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Hotlist 2025: the 25 most popular design studios, as voted for by their peers

Creative Boom

In short, any attempt to compile a list of the "best" design studios based on our own personal preferences would be highly subjective and wildly controversial. So, instead, we decided to keep our personal opinions to ourselves and ask hundreds of designers across the industry to vote for their favourite graphic design studios today.

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The 20 illustrators inspiring us the most in 2025

Creative Boom

Jean Jullien French graphic designer and illustrator currently lives and works in Paris. Christoph Niemann Christoph Niemann is an illustrator, graphic designer, and children's book author who has been writing and illustrating The New York Times blog Abstract City since July 2008 (renamed Abstract Sunday in 2011).

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How I really feel about GIMP, now the dust has settled

Creative Bloq

Every issue is packed with art and design inspiration Delivered to your IOS or Android device Never miss an issue From £9.99 was released 21 years ago in 2004. Image credit: GIMP) Jump To: Anyone have Bug Spray? Camera Ready I/O Painting On… No CHOPs The Return of ReSynth! Wrapping it Up GIMP 2.0

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You don’t need loads of cash to be a great creative – and we can prove it

Its Nice That

Analogue is the way to go for many other resourceful creatives, including photographer Molly Matalon who makes stunning work with “a crappy little point-and-shoot from 2004”. Download over 220,000 free Japanese woodblock prints from Ukiyo-e Search to use in collages, graphic designs, or any creative project.

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Fantasy Island shows Ireland from 70 photographers’ alternative perspectives

Its Nice That

Attempting to encapsulate this sprawling project, Belfast-based Joel Seawright, fine artist and founder of Rotten Books, and graphic designer Lucy Jackson, lift the lid on how the book came together. Above Donovan Wylie: The Maze (Copyright © Donovan Wylie, 2004) Above Rotten Books: Fantasy Island (Copyright © Rotten Books, 2025).

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“A dusting of love”: Matt Stetson creates mini portals to an almost utopian vision of the past

Its Nice That

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"You can't just be like, ‘we're going to change the world,'" Kwame Taylor-Hayford on how to create projects with social impact

Creative Bloq

Every issue is packed with art and design inspiration Delivered to your IOS or Android device Never miss an issue From £9.99 I started in 2003/2004 and honestly, it felt like there was a lot of opportunity, a lot of disruption. How has the industry changed since you started working in it? I come more from advertising.