Linh Pham
Founding EditorLinh writes about brand and the craft of publishing. Founded Nova Creative in 2024 to publish the magazine she wished existed.
Nova Creative began as a private newsletter between three friends — a designer, a writer, and a founder — who wanted to read something slow on a fast internet. We were tired of hot takes. We wanted craft, context, and conversations that lasted longer than a thread.
Two years later, the magazine has grown — but only as much as it should. We publish weekly, on purpose. We commission writers who care about sentences. We pay them, on time. We design every issue ourselves, in-house, by hand.
We believe the next decade of creative work will reward the makers who can tell a clear, kind, true story about what they do. So we publish stories about exactly that: branding, interface, identity, and the quiet practice of making good things.
We are not a publication that chases attention. We are a place to land — for designers, writers, founders, and anyone who builds things with care.
If that sounds like you, welcome. We hope you stay a while.
We don't write for everyone. We write for makers — and we trust them to find us.
Five issues in. Just getting started.
across 14 issues since 2024
from 12 countries and counting
without missing a Thursday
quietly reading on Thursday morning
Linh writes about brand and the craft of publishing. Founded Nova Creative in 2024 to publish the magazine she wished existed.
Mara writes long-form essays on creative practice, freelancing, and the inner lives of designers.
Aiko leads design across every issue. Comes from interaction design at a tools company.
Théo runs our interview series. Talks to the founders, designers and writers we love.
Sara contributes essays and visual layouts. Brand designer at Studio Hours by day.
Press inquiries → press@novacreative.studio