Creative Boom

APRIL 21, 2024

Discover the creative stars challenging conventions and shaping the future across the U.S. and Europe through their remarkable work. 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. How many have you heard of?

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Creative Boom

MARCH 27, 2024

Image licensed via Adobe Stock If your creative work is causing you to feel down, do something about it. We share advice from the Creative Boom community to help you feel more optimistic. Finding happiness in the ever-demanding world of the creative industries can often feel like it's just out of reach.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 8, 2024

For those fond of Aardman's classic Creature Comforts, a new campaign by BBC Creative involving six new films will bring back happy memories. It was 1989 when Nick Park introduced Creative Comforts to Britain. Now, it's back in a fresh campaign launched by BBC Creative today. In one, we meet a family of foxes.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 31, 2024

We share some creative stories about when things went wrong and the takeaways that followed. If you're a creative professional, meanwhile, making mistakes comes with the territory. So, in the spirit of April the First, let's explore some common missteps made by creatives and uncover the wisdom they hold within. The lesson? "S**t

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Creative Boom

MAY 20, 2024

Ric Lipson of entertainment architects STUFISH explains how they helped Britain's hardest-working band put on a truly spectacular show for their latest arena tour. Yet despite their titanic success, I suspect that many readers of Creative Boom still see Take That as a lightweight outfit, "not proper music", if you like.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 1, 2023

A new campaign for The Improv comedy club chain by Here Be Dragons has a lesson to teach anyone who works in advertising. And we've all wriggled out of a big night out, only to regret it the next day when everyone shares the pics on Facebook and declares it the 'best night ever'.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 29, 2023

You squinted at the tiny stick figures on stage in the distance, trying to feel something, but overall, it turned out to be a pretty crummy night. The wow factor Creative studio Vision Factory delivered just that for Sam Fender's recent headline show at Reading Festival. Your favourite band is playing at a major festival.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Having since sharpened his illustration and visual design skills at art school, he now juggles freelance work with client projects covering everything from packaging design to motion design and illustration. Part of the appeal of his legendary work is the rich symbolism and storytelling, which Kefan enjoys processing.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 6, 2024

And Creative Boom was lucky enough to have a front-row seat to watch the balletic artist in action. There's an impulsiveness at the heart of Keiko Kimono's work. Speaking at the private viewing, Keiko told Creative Boom that her paintings, like the one she created on the night, are built on subconscious spontaneity.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 17, 2024

With the help of the Creative Boom community, we revisit some alternative strategies to get attention. In today's sluggish economy, finding new clients and maintaining a steady workflow is more challenging than ever for graphic designers, illustrators, artists and other creatives. And here's one more thing that isn't helping.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

One of the world's most renowned illustrators has chosen some of his most iconic works for a 14-week exhibition at The Edge Theatre & Arts Centre in Chorlton. Succession © Stanley Chow He adds that for fans who are really familiar with his work, there will definitely be notable absentees.

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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

JULY 6, 2023

This year has seen over 5,000 pieces of work submitted for consideration across 84 countries. This year's entries showcase the impressive talent and creativity of illustrators around the globe. The selected works are not only visually appealing but also carry powerful messages and tell compelling stories.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Graham Nolan by Billie Charity We explore coach Helen Jane Campbell's excellent new book and what it can teach independent creatives. Whether you're a founder or freelancer, creative entrepreneurship is hard. Consequently, many independent creative founders and freelancers share a longing for connection, reassurance and motivation.

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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. As a creative, you're by nature a visual person. 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.

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Creative Boom

JULY 7, 2023

Or should creatives be looking elsewhere for self-promotion? It's gone late into the night and early hours, but everyone is still buzzing. You think it might be time to call it a night. So it shouldn't be surprising that so many creatives feel pretty bored with the whole enterprise. Everyone's a bit weary.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Thanks to purpose-built sites, Micah and Add-Art have taken works by industry-leading illustrators, typographers and photographers and plopped them in the spaces usually occupied by adverts. And it's these works which will be on display at Street Eyes, a retrospective looking back on the last ten years of Add-Art's output.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Long days, head down, hard at work – they don't necessarily have you craving office life, maybe just a chat with a few like-minded individuals who aren't your dog, cat or other half. I really thrive from these events having so many creative heads under one roof to connect with." It was even better than we thought.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Instead, we suggest some practical exercises and techniques that can help reignite your creativity quickly. Creative burnout might sound scary. In fact, in many ways, it's a natural part of growing as creative. First of all, though, what is creative burnout? feelings of emptiness after completing a project.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 15, 2023

We asked the Creative Boom community, and we share their best stories here. Either way, you can't believe your luck in getting them as a client, and they make a huge difference in making you feel good about your work and career. Creative director Catherine Casalino tells a similar story. "So Or perhaps not.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 30, 2023

Stella Artois is keen to avoid that fate, and so it's been working on building a new 'brand world' in partnership with global agency Jones Knowles Ritchie (JKR). While the brand had worked hard to build equity with food, dining had changed and become less formal, and the pandemic had revitalised people's desire to meet up in person.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 6, 2023

Visual artist and illustrator Melissa Lakey found the High Desert of California the perfect environment and inspiration for her work, which is about to go on show in the town of Joshua Tree. There's been a long tradition of creatives congregating around big cities, excited by their cosmopolitan nature and cultural energy.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 20, 2023

The third and final BCNMCR – a design event which brings together the best creative talent in Barcelona and Manchester – is about to get underway. If you can't wait or make it in person, fear not, as Dave's kindly shared a preview of the celebratory BCNMCR book he's been working on. It took many hours of work!"

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Creative Boom

MAY 8, 2024

"I was missing the creative spark, and I read an interview with David Hockney where he talked about digital drawing and how he found it just as intuitive and inspiring as working with physical materials," he tells Creative Boom. "I You truly never know what you'll get from a night out."

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Creative Boom

MARCH 31, 2024

Nikos Georgopoulos (© Marlon Tate/Myrto Tzima) After working as an in-house graphic designer for five years, Nikos Georgópoulos felt stuck in a rut. He's founded the first agency with offices in space, Marlon Tate , scooped a Red Dot Communication Award, and, perhaps most importantly, started making the work he's always wanted.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Cabeze Patata BCNMCR , the design event which brings Barcelona's best creative talent to Manchester for a series of illuminating talks, is returning to the city for a third and final time. We all work for many clients, and that's great, obviously, but I wanted to do something for me again. "I

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Creative Boom

JULY 24, 2023

If you're a reader of The New Yorker, Variety or Wired, then chances are you might be familiar with the work of Australian cartoonist Jason Chatfield. The idea came from a bit I've been doing on stage in my stand-up act for the past ten years," Jason tells Creative Boom. "As By the night's end, we'd written about 100. "By

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Creative Boom

APRIL 23, 2024

It wasn't until her art foundation course that the possibility of pursuing her creativity opened up to her. From there, I went on to do a degree in illustration at Norwich University of the Arts, which is when I started working with paint and leaning more towards the fine art direction I am taking now," she tells Creative Boom.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 27, 2022

As head of design at Gretel NY , Dylan Mulvaney is the creative force behind brand identities for Apple, Netflix and Vice. Described by Gretel as "a low profile dude who has been behind some of our highest-profile work", Dylan's expertise lies in translating a brand's core values, strategy, and voice into striking visual executions.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 25, 2022

"I realised that it's possible to work with clients who share your values and thus contribute to building sustainable brands." Taking on projects and working with clients off her own back, she's developed an incredible roster of work in her portfolio. Concept, creative direction, editorial design: Marina Veziko & Tino Nyman.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Psychedelic painter Jarvis Brookfield likes to delve deep into our psyches with his groundbreaking work; his latest exhibition is no exception. Here at Creative Boom, we've been huge fans of UK artist Jarvis Brookfield 's mind-expanding artworks for a couple of years now. And we're even more excited to share some of it with you here.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Art collective Reskate has transformed walls in some of the darkest urban areas with amazing murals that only reveal their full story when illuminated at night. And for its latest project, Harreman, the studio wanted to explore the etymology of language and invite audiences to interact with their work.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 8, 2024

Born in Norway and now living in London, Cecilie is a creative director and illustrator working alongside her partner Gilles at Gilles & Cecilie Studio. They provide unique illustration, animation and murals to clients and creatives worldwide from their headquarters in London. Who is Cecilie?

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Creative Boom

JUNE 13, 2022

Going it alone as an illustrator is full of challenges, from creative to administrative. Perhaps the biggest challenge of being a freelance illustrator, at least at the start, is getting enough work. As a result, it's common to overcommit and take on too much work. So the more advice you can get, the better. © Janelle Barone.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 24, 2022

Her current work explores the icons of Americana and the idea of "the road" as a transitional and symbolic landscape. Her work is influenced by the visual language of film with cinematic approaches to composition informing her process of creating new paintings, using a storyboard style of sketching to explore shape, lighting, and composition.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 16, 2022

Maurice Sendak, the genius writer and illustrator behind such classics as Where the Wild Things Are, In the Night Kitchen and Outside Over There, is to be remembered in the largest and most comprehensive exhibition of his work this autumn. Chances are you've heard of Maurice Sendak.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 10, 2024

Meticulously scanned, designed and reproduced by Tal Solomon Vardy, the founder and CEO of Uncoated Magazine , Bunker is a colourful and chaotic recreation of work that Gary originally made during the Covid-19 pandemic. Like all of my works, I grew up in the United States with two parents who were Jews in Poland during the Second World War.

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