Review of the Year 2025: Top 50 Most Read

In our look back at the year gone by, It’s Nice That is reminded of the brilliant world of creativity we’ve platformed and what you, our fantastic audience, have enjoyed the most. These top 50 articles include unique points of view, perspectives from across the globe, the weird and the wonderful – and as always, boundary-pushing design.

You saw creatives take on pop culture, with articles on the art of album campaigns, the opening sequence of The White Lotus, tales about the creation of Bluey, the legacy of The Sims and Dave Rowntree’s pre-fame photographs of 90s pop band Blur. You also saw creatives get a little edgier, such as Michael Gao’s strange airbrush paintings of furry culture, Jean Pierre Consuegra’s “mechanical and anti-design” posters which commentate on surveillance UI, and design studio Metals’ industrial, dark and seductive music industry visuals.

Among our riveting long-read features (of which you read a lot!) It’s Nice That covered subjects such as artificial intelligence, daily creative practices, women’s football, self-improvement and the state of the print industry. As well as that, you read a lot of our opinions on topics like self-deprecating designers, posting as a practice, age diversity and evolving design agencies. It’s time to get stuck in!