《BranD》以“你好，艺术”为2018年最后一期的主题，在此之前《BranD》杂志一直都在探讨设计，其实设计与艺术是两个概念。设计上升到某一程度它或许会成为艺术品，但是设计更多的目的是为了解决问题或者满足某种需要，有着不可抹去的商业性，因此一个好的设计作品，无论多么精美，它都是一个传递信息的载体，是一种交流方式。

BranD adopted “Nice to Meet Art”as the theme of the last magazineissue in 2018. We have been exploring design before this issue. Actually designand art are two different concepts. Design will sublimate to artwork with acertain extent, but a design is more about solving problems or meeting demands,which is full of indelible commerciality. Therefore, agood design is a carrier for information, and a method of communication, nomatter how wonderful it is.

而艺术则不一样，艺术家们是感性的，比较自我，不需要去迎合大众，他们更多是对自身价值的追求。就是因为与大众潮流的格格不入，个人艺术成为了当代人的精神向往。不少品牌也灵活地运用艺术家身上的特质，频繁进行跨界合作，虽然今天我们所谈论的艺术与过去所呈现的不大一样，但一些艺术家穿越时间、打破地域与语言的限制，到如今依旧影响着现代人的审美与观念。

Art, however, is different. Artists are sentimentaland self-loving. They don’t need to cater to the public, and more they do is tofulfill their own value. It is their incompatibility with popular trends thatmakes personal art become the spirit pursuit of contemporary people. Dozens ofbrands flexibly use traits on artists, fostering cross-border cooperationfrequently. Although the art we’re talking about is much varied from what itused to be, leaping through time and breaking geographical and languagebarriers, some artists are still having their impact on modern aesthetics andthinking.

《BranD》No.42：“Nice to Meet Art 你好，艺术”，这一期呈现了众多艺术家的出色作品，例如：被冠以“日本的安迪-沃霍尔”称号的横尾忠则，始终站在前沿的“波点女王”草间弥生，受万人爱戴的村上隆。在艺术市场生存非常艰难，要想在这其中获得一席之地就更加不容易，这些艺术家为年轻一代树立了榜样，他们通过不断思考、坚持做自己，终于获得属于自己的天地。

Issue 42: Nice toMeet Art of BranD introduces numerousgreat artworks from many artists. For example, Tadanori Yokoo, who is crownedto be Japanese Andy Warhol, the changeless avant-garde Polka Dot Queen YayoiKusama, and Takashi Murakami loved by millions ofpeople, etc. It is not easy to survive in the art market, and even more difficultto get a place among it. These artists set examples for the young. Throughcontinuous reflection and maintaining themselves, they finally build worlds oftheir own.  

不仅如此，当下不少年轻、前卫的艺术家采访和作品我们也收录在其中，比如：自带流量的河井美咲，ins人气插画师Sujin Kim，还有广为人知的瓜生太郎，等等。他们给大家呈现了不一样的思潮与态度。

Moreover, artworks and interviews of many young andprogressive artists are also included, such as Misaki Kawai followed by lots offans, Sujin Kim, a popular illustrator on Instagram, and well known artist TaroUryu, etc. They show us different perceptions and attitudes.

必买理由：

1、收录众多艺术大咖：草间弥生、村上隆、横尾忠则等等。

2、随刊赠送巨型艺术家海报。

3、夜光封面，在白天进行光合作用之后，黑夜里将会发出三种光芒。

4、中国著名设计师黄海作品收入其中。

5、封面為德國藝術家Marc Majewski的兩幅不同作品。