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Why UX design is just as important as a logo

Branding is not just about visual identity.

Creative Bloq · Jun 28, 2025

Why beautifully designed Hota is my new favourite gardening app

Hota has a gorgeous app icon and user friendly design. I speak to the founders to find out how it was created.

Creative Bloq · Mar 22, 2025

At HOTA, sneakers find their well-deserved place in art galleries at last

Sneakers were once traditionally associated with what fashion academic Naomi Braithwaite describes as “athleticism”: they were only considered in their relationship to sports.

The Conversation · Dec 4, 2023

Australia should have a universal basic income for artists. Here's what that could look like

While artists struggle to get noticed in the Australian political arena, particularly in the lead up to an election, other nations take their artists more seriously – even seeing them as critical to a successful and vibrant community.

The Conversation · May 2, 2022

Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate's spiritual adviser warned of 'demonic stronghold' at HOTA

Gold Coast mayor Tom Tate's spiritual adviser warned him in 2019 that the city's art precinct was a "gateway" that the "enemy had a stronghold on", requiring her to arm herself with "spiritual weapons".

ABC News · Apr 5, 2022