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Creatives are saying social media is over… so what next?

Creative Boom

Image licensed via Adobe Stock In the week that Meta launches Threads , we ask: can new platforms bring social media back to life? Right now, many of you are saying that's how social media feels. At the start of this week, we published our guide to Bluesky Social , and since then Meta has launched Threads. We're not convinced.

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Print's not dead: the best magazines for graphic design inspiration

Creative Boom

Image courtesy of publisher Sit back, relax and reacquaint yourselves with the joys of devouring a beautifully designed print magazine. When was the last time you read a printed magazine? For most of us, even some of us who work in the media, the answer is probably: "I can't remember." But that would be a mistake.

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Print is Dead. Long Live Print.

We And The Color

The printing industry in the rapid change of the digital age. Is print dead? This is a question that many people have asked in the age of digital media, where information and entertainment are increasingly consumed online. However, this does not mean that print media are obsolete or irrelevant.

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Happytecture: New book celebrates the playful world of Anna Devís and Daniel Rueda

Creative Boom

© Anna Devís and Daniel Rueda, courtesy of the artists and Counter Print Spanish artists Anna Devís and Daniel Rueda have captured the world's imagination using various props and backdrops for their meticulously posed photographs. But until now, Devís and Rueda have only shared their creations via social media and their website.

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New current affairs publication The Signal incorporates Russian samizdat influence

Creative Boom

Sister Mary has designed a limited-edition printed publication for an emerging current affairs brand, The Signal. The project, titled The Long Game, pays homage to samizdat, which translates to "self-publishing" in Russian and refers to literature clandestinely written, copied, and circulated during the Soviet era.

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Paul Catherall's illustrations spark a new series of modernist matchboxes

Creative Boom

Under a new brand called London Strike, the first of six matchboxes has been released today by Blue Crow Media , an award-winning publisher of distinctive city guide maps and more, including an ongoing celebrated series dedicated to Brutalist architecture.

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Three Publishers Get Real About Independent Publishing

Eye on Design

Much of the work we do as designers, publishers, and artists remain mystified to our peers and the community at large. As a designer and artist myself, and as someone who has been in and out of the realm of independent publishing, I wanted to lift the veil and ask practical questions to independent publishers about how they make it work.