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.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 25, 2024

Padel Social Club's aim is to increase padel's popularity in the UK by championing "originality and authenticity" through its brand identity. Bath-based branding agency Thisaway has collaborated with startup Padel Social Club on its new identity as it looks to bring the sport of Padel to the UK.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Vibrant and optimistic new brand accompanied by renewed call to restore wetlands and unlock their power. Creative agency GOOD has unveiled a new brand and brand purpose for international wetland restoration charity WWT. The brand idea mirrors this optimism: Wetlands are the way.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 14, 2024

The illustrator and designer helped take two friends' restaurant idea from humble beginnings to awards success. It's a clever word combo nonetheless, and thankfully, the founders of this new fast-food brand had the sense to commission brand mascots that could sell the idea visually, helping its meaning become immediately obvious.

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Creative Market

JANUARY 25, 2022

In a time where rebrands are starting to embrace safe and oversimplified styles, consider making your creative brand pop by getting inspiration from the pop art movement! Visually interesting typefaces are staples of the pop art style and are paramount to creative typography-inclined logo ideas. Branding Through Pop Art.

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Creative Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Reimagining Christmas is a new initiative from Pinterest and The Dots, giving hard-hit freelancers and furloughed creatives a paid opportunity to put a fresh twist on one of the annual advertising milestones – the Christmas ad – and give us all some much-needed festive positivity in the age of COVID. pinterest.co.uk/annawanczyk

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Creative Boom

MAY 12, 2024

To get a sense of where the industry is heading in the future, we spoke to a panel of creative professionals. And as brand people, we're trying to build something that lasts. But with branding, the primary objectiveness is distinctiveness." Design has to become more about ideas and less about 'decorating'." "The

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Creative Boom

MAY 6, 2024

In case you haven't noticed, the advertising and creative industries are on the cusp of a seismic shift driven by the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. Could AI be about to completely replace illustrators, designers, and other creatives? The single solution So, is the creative profession doomed?

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Creative Boom

APRIL 21, 2024

Discover the creative stars challenging conventions and shaping the future across the U.S. In an ever-evolving creative landscape, a new generation of visionaries is emerging, disrupting the industry and leaving an indelible mark on the world around us. and Europe who are changing branding and design for the better.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

An AI-generated fictional character created by Billion Dollar Boy as part of their creative process Forget the hype: how are AI tools actually being employed in the creative world right now? For this special report, we spoke to more than 25 creative agencies to find out. And they all told me pretty much the same thing.

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Creative Boom

MAY 29, 2024

But for one founder of a coffee brand headquartered in the Big Apple, it's the exact opposite. And so when it came to branding Bruhn Coffee co, a boutique coffee brand in Brooklyn, this was a story that London-based Intertype Studio leaned into in full effect. But in some cases, it is actually true.

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Creative Boom

MAY 14, 2024

Coley Porter Bell's new brand identity for Tesco's Root & Soul range transforms plant-based ingredients into show-stopping superstars. We all know we need to eat vegetables, but when was the last time you were actually excited by the idea? Think there's nothing exciting about humble produce? Think again.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 11, 2024

Designed by Extract Studio, the publication was made to be more than a monotonous manuscript in a bid to inspire creatives to "make more space for words in their practice". Opening Line is often called to "replace some lorem ipsum or to 'sprinkle some magic' on a half-baked idea", says Swidlicka.

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Creative Boom

MAY 26, 2024

Iconic skincare brand E45 has revealed a modern and inclusive rebrand inspired by skin cells. Developed by Elmwood, the new identity elevates the brand while retaining everything that has made it recognisable. E45 will roll it out across multiple brand touchpoints.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The brand idea of 'Follow your mood into the moment' is at the core of the visual identity for this new line of luxury hotels. As we sit here, shivering amid a wintry February, the idea of getting away from it all to a sun-drenched paradise couldn't be more alluring. If so, TUI Hotels & Resorts are already ahead of you.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Often, when a client comes to a design agency looking for brand reinvention, there are certain red lines you cannot cross: a case of working with what you've got. It's yet more superlative work from the team that in 2023 have also created a vibrant new visual identity for LQBT+ app Lex and potent new branding for creative agency GUT.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 12, 2024

Global brand consultancy Wolff Olins has created a new visual identity for Decathlon, introducing a new brand icon known as 'L'Orbit' that expresses the brand's new purpose ', to move people through the wonders of sport.' I mean, would you have guessed it was the world's third biggest sports company? Us neither.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 31, 2024

NYBG abbreviation becomes central to the destination's new identity, unveiled this week alongside the singular defining idea of 'Do Right by Nature'. The famous New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) has revealed its first major brand refresh in over a decade in partnership with global brand consultancy Wolff Olins.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 11, 2024

After a turbulent few years for the NHS, Future Docs is on a mission to bolster its workforce by coaching students through competitive med-school applications with an intuitive and accessible brand and website. The whole idea centres around making students feel heard and being transparent throughout the Future Docs guidance process.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 16, 2024

The high-protein, gluten-free UK sausages get a brand overhaul courtesy of the global consultancy. They've now unveiled playful new branding designed to reinvigorate the category appeal to a younger audience. Brand concept Elmwood aimed to bring HECK! It was time to add more creative magic to the HECK! In addition, HECK!'s

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Creative Boom

MAY 15, 2024

Elements of Goldbug's old identity were retained and refreshed where possible to preserve the brand's 56-year legacy. Lafayette American's Scorpion Rose Studio has rebranded the women-owned infant and children's accessories brand Goldbug, introducing a new visual language to help the company transition from B2B to B2C.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 24, 2024

The world's largest gaming retailer, GameStop, has collaborated with global branding agency WMH&I to create Candy Con, a ground-breaking controller that players can customise to their heart's content with a colourful array of faceplates, thumbsticks, and directional pads. It's visceral, simple, and fun.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Photography by Christine Donnier-Valentin The design and branding icon chats to Creative Boom about an extraordinary life and career that have helped define the creative profession and industry we know today. For me, the creative solution was completely instinctive, something that jumped into my head. Michael Wolff.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 4, 2024

Its brand narrative includes a flexible logotype, highly detailed and refined botanical forms in UHD, and an extensive library of Dockside mascots. The planet demands the development of more ethical, sustainable, respectful ideas to connect communities, support livelihoods, to grow responsibly and healthily," says SomeOne. "So

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

And this new brand invites all people to find their own connection with these special landscapes and help unlock their full potential. An internal steering group, made up of people working in different areas and roles across the UK, helped provide key insights to develop the direction of the new brand.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Today sees the launch of a refreshed identity for Creative Boom. The new look across our magazine, podcast and newsletter reflects our growing status and ambitions as we celebrate almost 15 years of supporting the creative industries. It's been a whole year since we began chatting about Creative Boom and where it's heading.

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Inkbot Design

JULY 22, 2022

7 Creative Ideas for Custom Packaging to Boost Your Brand. We all know that creative packaging can increase sales, but most of us don't have the time or money to invest in custom packaging. These creative designs can be a great way to set yourself apart from your competitors. Using a Creative agency.

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Creative Boom

MAY 29, 2023

Wildish & Co reveal how it seamlessly blended its branding and interior design. And they turned to creative agency Wildish & Co to create branding that would sell the concept of a different kind of club. s brief for the branding was centred on the idea of 'physical meets digital'. But things are changing.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Branding for young people is full of pitfalls, from appearing patronising to engaging in cliches. Rather than being elitist, the idea was to encourage young people to improve their lives through music, a philosophy it retains today. You open up new ideas, new friends, new places to visit, new music to master.

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Creative Boom

MAY 1, 2023

Branding agency How&How has created a new identity for the 'street side bar' brand YumBun, rooted in 'progressive optimism'. How&How co-founder and Creative Director Cat How designed the original Yum Bun logo when the brand launched 15 years ago. "It The signature brand bao goes full-blown fluffy friend.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 25, 2024

Northern native Hello Rabbit – aka Helen Rabbitte – tells us how she went from working at a posh popcorn brand to getting in with the top dogs in the music industry. In London, you're exposed to a lot more culture and diversity", says Rabbitte, which she feels brings something new and fresh to her creativity.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

In her brand refresh for a photography agency based in Helsinki, Sofia Pusa went back to the basics of photography and the concept of the F-stop, crafting a visual language that considers why light is always needed to capture the perfect picture. How does a lens refract light? What colours are there in the electromagnetic spectrum?

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Creative Boom

MARCH 31, 2024

As he tells Creative Boom, until relatively recently, he worked in-house as a graphic designer and came to blows with managers as he tried to convince them to take a risk on his ideas. Practical jokes were a way of maintaining our sanity or perhaps employing our underused creativity." His life wasn't always like this, though.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

As an agency, Kingsland's brand has always leaned into a richer aesthetic than most design and brand studios out there. Rather than opt for a minimal "less is more" approach, Brundage has embraced art history and esoteric iconography to tell a clear story about the magic intrinsic in the branding process.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 17, 2023

London design and publishing legend Radim Malinic has released not one but two new books helping creatives achieve their potential. London creative director and graphic designer Radim Malinic has a long history in publishing, and we last covered his book Pause, Breathe and Grow: Notes on mindful creative life back in 2020.

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Creative Boom

MAY 15, 2022

Since farmers started branding livestock in 2000BC, branding's primary role has been to make a product, service, organisation or cow uniquely identifiable. Because the more people notice and remember a brand, the more likely they are to choose it when they're ready to buy. And how can we fix it? Be different. Change your mind.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 18, 2023

We assess the new branding crafted for them by Fiasco Design. After a successful appearance on BBC's Dragon's Den, the app's creators turned to Fiasco Design , a 15-strong creative studio based in Bristol. Brand idea and logo The brand centres around the idea: 'Mini missions that matter to you'.

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