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The 20 illustrators inspiring us the most in 2025

Creative Boom

Lauren Hom Lauren Hom is a designer and lettering artist with a knack for marketing who loves helping creatives and brands get more eyes on their work. Originally from Bolivia, he relocated to Scotland, where he graduated from the Edinburgh College of Art in 2004. He then moved to London, where he currently lives and works.

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

Creative Boom

The studio's emphasis on evolving brand experiences has helped numerous global businesses navigate changing markets successfully. This is well demonstrated by the striking new identity they helped create for The LEGO Group, which is designed to make play more accessible.

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GitHub x BUCK: Crafting a Dynamic Visual Identity for Universe ’24

Abduzeedo

According to Adam Walden, VP of Brand and Corporate Marketing at GitHub, “BUCK continues to bring taste, craft, story, and incredible attention to detail to everything we do together.” The process involved tight communication and shared creative insights.

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

Creative Bloq

was released 21 years ago in 2004. Lance Evans Social Links Navigation Creative director, Graphlink Media Lance Evans is creative director of Graphlink Media (graphlink.com), a boutique creative marketing agency in NYC, with clients like Olive Garden, Miller Beer and AMEX. (Image credit: GIMP) Jump To: Anyone have Bug Spray?

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Ground Zero: Christopher Hawthorne on Architecture Criticism

Azure Magazine

Not long after , in 2004, you become the Los Angeles Times architecture critic, in what was still very much a “post 9/11” America entering the War in Iraq. Then, in 2004, Nicolai Ouroussoff replaced Herbert at the New York Times , and I was hired to replace Nicolai at the Los Angeles Times. The first thing to say about L.A.

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A crisis of meaning in UX Design

UX Collective

The labour market generally has slackened, and tech companies across the board have introduced cuts in the past few years. Masters of Design, Fast Company , 2004. ( [link] ) Daly, Lyle. The largest companies by market cap, February 2024, The Motley Fool , 2024. ( [link] ) Sheppard, Sarrazin, Kouyoumjian, & Dore.

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Jim Parkinson, 1941–2025

Typographica

When I moved to Oakland in 2004, he was one of the first people to connect with me. He captured every peeling surface and broken glass tube in a way that somehow looks even more real than his snapshots. I was lucky to know Jim over the past twenty years.