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Print's not dead: the best magazines for graphic design inspiration

Creative Boom

Image courtesy of publisher Sit back, relax and reacquaint yourselves with the joys of devouring a beautifully designed print magazine. For graphic designers especially, print magazines offer a source of inspiration that's tangible and immersive and presents content in a completely different visual way to digital. Idea magazine 4.

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

Creative Boom

If you haven't heard of Standards Manual , the Brooklyn-based, independent publishing imprint founded by designers Jesse Reed and Hamish Smyth in 2014, it's about time you did. Now, they're returning to their publishing roots with their latest book, Classified: Local Ads from America's Small Towns.

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

Creative Boom

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

Creative Boom

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. So, what does this mean for the graphic design that adorns it?

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

Creative Boom

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. My work was up on the streets and across the city. "I

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This Experimental Publisher Is Rethinking How Design Books Get Made

Eye on Design

One of the more well-known examples is from 2015 when two graphic designers raised nearly $1 million ($941,966, to be exact, against a now-modest $158,000 goal) in just 34 days for a reissue of NASA Graphics Standard Manual , a spiral-bound guide to the government agency’s graphic identity program from 1975.

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Neville Brody on authenticity, outrage, and his thoughts on AI

Creative Boom

It's been 30 years since Neville Brody last published a monograph, and it's safe to say a hell of a lot's changed in that time – in his career, in the design industry, and in creativity more widely. Following on from 1994's The Graphic Language of Neville Brody: v.2, Following on from 1994's The Graphic Language of Neville Brody: v.2,