Ruby Boddington

“Go, go, go”: how DIA messed with design theory, only to improve it

Ruby joined the It’s Nice That team as an editorial assistant in September 2017 after graduating from the Graphic Communication Design course at Central Saint Martins. In April 2018, she became a staff writer and in August 2019, she was made associate editor.

Some of Ruby’s favourite stories...

How can photography be used to rehabilitate in prisons?

14 May 2021

The Pink Triangle: how a symbol moved from one of persecution to power

20 January 2021

Maxime Guyon’s latest project takes a fascinating – and beautiful – look at the aeronautics industry

24 May 2021

Defying the norm: An interview with Grayson Perry on what it means to be an artist

1 March 2021

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Nicolas Bernklau on the unending life span of typography

18 January 2022

Tradition and technology combine in a book of fully AI-generated Irish poems and imagery

11 January 2022

W Studio’s 2022 calendar features and is in support of our furry friends

10 January 2022

Photography and film duo The Masons tells compelling stories of human existence and beauty

6 January 2022

Graphic designer Emma Dragovic on finding her niche in the food and drink world

5 January 2022

Mooni Studio aims to break rules within the Southwest Asian and North African region and beyond

16 December 2021

“Is it moral to pay people less than what we know they need to live?”: Chase Castor photographs the Fight for $15

16 December 2021

Andrea Alfonso Trabucco-Campos utilises typography as “a vehicle to articulating identity”

14 December 2021

Hato Press releases a cookbook of recipes from 46 international chefs, inspired by iconic films

13 December 2021

Kindling magazine explores the fresh perspectives that come with having children

8 December 2021

Aiqi Zhang on the benefits of working in multiple dimensions

6 December 2021

Apple announces the winners of the 2021 App Store Awards, highlighting those who brought people together

6 December 2021

Diego Flores Diapolo on learning from YouTube and the importance of “acting on instinct”

30 November 2021

Fight from the inside-out or boycott brands? How graphic designers shape a more sustainable and ethical food system

25 November 2021

Monotype’s Tom Foley on an “emotional topic”: Helvetica

19 November 2021

Alessandro Prepi Sot on creating strong but timeless designs rooted in systems and storytelling

11 November 2021

A historic day in the fight for climate justice – photographs from Cop26 protests in Glasgow

9 November 2021

Yosh Schreiner and Tim Lindacher create a “humorous, almost naive” identity for an electronic music festival in a castle

4 November 2021

Céline Raffy uses her illustrations like a diary and her senses as inspiration

1 November 2021

How do you coherently present a lot of content online? Five designers of archive sites explain

29 October 2021