Creative Boom

JANUARY 8, 2025

Another wonderful thing about the piece was that it came about through word of mouth via Dark Arts Coffee, one of Kitchen's ongoing clients. The clients were great the whole way," adds George. The deliverables included a 10-second ident and a 20-second social animation. Colour testing the lava lamp scene.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 16, 2022

Play your cards right, and your worst client relationships can eventually become your best. We've all had clients that have made our lives a misery. Because let's face it, keeping existing clients is always easier than finding new ones. Yes, clients can sometimes be maddening, insanely irrational, and act like total jerks.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Originally from Hefei in eastern China, Fangfang relocated to London, studied illustration at the Kingston College of Art, and graduated this year. Growing up, I was surrounded by traditional arts and crafts – calligraphy, embroidery, paper cutting, and ceramics. My family also played a big role.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Tüpokompanii works across pretty much all things letter-based: designing and publishing retail fonts, logomark design, typeface modifications and language extension, research and consultation, Opentype feature programming, and offering custom type design services to clients such as the second-largest in Estonia, Tartu.

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Designer Daily

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Navigating the balance between boundless creativity and concrete client expectations is pivotal in graphic design. This balancing act is like walking a tightrope, where tilting too far in one direction can compromise creative integrity, and leaning too much the other way might not meet client needs. Who are they? What appeals to them?

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Minimalist, with high-contrast palettes and playful vector curves, Monika's style has gelled, attracting clients like Adobe, The Guardian, The LA Times, and Vans. She's also created beer labels for Collective Arts Brewing, and one of her favourite projects has been with Like the Wind magazine, illustrating the lives of female athletes.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

AI has even won awards for its illustration work from creative bodies such as Communication Arts and the Colorado State Fair. It's the modern-day equivalent of clip art. Get real Some clients will be perfectly happy using AI-generated images on their websites, book covers, or annual reports. Don't panic!

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Others, meanwhile, would love to shout about what they've created, but their clients frustratingly forbid it. Their bold and fearless approach has earned them collaborations with clients across a variety of industries, from tech to hospitality. Studio DBD 13.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 14, 2025

By building up a network of private contacts, you'll have something to fall back on when commercial clients brands, agencies, even local companies reduce their budgets. A private client will come to you because they truly value your creativity. It's something that makes me really happy, along with seeing the client's reaction."

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Perhaps it's this connection with what she creates that makes her so popular with clients—in fashion, beauty, and editorial. Exploring a client's vision is a way of expanding her visual language and toolkit. I like my work the best when I can surprise myself." Karlotta's work for Hermès, celebrating Chinese New Year. Personal works.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Inspired by design legends and modern art, this small but dynamic team brings a timeless quality to every project. Based in Denver, Colorado, Studio Mast is a small but mighty outfit that finds inspiration in everything and everyone, from Paul Rand and the Vignellis to "passionate clients", art, literature, and nature.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

With a rich background that includes pivotal roles at Google's Creative Lab and MediaMonks, Adam has distilled his experiences into a distinctive approach to reshaping client relationships and brand narratives. A commitment to dismantling traditional client-agency dynamics is at the core of Company Policy's ethos.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

His portfolio is as cohesive as you're likely to encounter in the illustration game, and his style is flexible enough to accommodate a wide range of clients from the LA Times to Nike to Spotify to the Philadelphia Art Museum. That's why commercial art suits me pretty well. Bodega zine - a visual ode to New York.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 18, 2024

One of his most significant projects since returning home has been A Better City 2024, an urban art celebration of the idea of 'spark', which also included works by Claire Prouvost, Sophia Vigne Welsh, Ruan van Vliet, Bebhinn Eilish, and Gavin Connell. One of the five illustrations for A Better City. In Your Head.

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Creative Boom

MAY 22, 2025

In other words, if there was ever a danger that agencies would make work primarily to win awards rather than serve the client, that's now history. This year's awards celebrated the power of design not just as a form of art but as a catalyst for commercial success and behavioural change," noted Dara Lynch, CEO of D&AD.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 6, 2023

Moving to the high desert in 2015 brought me back to art after a long hiatus," she recalls. The wide open spaces, the expanse of the sky, the sunrises and sunsets — it felt like there was space in my life to explore art again." Her illustration clients include The LA Times, Compendium Live Inspired and Harper Wilde.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 14, 2025

N, the third edition of its exhibition series that transforms ping-pong paddles into coveted works of art to support community sport. The diversity of participants speaks to table tennis's universal appeala sport that, much like art itself, transcends age, background and geography. This April, they're launching TOPSP!N,

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 12, 2025

SLTF Bergamot Grotesk by Silverstag Type Foundry A bold statement in uppercase elegance, SLTF Bergamot Grotesk draws from Art Deco's geometric sophistication. Overall, it's a celebration of the balance between aesthetics and functionality, making it ideal for logotypes, headers, and page navigation.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 29, 2025

And, if you're good at it, there are clients out there who will pay handsomely for your live illustration talents. Her sister has learning difficulties, and Esther communicates with her through art. This allows me to create an experience for the clients that leaves a lasting impression," says Elise. For Bvlgari.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

We reveal the best place to buy wonderful art prints to fuel your mood, imagination and creativity. In fact, you probably spend every working day meticulously crafting amazing-looking work for your company or freelance clients – not just because you want praise and reward. As a creative, you're by nature a visual person.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 14, 2025

For example, art and design student Kirsty Hepworth candidly admits, "I am not good at all at setting boundaries, and I have twice come close to burnout. I walk clients through my process before we even start," she says. "I I'm currently talking through this in therapy," reveals design and art director Mel Yates. "I

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Creative Boom

MARCH 3, 2025

After co-founding design consultancy Atlas and a stint as a Pentagram partner, during which she created identities for clients including Vitra, Tate and Phaidon, Stavro now runs her own practice with a focus on "designing a better world." We can't wait to hear what she has to say about all that.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

From the valleys of Kashmir to the studios of Florida, Ghazal Qadri crafts vibrant illustrations that tell stories of culture, empathy, and the power of art to inspire change. It's a project that taught me the importance of empathy in design and how art can be a tool for advocacy and change.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

He was never really interested in anything else and was set on doing "an art thing". Since his parents weren't necessarily what you'd call "arty people", his perception of art was limited to big, grand formats. I was doing what I thought an arty person does and got paid nothing for almost all of it.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 3, 2024

It's easy to get stuck looking at the same kind of art, time and time again, in a kind of artistic version of an echo chamber. And with output as diverse as their influences (ranging from 8-bit video games and Chinese watercolours to architecture and emojis), you're sure to find art that speaks to you personally. Work by Caver Zhang 3.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 18, 2024

The illustrated books I most loved as a kid were those you could come back to, find more stories within stories in the art," she enthuses. Occasionally, I enjoy going to a gallery, theatre show or flicking through art books," she adds. "I It feels easier to share work, get instant feedback, get work in front of potential clients.

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Creative Boom

MAY 22, 2024

Ever since he was young, he's had a passion for art. There, his eyes were opened to the various paths he could take as an artist, and since graduating in 2019, he has gone on to become a full-time freelance illustrator with the WWF and the Mental Health Foundation on his client list. I enjoy simplicity within art," he reveals.

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Creative Boom

MAY 4, 2023

She considers art to have saved her life and is launching her biggest solo show next month to help others. Now in recovery from 18 years of mental health difficulties and a diagnosis of bipolar disorder eight years ago, Sarah strongly believes that if it weren't for art, she wouldn't be here today.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

As well as being a way for him to discover himself, art also helps him conquer social anxiety and develop connections with other people. Any feelings of awkwardness melt away thanks to art, giving him the creative drive to make work that will amaze people. I like to think of illustration similarly as I would about art."

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

With a rich background that includes pivotal roles at Google's Creative Lab and MediaMonks, Adam has distilled his experiences into a distinctive approach to reshaping client relationships and brand narratives. A commitment to dismantling traditional client-agency dynamics is at the core of Company Policy's ethos.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 6, 2023

And it's been a big influence on the work of Chilean artist María Jesús Contreras , who has worked with clients such as Wetransfer, Universal Music, Elektra Records, Love Watts, We Present, and Domestika. "My Art has been looking to people for a long time," she says. But I think I prefer animals.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

A pivotal moment in Pan's career came last year when he participated in an art residency in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. His client base has also evolved significantly, as he was mainly working in editorial illustration when he started out. Since my art residency, I've restarted painting on physical canvases.

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Design Milk

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

This deliberate fusion of functionality and aesthetics challenges conventional notions of how vehicles and residential spaces interact, emphasizing the clients appreciation for automotive design. Beyond its architectural achievements, the home functions as a stage for the clients curated collection.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

With the rise of digital tools both for making art and sending it around the world in an instant, in one sense, it's now easier than ever to make money as a freelance illustrator. With its rich tapestry of art galleries, publishing houses and media outlets, New York City is a veritable hub for illustration agents.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Trust was key to the relationship between consultancy and client, so Six Cinquième really wanted to ensure that every visual element was intentional and inclusive. Art director Arda Cem and designer Ines Tremblay also worked on the project, specifically designing versatile graphic elements.

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Creative Boom

MAY 11, 2023

You'd rather be doing what you love, whether art, design, photography or whatever, than setting out your stall. But how you market yourself will be the deciding factor for clients when choosing you over your competitors. What do clients consistently praise or appreciate about my work?' It's as simple as that.

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Creative Boom

JULY 20, 2022

Called Gift to the City , the massive art trail by Passion Art hopes to remind us to embrace our stories of loss and self-worth. The two local artists will leave over £4,500 worth of free art dotted around Manchester city centre from today until the end of July. I aim to make work that evokes a sense of beauty and mystery.

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