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The 20 illustrators inspiring us the most in 2025

Creative Boom

Jada Bruney Jada Bruney is an illustrator, art director, and designer based in London whose work explores themes of identity, culture, and collaboration. When she was still a student in 2020, we featured here in our hotlist of emerging illustrators. Originally from Los Angeles, she's now based in based in Brooklyn, New York.

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F5: Katherine Duclos Talks Cement, Bubble Wrap, LEGO + More

Design Milk

Now based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Duclos explores themes of neurodivergence, parenthood, and reframing identity mid-life. Cement Prior to 2020 I had never really made sculpture but now its a large part of my practice. Photo: Life-Of-Pix 5. When my father gifted me this machine I had never made a latte, let alone a portrait.

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The 20 graphic designers inspiring us the most in 2025

Creative Boom

This project, a first record sleeve for Miller and debut vinyl for SO:LO (who are also friends), did a superb job of visually representing the album's ambient music and environmental themes. He was the art director of The New York Times Magazine from 2015-2020, before joining the New York office of Pentagram as a partner.

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After Hours’ new identity is expressive, layered, and always on the move

Its Nice That

Time has always been a running theme for the studio: After Hours, deadlines, time zones, missed time zone; the clock felt right. It initially launched in February 2020, specialising in hospitality business. “Something that can flex – buttoned-up or all buttons undone – but still feels like After Hours.”

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Lifelike Canines Lounge in Emily O’Leary Uncanny Hooked Rugs

Colossal

” “Injured Elbow Dog” (2020), hand-hooked wool yarn on linen Employing a carpet-making technique called rug hooking , the earliest form of which can be traced to Northern England in the early 19th century, O’Leary spends several months on a single piece.

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With His New Milan Show, Benjamin Hubert Sets Out to Solve the World’s Problems

Azure Magazine

A sketch of Beosound Balance, a speaker designed by Layer for Bang & Olufsen and launched in 2020. They are, at the moment, neither for mass production or batch production they are conversation pieces, with each one tackling an important theme that we face as humanity. Apart from your 10 year anniversary congratulations!

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“The key to our success was keeping a 2D mindset": Marvel Rivals' art director on the game's unique comic book style

Creative Bloq

From 2017’s thoroughly disappointing crossover fighting game Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite to 2020’s blockbuster flop Marvel’s Avengers, uncanny adherences to the MCU have led to uninspiring character designs that fell short of their big-screen counterparts.

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