Creative Boom

AUGUST 11, 2024

This inventive restaurant branding reimagines the idea of a vegan eatery in a refreshing and enticing way. Across the course of the 21st century, the image of veganism has quickly gone from 'cranky and weird' to 'mainstream and cool'. Nowadays, you can find vegan options in most bars and restaurants. And that's all to the good, whether you're a vegan or just appreciate more healthy options on the menu that are kinder to the planet.

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Graphic Design Junction

AUGUST 18, 2024

When it comes to designing captivating visuals for your next commercial project, the right font can make all the difference. Whether you’re crafting eye-catching advertisement posters or crafting elegant lettering posters, having access to a diverse range of fonts is essential. In this article, we’ll explore 28 New Free Fonts that are not only visually stunning but also perfect for commercial use.

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Design Milk

AUGUST 30, 2024

Felix Kilbertus was enthralled with cars before he could even speak, easily recognizing many brands and models while struggling to name them. The Citroën DS was particularly magical to the young enthusiast because its unusual shape reminded him of a shark. Every time he watched one on the road it seemed almost alive, with the hydraulic suspension lifting it as if waking and stretching its legs before a long journey.

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Creative Bloq

AUGUST 26, 2024

Here's my approach to image creation, demonstrating techniques in Blender and Photoshop to fast track you to a finished scene.

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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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Creative Boom

AUGUST 7, 2024

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Want to make cash from your personal work? These insider tips will help boost sales, engage customers, and stand out in the bustling creative scene. Who doesn't love an art fair or creative market? They're a great way to find cool, quirky, and unique pieces: everything from limited edition prints, postcards, greeting cards, handmade jewellery, candles, or even full paintings and sculptures.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 4, 2024

Monjajaja's editorial work. The Chinese illustrator uses a mix of traditional media to express herself and communicate her clients' messages, celebrating the slips and spills along the way. While AI has its uses (cough), nothing compares to looking at a work that fully expresses the hand of the artist and what they were feeling as they composed it. To engage with real, living, breathing people, many clients prefer to work with a real, living, breathing illustrator, and that's where artists like

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 7, 2024

Tips for getting your graphic design project featured (one being, send us lots of visual assets/mockups) Mockup via Art Directed Want to see your graphic design work featured in this online magazine? Here's how to do it and some tips for standing out from the crowd. As a graphic designer or branding studio, getting your latest project featured in Creative Boom can significantly boost your visibility and reputation.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 19, 2024

The German agency explains how it crafted a new name, identity, and website for the creative recruitment agency Undiscovered. Based in Berlin, Undiscovered is a recruitment agency specialising in creative roles. Specifically, it matches talent in design, product, engineering, and marketing with startups, agencies, and corporations across Europe. They recently changed their name and began expanding into new regions.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 26, 2024

Image licensed via Shutterstock Your introversion isn't a barrier to making social video; it's actually an asset. Discover how to conquer the world of video content with these expert tips and strategies. For the last couple of decades, the creative profession has been broadly kind to us introverts. Many of us who enjoy spending a good part of the day alone, quietly working, have found that working as an artist, illustrator, designer, animator, musician, or writer provides plenty of opportunities

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 15, 2024

From contemplative cats to wide-eyed bat skeletons and even Santa on an exercise bike, Ilya Kazakov's cartoony characters are helping the artist build his own community of fans and clients around the world. Originally from the Russian territory of Sakha – also called Yakutia – Ilya Kazakov is one of the most northerly illustrators we've featured in a while.

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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.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 11, 2024

The London-based studio collaborates with renowned illustrator Hedof to create upbeat and engaging branding for the Comedy Garden Festival. 57 Festivals is a London-based company specialising in live comedy. Since 2005, it has delivered comedy shows and festivals to select cities across the UK. Last year, the founders collaborated with Oat Studio – a London-based, multi-disciplinary studio founded in 2022 by husband-and-wife team Owen and Tori Phillips-Walmsley – to revamp the branding for a ser

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 4, 2024

Spacemade is a co-working brand with a difference. Crafted by Wildish & Co., its new visual identity system is based on the concept of 'meaningful connections'. Founded in 2020, Spacemade is a co-working space provider with a difference. Rather than just plopping yourself down wherever there's a space, you get your own permanent desk in what's intended to be a beautifully designed, shared workspace.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 27, 2024

The New York designer explains how she's blending artistic expression with functional design to create the kind of typefaces agencies will love to use in their work. Renowned designer Jessica Walsh has long been known for her passion for type. And now she's taken that to the next level by launching Type Of Feeling. It's a type foundry with a difference, one that's dedicated to creating unique typefaces that convey "distinct and rarely spoken emotions".

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 18, 2024

Award-winning UK illustrator Elly Walton's quirky style brings whimsy and depth to her editorial, advertising, and design work. In our exclusive interview, she reveals how she crafts these storytelling visuals. In the world of illustration, Elly Walton stands out as a virtuoso of playful storytelling. This award-winning artist has made her mark across various mediums throughout her career spanning two decades.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 26, 2024

The Münster School of Design graduate discusses her creative journey so far and how she has developed her unique style. Julia Wand is an illustration and graphic design graduate of the Münster School of Design in Germany. In her work, she always aims to combine these two disciplines: a conceptual approach and visual storytelling. "In my opinion, illustration and graphic design go hand-in-hand together," she explains.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 28, 2024

The calligrapher and typographer Seb Lester has launched a series of beautiful works that eschew scale to favour quality and prove that it's the little things that matter. In the remote Yorkshire village of Settle, you'll find one of the world's smallest galleries. The town's old red phone box has been turned into an art space, which was the setting for hand lettering artist Seb Lester's latest show.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 13, 2024

Image licensed via Shutterstock / Adam McCullough You don't need to be a musician to learn from the rapper's recent adventures at Paris 2024. We list seven tips for following in Snoop Dogg's footsteps and unlocking your creative potential. If you work as a creative freelancer, many people will be seriously jealous of you. Let's face it: you get to spend all day doing the thing you love and get paid for it.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 28, 2024

Nomad Studio explains how it crafted an electrifying brand for the online gaming industry—just in time for it to step up to the world stage. You may not have heard of Kaizen Gaming, but they're a pretty big deal. Based in Athens, this GameTech company operate two brands, Betano and Stoiximan, in 16 countries and employs more than 2,500 people across three continents.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 5, 2024

Road cycling isn't the gentlest of sports, as a new book by sports photographer Kristof Ramon (aka Kramon) lays bare with its stunningly dramatic images. For those who've been excited by the cycling at the Olympics, a new book by world-class pro-cycling photographer Kristof Ramon (known as Kramon) offers a visceral glimpse into the heart of this punishing sport.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 27, 2024

Sketchbook photo © Tim Langlotz Driven by a desire to draw, see new things and develop his skills, Lapin hops here and there across Europe and around the world, sketching what interests him wherever he lands. One can only envy him. Twenty years ago, Lapin worked in a studio as a graphic designer on campaigns for Air France, PlayStation and Porsche. But the urge to sketch was always there, and after publishing his first sketchbook in 2008, he turned his back on sitting at a computer to strike out

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 18, 2024

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Sustain the mindfulness of a screen-free summer as you transition back to work by following this advice from the creative community. As the golden days of August fade into memory, many of us find ourselves at a crossroads. Whether you've been abroad or staycationing, the past few weeks have offered a respite from the constant digital chatter that dominates your daily work.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 12, 2024

Here Design recently worked with a group of young offenders in prison to design a new identity for Untold, a charity that offers vocational training for young men in UK prisons. London-based studio Here Design works hard to balance profit and purpose and has always made time for pro bono work to support charities and social causes, according to its senior designer, Eleanor Robertson.

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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.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 21, 2024

With over 7,000 students completing their courses this year, the London Studio developed a unique identity to celebrate their experimental spirit. University of the Arts London is known for incubating some of the world's most creative students. And so their graduation ceremonies are a big deal. Recently, UAL tasked Kind Studio with creating an identity for these ceremonies to celebrate the experimental spirit of more than 7,000 talented graduates completing their courses this year.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 18, 2024

Digging around in the archives revealed some interesting and ownable brand stories that the studio used to solidify its position as 'THAT juice'. Bath-based brand and packaging design agency Sunhouse has redesigned OG orange juice brand Tropicana, using heritage in a contemporary way to position it as the category leader and aligning with its new campaign, 'THAT juice'.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 6, 2024

One of the nation's oldest theatres celebrates its recent restoration with a full rebrand, courtesy of Brighton agency Good Noise. Theatre Royal Brighton is one of the UK's oldest and most iconic theatres. A key player in the UK's dramatic landscape since its opening in 1807, it's renowned for both its rich history and stunning architecture. Today, it hosts a diverse range of performances, from West End hits to local productions, and is cherished by both locals and out-of-town visitors.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 12, 2024

The Bristol agency put their design skills to work, developing a visual identity for craft brewery St Austells that can scale as it grows. Right now, the demand for decent craft beer seems to keep growing and growing. And so St Austells, a family-owned Cornish brewery deeply rooted in traditional brewing and community values, was looking to expand by investing in like-minded breweries such as Harbour Brewing Co.

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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?

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 12, 2024

With more options for pet nutrition popping up, Nutriment's new brand hopes to make it easy for owners to choose the best science-backed food for their pets. Pets have become a huge part of many people's daily lives, with the number of pet owners in the UK reaching record highs during and after the pandemic. At the same time, shelves have become flooded with options for pet nutrition, making it hard for owners to know what's best for their furry family members.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 19, 2024

A recent graduate of Nottingham Trent, Isobelle Farrar is catching the eye with projects like HAG, which combine imagery, textiles, and storytelling to challenge the way older women are dismissed and ignored in society. Congratulations go out to Isobelle Farrar, the newly graduated artist who won the Association of Illustrators' Spotlight Award at New Designers 2024, held at the Business Design Centre in London this July.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 20, 2024

Elves, dwarves, wizards, a lich and an owlbear all feature alongside an iconic red dragon in what could be the most unlikely stamp collection ever issued by the Royal Mail – and role-players and fantasy art fanatics will love it. The British fantasy illustrator Wayne Reynolds has painted a set of eight monsters to feature on stamps issued by the Royal Mail to commemorate 50 years of the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons.

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Graphic Design Junction

AUGUST 29, 2024

When it comes to creative design, typography plays a pivotal role in conveying the message, setting the tone, and making a lasting impression. One of the most impactful choices you can make in your design projects is to use big bold fonts. These typefaces are not just about being large and in charge; they bring a sense of confidence, clarity, and creativity to your work.

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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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