Sarah Baker and Donatella Versace’s issue of Baroness is a love letter to sisterhood

Celebrating Valentine’s Day with the release of the single Spritz Me With Your Love, the second issue of Baroness tells the tale of a female music mogul outsmarting her blackmailer.

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The realities of working with a loved one: Couples discuss the pros and cons

Working with your partner – an absolute nightmare or the perfect equation for a fruitful career? Here, several creative couples, and a life coach, weigh in on the topic.

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Jobs of the week from Boiler Room, Design Council and It's Nice That!

Our weekly round-up of jobs posted on our sister site, If You Could Jobs.

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Girls in Film is looking to fund a female-made short film

The organisation will grant £5,000 cash to a female-identifying filmmaker answering the question, “what does female strength mean to you?”

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“The camera became an extension of my arm”: Alice Dempsey documents daily life for her family

The Bath-based photographer’s matriarchal surroundings were put under the lens during a unique and transformative time.

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Pentagram’s Marina Willer rebrands cancer charity Maggie’s to reflect its warm, homey spirit

With a handwritten typeface and a logo family at the heart of its redesigned visual language, the graphic designer hopes to convey the organisation’s welcoming care centres.

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Wool like you’ve never seen it before, in Andrea Love’s charming stop motion animations

Working out of her basement studio in the most northwestern tip of America, Andrea Love demonstrates the versatility of wool through these wonderful animated shorts.

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Barbara Kruger asks provocative questions of LA residents as Frieze lands

Spanning hundreds of banners, the public art project is a continuation of her Untitled (Questions) series, in her trademark bold and graphic type, that invites Los Angeles to think big.

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“Graphic design allots the opportunity to defy convention”: Theresa Liu on her investigative practice

After becoming enchanted by the works of LA’s art greats, Theresa felt there was a gap between their depictions and her day-to-day reality. Here, she discusses her theory-based practice on providing second realities through graphic design.

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Ricardo Bessa talks us through his dream commission from 4Creative

The Portuguese illustrator’s alternate worlds were perfect preparation for visualising fan fiction.

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Caterina Bianchini Studio relaunches as Nari, a studio with a “humanist, artistic approach”

The London-based designer yesterday announced that she is relaunching as Nari as “having a name that indicates or highlights a singular person just didn’t feel fitting anymore.”

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Comprising a new typeface, Ilya Bazhanov’s bachelor thesis examines Russian typography from the 60s

The Chelyabinsk-based designer’s latest project sees him create a new typeface named Thaw, inspired by the historical period and change that occurred during Soviet Russia in the 1960s.

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“I like everything, I’m a mess”: Maria Contreras Aravana on her wacky and non-conforming illustrations

With cartoonish cats, spooky babies and swimming bananas as her protagonists, the Santiago-based illustrator looks to her subconscious for inspiration.

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Sonia Boyce will be first black woman to represent UK at Venice Biennale

The artist was also the first black woman to be added to the Tate collection in 1987, and the Royal Academy in 2016, and makes work that “embodies inclusiveness, generosity, experimentation”.

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Portraits of refugees-turned-coders are hidden in the homepages of eBay, Accenture and more

The self-proclaimed “geeky” Behind the Source campaign by 72andSunny Amsterdam champions graduates of HackYourFuture with images of them constructed in major websites’ source code.

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Qweens’ Speech shines a light on the “impossible broadness” of the LGBTQIA+ community

Featuring the likes of Munroe Bergdorf, Sam Smith, Kate Moross, Kai-Isaiah Jamal and Rina Sawamaya, the short film offers a refreshing alternative to the Queen’s speech.

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This year's edition of Design Indaba will focus on “advancing social progress through design activism”

It's Nice That will once again head to the influential creative conference in South Africa, which this year celebrates its 25th anniversary.

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Jinhee Han’s illustrations stem from an unapologetic attitude towards colour

The Brussels-based illustrator’s work is testament to her diverse publishing experience.

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Graphic designer Han Gao uses text and reading as the main method for creating

The Shanghai-based creative explains why it is ideas, and not beauty, that comes first in his thoughtful practice.

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Animator Milo Targett takes us on a wonderfully weird journey of repulsive patterns

In his latest short for Adult Swim, Milo bends viewers' perspectives into a warped reality where patterns take centre stage.

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