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Shelley Hanmo's paper collage creations summon Asian folklore and her love of music

Creative Boom

At Creative Boom, we always like to keep an eye out for emerging illustration talent, and here's an artist everyone should know about. She's worked with clients throughout the US, creating children's book illustrations, editorial designs, promotional illustrations, puzzles, seed packets, and more.

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'Visually driven' photography book explores Japan's historical connection with dogs

Creative Boom

In a new book by Manami Okazaki, the bond between the two is explored via quirky imagery and 'visually driven' design. Released by independent publisher Prestel, Japan's Best Friend is a fun and stunning photography book that takes readers on a tour of what makes dogs so important to Japan. I am not producing novels or manuals.

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Cultural festivals for the soul: 2024 events that celebrate art, design, and creativity

Creative Boom

We list the most exciting events around the world to help enrich your mind and fuel your inspiration. So, it can help to plan and block-book time away to force yourself into action. January Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival – China, 5 Jan-early March Ever been to an ice sculpture festival? So why not act now?

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DMTV Milkshake: J. John Priola on the Intersection of Architecture, Portraiture, and Plants

Design Milk

John Priola’s new book, Natural Light (Prestel), he presents 12 series of images of trees and plants and the spaces in which they live, created over the span of 20 years, with each section prefaced by an archival image taken by his mother. In artist and educator J. It’s about] absence, presence.” Thanks for supporting Design Milk!

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Ask An Art Director: How Do I Land a Killer Assignment?

Eye on Design

It depends on who you ask, so we asked five art directors, each hailing from a different set of coordinates across the media and publishing landscape. Some art directors like receiving midweek emails, others want you to know what “a big book” means (it’s not what you think), and essentially all of them are looking for new talent on Instagram.

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Kimberly Glyder on Designing Gerta

Spine Magazine

Kimberly Glyder is a designer specializing in book covers, illustration and lettering. Here she details her process for designing the cover of Kate?ina Gerta is a fictional account of a young woman’s experience during the expulsion of Sudeten Germans amid the Brno death march in 1945. Final cover. ková ’s Gerta.

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Rachel Ake on Designing We Play Ourselves

Spine Magazine

Here she takes us through her process for designing the beautifully creative cover for We Play Ourselves. I received the manuscript for Jen Silverman’s debut novel on March 19, 2020. We immediately clicked. A book cover miracle. As deadlines loomed large, reading this book helped bring me back into myself.