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Bored of Pinterest? 8 alternatives to try for design inspiration

Creative Boom

Studios and freelancers across the world have it bookmarked for graphic design inspiration and visual exploration. A 2015 reimagining of StumbleUpon, a popular tool amongst web developers in the early 2000s, Mix is a personalised content discovery platform offering a serendipitous approach to inspiration. Mix Want to be surprised?

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

Creative Boom

Though he never wanted the permanence of a full-time job, there was the issue of getting very little pay, and his plan was always to go freelance when it became a viable career option. "I In the 'off-season' in 2015, Hovey tried to focus on more general food illustration.

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The best ambigram logos (and two controversial designs that didn't work)

Creative Bloq

The logo, revised by Bruce Mau in 2015, can’t be flipped because of the N, but it is an ambigram by rotation. Sign in here TOPICS Logo logo design font Graphic Design Joe Foley Social Links Navigation Freelance journalist and editor Joe is a regular freelance journalist and editor at Creative Bloq.

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Independent artists to buy prints from this summer

Creative Boom

The Colours of the Lake District by ByTilly The Printed Peanut Folk art meets contemporary charm As a freelance illustrator, Louise Lockhart has worked on children's books for Nosy Crow and Bloomsbury's Harry Potter series, plus designs for Mini Boden, Anthropologie, Liberty and M&S.

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Star Wars movie posters from Hungary

Fonts in Use

Langdon Biform is an early work of his, drawn in 1971 when he was in his mid-twenties, years before embarking on a career as freelance logo designer, type specialist, and lettering artist. Langdon submitted the design to a competition organized by Californian phototype company Lettergraphics , who added it to their library of typefaces.

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Star Wars Hungarian movie posters

Fonts in Use

Langdon Biform is an early work of his, drawn in 1971 when he was in his mid-twenties, years before embarking on a career as freelance logo designer, type specialist, and lettering artist. Langdon submitted the design to a competition organized by Californian phototype company Lettergraphics , who added it to their library of typefaces.

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Jim Parkinson, 1941–2025

Typographica

That served him well after returning to Oakland to start a freelance career that would last for more than fifty years. Jim soon understood not only that he could carve a professional niche for himself by specializing in lettering; it was also his life’s calling. He had an incredible knack for rendering any kind of letter style by hand.