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The View From...

The View From... is a column on It’s Nice That written by a team of international correspondents in major creative cities around the world. In the series, we report on the design scene in these cities, exploring the topics that are making an impact on the local creative community there.

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Design disasters or creative solutions? The self-made paper signs replacing wayfinding in Singapore’s railway stations

19 October 2026

How retro branding is bringing warmth and fun to São Paulo’s bars and restaurants

14 September 2026

Why a Japanese potato chip bag lost its colour

In the burgeoning Nigerian animation industry, these creatives are turning myth, memory and mischief into moving image

The trinket takeover: unpicking the microtrends of consumer culture in Seoul

A stone statue of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh stands against a modern architectural backdrop. A pink graphic and bold black text laid over the image read “The view from Cairo”.

Why minimalist aesthetics (smuggled in as the language of progress) are stifling truly Arab design

Old matchboxes are igniting new ideas for these Indian creatives

Abstracted organica: The design trend taking root in Naarm, and the designers doing it best

Why are so many of Berlin’s community initiatives run by designers – and what’s the point?

24 February 2026

Where have all the flowers gone? The new dawn of Corita Kent

3 February 2026

The unique design strategies shaping solo living in Seoul

9 December 2025

Inside Zum Festival: the finest photobooks from Brazil’s indie publishing hub

2 December 2025

How changing tattoo culture reflects a quiet shift in Japan

19 November 2025

Meet the Nigerian graphic designers bringing African expression to typography

4 November 2025

Pencil power: the Indian creatives provoking change through illustration and design

21 October 2025

The many colours of Rotterdam, through the eyes of From Form

16 September 2025

The femme creatives shaping Naarm’s dance scene

2 September 2025

Are Berlin’s urban artists destined to paint a creatively sanitised future for their own neighbourhoods?

Summer of resistance: LA’s visual response to ICE

How Gilberto Gil united the best in Brazilian design