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Why the cool kids are leaving the big cities, and bringing creative life to smaller towns

Creative Boom

Should I stay or should I go? Image licensed via Adobe Stock Rising rents and remote work are driving a creative exodus from London and other major cities, transforming once-overlooked towns across Britain. When did you last look at your rent and feel positive about what you're getting for your money? When did you last walk out your front door and feel inspired rather than overwhelmed?

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15+ Best Luxury Fonts for Visual Identity and Branding

Graphic Design Junction

Luxury fonts and modern serif logo fonts are essential for crafting a premium brand identity in 2025. The right font sets the tone before your audience reads a word—making it just as important as your product or service. The post 15+ Best Luxury Fonts for Visual Identity and Branding first appeared on Graphic Design Junction.

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'Campaigns say things, but culture proves them': thought leader James Hurst on doing design right

Creative Boom

In a sensational session for members of The Studio, James Hurst revealed why design, as a declaration rather than decoration, is reshaping how creative professionals approach meaningful change. In an age where social media has gone to the dogs, Creative Boom's new network, The Studio , has emerged as something genuinely different. It's a private sanctuary where meaningful conversations replace mindless scrolling and where industry insights come directly from the people shaping our creative lands

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This retro Apple iMac-inspired accessory is giving peak Y2K nostalgia

Creative Bloq

This is giving peak Y2K nostalgia.

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Let's Talk Trends: Designing for Maximum Impact

Speaker: Amber Asay, Creative Director and Founder of award-winning design studio Nice People

Understanding what trends are happening and how they’re impacting the competitive landscape is crucial to providing top dollar design strategy to your clients. With so many trends coming and going, it can be overwhelming to determine which ones you should capitalize on and which ones might not be worth the trouble. In this exclusive webinar with Amber Asay, we’ll explore graphic design trends that need to die, trends that are starting to pick up and why, trends that have come and gone, and how t

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Army camouflage free seamless vector pattern

Creative Nerds

Gear up your designs with this authentic, army-inspired seamless vector pattern, now available for free! This versatile pattern comes in both EPS and AI vector formats, giving you full scalability and editability. Choose from a selection of five distinct color options to perfectly match your project’s aesthetic. Whether you’re working on print materials or digital […] The post Army camouflage free seamless vector pattern first appeared on Creative Nerds.

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A Houston Hotel Channels Menil Modernism

Azure Magazine

Passing through the quiet residential streets of Houston’s Montrose neighbourhood, the streetscape quietly but decisively transforms. South of Alabama Street, the city’s eclectic, messy Texan urbanism gently transforms into a haven of tranquility and order. Here, the storied Menil Collection campus unfolds across a procession of green lawns, anchored by Renzo Piano’s central gallery.

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Design Everywhere

Design Everywhere is a blog focused on showcasing carefully selected graphic design works and beyond around the world. These daily dose of visual inspirations are collected by Preston Tham. All works displayed here are rightfully credited to their respective owners.

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The 20 graphic designers inspiring us the most in 2025

Creative Boom

Ingrid Picanyol These visionary creatives are redefining visual communication with bold aesthetics, cultural storytelling and boundary-pushing innovation across all mediums. The graphic design landscape in 2025 is one of both tremendous opportunity and significant challenge. As brands seek authentic connections with increasingly diverse audiences, the demand for designers who can navigate cultural nuance while maintaining commercial appeal has never been higher.

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Artist Paints On Everyday Self-documents Discarded After Having Fulfilled Their Purpose

Design You Trust

An envelope isn’t just paper. For an immigrant, it can be a lifeline, a threat, or proof of one’s own existence. Artist Fidencio Fifield-Perez understands this better than most. He takes the bureaucratic ephemera of his own journey from Oaxaca, Mexico, and his experience with DACA, and turns it into powerful, challenging art. His work is a direct confrontation with the idea of borders.

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Blurring Lines: Nice Try's Branding & Variable Type

Abduzeedo

Blurring Lines: Nice Try's Branding & Variable Type abduzeedo 06/22 — 2025 Explore Nice Try, an apparel brand by Sasha Denisova, that masters ambiguity through its unique branding and an innovative variable typeface. Hey, fellow design enthusiasts! Let's talk about something truly unique that's been making waves: Sasha Denisova's "Nice Try" brand.

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The Democratization of Design: Giving Creators & Marketers the Tools to Succeed

Brands must create and share impactful content to thrive, but they have less people, tighter budgets, and fewer resources to do so. Learn how to publish and market digital content with the same professionalism as organizations with million-dollar budgets.

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5 Ways Brands Can Adopt Reusable Packaging Solutions

The Branding Journal

Brand Strategy Brand Architecture Brand Communications Brand Experience Brand Identity Brand Positioning Employer Branding Ethical Branding Personal Branding Brand Management Brand Equity Brand Extension Brand Image Co-Branding Rebranding Top Case Studies Jaguar Emerges as a Completely New Brand New Coke: A Major Product Change Failure The Gap Logo Redesign Fail Tropicana’s Packaging Redesign Failure Twitter’s Extreme Rebrand to X Vegemite’s iSnack 2.0 Branding Disaster Yellow Tail’s

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What's in your kit bag? I asked a pro cosplayer

Creative Bloq

I picked the brain of a professional cosplayer to find out the tech, tools, and software she relies on daily.

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Announcing CA’s 2025 Photography Annual

Communication Arts

Communication Arts proudly announces the release of our 66th Photography Annual! Feature profiles, opinionated columns and the winners of our 2025 Photography competition—now available in print, digital formats and our website!

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Is this burger menu design a prime cut or canner?

Creative Bloq

Skip to main content Open menu Close menu Creative Bloq Creative Bloq Where creativity meets technology Search Search Creative Bloq Sign in View Profile Sign out Subscribe Design Art 3D Tech Entertainment Buying guides Magazines Imagine FX 3D World Events Vertex Brand Impact Awards More Creative Inspiration Professional Development AI Web Design Photography Reviews About Us Newsletters Trending Enter Brand Impact Awards Apple WWDC Fashion x graphic design How to 3D print props Recommended readin

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From Visualization to Execution: Exploring Our Strengths as Designers

Speaker: Sean Adams, ArtCenter College of Design

Thomas Edison once said “Vision without execution is hallucination.” This statement applies not just to invention, but to graphic design. One of the greatest strengths of graphic designers is the ability to first develop a concept and then execute it to make it real. From visualization and ideation all the way through to actuation and execution, each step of this process takes skill and expertise.

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What the law says about deceptive design patterns

UX Collective

Sitemap Open in app Sign up Sign in Medium Logo Write Sign up Sign in UX Collective · Follow publication We believe designers are thinkers as much as they are makers. [link] Follow publication Member-only story What the law says about deceptive design patterns If we can’t trust the industry to regulate itself… then what about the law? Daley Wilhelm Follow 7 min read · 6 hours ago -- 1 Share How does the law protect users from tricky tech?

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"The only thing that's guaranteed is change," D&AD's President shares his advice for young creatives

Creative Bloq

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MOUTHWASH

Communication Arts

A design firm in Los Angeles has uncovered a winning path to creating work that pushes boundaries, develops its team’s skills and withstands the test of time.

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Inspiration from the sketchbook of concept artist Alida Pintus

Creative Bloq

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Rethinking Creative Workflows: Increasing Efficiency in the Design Process

As the design industry evolves, teams are facing new challenges and a need to produce more outstanding creative work than ever. Leaders must learn how to adapt their processes to solve today’s—and tomorrow’s—unique design challenges. In this e-book, you’ll learn how to establish your creative workflow and leverage the power of CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite to streamline the entire design process, from start to finish.

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London Short Film Festival

Typewolf

Typewolf Site of the Day for June 23, 2025.

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Your brain on ChatGPT-my notes on the study

UX Collective

Your brain on ChatGPT—my notes on the study The first brain-scan study of AI users reveals the cognitive cost of convenience. Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash When I was a kid growing up in the ’80s and ’90s, there was an unforgettable anti-drug commercial. It opened with ominous music and a sizzling frying pan. A man says, “This is drugs,” then cracks an egg and drops it into the pan.

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I've assembled 25 office chairs, and I've finally found one that didn't make me want to scream

Creative Bloq

Assembling the Titan Eco is an exercise in developing brand loyalty.

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