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Vanderbrand: The Toronto studio crafting identities rooted in place and purpose

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Since its inception, Toronto's Vanderbrand has carved a niche for itself through smart, considered work that largely centres on places and spaces with a range of clients across high-end real estate, hospitality, and cultural projects. This is used alongside Berlin-based foundry Dinamo's font, Social. Focus on solving real problems.

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

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Others, meanwhile, would love to shout about what they've created, but their clients frustratingly forbid it. Their bold and fearless approach has earned them collaborations with clients across a variety of industries, from tech to hospitality. Studio DBD 13.

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How Loughborough's graphic design BA is shaping the industry's leaders

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Luke Pearson (class of 2010) Luke Pearson is an illustrator with an impressive client roster that includes The New Yorker, The New York Times, Penguin, and Disney Television Animation. Her 14-year journey through the industry has seen her shape exceptional brand experiences for clients, including Mars, Unilever and HSBC.

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5 pieces of good news for freelance designers in 2022

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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. And so nowadays, clients don't really care where you're located, as long as you have a web connection and know how to use Zoom. Of course you do.

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10 brilliant illustrators you should have on your radar

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And you don't have to take our word for it: big-name clients like Apple, Google, Gucci and The New York Times are already drawing on these illustrators to bring their designs to life. Having graduated in fine arts in 2008, he now leads the digital arts course at Shandong University of Arts. Work by Caver Zhang 3. Work by Jiawen Chen 5.

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

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

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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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