World Mental Health Day

On World Mental Health Day, we take the opportunity to gather creatives from across the worlds of graphic design, illustration, art, film and more for a one-day takeover of It’s Nice That to discuss how mental health affects them and to showcase projects that shine a light on this important issue.

World Mental Health Day

“A huge support system”: Meet India’s group of low-caste female vigilantes

Dare to be open, dare to be sensitive: how to shape the conversation around creative mental health

The Museum of Lost and Found Potential uses interactive portraits to explore how mental health impacts lives

Graphic Design is Mental: Tips for looking after your state of mind as a designer

Anna Ginsburg on the mental impact of a gruelling creative process, and her mission to rebalance

Welcome to World Mental Health Day 2018 on It's Nice That

Be whoever you want to be: Bunny Kinney on what makes Dazed Beauty so different

Opinion: Art therapy gives patients a voice when there are no words

Rabbits Road Press gives us a lesson in zine-making for wellbeing

Matter is the inclusive magazine that treats brain injury with grace and good humour

For fashion designer Georgina Johnson strength means not being afraid to say no

Steph Wilson speaks honestly about her relationship with mental health and photography

“There's no difference between artists with special needs and others”: The story of The House of Artists

It’s hard to think of an artist whose association with mental health is as great as Yayoi Kusama’s

Jan Buchczik on how illustration helped him be at ease with himself

An illustrator and designer anonymously explain how to tackle a brief infringing on your mental health

“Five books that bring me calm”: Anxy Magazine's Indhira Rojas' Bookshelf

“Wrap facts in fictions, and fictions in facts”: Metahaven on its ICA show, Version History

Illustrator Tor Brandt takes us to a private place of peace and tranquility

Lily Rose Thomas and Stephen Isaac-Wilson legitimise feelings of anxiety in their short film

Polyester's Ione Gamble on covering mental health sensitively, but not coyly

How Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival is helping people “reclaim” their mental health

Hospital Rooms uses visual art to spark positive change in service users

Nichtsein raises awareness of the factors that contribute to suicidal thoughts

Illustrators Tishk Barzanji and Charlotte Edey discuss isolation

Phoebe Lovatt’s self-care strategies for success

Introducing World Mental Health Day on It’s Nice That

GraphicDesign& outline three projects that successfully support and impact mental wellbeing

“I never, ever thought that I’d end up sharing drawings publicly”: Tara Booth on opening up

“Subtlety is key”: Rachel Levit on the art of illustrating sensitive themes

Siân Davey on the ways psychotherapy has informed her photography

Comics Youth harnesses the power of the creative process to deal with mental health issues

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