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The Collected Works and PRINT Magazine craft a new identity for PRINT Awards 2025

Creative Boom

The PRINT Awards have long stood as a beacon of excellence in design, celebrating bold creatives pushing the boundaries across all mediums. For the 2025 edition, PRINT Magazine enlisted The Collected Works to craft a dynamic visual identity and hero film that embodies the theme of "cultivating creativity."

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Meet the Mancunian maximalist pattern maker, Patricia Shea

Creative Boom

The way Patricia Shea has combined her textile design skills with print-on-demand services is simply mesmerising, offering plenty of inspiration for aspiring illustrators and designers. It references my very popular cupcake and my passion for patisserie." You'll have to forgive our headline. I am a brand," says Patricia. she ponders.

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Why accessibility shouldn't compromise on aesthetic

Creative Boom

Derived from the letter 'M' in the wordmark, the brand's new round wheel symbols clearly reference the brand's purpose of supplying wheeled vehicles and conveying freedom of movement. To avoid confusion, SomeOne developed a new, easy-to-read typeface for maximum readability across everything from print to posters and digital displays.

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10 Top Graphic Design Trends for 2025

Graphic Design Junction

Reference: Autodesk Fusion 360 and Generative Design shows how AI can optimize and enhance design in various fields, demonstrating the collaboration between AI and human designers. Reference: Adobe Sensei showcases examples of how AI tools can enhance workflows for designers and videographers, significantly speeding up the creative process.

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Laura Stein on the Five Books that shaped her approach to design, branding, and sustainability

Creative Boom

Her work lies in culture, fashion, architecture, technology, education, and place across brand, print, motion, digital, and environmental. Carvill and Butler pull content from their lively and intelligent podcast by the same name and bring it into bite-sized themes with references and resources and "Three Actions to Consider" for each theme.

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How to achieve creative alchemy: Vwei reveals his process for striking fantasy game art

Creative Bloq

The first is to establish the overall direction I want for the painting, which will require finding references that match up with the style I have in mind. Out of everything, I find the most important aspect is to have realistic references to make sure I’m creating a world that people can believe is real. designed by Porsche?

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Graphic designers share their top tips for choosing the right fonts

Creative Boom

Referring to web projects, product designer Stan Potra suggests that: "if the font is for UI and masses of text, aim for readability and variability for hierarchy and accents. Khurram learned this lesson the hard way: "Once, I chose a fancy script font for a campaign that looked great in print but was unreadable on mobile," he recalls.

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