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

Creative Boom

From their studios in London and LA, they focus on crafting immersive brand experiences that connect emotionally, driven by the belief that creativity has the power to shape culture, inspire action, and challenge perspectives. Akin by Need RELM by Need Edward Watt and Laura Thomson of Need 14.

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50 fonts that will be popular with designers in 2025

Creative Boom

Art Director, Brand & Creative—Spotify We asked the creative community about the fonts they're excited to use over the next 12 months… and here they are. Leiko by Visual Arts Institute Free for personal and commercial use, this display font was created by students at the Media & Design Department of Hungary's Visual Arts Institute.

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Colorama at Superhouse Is an Explosion of Energy

Design Milk

but but but felt stool and Switchback seating by Tom Loeser Rx and With Salt or Without wall art by Wendy Maruyama Maruyama and Loeser understand this fully, releasing themselves from the rigors of traditional furniture craft with organic details and a sense of fantastical quickness, at odds with the slower, hand-hewn nature of the collection.

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The next design trend should start with your hands, not a computer

UX Collective

The Art of Suminagashi Japanese Marbling | Image source: youtube.com I find most design trends irritatingnot because they exist, but because too many designers follow them instead of forging their own. Aside from the animation, these icons remind me of 2010 all over againminus the part where designers actually, you know, designstuff.

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Species that fail to evolve go extinct. The same goes for brands

Creative Bloq

Every issue is packed with art and design inspiration Delivered to your IOS or Android device Never miss an issue From £9.99 Why not try a subscription? Think controversial rebrands like Tropicana’s 2009 rebrand that ditched the iconic striped straw resulting in consumer backlash and a drop in sales.

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Jim Parkinson, 1941–2025

Typographica

Yule, who was not only his life partner since 2010, but also a dedicated nurse during Jim’s years of dementia. This was Jim’s first exposure to the craft of lettering, and he immediately fell in love. Jim studied design and painting at the California College of Arts and Crafts. Not how you think.

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Malin Rosenqvist's textural works are inspired by her love of reading

Creative Boom

Malin's journey began in Sweden, where she initially studied animation at the Royal College of Art Craft & Design before embarking on an MA in animation and illustration at HSLU in Luzern, Switzerland, in 2010.