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Art Club

Every month, The Verge’s designers, photographers, and illustrators gather to share the work of artists who inspire us. Now we’re turning our Art Club into an interview series in which we catch up with the artists and designers we admire and find out what drives them.

We visited the studio that puts high-tech fashion on Billy Porter and Janelle Monáe

Smooth Technology has made wearable tech for concerts and red carpets

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2019: A year in The Verge illustrations

Sci-fi futures, toxic cultures, and scooter wars

Alex Castro, William Joel and 2 moreCommentsComment Icon Bubble
Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya’s Community of Microbes: a celebration of color and science

‘There’s opportunity for people to see the wonder in science.’

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How Blake Kathryn pulls futuristic 3D dreamscapes from her subconscious

‘Emotionally, the creative process feels similar to a comforting nostalgic memory.’

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How we created the opening shot of our iPhone 11 Pro review

It involves spray paint, fishing wire, motorized rigs, and a little post-production magic

William Joel and Grayson BlackmonCommentsComment Icon Bubble
Tom Hegen’s aerial photography captures the human impact on natural landscapes

‘I am fascinated by the abstraction that comes with the change of perspective’

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How Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob meme toys were birthed by the internet

Nickelodeon’s Creative Director of Toy Design, Freddy Tutiven, explains

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How D’ana Nunez went from fashion show production to art directing Instagram’s Coachella house

‘Creating for yourself should always be first, before anything else.’

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How street artist Swoon creates life-size dreamlike worlds

‘Oh fuck, this is what a work of art can do’

Grayson BlackmonCommentsComment Icon Bubble
DeviantArt is growing up with its biggest redesign ever

The site’s perennial army-green design is being revamped with a sleek new layout called DeviantArt Eclipse.

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Sarah Sitkin’s Bodysuits presents the human form as it really is

‘It’s just wild to me how much controversy just a simple, unclothed body still holds.’

Amelia H. KralesCommentsComment Icon Bubble
Behind the process of Helvetica’s 21st century facelift

The famous typeface has been re-drawn for the modern era.

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