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D&AD Awards 2025: who won what?

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With the judging process changing dramatically this year, which agencies won big in the D&AD Awards 2025? The judges highlighted how the design created a unifying yet distinctive feel that successfully merged heritage elements with modern sporting aesthetics. In 2025, you have to do both.

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Big Type: Counterprint's new book explores graphic design where type plays the leading role

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Big, bold type can be seen everywhere, from billboards to websites, motion design to motion pictures. As you'd expect from its title, Big Type explores graphic design and identity work where the emphasis is on, well, big type. (Or Looking at projects out there, graphic design is having a moment on the streets like never before.

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Patrick Nelson's breathtaking collages bring a graphic design sensibility to the world of art

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He explains how he transitioned from graphic designer to full-time artist and what inspires his work today. Coming from a graphic design background, Patrick Nelson has been a full-time collage artist now for a number of years. So how did he transition from graphic design to collage artist? © Patrick Nelson.

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16 frequently asked questions answered to help you become a graphic designer

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Image courtesy of Shillington Graphic design is a mysterious profession to many, but it's easily explained. We team up with Shillington to provide a jargon-free FAQ covering all aspects of graphic design. To many people, the job title 'graphic designer' is mysterious. What does a graphic designer do?

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New book highlights how much graphic designers can learn from the small ads of yesteryear

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It features hundreds of classified ads from 1960s and 1970s small-town America, collected and archived by Studio Carnley , a creative agency based in Birmingham, Alabama. After all, ultimately, designers today are still trying to fit a lot in a small rectangle, just one that appears on a screen rather than paper.

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The biggest trends in graphic design for 2024, as predicted by the creative industry

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Ragged Edge's work for Marshmellow The world of graphic design is constantly evolving, with new trends emerging all the time. But the good news is that whatever happens to the economy in 2024, graphic design will be in demand… perhaps more than ever. Nearly every website design firm I know now offers this."

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Rafael Medeiros on enduring the Hollywood strikes as a freelance graphic designer

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Graphic designer and art director Rafael Medeiros shares his experiences. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Rafael Medeiros moved to LA in 2012 after graduating in Brazil in graphic design. So far, I have relied on the general advertising industry, and it's kept me busy," he says. And it's not been all bad.

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