Creative Boom

JULY 25, 2023

According to the latest Inspiring a Generation report from youth charity Football Beyond Borders , 63% of teenage girls still can't name any of the Lionesses, 25% of teenage girls have never watched a women's football game, and 67% of teenage girls don't follow any women's football players on social media.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Collage, as an artistic medium, falls under the wide umbrella of mixed-media," Funmi tells Creative Boom. "In These included platforms like Leomie Anderson's LAPP, the brand's digital magazine, Tavi Gevinson's Rookie Mag and DIY zines. "It So perhaps it's no surprise that magazines would eventually become a source material.

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Creative Boom

MAY 10, 2022

He adds that from there: "I researched illustrators from all over the world and started collecting their zines and prints to learn as much as possible. This is also why I work with analogue and digital media – the limitations of pen and paper make me come up with creative solutions, and the digital aspect brings a layer of depth afterwards.

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Shillington

AUGUST 12, 2020

Forming a tight friendship group, they wanted to put their collective minds and creative skills together to create a zine. Like that, Make Room Zine was born. Tell us about Make Room Zine. A zine seemed like an accessible and cheap way of approaching a personal project, and we’re all really big fans of printed media.

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Moo

DECEMBER 19, 2024

This aesthetic has been thriving in indie music artwork, retro film posters, and even social media filters that mimic camcorder or Polaroid effects. Merchandise often draws on zine culture, incorporating hand-drawn graphics or vintage-style typography.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 1, 2022

This fascination spilt over into creating many of her own magazines as a teen; little zine projects to "more thoughtful online versions", and then, in her early twenties, she ran an online publication called Sophomore with a group of friends – something that became her main creative outlet during her early twenties.

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Creative Boom

JULY 14, 2024

Eventually, if you are creative and curious enough, one finding leads to another, and one way or the other, you learn more than just SEO, social media, and the thousand other things that felt overwhelming beforehand. "To The very fun of being a creative is solving problems people don't even know to exist.

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Its Nice That

JUNE 9, 2025

sj@itsnicethat.com View more from Branding POV: Are social media pile-ons stifling the creative industry? Sweet and smart: Cake Zine reframes dessert as a topic worthy of intellectual discussion 23 April 2025 Work Illustration. 6 days ago POV Work.

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Colossal

APRIL 1, 2025

Nine artists, illustrators, or photographers will be selected to create a book or zine featuring a cohesive body of work at no cost. Zine applications are free to all, while book applications are free to Booooooom members or $15. Make sure you never miss out by joining our monthly Opportunities Newsletter. Deadline: 11:59 p.m.

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Design Week

MAY 1, 2020

Created remotely, with interviews conducted by email, phone and through social media, the first issue of Quarantzine includes tales from a teacher in New York City; a photographer in Kuwait and a couple living in lockdown in their campervan in Argentinian woodland.

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SpeckyBoy

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Zine Fashion Lightroom Presets. Turn your fashion photos into works of fine art with these Zine Fashion Lightroom presets for fashion photography. These presets are perfect for bloggers and social media promotion, as they bring out warm tones and create authentic images. Zine Fashion Lightroom Presets Volume 2.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Eileen Ahn is a mixed-media artist and researcher, and her portfolio is one of the most intriguing we've ever seen. And it's more than a throwaway line: he makes it the central theme, and brings his passions for horror, graffiti, zine and Japanese culture to the fore, showing what drives him as a creative. Eileen Ahn.

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Its Nice That

JUNE 11, 2025

POV: Are social media pile-ons stifling the creative industry? Playing, dreaming and harnessing the power of DIY publishing: Zoe Thompson on the world of Sweet Thang Zine 6 days ago Nicer Tuesdays Work. Andrés Higueros avoids coffee shop clichés with a BoJack Horseman-inspired brand identity 2 days ago Work Graphic Design.

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Its Nice That

JUNE 19, 2025

Other animators are turning to mixed media for its speed and affordability. She urges , “One piece of advice I would give to anyone who wants to go freelance is to just put your work out there, especially on social media.” Singapore-based Aurelia Beatrice is another young designer finding her audience through social media.

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Its Nice That

JUNE 11, 2025

Whereas philosophers such as Mark Fisher called this obsession “hauntology”, which carries implications of an eschatological omen, others see a Shangria-La of endearing, bygone media that doesn’t haunt but has the breeze of a fond memory.

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Creative Market

OCTOBER 28, 2021

“We’re so used to digesting everything in bite-sized chunks on social media, it’s nice to get something in the mail and spend time discovering it,” says Alison Matheny, founder of design agency BEST. Want to see what you can make? Get free samples from Newspaper Club. The creative sampler.

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Colossal

JULY 31, 2024

RAISE YOUR ZINE! 3rd Edition (International) THE DOCKS invites photographers worldwide to submit to the third edition of RAISE YOUR ZINE! Chosen applicants will produce a fanzine and exhibit work at the RAISE YOUR ZINE! Deadline: August 5, 2024. Deadline: August 18, 2024. festival in Naples. There is a €15 application fee.

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Its Nice That

JUNE 25, 2025

We avoided the stereotypical portrayals of Ireland that often appear in wider media,” says Joel. With images starting in 1975, naturally The Troubles surfaces, but Fantasy Island diverts from the trauma-dumping of cliche-laden media surrounding Ireland. Instead, it acknowledges how layered, emotional, and unresolved that history is.”

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Its Nice That

JUNE 17, 2025

POV: Are social media pile-ons stifling the creative industry? Big Cartel’s big rebrand by How&How throws caution to the wind 7 days ago Work Graphic Design. Frontify Future’s bespoke typeface champions the kinetic future of branding 12 days ago Work Graphic Design. 14 days ago POV Work.

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Colossal

AUGUST 30, 2024

Open Calls RAISE YOUR ZINE! 3rd Edition (International) THE DOCKS invites photographers worldwide to submit to the third edition of RAISE YOUR ZINE! Chosen applicants will produce a fanzine and exhibit work at the RAISE YOUR ZINE! The residency supports artists working in all media. Deadline: 11:59 p.m.

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Mindsparkle Mag

JUNE 21, 2022

is a design-themed, broadsheet-sized zine that uses articles about design. is a Design Periodical of the Media and Design Department, Eszterházy Károly Catholic University, Hungary. Made at the Media and Design Department, Visual Arts Institute, Eger, Hungary. Lilla Kereszteny is the designer behind this stunning project.

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Colossal

JULY 1, 2024

Malamegi Lab Art Prize (International) Artists working in drawings, paintings, sculptures, photographs, graphics, mixed media, and video are invited to submit to the Lab Rome ’24 prize worth €1,000. RAISE YOUR ZINE! Chosen applicants will produce a fanzine and exhibit work at the RAISE YOUR ZINE! Deadline: 11:59 p.m.

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Envato Tuts+

AUGUST 23, 2022

In history, we can see how posters and zines have been used as pieces of activism to rebel. Selection of British and American punk zines, 1994-2004 by Burn_the_asylum. Social media has been a huge part of this brutalist revival as many brands now interact directly with customers. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

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Shillington

MARCH 25, 2020

In her free time, she enjoys working on yum yum zines , screen printing and in the process of illustrating her first book, The Orange Who Ruled The World by Benjamin Rosenbaum which will be released this year by Mascot Press. Charlotte Dumortier. She’s been commissioned by some big names too—Apple and Uniqlo!

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Design Week

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Eyeyah’s offering is three-fold: for each topic focused on, the team aims to put out a magazine-style print publication, social media-based activities and a toolkit for teachers to use in the classroom. “You see a lot of imagery on social media which doesn’t end up having a lot of base,” says Lawler.

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Design Week

JUNE 24, 2020

The book follows the narrative of the events of his 10-year imprisonment through four key perspectives: Edward himself, his wife Stella, his four sons, and the media, and uses Shamwana’s favoured technique of juxtaposition to “contrast bold colours and textures with clean layout design” Watch the video for EJS here.

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Design Milk

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This is why I created a zine including information on creative and sustainable well-being as well as workshop proposals to promote these practices. I feel there is a real future for community-led creative well-being and sustainability will always be a collaborative effort.

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Eye on Design

JULY 12, 2021

It depends on who you ask, so we asked five art directors, each hailing from a different set of coordinates across the media and publishing landscape. I’ve gotten unsolicited DMs, printed zines, or small self-promos. Question 2: What about social media? The second step is less obvious: pitching your portfolio, and yourself.

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Shillington

MAY 20, 2020

We loved their applications, which ranged from a zine to a video and a stop-motion animation. Scholarship entry: Zine. I decided to create a zine all about myself and my passion for design. I love making zines in my spare time because it’s a great way to get an idea or project out into the world quickly and cheaply.

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Eye on Design

APRIL 26, 2021

While attractive art may seem like a necessity for sharing stories on social media, Remsberg says that up until lately, her team hasn’t had the bandwidth to develop a social-first strategy when it comes to illustrations, though she hopes to be able to focus on that more soon.

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Shillington

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Provide x Two of Us Zine. I’ll talk about two very different projects: a rebrand project and a zine. Our good friends (and client) Provide produce and sell zines which are put together by a different contributor each issue. I think there are a few zines left actually, and can be purchased here. Provide x Two of Us Zine.

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Spine Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Magic happens when womxn gather, bewitching all with creative storytelling mediums of media, art, and literature. The feminist zine spins stories with powerful magic glowing from the computer screen in feminist poetry, prose, and artwork. View fullsize. View fullsize. View fullsize. Illustrations: Anna Skladany. View fullsize.

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Creative Review

AUGUST 25, 2021

” Her joyful cartoon style began to emerge towards the end of her second year while working on a project about Gen Z, for which she made a zine about social media. “I distort my images a lot to create wonky lines and narratives, or to add emphasis on objects. I also try to stick with the same colour palettes.

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Creative Review

OCTOBER 25, 2019

The last few years have seen some of publishing’s big players fall victim to changes in the media landscape. Whether closures at Shortlist Media, a major reshuffle at Vice, or everyone from Marie Claire to NME waving goodbye to their print editions, it’s no surprise that the rhetoric around magazines is often negative.

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Colossal

MAY 1, 2024

This is an international open call, and all visual media is eligible. The residency supports artists from across the globe, working in all media, for periods of one to three months from August to October. Deadline: 11:59 p.m. PST on May 14, 2024. Three prizes with cash, an exhibition opportunity, and a residency will be awarded.

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Inkbot Design

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Reflecting & Directing Cultural Movements Youth subcultures broadcast ideals using graphics-heavy mediums like posters, album art, and zines. Across the non-profit sector, infographics, visual storytelling, and viral media raise awareness for causes from homelessness to human trafficking.

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Inkbot Design

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Most work is natively created and intended to be displayed digitally, whether as web graphics, mobile UI, interactive page layouts , or other online media. Mid-century modern, art deco , punk rock zines, disco, and grunge culture are common retro touchpoints. This shapes both aesthetic styles and production methods.

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