Joost Swarte is basically the godfather of ligne claire—he literally coined the term. This 2018 New Yorker cover shows a guy in his cramped apartment workspace, jacket hung up, money tree growing next to the desk, and that basketball hoop through the open cabinet door... it's all those little domestic details that make his work sing. The isometric perspective gives everything this architectural precision while still feeling warm and lived-in. Dutch masters, man.

— Pablo Stanley