We And The Color

JULY 10, 2025

They democratized access, allowing more people to bring their ideas to life. Designers who adapted thrived, leveraging the new tools to work faster and explore more ambitious ideas. Previous tools democratized the execution of a human idea. Each generated image, layout, or idea carries a hidden weight of ethical considerations.

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Creative Bloq

JULY 23, 2025

Embracing this traditional summer spirit, British supermarket chain Waitrose has launched a larger-than-life billboard campaign celebrating an iconic star of the BBQ – the humble kebab. Recently, brands have been stepping up their billboard ads , embracing out-of-the-box ideas from guerrilla marketing to logo-free campaigns.

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We And The Color

JUNE 13, 2025

The buttons looked glossy and pressable, the calendars had leather stitching, and the garbage can icon even crinkled when you deleted a file. Deleting a file meant dragging it to an icon that looked like a trash can. Instead, the focus was on typography, solid color blocks, and simple icons. No more drop shadows.

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We And The Color

JULY 2, 2025

If you want to learn more about this topic, feel free to take a look at our article about how to find the perfect color palette for your brand. It should include: Logo Usage: Show your primary logo, any secondary versions, and an icon. This structure is essential for maintaining a cohesive visual identity across different applications.

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Creative Bloq

JUNE 20, 2025

(Image credit: CAPCOM) What better choice for teaching you how to create stunning character cover art than the iconic Mega Man. The idea was to use the game’s iconic enemy selection grid and make Mega Man stand out. Although my option isn’t that extreme, I always keep the idea in mind.

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Inkbot Design

JUNE 24, 2025

It's the topic everyone is either panicking or pontificating about. What it can't do is have the big idea. They went to a cheap logo contest site instead and got exactly what they paid for: a generic icon with their name slapped next to it. If they can't communicate their ideas, the ideas are worthless.

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Inkbot Design

DECEMBER 27, 2024

What are the hot-button topics in design? Icons and Graphics : Use small, meaningful icons throughout the stationery to enhance the theme. Consider these ideas for incorporating crafted elements: Letterpress Printing : This technique adds character and creates a tactile experience that digital prints can't replicate.

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Creative Bloq

JUNE 22, 2025

Ive been ECD for New York for a few years, and honestly, I love the program because it kicks open the door and it allows for people who often have no idea the industries of advertising and design exist, but who have a lot of creative sensibilities and a big interest in work thats more in the creative realm. __proto__=t,e},r(e,t)}n.d(t,{A:()=>r})}}]);

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Creative Bloq

JULY 18, 2025

The idea is that instead of sending nudes through other apps, they send them via Linq, which works within every messaging and dating app. Theres also a heart icon used throughout the identity, sort of like a cross between the logos for Airbnb and The British Heart Foundation. Linq is tackling that issue head on.

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We And The Color

APRIL 5, 2025

For many creatives, this is the perfect time to refuel inspiration, rethink ideas, and rediscover what truly excites them about their craft. They can shift perspectives, spark fresh ideas, and introduce voices you havent heard before. Thats how good ideas spread. One simple way is by listening to good design podcasts.

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Design Beep

JULY 15, 2025

Whether you’re pitching a business idea, sharing research findings, or crafting an engaging lecture, professionally designed PowerPoint presentation templates can save time and elevate your visual impact. With customizable icons, timelines, and process flows, this template simplifies complex information into digestible visuals.

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Design Shack

JUNE 12, 2025

These are perfect for showcasing high-end brands, discussing sophisticated topics, and delivering impactful talks. This fully editable template provides a dark black and white theme, 30 unique slides, transition animations, device mockups, and an editable icons set. Let’s dive in and have a look.

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Creative Bloq

JUNE 20, 2025

Letterforms were created to record meaning – to hold ideas and prevent them from being lost. Borderlands 4 might be the series turning point – after 3 hours of playing it, heres what caught me off guard Iconic chair brand Herman Miller just paired with two NY artists. No other medium connects us all like type.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 18, 2025

Topics covered include everything from creating memorable logos and developing brand voice to implementing effective social media strategies and attracting your ideal clients. Together, they explore topics such as portfolio development, submission strategies, contract negotiations, and the shifting marketplace dynamics affecting illustrators.

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Creative Bloq

JUNE 8, 2025

That is, to really notice the details in the objects were looking at and to avoid being influenced by our existing notions of what they should look like and our simplified, abstract symbolic idea of their appearance. The idea is that turning the photo or illustration upside down forces you to observe the forms more closely.

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Creative Bloq

JULY 17, 2025

How has the new visual narrative extended the brand’s founding idea? But in a world hungry for meaning, a truly successful evolution can lie in articulating a simple, strong, coherent idea – one that remains profoundly faithful to what made the brand unique. The ones that didn’t change everything. Nor nothing.

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Creative Bloq

JULY 21, 2025

Logos & Icons These iconic logo rebrands ditch design briefs to embrace the joy of creativity Branding The goal is emotional resonance’: how to create a standout brand in 2025 Design Graphic Design Branding Take note, this is how you modernise a 500-year-old brand News By Natalie Fear published 21 July 2025 Cambridge Universitys St.

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Creative Bloq

JUNE 26, 2025

This Monster Manual reimagines the games iconic dragons and the design that defines them, replacing high fantasy with whimsy and new creative styles, as well as introducing new artists to D&D. ” Justine Jones colourful psychedelic art style brings a new idea to what a D&D dragon should look like.

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Creative Bloq

JUNE 15, 2025

Everywhere you went at D&AD Festival and Awards, you were surrounded by riffs on the idea of Drawn to Create. The identity centres around the iconic Pencil (how could it not?) “So that’s why we went back to what the core of the idea of D&AD is and the idea of being drawn to create, and being drawn to D&AD.”

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Creative Bloq

JULY 1, 2025

Sketching your ideas (Image: © Chuma Hill) When I started working on this idea, I made it easier on myself by using Procreate. t,{A:()=>r})}}]); //# sourceMappingURL=bundle-kiosq-node-modules.js.map TOPICS Art Painting procreate Chuma Hill Chuma Hill is an artist based in Madrid. __proto__=t,e},r(e,t)}n.d(t,{A:()=>r})}}]);

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Creative Bloq

JUNE 27, 2025

Colour relativity can play games with your mind sometimes, so it’s a good idea to try all your options. However tempting the idea of zooming in seems, I do not allow myself to do that. Putting grey next to warm colours creates an illusion of a bluish tone, just as grey next to cool colours makes it appear warm.

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Creative Bloq

JUNE 19, 2025

They went from being a rides brand… and theyve become a delivery company during a pandemic, where you could deliver anything – that was the idea underneath. Obviously its a beloved British icon brand, but I think it was done really respectfully. And with Uber, the brand had completely changed in the pandemic.

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Creative Bloq

JUNE 11, 2025

Superman also continues to attract the best in artistic talent from the world of comics, but such an iconic and timeless character throws up challenges for those who portray him on the page. ” Timeless, iconic. ” Timeless, iconic. “Superman is timeless and iconic because he’s good.

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Creative Bloq

JULY 7, 2025

Since receiving her BFA from Goldsmiths University of London, Claire has gone on to create custom projects for iconic brands such as Hendricks, Wedgwood, and L’Occitane, alongside public art projects for The Crown Estate, Westminster and Westfield Forum des Halles. That stillness allows space for ideas to form.

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Creative Bloq

JUNE 23, 2025

A logo is a kaleidoscope of meaning": why logos are more important than you think The goal is emotional resonance’: how to create a standout brand in 2025 The core idea rooted is in biomimicry – the notion that brands, like living systems, must sense and adapt to shifts in their environment. __proto__=t,e},r(e,t)}n.d(t,{A:()=>r})}}]);

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Creative Bloq

JUNE 21, 2025

“We had an idea of how far the crab’s influence extends. Borderlands 4 might be the series turning point – after 3 hours of playing it, heres what caught me off guard Iconic chair brand Herman Miller just paired with two NY artists. “It was difficult,” admits Science SARU colour designer Makiho Kondo.

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Creative Bloq

JUNE 22, 2025

She studied art in several schools in Italy, including Mimaster in Milan and the IDEA Academy in Rome, and then sharpened her skills abroad at the Quentin Blake Center in London and Anomalia Art Labs in the Czech Republic. For more ideas for technique, see our recent piece by an artist on how he does figure drawing on an iPad.

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Creative Bloq

JUNE 27, 2025

Movies & TV Shows Disneys awful live-action remakes could be fixed by a lesson from Marvel Character Design Surprise, everyone hates the CGI lion in the new Wicked: For Good trailer Movies & TV Shows Whats The Eternaut, the iconic comic coming to Netflix this month? Object.setPrototypeOf.bind():function(e,t){return e.__proto__=t,e},r(e,t)}n.d(t,{A:()=>r})}}]);

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Creative Bloq

JUNE 28, 2025

It determines colour schemes, fonts, icons, button designs, interactive states, and small animations – all of which contribute to a complete brand experience. This includes elements like colour palettes, typefaces, icons, buttons, and input fields that convey your brands unique aesthetic. __proto__=t,e},r(e,t)}n.d(t,{A:()=>r})}}]);

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Creative Bloq

JULY 3, 2025

If you enjoy this quiz, try out Logo Legends quiz , which will test you on the trivia behind some of the most iconic logos like Coca-Cola and Apple. TOPICS Graphic Design font Georgia Coggan Social Links Navigation Editor Georgia has worked on Creative Bloq since 2018, and has been the sites Editor since 2023.

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Creative Bloq

JULY 6, 2025

They developed some creative ideas. TOPICS Graphic Design Rosie Hilder Social Links Navigation Deputy editor Rosie Hilder is Creative Bloqs Deputy Editor. Every issue is packed with art and design inspiration Delivered to your IOS or Android device Never miss an issue From £9.99 So we worked with the Shifters on strategy.

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Creative Bloq

JULY 3, 2025

View Trending Enter Brand Impact Awards Optical illusions Amazon Prime Day Indie games Recommended reading Logos & Icons Are you a logo legend or is graphic design not your passion? Every issue is packed with art and design inspiration Delivered to your IOS or Android device Never miss an issue From £9.99 __proto__=t,e},r(e,t)}n.d(t,{A:()=>r})}}]);

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Creative Boom

JUNE 17, 2025

The 'thumbs up' icon instinctively embodied Life Factory's attitude to helping people," Darren explains. That idea extends to the illustration style, which is developed to support the brand's service areas and tone of voice. The universally recognisable icon tells a timeless story of human encouragement," Darren adds.

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Creative Bloq

JUNE 12, 2025

” It’s worth noting that while fully licensed to use any of Marvel’s IP from its 85 years of rich history, the MCU still provided “a wealth of inspiration” alongside the comics themselves, the game recreating in its animation style sequences and camera movements that are direct nods to iconic moments from the films.

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Creative Bloq

JUNE 16, 2025

Art Scientists have discovered a "jaw-dropping" new colour – but you cant see it Logos & Icons The WWDC 2025 logo gives me hope for the future of Apple design Branding The global brands of the future are hiding in plain sight: heres how to spot them Graphic Design What is Bold Minimalism, the new trend sweeping the design world?

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Creative Bloq

JULY 17, 2025

Subscribe now Trending Enter Brand Impact Awards Indie games All about logos Best iPad for Procreate Recommended reading Logos & Icons Its not that people dont like change, its that your logo isnt as good as these Branding How tiny tweaks can spark rebrand revolutions Graphic Design Is this burger menu design a prime cut or canner?

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

But where StepChange's new branding really comes to life is through its striking illustrations and icons, which use bold black linework and the charity's ownable brand colours. Robot Food also developed a suite of simplified icons for applications such as web UI, PowerPoint presentations and animations.

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