Arabic script, English and Latin variations. >

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