Diversity in fashion campaigners All Walks have selected a shortlist of entries for its 2013 Diversity NOW! competition. All the entries were uploaded exclusively onto ARTS THREAD’s portfolio platform. In this post, we look at the finalists in the Illustration category.

Reykjavik – DesignMarch starts this Thursday in Reykjavik, the annual design event to show off what’s happening in Iceland. ARTS THREAD takes a peek at some of the highlights.

Cape Town – The annual Design Indaba Expo was an overwhelming collection of the best design in South Africa. One of the most exciting sections was decidedly the ‘Emerging Creatives’, filled with recent graduates gathered to showcase their best work. ARTS THREAD highlights some of the most outstanding young designers.

Cape Town: We are looking forward to this year’s line up at the Design Indaba Conference that runs over three days from 27 February to March 01 2013. ARTS THREAD brings you some speaker highlights.

At ARTS THREAD we’re adoring fans of Icelandic illustrator Kristjana S Williams, whose brilliant solo show at Outline Editions followed an interactive installation in the Clore Study Room at the V&A for last year’s LDF.

In a bid to prove that good things really do come in small packages, ARTS THREAD dug out a gem of an exhibition at the Church of London’s new bite-sized gallery space on Leonard Street, Shoreditch, last weekend.

Spanning across several floors of the Stevens Building, the Royal College of Art’s 2012 Visual Communication graduates showcased the fruits of their labour. From web-based GIFs to unconventional storytelling, ARTS THREAD chooses a few of the best projects on show.

ARTS THREAD takes a look at some highlights from visual communication designers to be found at New Designers this week.

Veronica Settinieri, a graduate in Graphic Design from Swansea Metropolitan University, has designed a thoughtful project challenging the idea of all Sicilians being pro-mafia. She conducted thorough research by interviewing a range of Sicilians about their view on the mafia and how it feels to have this stereotype pointed at them so much when most are against the mafia.

ARTS THREAD starts a new series of Q&As with designers and makers who will be exhibiting at New Designers One Year On this summer. We speak to Jessica Hogarth who will be in Part 2 running July 04-07 2012.

Pick Me Up was a pretty epic event this year, and while participants settle back into the comfort of their own studios, ARTS THREAD shines a spotlight on those involved in an exciting new element of the fair – the Daily Specials programme.