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Meet the Mancunian maximalist pattern maker, Patricia Shea

Creative Boom

Last year, I taught a mandala workshop in Marrakech at an eco-hotel owned by a lovely Mancunian, and I will be doing more of these workshops as I move forward. She's begun selling her work, which is emotionally tough, having become accustomed to keeping her 'children' at home. Another venture she's exploring is teaching pattern design.

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Meet Tüpokompanii, the type foundry redefining letterforms through 'mistakes' and tradition

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Paat and Takk also do a fair bit of work with students, offer a range of type design workshops, and have been involved with Estonia's design and type-focused summer school since it started out in 2019.

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Fresh impressions of the French landscape with Agathe Meunier

Creative Boom

Camille and Agathe work together on exhibitions, workshops, and small editions and take up residencies in various locations to create images of the area. I often see the purpose of the image only once I've created the print," she says. For example, Parcelles is an edition of small format images Agathe created while in Haute-Marne.

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Big letters, big energy and big impact with Oskar With a K

Creative Boom

Oskar's projects often have a social or community dimension, and one of the services he offers is mural workshops for youth groups, schools, and other community bodies. We ran a series of workshops with ten local teens, myself and poet Ruth Awolola, and they helped paint the bottom two words of the mural.

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The rise of the creative generalist: why being 'good at lots of things' is becoming a superpower

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I'm a multi-passionate creative, a multi-disciplinary illustrator and workshop facilitator," she says. "I've just tried a bit of everything, and it's always been an advantage. Range creates resilience and can be good for your work-life balance too. Illustrator Annie McGee explains how being multi-disciplinary actually enables sustainability.

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Rocío Egio on embracing dyslexia, mediterranean roots, and finding freedom in illustration

Creative Boom

Credit: Estudio Gagarin Whether she's working with The New York Times, teaching workshops on creative voice, or crafting guides for cinnamon farmers, Roco Ego's career is a celebration of curiosity, culture, and the endless power of images to connect us all. Her first workshop on Creative Voice completely pushed her out of her comfort zone.

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New identity for cashmere brand Gobi is deeply rooted in Mongolian culture

Creative Boom

As they saw it, the only way to do this was to travel to Mongolia for a week of discovery and workshops. We led strategic and creative workshops with the C-level executives and their teams to really understand how to position Gobi." This creates a higher-quality, noticeably softer product. We visited museums," he recalls. "We

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