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50 fonts that will be popular with designers in 2025

Creative Boom

Gamuth Sans by Production Type Gamuth Sans is a versatile sans serif with elegant curves ideal for branding. Paramount by Production Type Paramount is a modern sans-serif with clean lines and a bold character. Retail is a humanist sans serif designed for retail branding and product packaging. The easiest way to use the latest 2.0

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Food illustrator Tom Hovey talks Bake Off, Bristol and building a creative community

Creative Boom

He's illustrated the showstoppers and signatures since the very first season of the show aired back in 2010, but his subject matter wasn't always of the foodie variety. Now, I know what you're thinking: we've all seen the odd cake flop, so how does Hovey draw the finished product if it doesn't quite go to plan?

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

Creative Boom

Their recent rebrand for Wise brought the idea of ’The World’s Money’ to life across every part of the brand experience, their new identity for Papier showcased the magical power of stationery, and their transformation of pet product brand Omlet included a charmingly tactile illustration style.

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Designing for the Unexpected

A List Apart

Or design products that work on devices yet to be invented? Ethan Marcotte’s talk at An Event Apart and subsequent article “ Responsive Web Design ” in A List Apart in 2010 changed all this. Another 2010 moment? In 2010 I was new to design in general; the shift was frightening and required a lot of learning.

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40 Geometric Logos: The Power of Shapes in Branding

Inkbot Design

It’s a direct nod to their flagship product, Windows. The square shape reinforces their product's “system” and “structure”, while the colour and soft corners make it friendly. Doritos Shape Focus: Triangle The Observation: The product is the logo. The Power of the Square: Stability and Structure 11.

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The Instagram Logo: A Necessary Betrayal of Nostalgia

Inkbot Design

He was trying to get a product, any product, in front of users. The Icon That Fooled Everyone (2010-2011): Systrom's Polaroid With the pivot to a photo-centric app, renamed Instagram, Systrom needed a new icon. ” And for 2010, that was an obvious message. It was a barely-modified image of a real-world product.

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10 Famous Failed Logo Redesigns: How Ego and Bad Strategy Cost Billions

Inkbot Design

It's a tiny visual shortcut connecting a customer's brain to every experience, product, and feeling associated with your brand. Gap (2010): The Poster Child for Public Outcry The Before: The iconic, confident, all-caps serif font inside a dark blue box. The new design was just a picture of the product.