This general issue of the journal of Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education brings together articles that were previously published via Online First in 2024 and early 2025. Our Online First route enables authors to publish their articles on the ADCHE site ahead of an issue’s publication and build up readership and citations. A diverse range of topics are explored in this issue, with contributions from across disciplinary areas and geographical contexts. This issue also sees the launch of a new ADCHE journal cover image, which seeks to capture the interwoven relationship between past, present and future. ADCHE manuscripts and the work of the editorial team are shaped by these connections, which inform the research, methodologies and contributions that fuel advancements in higher education teaching and learning.

The cover image is based on the article Glycerol carbonate formation from glycerol and dimethyl carbonate using lithium‐based catalysts by Ajay K. Dalai et al., https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.70120 image

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The inner front cover image is based on the article State and Disturbance Observers‐Based Consensus of Positive Multi‐Agent Systems by Junfeng Zhang et al., https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.70388 . image

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The cover image is based on the article Identification of Compound Heterozygous CYP11A1 Variants via Reanalysis of Clinical Sequencing Data by Ana Acosta Bedón et al., https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmga.70008 . image

The cover image is based on the article Mechanical Properties of Waterborne Polyurethane Latex Film Formed From Acrylic and Blocked Polyisocyanate Particles by Takahiro Funatsu et al., https://doi.org/10.1002/app.70455 . image

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Obverse Cover: The cover image is based on the article Structure of the NAD+ bound erythrose‐4‐phosphate dehydrogenase (E4PDH) reveals the stabilizing effect of polyethylene glycol on the quaternary structure by Viswanathan Vijayan et al., https://doi.org/10.1002/prot.70083 Reverse Cover: © Science Photo Library RF/Getty Images image

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Contribution of Cloud Cover Images to the Quantification of the Different Components of Ground Radiation

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The jade vine (Strongylodon macrobotrys) has birdshaped, turquoise flowers that cascade like living jewels. Liu et al. (pages 565–567) produced a telomere‐totelomere, haplotype‐resolved genome of the jade vine. Their integrated genome, transcriptome and metabolome analyses show that the ethereal blue‐green color of these flowers arises from the interplay of two floral pigments, the anthocyanin malvin and the flavonoid saponarin, and is shaped by genome dynamics, including the expansion of long terminal repeat retrotransposons, as well as coordinated shifts in pigment biosynthesis. This work illustrates how evolution and chemistry together craft one of nature's most striking floral displays.

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Cover Image © Ines SAENZ de SANTA MARIA. Reproduced with permission.