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

Creative Boom

After gaining residency without needing an employer sponsorship, he quit his job and pursued freelance full-time. Having built much of his career designing creative marketing for movies and TV series, from digital and social media campaigns to one-sheets and OOH, this has posed a big problem. "As

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Leah Jacobs-Gordon on the artistry of book cover design

Creative Boom

The illustrator behind a series of best-selling books explains how she sums up the story and grabs the reader's attention. We all know the old saying, "Don't judge a book by its cover". Her foray into book cover design began somewhat serendipitously. But let's face it, in reality… we so do.

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8 Female Graphic Designers That’ll Rock Your Socks Off

Just Creative

Paula Scher and her portfolio Louise Fili: Elegant Romance Louise Fili has a special way with food packaging and restaurant identity graphic design the world over: the old-fashioned way. Her intricate illustrations and hand-lettered type grace brands from the most familiar, like Williams-Sonoma’s, to the most exclusive.

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DUNE Hardcover Artwork of the Penguin Classics Hardback Version of Frank Herbert’s Classic Book Designed by Alex Trochut

The Logo Smith

The post DUNE Hardcover Artwork of the Penguin Classics Hardback Version of Frank Herbert’s Classic Book Designed by Alex Trochut appeared first on The Logo Smith All Content © 2020 The Logo Smith.™ The version of the DUNE logo on the back of the DUNE Hardcover is particularlay beautiful, and a tiny bit cunning.

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Monopo talks us through its gorgeously ethereal new team portraits by Fred Mouniguet

Creative Boom

Jorie Einarsen, Graphic Designer & Illustrator at Monopo © Fred Mouniguet. We've worked with Fred as a freelance producer since the beginning of Monopo London. Ethereal and creative, mysterious and otherworldly, the "Monopo lens" inspires the images. The photographs are part of a global rebrand for Monopo.

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Michel Vrana on Designing Dante's Indiana

Spine Magazine

Michel Vrana is a graphic designer who ran his own boutique studio for ten years before deciding to go freelance in 2009 to concentrate on his passion: creating book covers. Here he talks us through his process for designing Dante’s Indiana. View fullsize. Full cover. Full cover.

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So You Want to Become a Designer?

Inkbot Design

Graphic designers are more concerned with visual concepts and branding , using their expertise in logos, layouts and illustrations. UX designers ensure people can easily use digital products like websites and apps. Alternatively, industrial designers think of things like furniture, electronics or vehicles.