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The 25 creative studios inspiring us the most in 2025

Creative Boom

Porto Rocha Porto Rocha is a New York-based agency that unites strategy and design to create work that evolves with the world we live in. For instance, their recent bold new identity for the São Paulo art museum MASP nods to Brazilian modernist design traditions while reimagining them for a contemporary audience.

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The 20 illustrators inspiring us the most in 2025

Creative Boom

It's a tough time to be an illustrator right now. However, it can be helpful to draw inspiration from others who have succeeded in this quest. His work has appeared on the covers of The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, and The New York Times Magazine and has won awards from AIGA, the Art Directors Club, and American Illustration.

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The best new typefaces for December from leading foundries and designers

Creative Boom

Seeking typographical inspiration? As the festive holiday season approaches, we just have time to share some of the best new typefaces for December. From playful storybook-inspired fonts to multilingual sans-serifs, this month's releases demonstrate type design's incredible versatility and creativity.

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Hotlist 2025: the 25 most popular design studios, as voted for by their peers

Creative Boom

Every creative should know about these 25 design studios and learn from their inspiring work. In a world overflowing with creativity and design innovation, there are thousands of outstanding design studios to be inspired by. Hopefully, their work will inspire you too. The results are now in, and here they are.

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Karlotta Freier draws with such freedom her imagery seems to float on air

Creative Boom

A piece for the New York Times. For this Brooklyn artist, creating an illustration is about spending time with it, exploring it, and finding that moment when things fall into place. To me, the main product of my work is not the drawing in the end, but the time I spent with the drawing," says Karlotta. "I

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A Tribute To Nature: Standards Manual Releases Parks 2

Design Milk

The National Parks Service has always inspired a vision of wonder for nature. Parks 2 builds on this, adding even more context for the design that was popular at the time of release. Full of historical accounts and vintage letterhead, Parks 2 pays homage to the park system that has inspired so many to foster their love for nature.

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D&AD Awards 2025: who won what?

Creative Boom

Spreadbeats by FCB New York won in Digital Marketing for what the agency described as "Innovation through nostalgic technologies." With the judging process changing dramatically this year, which agencies won big in the D&AD Awards 2025? For many, it's the biggest and most nerve-wracking night in the creative calendar.