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Defy's anniversary ads for Boyds strike the perfect balance between past and future

Creative Boom

To celebrate its 85th anniversary, it approached Defy , an independent Philadelphia-based marketing company that's been quietly churning out unique angles for powerhouse global clients such as Nike, Ricoh, Comcast, Ritz Carlton, Wilson Sporting Goods and AmeriGas. They loved the tagline, and it just made sense," said Greenblatt.

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5 pieces of good news for freelance designers in 2022

Creative Boom

With a diverse community of more than 150,000 freelance designers, 99designs by Vista matches clients with creatives across brand and logo design, packaging, web design and more. But this stunning statistic points to two basic truths about today's freelance design market. Freelancers are expecting their earnings to rise in 2022.

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Franklyn's redesign for WeWork marks a new chapter for the co-working platform

Creative Boom

Designers and agency heads often like to talk about the "challenge" of taking on a new client, but most of the time, the stakes are not, in all honesty, that high. Founded in New York in 2008, it was a startup that pioneered the idea of renting flexible co-working spaces to freelancers and other startups.

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Amy Pastre and Courtney Rowson on 13 years of running a studio and where they believe design is heading next

Creative Boom

Did the global economic crisis spur you to start your agency? Courtney: We started the business for reasons unrelated to the 2008 downturn. We'd had great experiences working for agencies in Charleston and other cities. Did the lessons of 2008/09 prepare you for the shock? The timing was right for both of us.

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Sara Green on running a 25-year-old agency and the art of letting go

Creative Boom

We chatted with the founder of People People and learned about the secrets of management, how to achieve work-life balance, and how to maintain an agency culture when working from home. Founder and principal Sara Green started her branding and interactive agency in 1998 in Leavenworth, Washington, USA. How does she do it?

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8 of the best new courses on business development for creatives

Creative Boom

There are many opportunities to grow your practice, earn more money, and find a new level of fulfilment, whether growing your freelance client base, launching a side project, founding your own agency, or selling your own products. But that doesn't mean you can't dream bigger. Exponential Living by Sheri Riley.

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Top 10 Best Courses on Domestika (in English)

Just Creative

For those professionals looking to share not only their projects but to connect with other creatives, learn from them, and even find employment in the creative field, a new option entering the English market is Domestika. Their clients include prestigious brands such as Carrefour, TED Talks, Adobe, Panaria, CO-CO, and many others.