Remove Book Design Remove Freelance Remove Portfolio
article thumbnail

How creatives are surviving the 2025 slowdown

Creative Boom

While a focus on growth dominates the political rhetoric, the reality for freelancers, small studios and creative professionals tells a starkly different story. Three major production companies have gone into liquidation this year alone, while countless freelancers report their worst dry spells in years.

Freelance 492
article thumbnail

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

Freelance 465
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

8 Female Graphic Designers That’ll Rock Your Socks Off

Just Creative

Her clean, bold, and inventive use of typography editorial design has influenced a generation of young designers. 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.

article thumbnail

Do You Need A Degree To Be A Graphic Designer In 2021?

Shillington

But at its core, your success as a designer is determined by your portfolio, which is the most important part of finding a job and succeeding in the industry. The truth is, employers will not be looking at your degree in design to determine if you’re qualified for the job. . Free Online Courses.

article thumbnail

40 Best Creative Podcasts To Liven Up Your Day

Shillington

Vince Frost Design Your Life. In his 2015 book, Design Your Life, Vince Frost laid out his central idea that design thinking can apply to everything from business to life. Being Freelance. Through hearing their stories, he aims to help his listeners become better freelancers, as well as himself. Listen here.

article thumbnail

10 Best Books on Graphic Design: A Deep Dive into Visual Creativity

Inkbot Design

He discusses: Pricing freelance work right Difficult client management skills Legal protection of copyright law over design ownership rights Creating an impressive portfolio site or app Real-World Examples I love this book – it doesn’t just advise on how best to create logos; nope!

article thumbnail

Independent type foundries set to be popular with designers in 2025

Creative Boom

Our font of choice: Wigrum Wigrum is a sans serif typeface created in 2011 by Anouk Pennel and Raphaël Daudelin of the Montréal-based design studio Feed, initially for the book design of a Daniel Canty novel. It offers versatile fonts for digital use, with a focus on modern design.

Fonts 523