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The 25 creative studios inspiring us the most in 2025

Creative Boom

As we wrote at the time: "Its balance between theatrical grandeur and self-awareness makes the campaign uniquely engaging." And they've made an especially big splash with their latest instalment of KFC's 'Believe' campaign , featuring a surreal and humorous take on KFC's gravy.

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Creative minds unite: All Flows Festival returns to Milton Keynes with star-studded lineup

Creative Boom

The founder of research design studio Ma-tt-er and author of 'Why Materials Matter: Responsible Design for a Better World' explores alternative methods of employing materials more responsiblywork that has attracted collaborators from IKEA and NIKE to the Design Museum. Your creative future self might thank you for it.

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How The Studio became an essential place for creatives to network and learn in 2025

Creative Boom

What began as a humble experiment has exploded into something far more powerful: a thriving community of over 4,500 members where freelancers find their tribe, employed creatives discover new opportunities, and everyone gets access to the kind of insider knowledge that was once reserved for those with the right connections.

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Graphic Designer Skills: What Design Students Need To Develop

Inkbot Design

What's more valuable: formal design education or self-taught skills? However, formal education gives you something self-taught designers often lack: systematic thinking and design theory foundations. A self-taught designer with 50 completed projects beats a graduate with 5 class assignments every single time.

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Richard Turley gives Air’s identity space to breathe through simplicity and parody

Its Nice That

You know the clichés – the self pride, the pompousness, the faux inspirational “here’s to the dreamers” – and so does Richard Turley, the creative director behind some of the most anarchistic and forward thinking visual identities of the 2010s. From that moment, it felt destined, like something set in motion beyond us,” says Richard.

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The future of design systems is decentralized

UX Collective

Another strategy employs layered architectures, as demonstrated by Ethereums two-layer model: a foundational layer maintaining core standards and consensus, with a second layer enabling flexibility and scalability for specificneeds. Some networks have found creative ways to address these challenges.

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Chris Charlton on life as an in-house illustrator: singular focus, shifting styles, and staying true to the craft

Creative Boom

That self-sufficiency is hard-won and the product of years of learning to think like a designer and draw like an illustrator, blending both mindsets. His process usually starts with receiving a scribble, a note, or a photo reference from the design team, and then he gets to work.