Subverting humanity’s over-reliance on technology is WNW Member Ivan Cash’s calling card. It’s these explorations into enabling actual human connection that led to Ivan founding IRL Labs. His latest offering? Glasses that block out the screens taking over your life.
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Etsy Alums Celebrate Collaboration & Year-Round Summer Vibes
After working closely together at Etsy, WNW Members and creative duo Melissa Deckert and Nicole Licht decided to keep the party going and form their joint studio Party of One. With their latest project, Melissa and Nicole are exploring the very nature of their collaborative spirit.
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This Board Game Pits You Against the Ad Industry's Wrath
Adam Samara and Michael Camarra have bottled the highs and lows that come with being a creative and created "AdQuest", a board game that zeroes in on the arduous, frustrating, and occasionally rewarding journey that goes into making an ad. Here, they share the inspiration behind the game, how it works, and what advice they have for fellow creatives.
Read MoreMembers to Watch: July
Here are nine ongoing and standalone projects from WNW Members that caught our eye this July.
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"Watching the World Cup" Captures the Full Spectrum of Human Emotion
London-based Photographer Jane Stockdale has created a work that documents heaven, hell, and purgatory, all reflected on the human face. It's not life or death. It's both. Watching the World Cup is a 64-page photo essay documenting the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Read MoreA Women's Shaving Ad with Actual Body Hair: An Advertising First
Enter women's shaving brand BILLIE, who now own the honor of delivering an advertising first: a women's shaving ad with actual body hair. They're calling it "Project Body Hair." Bravery has never been so easy to achieve, but they rightfully deserve all the credit. So does WNW Member Noemie Le Coz, who handled all the branding, illustration, art direction and website design for the subscription-based razor and body care brand.
Read MoreThese Creatives Are Courting the King to Come to Their City
Where will LeBron go? It's a question that plenty of people don't give two shits about, but one that ESPN and "Le King" himself want you to wonder. ESPN sourced 30 artists to create billboards pitching LeBron on their hometown NBA team. So it's not just creative—it's personal.
Read MoreMembers to Watch: Muralists
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.
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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 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.
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 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 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.
Read MoreThis Flint-Based Eyewear Brand Does Good for People & the Planet
In the wake of the Flint, Michigan water crisis, emerging eyewear brand Genusee seeks to bring new hope and vision to the city. Employing a circular economy business model, the company will make democratically-designed eyewear from recycled plastic water bottles. Their mission? To do good for people and the planet by making social and environmental impact in Flint, Michigan.
Read MorePlayLab Plants Giant Inflatable Flowers Along Sixth Avenue
"Grown Flowers" is a multi-site installation hosted by the Avenue of the Americas Association that imagines flowers inflated many times their normal size, giving visitors a new perspective on these iconic and playful representations of beauty. Through July 2018, visitors can stroll along Sixth Avenue and visit six different enormous inflatable flowers "sitting, lounging, floating, standing tall or even bending down to greet passersby."
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