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Creative Boom · Oct 1, 2026

China-based illustrator and graphic designer Rui Pu creates colourful, textured digital collages that draw on memes, internet culture, travel and everyday visual observations. The feature covers his process for editorial commissions, including Bloomberg Businessweek's Extra Salt column, and his 2026 personal book 100 Horses, which transforms collected horse imagery into surreal, humorous compositions.

It's Nice That · Sep 28, 2026

Apple’s Today at Apple programme and It’s Nice That have launched Made for Business, a free Los Angeles panel series about building sustainable creative businesses. The first event, held at The Grove on 7 October 2026, features designer James Junk, creative director Ramisha Sattar, and Mouthwash Studio partner and creative director Abraham Campillo discussing pricing, positioning, workflow, creative process and growth.

Creative Boom · Sep 22, 2026

Creative Boom's September Booms & Shakes roundup reports positive growth in the UK design sector, citing a Design Council estimate of £136.7bn in value and growing activity beyond London. It highlights senior hires and promotions at agencies including Instrument, Pearlfisher, FutureBrand, Super Nice, Art&Graft, LERMA/ and SuperHeroes, with AI investment, strategy leadership and human creative expertise emerging as major themes.

It's Nice That · Sep 1, 2026

Rima Sabina Aouf critiques Silicon Valley's framing of AI smart glasses and other wearable devices as solutions to harmful smartphone use. The opinion piece argues that attention-economy business models and data exploitation are structural problems, while identifying a growing appetite for playful, single-purpose hardware such as cameras, payment accessories and screen-light music players.

Creative Boom · Sep 1, 2026 · Interview

London motion studio Art&Graft discusses In Pursuit of Magic, a self-initiated short film made over two years by 42 members of its team. The film uses five differently rendered characters and a deliberately blind, collaborative "picture consequences" process to explore the frustrations, breakthroughs and shared purpose of creative work. Zelig Sound mirrored the project's sectional process in the soundtrack.

· Aug 11, 2026 · Interview

In this installment of PRINT’s What Matters questionnaire, New York City design lead and art director Justin Wong reflects on creativity, self-trust, ambition, regret, and being present. Wong, the incoming president of AIGA NY, also discusses his love of cooking and meaningful annual meals with a close friend.

It's Nice That · Aug 7, 2026

It’s Nice That announces the return of its Nicer Tuesdays event to Los Angeles on 22 September 2026 at El Rey Theatre. The ticketed evening will feature talks by The New Company, photographer Arielle Bobb-Willis, ilovecreatives founder Puno, and artist Bill Rebholz, with Affinity and Cavalry by Canva as event partners.

Creative Boom · Jul 15, 2026

Creative Boom reports findings from a July 2026 survey of 403 illustrators, including 146 UK-based respondents, on rates, pricing methods, licensing and perceptions of pay. The median reported UK day rate was £350, though project fees were the predominant pricing model and only 20% of respondents felt fairly paid. Licensing misunderstandings, stagnant rates, inflation and the impact of AI were recurring concerns.