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

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Her work lies in culture, fashion, architecture, technology, education, and place across brand, print, motion, digital, and environmental. Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by architect William McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart I'm unsure what prompted me to pick up this book in 2002.

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Beer Chart is a refreshing tribute that raises a glass to football and UEFA Euro 2024

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If you've been keeping score over the years, you'll know that Studio Blackburn and Nirvana CPH have been at the forefront of design-led wall charts for every World Cup and European Championship since the Japan and South Korea tournament in 2002.

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

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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 And founder and executive creative director Murray Bell has a clear vision for how it should be read.

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The Creative Boom 2023 Christmas gift guide for creatives

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Grumpy Ant plush toy by Aysha Tengiz Diana F+ CMYK by Lomography Felt hanging decorations by Wrap and various artists Built upon creative collaborations with designers, illustrators and artists, Wrap started life in 2010 as a magazine and now includes a stationery and product range, online shop and editorial content in print and digital.

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Top 10 Times New Roman alternatives for designers

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Times New Roman is one of the most popular and established fonts for editorial typesetting, especially in print newspapers. It was commissioned in 1931 after typographer Stanley Morison wrote an article criticising the London newspaper for being badly printed and typographically "behind the times". Check out these options.

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

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An ambitious project by Peter Linck and editor Kresten Schultz Jørgensen, it reinvented the printed press with quality journalism, pleasing layouts and beautiful typography. Dagen ceased to exist after a mere 41 days in print, declaring bankruptcy the same year it was introduced. But it went bust after just 41 days.

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'It's out there: just go and look for it': Denomination's Margaret Nolan on finding analogue inspiration in a digital world

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Credit: Margaret Nolan Margaret Nolan has led Denomination as co-founder and Global Creative Director since 2002. I often joke with my daughter that I'd like to start a shop called Plain, where there are no patterns, prints or logos. When it comes to my personal style of expression, I think I would describe it as simple.