Creative Boom
DECEMBER 11, 2023
Image licensed via Adobe Stock Criticism stings, but would the profession be worse off without it? We canvass opinions from up and down the design industry. You've poured your heart and soul into a graphic design project. Now, finally, it's out in the world. You sit back nervously, hoping for universal praise for your hard work. But instead, you get a steady drip-drip of criticism.
UX Collective
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Amid downsizing, designers must blend business thinking and embrace a “UX foxhog” approach to stay relevant Continue reading on UX Collective »
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We And The Color
DECEMBER 28, 2023
A brand’s logo often takes center stage in branding, where aesthetics and recognition reign supreme. It’s the visual emblem that encapsulates the brand’s essence, the symbol that instantly identifies it within a sea of competitors. But amidst the clamor for attention, it’s easy for logos to become cluttered, overdesigned, and ultimately, ineffective.
Creative Boom
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Hamish Smyth discusses the making of the book Classified: Local Ads from America's Small Towns and why it's a must-read for designers in 2023. If you haven't heard of Standards Manual , the Brooklyn-based, independent publishing imprint founded by designers Jesse Reed and Hamish Smyth in 2014, it's about time you did. They've developed a strong reputation in the creative world for archiving, preserving and publishing design history collections, such as artefacts related to the New York Subway, a
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
UX Collective
DECEMBER 19, 2023
How to deal with being a UX team of one or working with vague stakeholders Continue reading on UX Collective »
Graphic Design Junction
DECEMBER 10, 2023
The calendar turns its pages to 2024, the ever-evolving landscape of visual design propels us into an exciting era of innovation and creativity. Anticipate a convergence of cutting-edge technologies, societal shifts, and artistic expressions that will define the visual trends of the year. In this exploration, we unveil the top 10 visual trends for 2024 that are poised to captivate our senses and redefine the way we perceive the world.
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Creative Bloq
DECEMBER 16, 2023
Expect new features and a more intuitive user experience.
I Love Typography
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Read the book, Typographic Firsts It’s that time of year again. Join us as we look back at some of our favorite new fonts released on ILT in 2023. The post ILT’s Favorite Fonts of 2023 appeared first on I Love Typography.
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. I sat down with our strategy, advertising, design and development teams in November 2022 and said, hey, we need a refresh, an evolution.
Creative Boom
DECEMBER 18, 2023
Branding needn't be about conveying a sense of innate perfection. People prefer flawed reality to corporate blandness, and here's a great example of how to design for that level of authenticity. Bettr isn't just any old coffee brand. Founded in 2011 and based in Singapore, it's Southeast Asia's first certified B Corporation and is committed to bettering our planet through providing holistic vocational programs to educate and empower marginalised communities.
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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.
Creative Boom
DECEMBER 11, 2023
Eastbourne-based illustrator Beth Tibbles specialises in creating colourful illustrations brimming with joy and humour. We caught up with her to learn more about her journey so far, how she looped back into illustration, and what it's like to go freelance. For Beth Tibbles, drawing has been a life-long passion. Having been scribbling away ever since she can remember, she went on to study illustration at college before completing a degree at the University of Westminster.
Creative Boom
DECEMBER 19, 2023
A typeface inspired by the waggle dance of a bee and illustrations that help visualise the location and seasons behind each product – OMSE ends the year on a high with its new identity for a British honey brand that aims to "free the bee". Did you know that honey is the world's third most faked food product? No, we didn't either. That's where Black Bee Honey does things differently.
Creative Boom
DECEMBER 11, 2023
Brooklyn-based CG artist and creative director Haruko Hayakawa specialises in creating stunning, bizarre visuals which tackle consumer culture, brands and nostalgia. We caught up with her to learn more about her work, and how a non-linear career has paid off. For as long as she can remember, Haruko Hayakawa has always been drawn to art and the act of creation, whether that was drawings, sewing or exploring digital art.
Creative Boom
DECEMBER 16, 2023
Image licensed via Adobe Stock We creatives often don't like to take time off: it makes us feel stressed, guilty and like a failure. Leading voices from the community discuss why that's all wrong and what we should do instead. Christmas is coming, and all around the land, people are eagerly awaiting the chance to get some time off work. After all, what's not to like about hitting the sofa, putting your feet up, opening a box of chocolates, and doing absolutely nothing for a couple of days?
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Creative Boom
DECEMBER 4, 2023
UK-based illustrator Emil Paun has channelled his childhood love of sci-fi novels into an optimistic series of images that imagine a more hopeful future for humanity. It's all too easy to be pessimistic about the state of the world. AI will take your job if climate change doesn't get you first. But what if everything wasn't all doom and gloom? What if things work out for the best and people have a bright, happy future to look forward to?
Creative Boom
DECEMBER 3, 2023
Ogilvy brings you Spain's most awaited Christmas ad of 2023, and it's a feel-good classic. It's crazy when you think about it. Spain is one of our closest neighbours, and Madrid is just a short flight from most UK airports. And yet, outside of our Mediterranean holiday bubbles, the majority of us know very little about the country. For example, could you name its current president or the party they represent?
Creative Boom
DECEMBER 5, 2023
This new identity for the Norfolk coast by Lantern is a masterclass in place branding. We take a closer look at the London studio's latest project. Most of the work in branding is about either creating entirely new brands or refreshing existing ones. But that's not all there is to it. One of the most intriguing challenges in branding is bringing together several discrete entities and making them sing as one.
Creative Boom
DECEMBER 3, 2023
The design agency has hit all the right notes with its new branding for the UK domestic abuse and sexual violence charity. Let's be honest: most of the time, graphic design serves the fun and the frivolous. And there's nothing wrong with that. But it's a measure of a truly skilled designer when you can take on a serious subject like domestic abuse and sexual violence and hit all the right notes.
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Creative Boom
DECEMBER 16, 2023
Zhongwen Hu finds her approach to painting a unique form of art therapy. And she hopes her work will offer viewers a sense of catharsis and being in the moment, too. After the year we've had, we could all do with a bit of peace and tranquillity. And you'll get an instant hit of that the moment you glance at the work of Zhongwen Hu. The Shanghai-based painter, illustrator, and animator is known for creating scenes of positive energy that spring from the seemingly mundane motions of everyday life.
Creative Boom
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Since 2015, American designer and illustrator Tad Carpenter has taken time every Sunday to create artwork based on the sun. Now, he's taken his passion project to the next level with a limited edition run of vinyl sun statues to brighten up people's lives. For Tad Carpenter, the sun is something of a personal logo. We've previously seen how he's made a book out of his sun-related artworks , but to round off 2023, he's made the leap from paper to vinyl by creating a series of gorgeous statuettes.
Creative Boom
DECEMBER 10, 2023
We chat with Rapha Abreu, VP of design at The Coca-Cola Company and Kristie Malivindi, creative director at John Knowles Ritchie, to learn how they collaborated on a new holiday campaign identity for the world's most popular beverage. Coca-Cola has released a holiday campaign identity for 2023, built in collaboration with John Knowles Ritchie and the brand's own in-house design team.
Creative Boom
DECEMBER 14, 2023
The brand unveils a new identity today, with a warm and inviting nature to help it stand out in a competitive market. If you're trying to book a hotel, using a comparison site can be both helpful and frustrating. Helpful because it saves you from looking at every single hotel in the area individually. Frustrating because you often feel you have to fight the interface to find the best deals rather than the providers the website is clearly trying to promote.
Speaker: Eden Spivak, Design Expert and Editor at Wix & Nir Horesh, Accessibility Lead and Senior Product Manager at Wix
When we design products or websites for people like ourselves, there are many others who are, as a result, left out. From visually impaired users who rely on assistive technology, to people with a temporary injury such as a broken arm, tech users are forever diverse and beautifully unique. The products we design can, and should, reflect the extremely wide range of human experiences and needs.
Creative Boom
DECEMBER 17, 2023
Paul Faassen – The Mob RoomFifty has a new collection of art prints on sale curated by Jaap Biemans, aka Coverjunkie. We chat to both parties to find out more about the release. RoomFifty is one of our favourite purveyors of affordable art and design work today. It was founded in 2017 by Guardian creative director Chris Clarke and illustrator and writer Leon Edler.
Creative Boom
DECEMBER 7, 2023
We speak to the Washington, D.C.-based designer about how he created a cohesive visual identity for a new seasonal flea market. Traditionally, city centre markets didn't really need much in the way of branding other than maybe a sign at the entrance. That's largely because they'd been in the same place for decades, so most people already knew about them.
Creative Boom
DECEMBER 13, 2023
What visual trends will 2024 bring? Image licensed via Adobe Stock Want to know what 2024 will look like? Us too! So we spoke to the experts at JDO , and they've identified six visual themes to watch out for – all guided by recent cultural shifts. When you work as a graphic designer, your stock-in-trade focuses on the details. That kerning has to be spot-on.
Creative Boom
DECEMBER 16, 2023
When you're known for one thing but want to be known for another, a root-and-branch rebrand is often necessary. That's just what Pentagram has achieved by crafting a fresh visual identity for Stereolabs. Stereolabs was founded in Paris in 2010 by three graduates of IOGS, a leading French university in the field of optics. They had previously collaborated on a university project to prototype a 3D endoscope that could give better relief images of MRIs.
Speaker: Michele Berdinis
This session will answer business law questions that people are asking most during the pandemic. If my business can’t pay its bills, can my creditors come after my personal assets? Do I have to pay the rent on my co-working space or office? Can my clients cancel signed contracts? Can I cancel contracts for things I no longer need because my business has slowed down?
Creative Boom
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Sweet meets heat in Chilli Bomba, a new candy for adult rebels. We explore how London studio New Genre brought the brand to life. The first bite is with the eye, they say. And that's certainly the case for sweets aimed at adults. After all, we're bombarded with messages saying we shouldn't be eating such unhealthy fare. even if secretly, we love the idea of knocking back some sugary treats.
Creative Boom
DECEMBER 13, 2023
How do you make a snack made of bean paste sound like a refined delicacy? Regular Practice explains how it's made Japanese mochi into an upmarket brand. One of the most fun things about travel is finding fun new things to eat and drink. You don't have to spend much money going to fancy restaurants. In distant countries, their equivalent of the Pound Shop can serve you up a whole host of what are, to us, at least, exotic culinary treats.
Creative Boom
DECEMBER 11, 2023
How do you make a business founded in 1938 relevant today? Defy's 85th birthday ads for luxury retailer Boyds provide a shining example. Anniversaries are a tricky business. On the one hand, you want to celebrate that a brand or company has been in business for several decades or even centuries. On the other hand, you don't want people to think you're old hat.
Creative Boom
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Leading consumer pet brand Omlet has collaborated with Ragged Edge to create a unique new identity which considers the world from a pet's point of view. By doing so, it hopes to propel the company into international popularity. When it comes to pet branding, it's all too easy for companies to fall into the familiar tropes. And while there's nothing inherently wrong with a classy photo of a happy fur baby on a tin of cat or dog food, this usually prioritises the owner's assumptions over the pet's
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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