Creative Boom

MAY 26, 2024

To get a fuller picture of how things really are, we asked illustrators in the Creative Boom community to share the biggest challenges they're facing today and how they're responding to them. I think, unfortunately, editorial has been in major decline for decades," says Isaac. Sebastian Abboud tells a similar story.

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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? But here I'm going to look at an area that's had less coverage: how are creative agencies actually using AI in their day-to-day work?

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

We gather the best advice on how to win friends and influence people. We'd all like to think not and assume everyone loves us. Firstly, you need to be willing to think about your behaviour and interactions carefully and objectively. You also need the soft people skills that will make people want to work with you.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Many clients don't fully appreciate what graphic designers can offer them. There are many good things about graphic design, including the potential to earn a decent salary, engage in hybrid or remote working, and do fulfilling, interesting work. Not to mention how copy, photography, etc.,

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Creative Boom

APRIL 15, 2024

Mark Diaz It would take months in Blender, so how is designing a whole urban environment in such a short time even possible? Want to take your skills as an artist, illustrator or designer and transform them into 3D models and animation without having to spend years learning difficult software? What is iClone 8?

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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. After their fast rise to fame in the 90s, most of us expected the same of Take That, especially after Robbie Williams quit in 1995. Take That's tour was no exception.

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Creative Boom

MAY 14, 2024

We work hard on creating what we think is great work, only for our managers or clients to send us back to the drawing board. So, how do we avoid failing so often? Every artist, designer, photographer, animator, or filmmaker has experienced setbacks, rejections and projects that didn't quite work out as planned.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 3, 2024

Each week, host Katy Cowan will sit down with a compelling mix of designers, illustrators and creative thinkers, to help guide you through the intricacies of creative work and life. We also chat with co-founder of Special Projects, Clara Gaggero Westaway on how we can turn frustrations into delight via an empathic design method.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 11, 2024

Designed by Extract Studio, the publication was made to be more than a monotonous manuscript in a bid to inspire creatives to "make more space for words in their practice". Copy is often overlooked in design and advertising. If a brand is about influencing perceptions, why would you want people to think you have nothing to say?"

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Creative Boom

MAY 15, 2023

It's been 30 years since Neville Brody last published a monograph, and it's safe to say a hell of a lot's changed in that time – in his career, in the design industry, and in creativity more widely. The traditional design industry was anathema to me at the time – I evolved from a radical, counter-cultural place.

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Creative Boom

MAY 2, 2024

Image licensed via Adobe Stock The photo and video-sharing site is changing how it surfaces content, ostensibly to help creatives. If you use Instagram to help promote your creative business, you may have found it increasingly challenging to get traction with your content lately. We canvas the creative community's views.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 18, 2024

When themes of social justice are built into the curriculum, they become embedded into the wider picture, helping us to both imagine and realise more just, sustainable futures. Interaction Design student Shihui Li found a beautiful, original way to highlight the decline in biodiversity for her final year project at UAL.

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Just Creative

MAY 27, 2024

This is a guest article written by Lauren Marie who is a graphic designer in corporate America. Want to know how to design? Then you should learn the basic fundamentals of graphic design. If you ever start a design course this will be the very first thing that you are taught, guaranteed.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

We chatted with Ed Little, director of the London studio Regular Practice , about putting design at the heart of strategy, how the nature of branding is (fast) evolving, and what agencies need to do to keep up. I think it's down to many things," he responds. Appetite and experimentation. A good dose of humour.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 31, 2024

We caught up with him to learn how this results from a lot of graft and how representation has helped progress his career. Having originally trained as a graphic designer, Joseph Carrington pivoted to illustration seven years ago. I like to help brands and publications communicate with their audience visually."

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 4, 2024

But how do you harness that into building a successful career? Illustrator, muralist and sign writer Will Rea offers a shining example of how to do it right. Here, we pick his brains to learn how he established himself in a fiercely competitive industry. He enrolled on a product design course in Manchester in 2014. "But

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Creative Boom

MARCH 27, 2023

But has this affected how creatives actually use the platform? Not all the effects have been positive, to say the least, and we've shared lots of tips and advice to help you limit your social media use , and win clients when you've quit social media altogether. But at the same time, we'll be frank: I love using Twitter!

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 24, 2024

We caught up with him to learn more about how he makes an impact, and why changing styles is a good thing. From an early age, art and design has always been a big part of my life," he tells Creative Boom. "I I enjoy using simple lines and shapes to create busy, colourful scenes that immediately draw your attention."

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Creative Boom

APRIL 5, 2023

Washington DC-based design agency Design Army has created a new sci-fi-inspired campaign for a local optician, dubbed Adventures In A-EYE. While most of us are already sick to death of hearing about everything AI – and there's far from been a dearth of creative projects exploring the possibilities of ChatGPT et al.,

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Creative Boom

APRIL 9, 2024

Mymind streamlines the design process, saving you a ton of time and effort. We explain how it all works and how you can get started today. If you're a designer, and you're not using mymind , then we think you should check it out. you might think. We didn’t think so. Let's cut to the chase.

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Designer Daily

MARCH 6, 2024

Think of them as the attire for our words. Modern-day brands and creative minds are journeying back in design time, rejuvenating these vintage treasures. They might have a worn, weathered look, or they might just echo the design styles of days gone by. Think of intricate details, faded colors, ornate embellishments.

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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.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 15, 2024

Creative director Joelle McKenna explains how she approached a bucket-list project for a local business: a window display for Brooklyn's Desert Island Comics. But how many of us have actually used that struggle in our art? Design concept She explains the thinking behind her 8'x12' installation, entitled Work & Play.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Image courtesy of publisher Sit back, relax and reacquaint yourselves with the joys of devouring a beautifully designed print magazine. For most of us, even some of us who work in the media, the answer is probably: "I can't remember." Eye Magazine Eye Magazine delves deep into the world of graphic design and visual culture.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 24, 2024

The illustrator behind a series of best-selling books explains how she sums up the story and grabs the reader's attention. This is why we were keen to chat with Leah Jacobs-Gordon , a multi-disciplinary designer with a passion for illustration and a keen eye for captivating design, who's worked on more than 250 book covers to date.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 9, 2024

French artist and graphic designer Jean Jullien is back with a solo exhibition, LOLO, which asks questions about whether cities are the best places for people to live in one of the most famous cities in the world: New York. Jullien explains: "I've really tried to use two different mediums I love to the best of their capacities".

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Creative Boom

APRIL 26, 2024

Dutch designer and art director Wytze Hoogslag seems to think so. Launched as a side project in the summer of 2022, Fockups was a glorious bit of fun that became very popular with designers and illustrators worldwide. Your designs will never look so good. As a designer, I walk a lot to develop ideas.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 2, 2024

We chat with lighting and screen content designer Fredrik Stormby from Green Wall Designs about his plans for this year's song contest. The set design for the 2024 contest will be a unique 360-degree experience that surrounds the audience and viewers in the Malmö Arena. There wasn't really a detailed brief," Fredrik explains.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 20, 2024

The workspace design and development company's new identity by Campbell and Hay includes a customised typeface and a flexible graphic icon chosen to convey a collaborative approach. One of the biggest challenges with this project was avoiding the homogeny of the design and build industry by creating a distinguishable and memorable identity.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Love design books? But in his spare time, he's been working on an intriguing project with design writer Jim K Davies. The lovingly produced book features over 90 design stories behind iconic band logos and includes lots of new interviews with designers and musicians from the 1960s to now. Love logos?

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Identity for GlouGlou by &Something The founder of Shrewsbury design studio &Something , Tony Clarkson, opens up about his recent struggles with motivation and offers his advice to others in the same situation. At this point, you think you've cracked it. It happens to the best of us. So what can we do? It's helped a bit.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 11, 2023

Cambridge Healthcare Research Symbols are a powerful asset in your graphic design toolkit, but you must know how to use them correctly. Just ask Apple, Shell, Pepsi and others how powerful it is to have one global logo that instantly communicates their brand and values wherever you are in the world. What is a symbol?

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Creative Boom

APRIL 17, 2024

Hideki Yoshimoto and Marjan van Aubel have been pushing the boundaries in their Milan Design Week installations for car giant Lexus. The world's largest design event, Milan Design Week, is a funny old thing. Read on as I explain what they are and why designers should care. We report from the show.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Success as a graphic designer isn't just about the work itself. Working in graphic design, you're constantly told that to earn more money, get more respect and work on more prestigious projects, you need to sell yourself. But, like it or not, in 2023, just being a great designer isn't enough.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 24, 2024

What's especially frustrating is when you're the type of person who never asks for favours, never expects anything from anyone, and treads lightly in the world, yet when you have one moment of weakness and ask for help, you can quickly be reminded just how selfish people can be. None of us are saints. So what to do?

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Creative Boom

MAY 7, 2024

It's these personalities and the potential of simple objects made out of foam and fabric which first fascinated Zack Buchman, the founder of New York-based design agency Furry Puppet Studio , which specialises in creating custom puppets. But then again, Zach is used to seeing things differently. It was really fun."

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 28, 2024

That's how I found my way back into drawing as an after-school stress release." This affinity for bright and saturated colours can be traced back to his preference for using markers over coloured pencils. This affinity for bright and saturated colours can be traced back to his preference for using markers over coloured pencils. "I

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