Creative Boom

OCTOBER 15, 2024

A crowdfunding campaign has been launched by the publishing platform Volume to create the first book dedicated to the work of designer, titled Margaret Calvert: Woman at Work. To learn more about this exciting project, we chatted with Adrian Shaughnessy, the book's editor and graphic designer, writer, educator, and publisher.

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DECEMBER 24, 2024

Publisher Standards Manual returns with a brilliant green second edition of their first book, Parks , an anthem to graphic design in collaboration with photographer Brian Kelley , now in its fifth reprint. Standards Manual is a 2014 independent publisher founded by New York-based designers Jesse Reed and Hamish Smyth.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Kühne's latest book, Poster Cult - published by Lars Müller - offers a detailed insight into the evolution of his poster printing techniques since the release of his first publication, True Print, which launched seven years ago. Whatever the method, his goal is always to push the quality and the boundaries of his designs.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 8, 2025

Whether it's Greek mythology, Swamp Thing or Jekyll and Hyde, eerie, gothic imagery is Ben's domain as he expands his portfolio, continually improves his techniques and pushes to break into the world of publishing. He's been working on his own comic book, Vld, set in Anglo-Saxon times.

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Creative Boom

JULY 6, 2023

Lisa Sheehan – Carbon Footprint (Editorial) Violeta Encarnación – Great Errands (Children's Publishing) Giovanni Gastaldi – Secret Talent Elena Selena – Matin Rose Coby Wightman Smith – Brain Picking (Science & Technology) Lemady Rochard – Sink or Swim (Children's Publishing) Maki Yamaguchi – Smoke (Exploration) Luca D’Urbino – Haters (Exploration) (..)

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 12, 2025

Overall, Munegascu bridges tradition and innovation, supporting multiple languages and offering a free, accessible solution for educators, publishers and cultural advocates. This simple yet intuitive solution works with most software without requiring special hardware.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

There are ten award categories, including Advertising, Animation, Book Covers, Children's Publishing and Design, Product & Packaging, Editorial, Exploration, Publishing, Science and Technology and Site Specific. Want to enter for next year? The call for entries runs from December to February in each award year.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

An amazing collection of family recipes with anecdotal stories, which was later referenced in a collection of essays put together by Daunt books called In The Kitchen, published in 2020." After some further Googling, I found out the book was self-published by the author herself, Archana, in Bangalore, India. Apparently not. "It

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Creative Bloq

OCTOBER 17, 2024

I see anything but the right brand name.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 3, 2024

This original approach has won him work with commercial clients, including Apple, Mercedes-Benz, Huawei, Nestle, Starbucks and China Post, while his list of editorial and publishing clients features the likes of People's Literature Publishing House, China Children Press and Publication Group and Jieli Publishing House.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Tüpokompanii works across pretty much all things letter-based: designing and publishing retail fonts, logomark design, typeface modifications and language extension, research and consultation, Opentype feature programming, and offering custom type design services to clients such as the second-largest in Estonia, Tartu.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 23, 2023

The Do Book Company is an independent publishing house in London that grew out of the Do Lectures, which has been gathering together the world's doers, disruptors and pioneers to share their stories since 2007. They've been translated into multiple languages and published in print, digital and audiobook formats.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Founded in 2006 and based in Los Angeles, Riot Games is a major video game developer, publisher and esports tournament organiser, best known for its battle arena game League of Legends. The new visual identity unites Riot's diverse gaming worlds with a cohesive system prioritising player experience.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 7, 2023

If you haven't heard of Standards Manual , the Brooklyn-based, independent publishing imprint founded by designers Jesse Reed and Hamish Smyth in 2014, it's about time you did. Now, they're returning to their publishing roots with their latest book, Classified: Local Ads from America's Small Towns.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 23, 2024

A Visible Distance: Craft, Creativity and the Business for Design was published by independent design publisher, Set Margins, known for publishing progressive design books. It is available to buy on the publisher's website.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Home Bound is published by Salomon & Daughters, a small independent publishing house dedicated to publishing visual books for adults, including graphic novels, comics, visual poetics and picture books. Challengingly, each of its 160 pages relies on pictures alone to convey the story.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 27, 2024

But the urge to sketch was always there, and after publishing his first sketchbook in 2008, he turned his back on sitting at a computer to strike out into the world as an urban sketcher. We've published several books about aviators, the French aerobatic team Patrouille de France, and the National Air and Space Museum near Paris.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 5, 2024

Since 2006, independent kids publisher Studio Anorak has taken children's magazines in bold new directions. The publishers we work with understand our ethos and look after our titles really well, so we are very lucky! " We know how to publish books, so we made that happen for him with Bearing Witness. They grow up so fast.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

We caught up with the publisher to hear how it crafted a winning design. Split into multiple categories, including best jacket design, best educational book and best graphic novel, the British Book Design and Production Awards have a long and illustrious history of commending landmark editions in the publishing field.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Massive Change had just been exhibited, and the show's book was published. MC24: 24 Principles for Designing Massive Change in your Life and Work by Bruce Mau Three years after reading Cradle to Cradle, I got hired at Bruce Mau Design.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

With its rich tapestry of art galleries, publishing houses and media outlets, New York City is a veritable hub for illustration agents. The artists on their books have been honoured with over 840 awards for excellence, aided several advertising clients in setting sales records, and helped publishers sell millions of books.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 12, 2023

This year's awards will also feature a brand new 'special achievement award' for European Publisher of the Year, which will recognise the publisher with the most finalists and wins across the competition.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 20, 2024

1001 Movie Posters: Designs of the Times is published by Real Art Press on 3 September, at £85 or $93. It's available to order from the publisher's website.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Published by the Folio Society in 2023, González used oil pastel and pencil for his initial drawings, later enhancing them digitally. Claire Harrup 's artwork for Britain's Landmarks, published by National Trust and Harper Collins, transports viewers to ancient heritage sites across the UK. Shepard, Quentin Blake, and Posy Simmonds.

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Creative Boom

JULY 10, 2024

So, she moved back to the East Midlands to fulfil a long-held desire to create and publish an illustrated picture book. Book publishing today is rarely about one standalone story – booksellers are looking for a franchise. Creating props, she was progressing well in the industry, but her work-life balance left something to be desired.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 10, 2022

Published by Nosy Crow and written by Dr Janina Ramirez, Goddess is a children's book containing a biography of 50 deities and an accompanying illustration for each by Sarah. From Mami Wata to Lakshmi, belief systems through the millennia have been influenced by powerful female figures and deities.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 26, 2023

To grab yourself a copy, you can find Happytecture available for purchase at leading bookstores, galleries and online retailers, including the publisher Counter Print and directly through the photographers' site at annandaniel.com.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

One of the biggest challenges at the moment is that many agencies and publishers are unaware of the Northern Irish talent on their doorstep. Being open to introductions and aware of their members is one thing, as Illustrators North would love to help them build relationships with ad agencies, design agencies and publishers. "We

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Creative Boom

JULY 23, 2024

LeadDev is a community of software engineers, and they were asking for three or four illustrations each month to support some of the many articles they publish. I made some kids' books, published by Edizioni Corraini, a few years ago and feel compelled to do another with my current style—so watch this space," he adds.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 10, 2024

Now, a new hardback book by Zupagrafika, an independent publisher, author and design studio based in Poznań, Poland, celebrates this era in style. Concrete Hong Kong joins a series of excellent books published by Zupagrafika, celebrating modernist architecture, design and photography in a unique and playful way.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 20, 2022

Due to be published this month, Work From Shed considers the phenomenon sparked by a global pandemic that became a silver lining for many. If garden offices are your thing and you're looking for inspiration to perhaps do something similar this year, Work from Shed (with an introduction by Rowan Moore) is published by Hoxton Mini Press.

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Creative Bloq

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

With the help of experts in the field, we pick the most outstanding and effective magazine covers ever published.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 8, 2023

Published by Vetro Editions, the title showcases the full breadth of the Meridian collection, along with essays, full-bleed imagery and technical breakdowns. But a limited number of 100 will be available at a pop-up book launch event hosted by Matt DesLauriers, monopo london and publisher Vetro Editions this week.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 22, 2022

He's also published eight books and has been commissioned by the Serpentine Gallery London, The Victoria and Albert Museum, the Museum of London and The Royal Shakespeare Company. A book of the first year of the project was published in 2017 by Hartmann Projects, accompanied by text and images by Hunter's parents.

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Creative Bloq

JANUARY 5, 2025

We’ve found the best fonts for book copy, recommended by designers and publishing industry insiders.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 17, 2023

Sticker-obsessed publisher Stickerbomb has turned its attention to the independent beer industry in its latest book celebrating the world's coolest brewery branding. We here at Creative Boom love Stickerbomb.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 16, 2023

Printed materials associated with Bolex cameras from the 1960s and 70s proved particularly inspirational, with From Form looking to old Bolex manuals and the Bolex Reporter, the brand’s very pwn magazine, which was published from 1950 until 1974.

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