Matt Alagiah

“It’s horrendous, it’s constant failure”: Geoff McFetridge on the pain of painting

Matt joined It’s Nice That as editor in October 2018 and became editor-in-chief in September 2020. He was previously executive editor at Monocle magazine. Drop him a line with ideas and suggestions, or simply to say hello.

ma@itsnicethat.com

Matt’s Top Picks

Here’s a selection of Matt’s favourite stories from the past couple of months.

“It’s horrendous, it’s constant failure”: Geoff McFetridge on the pain of painting

12 April 2021

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POV: In a “sea of sameness”, taste and storytelling will become vital creative skills

31 July 2024

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Spotify launches new bespoke typeface with Dinamo: Spotify Mix

23 May 2024

POV: Designers need to think more like ecologists

1 May 2024

POV: Humility is seemingly in short supply in the design industry. What’s really behind this?

18 April 2024

“No grid, no rules”: How the Spotify design team created the identity for this year’s Wrapped

30 November 2023

First Acts: Creatives share their (very) early work

30 March 2023

How Spotify’s Wrapped campaign for 2022 came together

30 November 2022

Meet the digital artists turning iconic furniture into dancing coat stands and flammable chairs

24 August 2022

From NFTs to balloon art, we look back on a sometimes chaotic but always creative 2021

20 December 2021

Artists and designers respond to the relationship between racial injustice and the climate crisis

5 November 2021

How a small Alabama community stitched itself into the history of American art

13 October 2021

Cécile Dormeau talks us through her deeply personal film about creative block

11 October 2021

Antwaun Sargent discusses the “poetic connections” in his new show Social Works II

7 October 2021

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Art
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Designing The Guardian’s new Saturday magazine

29 September 2021

The National Gallery of Canada’s rebrand marks a step towards decolonisation

25 June 2021

Four leading creatives on how to protect our work-life balance

13 May 2021

How creativity has helped us connect with a global community

28 April 2021

“It’s horrendous, it’s constant failure”: Geoff McFetridge on the pain of painting

12 April 2021

Getting to know Margot Lévêque and her personality-driven typefaces

22 March 2021

“It’s Glasgow nae Cannes”: O Street crafts new identity for a digital film festival

2 March 2021

Matt’s Top Picks

“It’s horrendous, it’s constant failure”: Geoff McFetridge on the pain of painting

Getting to know Margot Lévêque and her personality-driven typefaces

How a small Alabama community stitched itself into the history of American art

Cécile Dormeau talks us through her deeply personal film about creative block

POV: In a “sea of sameness”, taste and storytelling will become vital creative skills

Spotify launches new bespoke typeface with Dinamo: Spotify Mix

POV: Designers need to think more like ecologists

POV: Humility is seemingly in short supply in the design industry. What’s really behind this?

“No grid, no rules”: How the Spotify design team created the identity for this year’s Wrapped

First Acts: Creatives share their (very) early work

How Spotify’s Wrapped campaign for 2022 came together

Meet the digital artists turning iconic furniture into dancing coat stands and flammable chairs

From NFTs to balloon art, we look back on a sometimes chaotic but always creative 2021

Artists and designers respond to the relationship between racial injustice and the climate crisis

How a small Alabama community stitched itself into the history of American art

Cécile Dormeau talks us through her deeply personal film about creative block

Antwaun Sargent discusses the “poetic connections” in his new show Social Works II

Designing The Guardian’s new Saturday magazine

The National Gallery of Canada’s rebrand marks a step towards decolonisation

Four leading creatives on how to protect our work-life balance

How creativity has helped us connect with a global community

“It’s horrendous, it’s constant failure”: Geoff McFetridge on the pain of painting

Getting to know Margot Lévêque and her personality-driven typefaces

“It’s Glasgow nae Cannes”: O Street crafts new identity for a digital film festival

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