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The 20 illustrators inspiring us the most in 2025

Creative Boom

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). To learn more, listen to our interview with him on The Creative Boom Podcast. © Maïté Franchi © Maïté Franchi 9.

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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. Collins Co-founded by Brian Collins in 2008, this eponymous studio operates out of New York and San Francisco and is known for its transformative branding work for Spotify and Dropbox, among others.

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Introducing Our Color of the Season: Piña Colada

Creative Market

You can also layer it with patterns: botanical linework, tropical doodles, or abstract shapes to create light, playful backgrounds. Lighter yellows in particular have been associated with openness, relaxation, and optimism (Clarke & Costall, 2008). Psychologically, yellow is known to stimulate positivity and mental clarity.

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F5: Sam Sacks Talks Records, Spanish Cedar, Anthropomorphic Furniture + More

Design Milk

When the market crashed in 2008, and print magazines were among the hardest hit, Sacks decided it was time to pivot and approach this familiar arena from a new angle. It’s the ultimate more-is-more of a deep pattern layered on top of a deep pattern. Sacks also loves to travel, and is fascinated by the riads of Morocco.

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Fairness isn’t a metric: what creatives in tech should learn from the WGA strikes

UX Collective

Image AI Generated: Midjourney The 2008 Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike reshaped media labor, and tech may be on the verge of a similar reckoning. Image Credit: Open AI The Strikes I stood across the street from a picket line in 2008. 2008 turned out to be the year that changed my life, though it didn’t feel like it at the time.

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Reviewed: New Logo and Identity for Popeyes by Jones Knowles Ritchie

Under Consideration / Brand

The hand-drawn brand pattern featured on the packaging reflects the vibrancy of Louisiana culture and the unadulterated joy that goes into making Popeyes® food. Pattern, animated. Pattern with chicken. Pattern on a bag with chicken sandwich in the process of being made. Popeye's press release. Wild postings.

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Nature-inspired innovations: Applying design thinking to biomimicry

UX Collective

Design Thinking It is the ability of a designer to match people’s needs with what is feasible and convert them into a market opportunity. Brown, 2008) As discussed in one of the ‘Foundations of HCI’ lectures by our deemed instructor Sai Shruthi Chivukula, the design thinking process is not a lightning strike moment of a lone genius.