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Laura Stein on the Five Books that shaped her approach to design, branding, and sustainability

Creative Boom

It's been quite a while since we last explored the inspiring world of book recommendations from leading creatives across the globe, but we're excited to bring the series back with a fresh perspective. They also provide insight into the creative process that continues to inspire her.

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Playtype resurrects Publish Gothic, a custom typeface for a Danish newspaper that survived just 41 days

Creative Boom

Within its first month of production in 2002, it amassed 13,000 subscribers and 20,000 buyers, who were all happily paying to access the publication that broke existing norms of style, form and journalism. "I We were inspired by old newspapers, which were set with wood types," says Jonas, reminiscing the process.

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Anniversary book from Semi Permanent is a 20-year time capsule of stunning creativity

Creative Boom

These case studies peek into others' portfolios, unearthed archival prints, and freshly-published artworks are by no means a singular representation of creative practice in the 21st century," he explains. "We We hope you find it inspiring, sure, but that you ingest it not in a passive manner and see it instead as an invitation.

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Top 10 Times New Roman alternatives for designers

Creative Boom

Morison used an older typeface, Plantin, as the basis for his design but made revisions for legibility and economy of space and also took inspiration from Perpetua and Baskerville. Across the nine decades since, Times has been hugely popular worldwide, from newspapers to desktop publishing software. Photina by José Mendoza y Almeida.

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Fantasy Island shows Ireland from 70 photographers’ alternative perspectives

Its Nice That

Words Paul Moore — Date 25 June 2025 Work Photography Publication Book Documentary Politics Society History The concept of Fantasy Island , published by Rotten Books, sounds simple and quaint – 50 years of Irish photography by 70 Irish artists – while the final product is anything but.

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Top 10 Best Books On Branding Design & Identity

Inkbot Design

Hardcover Book Miller, Donald (Author) English (Publication Language) 240 Pages – 10/10/2017 (Publication Date) – HarperCollins Leadership (Publisher). Hardcover Book Airey, David (Author) English (Publication Language) 288 Pages – 01/22/2019 (Publication Date) – Rockport Publishers (Publisher).

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A Look at the Evolution of the Olympics Logos

SpyreStudios

The logo will be published all over the world for millions of people to see and recognize. So if you are feeling a bit on a rut in your logo design process , here are all the Olympic logos (and posters) throughout the years to inspire you: Athens, 1896. Salt Lake City, 2002. Louis, 1904. London, 1908. Stockholm, 1912.