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

Creative Boom

Having been at the helm of her own agency since 2008, Vander Herberg has some useful words of wisdom for those looking to establish their own creative studio. In more concrete terms, she adds that it's vital to build a strong portfolio that showcases your capabilities, and leverage social media as best you can to showcase your work.

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

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Caroline Paris (class of 2008) Caroline Paris, group creative director at Saatchi & Saatchi, has been named a Female Frontier by Campaign magazine for leadership. Her portfolio includes innovative campaigns for LEGO, Netflix, and P&G.

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

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Their portfolio spans collaborations with tech giants like Google and Apple, as well as smaller creative projects. With offices worldwide, its diverse portfolio spans innovation, 3D environments, motion, digital, voice and more.

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Spoon Graphics Turns 15 Years Old — The End is Nigh! (or is it?)

Spoon Graphics

It’s that time of year when Spoon Graphics gets a little older, with 2022 marking 15 years of tutorial creating, freebie sharing and article writing on what started as a blog that was attached to my design portfolio website in 2007. We’re now back to 2008 levels, when Spoon Graphics was in its infancy.

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10 brilliant illustrators you should have on your radar

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Amao's portfolio showcases a diverse range of captivating GIFs and animations that brilliantly blend traditional and modern elements. Having graduated in fine arts in 2008, he now leads the digital arts course at Shandong University of Arts. Work by Caver Zhang 3.

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James Olstein uses his love of screen printing to create stunning digital illustrations with an analogue feel

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I started working on getting my own clients and building an illustration portfolio. It was in 2008, and I think web design is a bit of a different field and not as specialised. "From there, I knew I wanted to transition to doing illustration full-time. Working with those illustrators gave me a good idea of what it took to get there.

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James Hurst on his new role at Google, Big Tech's bad press and why he's hopeful for the future

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Next, he went on to work for Emak Mafu in 2008 when the global recession hit. My portfolio was an A1 printed folder, mainly screen printed. And in that haze of cool Brittania optimism, even though that portfolio was terrible, Michael saw it was full of hope, ambition and a desire to learn and spread my wings.

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