Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Bertrand Aznar, represented by Illustration Division Whether you need representation or are looking to hire an artist or illustrator, these are the best places to head to in New York City. With its rich tapestry of art galleries, publishing houses and media outlets, New York City is a veritable hub for illustration agents.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 21, 2024

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. So, who are the names we need to know? To answer that question, we turned to Frontify , our favourite cloud-based, brand-building platform. Read on to find out.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

We chat with an independent designer and art director at YouTube Music about his inspirations, career trajectory, and the importance of learning from setbacks. But it turns out we were wrong. If you listen to just a few episodes of Creative Boom podcast , you'll start to see a pattern emerging. It was such a surreal experience!"

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Creative Boom

JUNE 8, 2023

Branding Design of the Year 2023: Campus, Reading International by Socrates Communications The victors of the Indigo Design Award 2023 offer extraordinary examples of real-world design we can all seek to emulate. We share the seven main winning designs here. We are Indigo, and we exist to encourage and promote your creativity."

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Creative Boom

APRIL 10, 2024

Leamington Spa-based digital design studio OHMY has created a new identity for digital licensing and collection platform amra, positioning it as "a beacon of light" that can help guide users through the complex landscape of royalties. The solution, then, was AI – a tool both loved and feared by creatives.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 26, 2023

Now you can enjoy browsing some of their favourite shots in their highly-anticipated new book, Happytecture. Now you can enjoy some of their favourite artworks in a new book courtesy of Counter Print. Here, we see a game of hide-and-seek as we follow Anna around the building's distinctive architecture. Next is Pink-a-boo!

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 26, 2023

For the last 20 years, photographer Seymour Licht has been taking pictures of costumed Halloween revellers on the New York subway. Now, the choicest snaps have been gathered together in his new book, Halloween Underground, which acts as a time capsule of spooky seasons from years gone by.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

We take a closer look at two artists heavily influenced by their own surroundings deep in the Catskill Mountains. Steadman 's and Pettigrew's respective work has a puritan aesthetic, often featuring women in simple and strong colour palettes. But it wasn't the lush, humid and sub-tropical climate we might associate it with.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 23, 2023

New York-based illustrator and visual storyteller Flora Bai takes viewers to strange and fantastical worlds in her trippy artwork. We caught up with her to learn more about her work and discover how her pet rabbit Judy inspired her favourite project. The world of Flora Bai is a sight to behold.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Because all of us love the idea of buying presents in theory – 'tis better to give than to receive, as they say – in practice, we often struggle to devote enough time to it. To guard against that happening, last year we compiled the ultimate 2022 Christmas gift guide for creatives. in fact, they might infer the opposite.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Make the switch to Stills, the new standard in photo licensing. Here's how this game-changing new photo-licensing platform can help bring your work to the next level. That's why we're recommending Stills, a new photo-licensing platform with fresh, relevant images shot by in-demand photographers.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 21, 2023

A new exhibition focused on the transformative role of place showcases the breathtaking work of this artist couple and their unusual painting technique. I love geography, maps, and seeing the landscape from unique perspectives." Places We Are Found is at Christina Parker Gallery, 50 Water Street St. John's, NL Canada A1C 1A3.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 9, 2022

On display at Halsey Mckay Gallery in East Hampton until 4 July, the American artist's latest series, Windows, features artworks of windows themselves. The architectural features do not form part of a broader picture. Geometric and minimalist in their design with a uniform black frame, we see cityscapes beyond, at dawn or dusk.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Pigeons and rats tend to prop up more frequently in her work as they're the animals we see most in the city. She also has a love of the occult, psychedelia, tarot cards, sci-fi and comics, all of which transcend into the trippy worlds that she builds through her work. Walking around is what inspires me the most," she says. "I

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Design and Illustrations by Giovani Flores using GT Pressura It's Valentine's Day this week, a celebration of love, passion and obsession. After all, passions ebb and flow; similarly, designers' love affairs with fonts can sometimes be fleeting – like short, intense affairs that come and go. Extravagant but evident and simple."

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Courtesy of the artist; Make Room, Los Angeles, CA; and Alexander Berggruen, New York, NY. Chinese artist Yuri Yuan 's new show casts our mental health demons in an eerie and disturbing light. Previously, we've seen the narrative features in her paintings carried along through a unified place or moment.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 4, 2023

We chatted to her about the rising popularity of Nigerian art, her love of nature, and working in a psychiatric ward. In response, we are witnessing the emergence of various institutions, such as art fairs, galleries and museums, actively contributing to the flourishing art scene. It's truly an exhilarating time."

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Creative Boom

MARCH 7, 2022

Her work has been featured on National Public Radio (NPR), ESPN and ESPN Radio, and NBC Sports California. She especially loves to give a voice to the smallest details and is a big advocate for side projects. Nicole loves to explore the borders between culture and design and generate new perspectives on designing for social good.

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Creative Boom

MAY 12, 2022

To mark the occasion, we asked seven leading artists and designers to produce a bespoke art print for Creative Boom's online shop. It's been almost six months since we launched our shop, selling exclusive prints by leading artists and designers, including Luis Mendo, Wendy Wong, Noma Bar, and Sarah Boris. The theme?

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Image courtesy the artist, Library Street Collective, Detroit; and albertz benda, New York and Los Angeles. They can calm us down on a bad day, and their unquestioning love and loyalty can lift us from the darkness. It is these qualities artist Natalie Wadlington pays tribute to in her new body of work. Oil on canvas.

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Creative Boom

MAY 22, 2023

We pick his brains to find out where this fast-changing tech is heading and whether creatives should be jumping on board. But hey, early smartphones and laptops weren't perfect either… and look where we are now with them. The studio is currently working directly with Snap on a new AR project that sounds super intriguing.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 30, 2023

Credit: Athletics / Catskill Art Space Brooklyn-based creative agency Athletics has created a new identity for the Catskill Art Space, a globally recognised art centre based in upstate New York. The hero element that really elevates the entire identity is a fluid new monogrammed logo.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

They are our little havens of joy where we get to do the things we love, immersing ourselves in our creative professions. Whether at home or in a studio, our work setup isn't just practical; it's a reflection of who we are. We especially love the soft glow, so it doesn't distract or hurt our eyes.

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Creative Boom

JULY 11, 2022

The architecture of vintage New England houses, many of which are part of Jeffery's personal story, feature prominently in his work for Between Two Worlds. We were fortunate to have mentors such as Jerry Thompson, a protégée of Walker Evans, who encouraged me to carry on – and so I did! We always summered there as a family.

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Moo

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Here are six Business Cards with logos we love (and the brands behind them). We chatted to Ron Nikkel about how powerful great design can be and how it emotionally connect people with brands. “The Up next we have Dasha Design.Co , a branding and design agency owned by Darena. Dasha Design.co ” But the TF Event Co.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 5, 2023

Jon Henry's new photography book, Stranger Fruit, has an obvious reference point in its title: the timelessly chilling, evocative song Strange Fruit, first written in 1937 but most famous through the voice of Billy Holiday with her 1939 recording and live renditions. I have thoughts of love, change, determination, growth and encouragement.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 4, 2024

We list the most exciting events around the world to help enrich your mind and fuel your inspiration. It's January, and here's a great New Year's resolution for 2024: not to spend all your time at a desk! Held in Utah, this prestigious festival showcases independent films, including documentaries, feature-length and short films.

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Creative Boom

MAY 23, 2022

But Practice , an independent creative consultancy based in New York City, couldn't be more different than that. It currently has ongoing projects in New York, Melbourne, LA and San Francisco. We caught up with Michelle to find out more. How will we engage with certain types of content in more meaningful ways?

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Credit: Kingsland New York agency Kingsland wanted to give employees a calling card – but a run-of-the-mill business card wouldn't cut it. Instead, it turned to the archetypes of tarot cards to create personalised cards that don't just tell new contacts where to find an employee but give a deep insight into who they're dealing with.

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Canny

AUGUST 11, 2022

New York City, aka The Big Apple. This week we are moving further East on our state of branding tour, and discussing all things New York, from Niagara Falls and Yonkers, to Rochester, Buffalo, and Syracuse. Basically, if it’s NY based, we are all for it in this post. New York Branding.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 5, 2024

New York-based graphic and motion designer Esther Rou Jiao looks at how removing negative emotions isn't the miracle cure-all you may imagine it to be in her award-winning animation Overdose. I stopped defining myself through my work and learnt to love myself no matter what happened," she concludes.

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Design Milk

MARCH 15, 2024

Ly’s story originates in New Zealand, where she was born before moving and being raised in a working-class suburb of Los Angeles, California. The architecture and interior design studio is a noted thought leader in biophilic design and has been featured internationally. I love running my fingers over the ridges.

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Graphic Design Junction

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Today we are featuring Creative Digital Illustrator Artist and Graphic Designer “ Alessandro Pautasso “, with his amazing illustration artwork showcase. In childhood, after falling in love with a Beatles’s illustration book by Alan Aldridge, he began drawing almost daily.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

We caught up with organiser and designer Dave Sedgwick to hear why he brought it back for one last hurrah. We all work for many clients, and that's great, obviously, but I wanted to do something for me again. "I Thankfully, the people of Manchester appreciated the event, and we had hundreds come to visit.

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We And The Color

MARCH 31, 2022

The 45th annual Artexpo New York just announced its programming schedule for April 7-10, 2022. ART LAB: A PEACEFUL EARTH EXPERIENCE Art Gallery Pure, Booth 306 A Peaceful Earth Experience is an interdisciplinary exhibition premiering at Artexpo New York to celebrate Earth Day 2022. 2:00 p.m.

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Design Milk

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

At this year’s Copenhagen Fashion Week, Danish fashion brand Skall Studio , founded by sisters Julie and Marie Skall, debuted its upcoming AW24 collection with 29 looks nostalgic of the 1960s era of New York City, at a time when artists and intellectuals like Joan Baez and Bob Dylan were challenging the status quo about society.

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Design Milk

JUNE 20, 2023

In 2013, I had the privilege to visit ( and feature here ) a dazzling Infinity Room by one of the most famous and influential artists alive: Yayoi Kusama. On view at David Zwirner Gallery in New York, I Spend Each Day Embracing Flowers is well worth a visit, whether you wait in line or not.

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