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  Kookie Santos

  Kookie Santos on her fascination for emotive and expressive letterforms, the Filipino creative community and how she finds inspiration from play, fun and her inner child.

  Feature, Graphic Design, Lettering, Typography, she/her

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  Helen Tong

  Helen Tong on studying at Shillington, starting her design career during a pandemic and where she finds inspiration.

  Branding, Design, Illustration, Packaging, Women to Watch

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  Mandy Barker

  Many Barker on founding Sail Creative, building a design studio that resonates with her beliefs and making real world change through creativity.

  Art Direction, Design, Founders Series, Visual Identity, Woman Founder

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  Emily Atwood

  Emily Atwood on the power of typography, working with design legend Paula Scher and empowering women through design.

  Design, Featured Female, Typeface Design, Typography, Visual Identity

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  Fiasco Design – Open Internships

  Nathalie Crease, Head of Marketing at Fiasco Design, on launching an Open Internship programme that is looking to set a precedent for the way design agency internships can be made more inclusive for emerging creatives.

  Career Development, Design & Branding Agency, Diversity & Inclusion, Open Internships

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  Sisterhood

  Rachita Saraogi and Rebecca Thomson on empowering young women to effect change through their design-based initiative Sisterhood and insights into what we as an industry can do to create a more accessible space for all.

  Career Development, Coaching & Mentorship, Design for Good, Diversity & Inclusion, Emerging creatives, Women Founders

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  Emma Brookes

  Emma Brookes on discovering her passion for UX/UI design as a way to solve real-world issues that have a positive impact and the creative approach she took to her award winning RSA student awards project ‘Kuki’.

  Graphic Design, One to Watch, UX/UI design

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  We Are Batch

  Cape Town based creative production studio Batch on how they cultivate a studio space that encourages community and collaboration, finding supportive people to develop a creative voice and creating a balanced work/life culture.

  Creative Production, Digital Design, Illustration, Motion Design, Women-led

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  Mengxia Liu

  Mengxia Liu on telling stories through vibrant reportage illustration and developing her artistic practice in the UK.

  Illustration, Women to Watch