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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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Xiangni Song follows her instincts to create paintings of the abstract images in her mind

Creative Boom

Spending her time between Beijing and New York, Xiangni was trained at the School of Visual Arts in 2016. She subsequently transitioned from illustration to fine art by enrolling in the MFA Fine Arts program at Pratt Institute in 2020.

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8 things I wish I'd known before breaking into the creative industry

Creative Boom

In other words, successful self-promotion isn't just about sharing content on social media and getting tons of likes. But design and creativity are nonetheless important to our society, helping it function (in areas like apps and wayfinding) and lifting and inspiring us (in areas like the visual arts).

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Inspiring creative women to follow in 2022

Creative Boom

A graduate of the School of Visual Arts, Sanuk Kim is a designer and an art director based in New York. Previously at VICE, Museum of Modern Art, and Mother Design, she's currently designing at Collins. She's also an adjunct professor at the School of Visual Arts, where she teaches advanced typography and design.

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Graphic Design: Your Ultimate List of Tools and Resources

Noupe

Chefs employ fire to conjure up gastronomic wonders in the kitchen. Visual art designers, such as graphic artists, require more than natural aptitude and skill to produce their work. Audiences and buyers of visual art agree. Motion design, art, and typography are some of his specialties. Influencers.

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15 graphic designers to follow for endless branding inspiration

Canva

Alana’s textured illustrations are strong, straight-to-the-point, and sharp as a tack, all while employing an economy of colors, and playful visual wit. Be sure to take a look at her striking work for outdoor brands, as well her packaging design and art direction for brewery clients. Use this template. Jonathan Schubert.

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When you start to doubt yourself, design from the inside out

UX Collective

The end of H1; the close of Q2, as my public-company employed colleagues like to say. Facing these self-beliefs has helped me find my worth as a designer, but also as a person. Graphic Design and the visual arts are a core love of mine and my first passion. I have always been self-conscious about this.