The artists featured here put their mastery on full display, building staggering exterior and interior murals that brighten your office hours, city walks, and gallery nights. Some creatives opt for standing desks. But muralists take things a step further and use standing ladders and cranes to capture the scope of their creations.
Read MoreDrinking Not Drinking Chicago: Recap
Hosted at Villains in collaboration with Southbank, our global happy hour series felt right at home. It was the ideal venue and vibe for authentic networking in the Windy City. Everyone enjoyed meeting fellow members and sampling the snacks and signature Old Fashioneds. Thanks to WNW Member Alex Garcia for taking professional portraits for attendants' WNW profiles and portfolio sites.
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Step Up Your Instagram Game in Time for the World Cup's Knockout Stage
London-based illustrator Sam Taylor has created a roster of football gifs with Giphy for the 2018 World Cup. Sam's series is fun and serves up the full range of emotional highs and lows that every soccer fan knows all too well.
Read MoreOvershare Podcast: Jacquelyn De Jesu on Reinventing the Shower Cap
For the 11th episode of Overshare, Jacquelyn De Jesu, founder and CEO of Shhhowercap shares her journey from being an art director in advertising to the moment she was compelled to make a modern shower cap. Her bootstrapped journey has led to features in Forbes, Fast Company and Vogue, and her shower caps are now carried in stores from Neiman Marcus and Sephora to the MoMA Design Store.
Read MoreOvershare Podcast: Yancey Strickler on Life After Kickstarter
Yancey Strickler, co-founder and former CEO of Kickstarter, joins Justin Gignac for a candid conversation about life after Kickstarter. He reveals his rule of believing in everything, the ego benefits of seeing an astrologist, the importance of putting more love into the world, and why he grew a Beatles-inspired mustache to help in writing an ambitious book.
Read MoreHoldframe Educates with Top Animators' Project Files & Exclusive Interviews
By creating this platform, individuals now have the opportunity to learn from some of the best in the industry and to deconstruct their actual project files while at the same time directly supporting the creator in the process.
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Illustration by WNW Member Lia Kantrowitz
The Seductive Link Between Euphoria and Creativity
Artists and scientists throughout history have remarked on the bliss that accompanies a sudden creative insight. Einstein described his realisation of the general theory of relativity as the happiest moment of his life. More poetically, Virginia Woolf once observed, 'Odd how the creative power brings the whole universe at once to order.'
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Illustration by Emily Schiff-Slater
Dear Brands: If You Want to Profit, Fight For Us.
“The traditional convention of capitalism is that ethics and profit are frequently at odds. However, we are entering an era of what economist Chris Ladd calls ‘Social Capitalism,’ in which people treat a purchase less like a trade of goods and more like a vote.”
Read MoreFuck Your Manners: Shawna X Critiques the Western Gaze in Multimedia Exhibit
Shawna X's new exhibit "Fuck Your Manners" is a multimedia outpouring of artistic inspiration that packs both Shawna's signature palette & a well-deserved punch. "I focused on eating habits that are deemed impolite by the western gaze, but accepted in my culture.”
Read MoreBeer Mats Toasting Weird World Cup Moments for Charity
Twenty leading designers, illustrators, and creatives celebrated their favourite hilarious, weird, & wonderful moments from previous World Cups. The resulting pieces have been printed onto limited edition beer mats & are being ‘exhibited’ in pubs around London right in time for the World Cup.
Read MoreA Portfolio Redesign Will Help Clients See You How You'd Like to Be Seen
Creatives are experts at exporting their creativity, but often forget to apply those skills to their own brand. WNW Member Ngaio Parr was no exception until recently, when she committed to redesigning her studio's portfolio site. “"Everything outside of the actual work is such a steep learning curve!”
Read MoreBehold the Off-Centre Positivity of Sydney-Based Artist Elliott Routledge
Elliott "Numskull" Routledge is a designer and artist working out of Sydney. Here, he talks about his shift away from the agency world to embrace a career in the arts, where he’s found his voice. He's tried his hand at a variety of fields and mediums including painting, illustration, and design, but always relishes the opportunity to go big and do large-scale public murals and sculptures.
Read MoreWant to Work at Digitas? Brent Eveleth Talks Elastic Thinking, Boston, & More
Brent Eveleth, Creative Director & SVP of Experience Design at Digitas, shares what he looks for in prospective hires, what it takes to succeed at Digitas, & why Boston will probably never get the credit it deserves for its strong, creative community.
Read MoreGoogle Creative Lab Partners with 9 Animators for Pixel 2 Campaign
Creative Director Kristen Lewis discusses Google Creative Lab’s “iPhone People Talking Pixel” campaign, which involved curating a diverse and global group of nine animators - most of them WNW members - with a variety of styles including 2D and 3D animation, frame by frame, and mixed media.
Read MoreDanny Capozza Animates "Malaria Must Die" Campaign for the Gates Foundation
WNW Member Danny Capozzi recently teamed up with the Gates Foundation to direct an informative and accessible tour of malaria's history. It's part of the global Malaria Must Die campaign.
Read MoreJoin WNW & Designer Zipeng Zhu in Supporting This Year's AIDS/LifeCycle
WNW Co-founder Adam Tompkins had the idea to produce a WNW-sponsored kit for Thomas Q. Sims’ AIDS/LifeCycle ride with one of our members, & immediately thought of the inimitable Zipeng Zhu.
Read MoreThis Print Magazine Explores Life's Absurdities Through Breakfast
WNW Member Tim Lampe is the mind behind Morgenmete, which explores the absurdities of life through the breakfast setting. Tim tells us what gave him the idea to dedicate himself fully to breakfast, and why you should too.
Read MoreShantell Martin, Queen of Alternative Canvases, Teams with 1800 Tequila
For WNW Member Shantell Martin, everything is a canvas. The London-born artist has turned walls, bicycles, sunglasses, sneakers, and clothing into distinct works of art that could belong to no one else. We can now add bottles to that list: 1800 Tequila has enlisted Shantell for their latest Essential Artists Series, in which world-renowned artists have their work emblazoned on 1800 Tequila’s iconic bottles.
Read MoreThe Great New York Subway Map Introduces Young Readers to Graphic Design
What WNW Member Emiliano Ponzi and MoMA have created is not just a picture book but a reminder of the educational benefits of understanding how your surroundings work from a young age, and recognizing the humanity behind design decisions.
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