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Future Rust, Future Dust: Loïc Vendrame's series explores the ruins of the modern world

Creative Boom

The financial crisis of 2008 is the most recent climax of the modern world's economic turmoil and has spread from the United States to affect the entire world. It plunged many countries into an economic slump, with the booming – often beyond reason – construction sector as the first affected sector."

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Jean Jullien's bold, graphic underwater world will awaken your inner child

Creative Boom

He graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2008 and the Royal College of Art in 2010. His work has been exhibited extensively around the world, including presentations in Paris, London, Los Angeles, New York and Berlin.

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Artistic rebel, urban poet: new book celebrates the iconic photography of Saul Leiter

Creative Boom

Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective presents the full spectrum of his artistic output for the first time, including rare and previously unpublished material. © 2023 Saul Leiter Foundation © 2023 Saul Leiter Foundation © 2023 Saul Leiter Foundation When the recession of 2008 hit, Erb began working one day a week for Leiter.

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Somerset House art show revisits the last 50 years through the prism of horror

Creative Boom

It traces an unsettling path through to the global financial crisis of 2008, at the dawn of a digital age of faceless audiences and invisible cyber wars. The exhibition's third and final act, Witch, focuses on the period stretching from 2008's financial crash until the present day. Act two: Ghost. Act three: Witch.

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How to promote and build your creative business without using social media

Creative Boom

I first joined Twitter in 2008, when I was working on a web design magazine, and the web development community had fully embraced it as their network of choice. And there, you don't even own your content or how it's presented to others: the platforms do and can block it, shadow-ban it, or even delete it if they so choose.

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Weekly News for Designers ? 638

SpeckyBoy

100 cool web moments – Google Chrome takes a look back at special moments from 2008 through the present. The Role of Ethics in Design – The role designers play in promoting organizational ethics. Gradients – Use this online tool to create complex gradients that can be exported in multiple formats.

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Cem Çevikayak’s Cartoons Of A Yellow Pencil And Pop Culture

Design You Trust

I have been drawing cartoons since 2008. Here, I present a collage of these cartoons I have drawn over the years. According to an artist: “Hello, I’m Cem Çevikayak. I participated in various national and international cartoon competitions. I have exhibited these cartoons I drew in various publications. I hope you enjoy it!”