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. Recently, she was invited to craft a display for Desert Island Comics in Brooklyn's hip area of Williamsburg. We all experience the creative struggle on a day-to-day basis.

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OCTOBER 31, 2024

“We said yes and decided to tear down the house we owned next door and build our dream home there because we loved our street and area so much!” Rounded architectural features, including interior arches, a curved fireplace, and a sculptural wood kitchen island, create fluidity throughout.

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Design Milk

JUNE 9, 2025

In the heart of the Copenhagen Harbour, a two-story modern houseboat now floats serenely between the opera house and the revitalized Paper Island. Garde, a lifelong maker and designer, saw an opportunity to construct something that fused his love for functional beauty with his fascination for alternative living spaces.

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Creative Boom

MAY 28, 2024

This outlook was only honed during her time at the Rhode Island School of Design, where she studied Industrial Design. Originally from China, Meicheng credits her parents with being the biggest artistic inspirations in her life. My dad always shares great films and designs with me and shows so much love and passion for my work."

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Design Milk

DECEMBER 20, 2024

All the historic building shapes are represented here, from Modernist to Cubist, crowding around the edge of the island with little space to spare (much like the real thing). As a creative, my goal is to design objects that not only furnish but also stimulate and inspire.”

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 18, 2023

It also operates retail coffee bars island-wide, using its presence to amplify positive social impact in the community. It's an ethos inspired by Bettr's own journey as a B-corp company trying to create positive and lasting change for the community. Overall, we're a little bit in love with these designs.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 11, 2022

I feel inspired by all the lush and beautiful vegetation of my native island, by the infinite arrays of colour, light, texture and shapes within the natural world," she explains. "I Everybody Loves The Sunshine, 2022 © Hulda Guzmán. Photo by Todd-White Art Photography. Up The Spine, 2022 © Hulda Guzmán.

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Design Milk

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Guests may gather around a long island, stop by the coffee station, or unwind at the bar located between the dining and living rooms. At first, I scoured Palm Springs for design inspiration, but the bright colors and kitschy styles didn’t align with our vision. We wanted the interior to feel warm, calming, and clean.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

That means you'll get to know what the judges thought of their packaging – what they loved and the areas where they felt improvements could be made. Meanwhile, if you need further inspiration, scroll down to see some of the winning packaging designs from past editions of the Pentawards.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 30, 2022

Originally from the north of Sweden, Linn studied Motion Graphics at creative business school Hyper Island. Inspiration, like life, is constantly changing." Kind and inspiring, these places are a way for like-minded people eager to share and learn from one another. "We

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Creative Boom

APRIL 24, 2022

Textural, colourful and a little childish; there's much to learn about the method behind the Rhode Island-based artist's magical creations. As things turned out, Scott – who was born and based in Providence, Rhode Island – went to art college for undergrad and graduate studies, both in photography and contemporary art.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Rhode Island School of Design student Cara Ziruo Wang has translated China's rich cultural history into a series of elegant and inspiring illustrations for the country's children's literary magazine October Kids. We caught up with her to learn more about how they were made and how they inspire different children worldwide.

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Design Milk

APRIL 11, 2025

By deftly balancing a range of elements, each of her spaces inspire and elevate the energy of the individuals who inhabit them. Travel Travel is my greatest source of inspiration. Ive been fortunate enough to explore quite a handful of different places, and I come back inspired and changed in some way. Photo: Gala Magri 1.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 14, 2023

The stories in question are inspired by artisans and creators, and the range is titled as if it were a novel. The sneakers are unisex, inspired by classic skate and tennis profiles, made from premium materials and crafted by hand. Creative inspiration So who are the creatives behind these unusual sneakers?

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 21, 2023

Emilie and Mike Fantuz are a Canadian married couple who originally met on Instagram via their love of the technique, And their new exhibition of work, Places We Are Found , is a great example of what can be achieved with it in practice. I was mentored by a senior artist while living on the Hawaiian island of Kauai," she explained. "I

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Design Milk

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Innovative solutions were created to provide storage hidden from the naked eye while the colors and elements of MR Apartment are all inspired by the owner’s love of the sea and travel. The large island allows the host to freely communicate with his guests from anywhere in the room.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

For Creative Boom, Noma has created The Last Emperor – an exclusive artwork inspired after reading an article that stated 98% of emperor penguin colonies could be extinct by 2100. "As Love Boom by Sarah Boris. For Creative Boom, she has created an exclusive graphic artwork titled Love Boom. "I I Love It Here by Marylou Faure.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 23, 2024

In Slow Travel Britain, writer and creative director Liz Schaffer pens an image-filled love letter to this beautiful country and reveals the value of taking time to experience your surroundings. It is a decidedly more relaxed exploration of this wonderful island and the places and people that make it special.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The designer’s first dining collection for the brand strikes a balance of resilience and softness borrowed from the town of Fiskardo, located on the northern tip of the Greek island of Kefalonia. With a high back and sloped armrests in a mesh weave, Massaud hopes to create the feeling of sitting in your own personal shell!

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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. As a result, we end up getting boring, generic gifts with big retailers like Amazon or John Lewis that don't really communicate how much we care for our loved ones.

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JULY 3, 2023

Designed by Znamy się for the owners, and their two dogs, who love to cook, entertain friends, and play board games. The kitchen island is not only the place for food prep and cooking, it stores board games and houses water dispensers for their beloved dogs. The new interior holds many elements that allow the owners to play with form.

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Design Milk

DECEMBER 2, 2022

A small island in Sicilia, Favignana is part of the Egadi arcipelago, just in front of Trapani. It is a magical place, a tufo island marked by caves, surrounded by sea. It was the island of the mattanza, a place where men challenged tuna with naked hands. They are a continuous source of inspiration for me. Favignana.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

During college, I transferred to the Rhode Island School of Design to study illustration. There I fell in love with typography and graphic design after interning at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and working at Chartbeat. We get to immerse ourselves in a collaborative environment bringing ideas to life while constantly inspiring each other.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 16, 2024

Having taken her from Brazil to South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand and the Canary Islands, Léon's Roving Sketchbook has connected her with a big group of friends and even led to her meeting her husband. She intended to capture the beauty of everyday life and use daily observations and travels as her main source of inspiration.

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Design Milk

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Holly Hunt Loves a Good Espresso Martini, One-of-a-Kind Earrings + More Texas-born and Chicago-based, Holly is a triple-threat with a good business mind, great taste, and striking instincts. Her 50-year career in interior design has inspired change and innovation throughout the industry, particularly in its approach to showrooms.

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Design Milk

MAY 15, 2023

Interior designer Casey Keasler of Casework designed this dramatic black and white kitchen in a ski chalet-inspired weekend retreat at the foot of Mount Hood. Photo: Studio Periphery Longing for an escape from the daily grind, Studio Metanoia designed a boutique hotel-like apartment for their client who loves to travel to Japan.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

And so it's not surprising that the island nation of Britain has developed a passionate and successful surfing community. So we loved the idea of getting the perfect wave carved into the logo. When you think about surfing, images of sun-drenched beaches in California and Hawaii come to mind.

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Design Milk

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Kirsten has an eye for design, and her eclectic interiors showcase a love of vintage treasures, bohemian style, moody spaces, and penchant for the American Southwest. I have loved Orville since I first heard his incredible voice in 2019. There’s just so much to love about this masked singer. Photo courtesy Orville Peck.

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Design Milk

JULY 28, 2023

” Amy Pigliacampo That love began early on, when Amy first saw the Marc Jacobs collection for Perry Ellis Spring 1993. “They are the most mesmerizing and inspiring videos, we love them and we have made a few of her more simple designs. My husband was first a graphic designer, so we have a shared love of typography.

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Design Milk

AUGUST 16, 2024

David Oldroyd Oldroyd’s own inspirations take many forms, yet his love of classical music, nurtured by his parents, is a mainstay. It’s an inspiring setting to dive into the music of Philip Glass, Frédéric Chopin, Ryuichi Sakamoto, or Erik Satie. I look toward the green rolling hills of Twin Peaks, made golden by the sunrise.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 3, 2023

But as a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, it's surprising to learn that illustration was not his first creative ambition. "I For personal pieces, it's the same, but it requires maybe a bit of self-reflection, like a stroll in a quiet place, to dig deeper within my own inspirations."

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Located on the westernmost edge of Long Island in New York, geography should have destined Brooklyn to be the neglected younger sibling of the moneyed powerhouse that is Manhattan. Mother is also creating an advertising campaign based on the call to action, 'For the Love of Brooklyn', to introduce locals to the organisation.

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Design Milk

JUNE 27, 2024

When envisioning the ideal location for a weekend retreat, few would argue against the charm of a residence nestled in the picturesque settlement of Hampton Bays, Long Island. While the New York location itself boasts natural beauty, it is Tami Wassong’s expertise that truly elevates the home.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 28, 2024

It was last year at Art Basel Hong Kong that Danny Casale, a West Coast residing Long Islander better known as Coolman Coffeedan became a sensation. "It Repeated characters and phrases are focused on promoting self-love and self-worth. It was life-changing. It felt like a dream." He never went to art school.

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Design Milk

MAY 28, 2024

In an ode to Pluto – and for me, a defense of its former standing in our solar system – the collection explores the dwarf planet’s unique characteristics including an eccentric orbit path and asymmetric center of mass, which inspire the furnishings’ striking balance within their minimal geometries. Photo: Enrica Romagnoli 5.

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AUGUST 20, 2024

The different textures are inspired by fabrics we know and love already, just blown up to a scale in which we can appreciate them. Born in the Canary Islands, she pulls heavily from her environment and collaborators for inspiration. GAN Rugs believe that handmade is the ultimate luxury.

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Design Milk

OCTOBER 11, 2024

She also nurtured her granddaughter’s love of architecture. “I Cooper After earning a degree in industrial design from Rhode Island School of Design, Sellers’ ventures included a stint as head of production for conceptual artist Tavares Strachan, a fellow RISD alum. “The She loved adventure. Erica Sellers Photo: M.

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