Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Good news I'm still freelancing as an illustrator! The residency became a turning point, reigniting my love for analogue techniques and reminding me why I started drawing in the first place," he says. Even better, I've expanded my practice into design, working on visual identity and editorial design projects," Pan shares.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 17, 2024

I like the imperfect, sometimes awkward look and make a point of not cleaning things up too much." For example, instead of terminating in points, the peaks of her capital Ms are wide and billowing, atop trunk-like strokes a little reminiscent of the giant Sitka spruce of British Columbia, where Julie is located.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 30, 2024

How can branding help to communicate urgency and the dire state of the planet while still inspiring hope and optimism? Among Equals' Nick May explains how to strike the balance. Global environmental action NGO WRAP has a new informative yet striking identity, designed by the London-based studio Among Equals.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 15, 2025

While she was still in school, Zhang interned at the Nike headquarters and media company Complex. Senior Designer at Nike Global Brand Design Retail Yenny Zhang takes us through her education and career so far, revealing the best bits and the challenges she faced along the way.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 21, 2024

A true multisensory extravaganza, it featured not only awe-inspiring garments but also incorporated dance, music and acrobatics. But while the title is pretty self-explanatory, it's still quite hard to describe this event, which took place in front of around 10,000 people each night across three weeks.

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Creative Boom

JULY 22, 2024

I’m gonna do whatever it takes to do that." — Sabrina Ionescu, Team USA Basketball "As a child, anything I did, I didn’t see a point unless I was doing it to win. That's still the case." In Wieden+Kennedy's latest work for Nike, we're reminded of the hard, cold truth of competition: that not everyone can be a winner.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 7, 2022

So in this article, we've gathered together a mix of emerging and established women working in their profession, all doing wonderful things to inspire your own career. The industry as a whole may still be struggling to achieve gender equality, but that doesn't mean we're short of heroes to emulate and point the way forward for us.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

But the uncomfortable truth is that almost everyone will experience it to some degree at some point in our career. Well, there's no strict definition, but some of the common signs include: a consistent lack of motivation or inspiration. Creative burnout might sound scary. First of all, though, what is creative burnout?

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Design Milk

MARCH 12, 2025

Weisberg looked to a variety of sources for inspiration, from architecture to television and film, to capture the mid-century modern style that he favors. A large circular opening is a key element, and a starting point for Weisberg, who wanted to counterbalance the strict rectilinear lines of the overall design.

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Creative Boom

MAY 1, 2024

For Stuart Macmillan, executive creative director at No Fixed Address, the concept of ideophones and onomatopoeia would prove to be the jumping-off point for the identity. Quebec-based audio studio DOKI DOKI specialises in creating original music and sound design for video games. Sound is the unsung hero of video games.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 1, 2025

We've been offering online MAs for nearly 10 years now, way before COVID," Bryan points out. Let's face it, the creative industry is a bit of a whirlwind at the moment. For some, that might mean pursuing an MA, but with rent and bills to pay, most of us won't have the luxury of taking one or two years out of work.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 14, 2024

Read these tips to help reignite your creativity for a dynamic and inspired year ahead. Yet, as the cold weather bites and the Christmas and New Year buzz fades far into the distance, it can still seem unexpectedly difficult to fully get back into work mode, even as we approach mid-month. You're not alone.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 3, 2025

From doodling on her schoolbooks and bedroom walls to creating intricate, chaotic compositions inspired by everything from '90s alternative music to takeout containers, her creative journey has been one of embracing mess both literally and conceptually. We still keep in touch to this day." At first, the adjustment was intimidating.

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Design Milk

JANUARY 24, 2025

Their debut at Milan Design Week two years later marked the start of key partnerships with brands like Baxter, one the duo still works with today. As Obradovic refines these pieces and others, she continually draws inspiration from the images that surround her every day. Its a collaboration that has shaped their own approach.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

But it's been incredibly inspiring, and we're excited to hopefully achieve certification next year." Image licensed via Adobe Stock Down in the dumps? Cheer yourself up by looking at all the cool things coming our way in the creative industries next year. Feeling uninspired? Take heart!

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Graphic Design Junction

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Unlimited Downloads Over 1,500,000+ Fonts, Mockups, Freebies & Design Assets Mockups 6,131 items Fonts 5,191 items Download Now The Power of Unique Business Card Templates Why does a business card still matter in a time when most interactions happen online? The answer lies in the power of personal connection.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Inspired by the vast collection of sci-fi books he grew up with in his parent's house, these images picture a world where people and robots live together in harmony in a future where everything has, miraculously, turned out fine. Emil – as well as being inspired by the likes of Isaac Asimov, Herbert Franke, and Philip K.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

We caught up with her to hear how she works remotely and why nature is a constant source of inspiration to her. I'm inspired by creating flat vector shapes and simplified forms and bringing them to life with light, shadow, and texture," she explains. Sounds dreamy, right? she tells Creative Boom. "I I love our home!"

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Creative Boom

MAY 12, 2022

It might seem like an obvious starting point, the idea that we should tell ourselves we're worthy, but it's something many of us neglect. Mike makes an important point, so create a list of achievements – no matter how small – and pin it to your office wall. Remind yourself that you deserve to be here. It's not easy. He's right.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 4, 2023

And while the results of these NLP tools range from the useful to the trivial, they still feel like something of a dark art with little useful connection to people's daily needs. Our custom-designed typeface became vastly customisable with each letterform being able to be split at any point." That's where Cohere comes in.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 18, 2023

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. And that's exactly what Anak have delivered here while still allowing the message to come over loud and clear. Now brand practice Anak has unveiled new branding for Bettr.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 24, 2023

The new designs take the former brand identity, which had a slash icon at its heart, as their starting point, but build on them to better represent "the spirit of elevated irreverence that Mr Lyan is known for," as Magpie puts it. AI hasn't been without its controversies, of course. That's where it got really interesting.

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Creative Boom

JULY 16, 2024

Still, I'm not limited to them and adjust my palette to suit each project's requirements." Still, I'm not limited to them and adjust my palette to suit each project's requirements." It's the colour that hits you first when Wenjing Yang 's portfolio is laid out before you.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 24, 2025

Like the time a CMO ignored me for an entire meeting, then told the Client Director he was "worried about the creative firepower on the account" and pointed at me without making eye contact. I'm still working on it. I've had bosses (both male and female) who encouraged me and made sure I was recognised for my work.

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Design Milk

MAY 30, 2025

The 2025 showcase provided a wealth of inspiring design, we had to share a roundup all its own Mockinbird Studio Epic in proportion, masterfully constructed, and officially record-making. MRSs monumental furniture pieces are inspired by the physicality of material play, while Anonys lighting takes inspiration from architectural gestures.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

We explore how The Click updated its identity for the 21st century while still paying homage to its 18th-century origins. Design inspiration The team got their inspiration from a pair of heraldic lions located just across the medieval marketplace from the grand facade of Jarrolds' flagship store.

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Creative Boom

MAY 22, 2023

Her personal story of transforming her violent paintings into cheerful ones after a traumatic childhood inspired me to have the confidence to reinvent myself. For instance, a still life piece would fall under decorative illustration and could be displayed in a restaurant to enhance the ambience," she says. "In

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 14, 2025

Its new identity seeks to highlight its point of difference, repositioning its team from pizza makers to pizza bakers who are part of a new wave of British pizza restaurants coming to the high street. If you're a Londoner, you'll definitely have heard of Breadstall, one of the most popular food vans in south-west London.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 18, 2025

At the heart of it is a reimagined Taeguk - the symbolic red and blue swirl found on the South Korean flag - now refined to embody elegance and movement inspired by Sangmo Nori, a traditional Korean dance featuring swirling ribbons. The airlines first rebrand in 40 years signals its evolution into a top-tier global carrier.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 11, 2024

But vegan restaurants specifically still suffer from the perception of being overly worthy and health-obsessed: not somewhere you'd naturally head for a rip-roaring night out. And the mouth is a great starting point for creating a wider design system, allowing the lips to take on different dynamic expressions.

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Creative Boom

MAY 4, 2023

She is passionate about raising awareness and understanding of the condition, and works with charities, facilities and educational institutions to bring hope and inspire others going through the same. Her experience with bipolar disorder has helped inspire and shape her work. It can take up to a month to complete each piece.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

My parents still have many of these childhood drawings, and it's interesting to see how the subject matter changed based on my interests over time," Liam tells Creative Boom. © Liam Eisenberg The work of New Jersey-based illustrator and teacher Liam Eisenberg has graced the pages of some of the biggest magazines and websites in the business.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 21, 2022

Plus, purely from a selfish point of view, isn't it better to buy a few unique, well-made items that you can be truly proud to wear, rather than mass-made standard clothes that won't last long and just make you look like everybody else? Her latest collection features paintbox-bright prints inspired by a very 90s childhood.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 26, 2024

She lists her inspirations as "nature, the people and things that surround me in my everyday life and the experiences that come with that. Style-wise, I'm inspired by the amazing fellow illustrators and graphic designers I follow on social media," she continues. "I Developing style Julia has been drawing since she was little. "In

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Creative Boom

JUNE 4, 2024

I didn't have a set idea in mind; at one point, I wanted to do explainer videos (I still do), but eventually, after much trial and testing, I began to find my feet. I'm still unsure if I've found them, but I know they're somewhere at the end of my legs, and that's enough for me. I'm having fun anyway."

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Creative Boom

JULY 21, 2022

But fast-forward to 2022, and we're still going strong. And we're still doing what we love: supporting creatives everywhere, particularly the underrepresented. Disclaimer: you never stop learning or growing – that's part of the fun, so don't worry if you're already well into your career and still figuring things out: that's normal.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 27, 2024

Inspiration Jessica's inspiration came, as you might expect, from her own experience as a designer. When we don't have the opportunity to do custom typography work, we spend a lot of time sifting through foundries and looking at non-trendy fonts that are still unique and ownable." A lot of scrapped ones, too," she adds. "It

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