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Paperclip Contour, meet Clippy: Kanon Foundry takes a 1973 typeface and makes it flexible across 15 different styles
18+ hour, 10+ min ago (103+ words) Ones to Watch 2025 Ad Werner’s Paperclip Contour is a highly original and cool typeface, but it was held back by being bound to print, as well as variations never being made commercially available. Kanon Foundry’s Tor Weibull has stepped in…...
Alina Derya Yakaboylu combines research and intuition to create culturally rooted design
1+ week, 2+ day ago (139+ words) Ones to Watch 2025 The designer and art director approaches each project holistically, using close observation, conversation and a poetic sensibility to uncover its deeper stories. Her process is concept-driven and always begins with lots of research and plenty of conversation....
Polaroid’s Patricia Varella chats long-game strategies, imperfection and that anti-AI viral campaign
4+ week, 1+ day ago (1726+ words) Ones to Watch 2025 In House is a new column from It’s Nice That where we go inside the workings of major brands, agencies and companies shaping the future of the creative industry. Sometimes, a creative campaign perfectly captures the moment....
Elizabeth Goodspeed on the branding challenge behind Mayor Zohran’s new municipal grocery stores
1+ mon, 18+ hour ago (258+ words) Ones to Watch 2025 Everyone wants to know who will win New York City’s grocery store RFP – the more interesting question is what public identities should actually do. “When you’re an op-ed columnist – essentially a professional yenta – asking about a project…...
Makitoy turns daily observations into stamp-sized collages of paper and colour
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (101+ words) Ones to Watch 2025 The illustrator reveals how repetition and patience shapes her tiny illustrations, which transform everyday moments into tactile paper artworks. Makitoy: Fig (Copyright © Makitoy, 2026) Makitoy: Ginkgo Leaf (Copyright © Makitoy, 2026) Makitoy: Alphabet Series (Copyright © Makitoy, 2026) Makitoy: 2026 Postcards (Copyright © Makitoy,…...
Are we stuck in the typographic principles of the 20th century? Matter Of’s new anti-design manual investigates
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (121+ words) Ones to Watch 2025 With essays, images and typography from a giant pool of collaborators, Matter Of’s book New New Typography is a cornucopia of ideas. It’s also a manual for the most unstable art: type design. Matter Of: New New…...
Koto launches CCType foundry to create typefaces that meet the demands of modern brands
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (78+ words) Ones to Watch 2025 The global creative studio has expanded into the letterforms landscape with a backdrop of bespoke type systems for brands under their belt and one debut release: CC Timeline. CCType has launched with CC Timeline available through the…...
Rapha’s brand identity is rebooted with six bespoke typefaces inspired by vintage cycling ephemera
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The magic of self-publishing and lo-fi production comes alive in Eloise Aitken’s printed matter
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (390+ words) It's Nice That The magic of self-publishing and lo-fi production comes alive in Eloise Aitken’s printed matter Using a cut-and-paste approach to image and type, the designer is inspired by radical print design and the early days of the Xerox....
Graphic design schools are teaching tech, but are they teaching taste?
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (471+ words) Graphic design courses have become trade schools – they should be so much more. Fast forward five years and computer science grads are facing record-high unemployment rates at 7 per cent in 2024, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, due…...