Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Image licensed via Adobe Stock As the news continues to look grim and the economy struggles, what can creatives do to stay happy and productive? The Creative Boom community share their top tips. Are you finding your life and work particularly challenging right now? You're by no means alone. After all, we might be past the worst of Covid now, but the world hasn't exactly pivoted into the big, happy, post-pandemic party we'd all hoped for.

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BP&O

MARCH 12, 2024

Like many a geriatric millennial, a lot of my childhood was joyfully spent in front of the telly absorbing cultural pillars like Zig and Zag, Stoppit and Tidyup, and, of course, Wales’ finest export after Charlotte Church, Fireman Sam. Alongside the titular Sam, the show starred icons including ‘Naughty’ Norman Price (fun fact – my dad once mended the boiler The post Gustini by Koto appeared first on BP&O - Branding, Packaging and Opinion.

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Its Nice That

MARCH 11, 2024

Art of the Title’s Lola Landekic speaks to the graphic designers behind titles and posters for some of this year’s biggest films, exploring the process and changing landscape for these creatives setting the tone of films through typography.

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SpeckyBoy

MARCH 17, 2024

Each of these free web-based tools and apps have been built by web designers for web designers. They all offer a time-saving solution to some of those monotonous or even complex CSS tasks you may need to perform from time to time. Without needing to install anything, all you have to do is bookmark, and save them for that day when required. From assessing your website’s accessibility to generating sophisticated flexbox or grid layouts, refining typography, choosing the perfect color scheme,

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Speaker: Amber Asay, Creative Director and Founder of award-winning design studio Nice People

Understanding what trends are happening and how they’re impacting the competitive landscape is crucial to providing top dollar design strategy to your clients. With so many trends coming and going, it can be overwhelming to determine which ones you should capitalize on and which ones might not be worth the trouble. In this exclusive webinar with Amber Asay, we’ll explore graphic design trends that need to die, trends that are starting to pick up and why, trends that have come and gone, and how t

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Design Milk

MARCH 18, 2024

Tucked away in the Hoge Veluwe National Park in the Netherlands lies a unique haven – Buitenplaats Koningsweg – for artists and visitors alike. The former barracks site has been transformed into a vibrant community where dozens of creatives live and work. Now, as part of an innovative project by the municipality of Arnhem, a series of 11 “follies” have emerged within the woods, offering an opportunity for guests to immerse themselves in the forest.

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Azure Magazine

APRIL 16, 2024

The following calls us to abandon algorithms and think pieces about the battle between Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and the country music establishment. It is a foray from musical genre towards cultural geography. Using this theoretical framework — which, in simple terms, focuses on people and place as a guide — together we will traverse the mythology of a singular cultural authenticity, asymmetrical cultural landscapes and the reclamation of cultural ground.

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The Die Line

MARCH 18, 2024

Dieline is a global package design community and showcase of package design inspiration. We cover industry news, sustainable packaging news, design trends, and host our own packaging conferences, package design events, and Dieline packaging design awards.

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Abduzeedo

MARCH 13, 2024

Oddval Text Typeface: Enhancing Typography & Font Design abduzeedo 0313—24 Explore Oddval Text, a font family improving legibility for web and print, supporting over 220 languages with advanced typography related features. In today's digital landscape, typography remains a cornerstone of design, blending aesthetics with practicality. Among the latest innovations, Oddval Text emerges as a noteworthy addition to the Oddval Font Family.

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Colossal

APRIL 12, 2024

A Chaunacops (a genus of bony fish in the sea toad family Chaunacidae) is seen at a depth of 1388.65 meters on Seamount SF2 inside the Nazca-Desventuradas Marine Park. All images courtesy of Schmidt Ocean Institute, shared with permission Stretching thousands of miles off Chile’s coast to Rapa Nui , also known as Easter Island, the Salas y Gómez Ridge is a vast underwater mountain range in the Pacific Ocean.

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Advertiser: Issuu

Brands must create and share impactful content to thrive, but they have less people, tighter budgets, and fewer resources to do so. Learn how to publish and market digital content with the same professionalism as organizations with million-dollar budgets.

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Design You Trust

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

You’ve mastered the poses known as “downward-facing dog” and “bridge pose” without losing your balance, then? Best wishes! However, hang on to your yoga mats because the true magic (and sometimes chaos) happens in the more advanced yoga poses.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 14, 2024

The illustrator and designer helped take two friends' restaurant idea from humble beginnings to awards success. She explains the challenges involved and how she met them. From Bidenomonics to Romantasy, everyone loves a good portmanteau – the technical term for two words joined together. The best examples don't even need to be explained: it's immediately obvious that, for example, 'boxercise' is a mixture of boxing and exercise.

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BP&O

MARCH 28, 2024

Even the most fleeting scan through &Walsh’s portfolio makes it wholly unsurprising how Jessica Walsh’s semi-eponymous studio has achieved such a brilliant reputation. While Walsh herself has garnered countless design press column inches – as partner at Sagmeister & Walsh; one half of the 40 Days of Dating project; a creative conference regular; and an advocate for women in design The post Quality Experience (QX) by &Walsh appeared first on BP&O - Branding, Packaging and Opinion

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Its Nice That

APRIL 29, 2024

Throughout history, artistic production has been framed in opposition to productive labour. Today, creatives are still feeling the aftereffects of this. Here, anthropologist and illustrator Julien Posture unpacks why this might be and offers some potential solutions.

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SpeckyBoy

MARCH 5, 2024

We may think we know WordPress security. But we can’t underestimate the task at hand. It seems that surprises lurk around every corner. Consider a recent report from the security firm We Watch Your Website, for example. The report claims that 60% of hacked WordPress sites stem from stolen session cookies. I sure didn’t see that one coming.

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Design Milk

MARCH 6, 2024

When Ruth Warder, CEO of global communications firm Edelman UK and EMEA Brand Chair, came across an old warehouse from the 1900s, she knew it was the ideal home for the company to grow. “We knew it was the perfect blank canvas to bring to life the vision we had for a post-pandemic workplace,” she shares. Working with Gensler , that vision became a reality – one that occupies 45,000 square feet, eight mezzanines, and five floors.

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Creative Bloq

APRIL 13, 2024

Catching up with Emlyn Davies and Mark Procter of Wales-based animation studio Bomper on its 10th anniversary.

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Azure Magazine

MARCH 5, 2024

Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto has been announced as the laureate of the 2024 Pritzker Architecture Prize , recognized by the jury for a “long, coherent, rigorous career” that has integrated uncommon sensitivity to place and culture into a diverse and wide-ranging international portfolio of built work. “By the strong, consistent quality of his buildings , he aims to dignify, enhance and enrich the life of individuals — from children to elders — and their social connections,&

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The Die Line

MARCH 15, 2024

Dieline is a global package design community and showcase of package design inspiration. We cover industry news, sustainable packaging news, design trends, and host our own packaging conferences, package design events, and Dieline packaging design awards.

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Abduzeedo

APRIL 23, 2024

Floow Tennis Club’s Branding and Visual Identity Redesign abduzeedo 0423—24 Step onto the court with Floow Tennis Club’s refreshed branding and visual identity, crafted to embody the dynamic essence of the sport. Floow Tennis Club, established in 1998, stands as a haven for the sport's enthusiasts, embracing the fluidity and precision inherent in tennis.

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Colossal

APRIL 16, 2024

Courtesy of the Biodiversity Heritage Library In the early 19th century, German naturalist Lorenz Oken quickly established himself as a leader in the Naturphilosophie movement, a current of Idealism , which attempted to comprehend a total view of nature by investigating its theoretical structure—a precursor to the natural sciences as we know them today.

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Communication Arts

APRIL 17, 2024

With development by Kenta Toshikura of Garden Eight, Athena Tian’s updated design portfolio sparkles with animated interactions.

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Speaker: Eden Spivak, Design Expert and Editor at Wix & Nir Horesh, Accessibility Lead and Senior Product Manager at Wix

When we design products or websites for people like ourselves, there are many others who are, as a result, left out. From visually impaired users who rely on assistive technology, to people with a temporary injury such as a broken arm, tech users are forever diverse and beautifully unique. The products we design can, and should, reflect the extremely wide range of human experiences and needs.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 14, 2024

We love a good passion project here at Creative Boom, and here's our favourite of 2024 so far! Roam magazine is taking an inclusive and cross-disciplinary approach to showcasing the modern folk movement. As the philosopher George Santayana once wrote: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." But history isn't just a list of names and dates, wars and leaders; it's much broader than that.

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FlowingData

MARCH 21, 2024

If you want to feel like you’re getting old, visit an optometrist and have them tell you that in 6 to 12 months you won’t be able to read things up close and you’ll need bifocals. Here’s when your senses will decline.

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Its Nice That

APRIL 10, 2024

“If I can giggle at my own work, I know I’m doing something right,” says the illustrator.

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Noupe

APRIL 18, 2024

Today healthcare leaders in both public and private sectors work to utilize the emerging and latest AI technologies to enhance patient experiences, reduce costs, and improve patient outcomes. There was a study that shows the global healthcare AI market is expected to reach $188 billion by 2030 with an increasing 37% of CAGR. Additionally, AI in healthcare has reduced 20% of the physician’s time in administrative tasks.

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Speaker: Michele Berdinis

This session will answer business law questions that people are asking most during the pandemic. If my business can’t pay its bills, can my creditors come after my personal assets? Do I have to pay the rent on my co-working space or office? Can my clients cancel signed contracts? Can I cancel contracts for things I no longer need because my business has slowed down?

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