Creative Boom

DECEMBER 11, 2023

After the 2008 recession, the company pivoted and broke into the luxury goods and lifestyle market, working with companies such as Govberg Jewelers, Yamron, Lily Pulitzer and UNIQLO.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The first Iron Man film came out way back in 2008, so the kids who watched that one are now the parents. But in recent years, they've seen releases such as Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, The Marvels and Madame Web take a tumble at the box office. None of this should be surprising.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Having set up his studio during the 2008 recession, it's something of a surprise to learn that the last twelve months have been one of the most difficult on record. "In these uncertain and troubling times, I hope these little suns are a little ray of sunshine for anyone who sees them each and every Sunday."

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Creative Boom

JUNE 8, 2023

Since being founded by designers Céline Leterme and Jon Dowling in 2008, its whose colourful and perfectly formed little books have never failed to delight. Go on a mini adventure, with this fun and beautifully illustrated book from London design agency Scout Editions. So we were thrilled to see their latest title released today.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Originally established in 2008 as a boutique grocery store, Anton&Anton has now started to position itself as a soulful alternative to large supermarket chains. And they've been working with Kuudes , a creative business design agency based in Helsinki and Stockholm, to drive that new vision forward.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Started in 2008 by Alison Zavos, it's since amassed an archive of over 4,000 photographer profiles. Platforms that promote emerging talent Feature Shoot : Emphasising photography as an art form, Feature Shoot showcases work from up-and-coming photographers from around the globe.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 14, 2022

Since 2008, it's brought more than one million creative projects to life across the world and designers in its community have earned more than $400m USD on the platform to date. So quite simply, what it doesn't know about freelancing isn't worth knowing.

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Creative Boom

MAY 15, 2022

Courtney: We started the business for reasons unrelated to the 2008 downturn. Did the lessons of 2008/09 prepare you for the shock? It's been 13 years since you launched SDCO. Did the global economic crisis spur you to start your agency? The timing was right for both of us. Career-wise, we were ready to make the next move.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Jealous Gallery Founded in 2008, Jealous is an artist-led, fine-art print publisher and studio with a physical gallery space in east London. Prints published and printed by Jealous are in numerous museum collections, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the British Museum and the Whitworth in Manchester.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 24, 2022

It was 2008, at the peak of the global economic crisis, when he decided to change from full-time employment to freelancing, spotting an opportunity to hire himself when no one else would. Originally a graphic designer, Darnell now helps business owners to harness their superpowers, hack their time and make a difference in the world.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 29, 2022

In 2008, when he visited Iceland – the first of 12 trips there – he shifted focus to landscape and nature photography. Tommy Kwak began exploring photography in 2006 when he moved to New York City from Chicago. "I I was mostly doing street and documentary type photography, really just carrying my camera with me everywhere," he explains.

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Spoon Graphics

APRIL 4, 2022

We’re now back to 2008 levels, when Spoon Graphics was in its infancy. Well, just as I thought traffic was levelling off again after the -23% drop between 2019-2020, this past 12 months has seen the largest decline of all time, down another -31% on last year. I’m now seeing fewer daily visitors numbers than on Christmas Day of years gone by.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Introduced in 2008, it revolutionised competitive swimming by offering swimmers significant advantages in speed, buoyancy and drag reduction. In its first year, swimmers wearing the suit broke 79 of 108 world records, and wearers also won 94% of the pool golds at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 20, 2023

It was in 2008, and I think web design is a bit of a different field and not as specialised. "I think studying web design was pretty helpful for me getting my foot in the door at many design jobs," James explains. Being able to design and code was pretty attractive to employers.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

I first joined Twitter in 2008, when I was working on a web design magazine, and the web development community had fully embraced it as their network of choice. But it's also pretty undeniable that fewer and fewer creatives are posting on socials, period. This might be just a blip, but it feels like a historical shift to me.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Originally published in 2008, this book was fully revised and updated in 2018. She also talks about photojournalism, studio work, photographing dancers and athletes, working with writers, and making the transition from shooting with film to working with digital cameras.

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Its Nice That

JUNE 11, 2020

Illustrator Jean Jullien, art director Emilie Chen, Moving Brands’ Jonny Naismith, freelancer Victoria Kochowski, and It’s Nice That’s very own founder Will Hudson offer their guidance on how to hold on in rocky times.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 10, 2022

Next, he went on to work for Emak Mafu in 2008 when the global recession hit. Then sadly, 2008 happened. In our exclusive interview, James walks us through his spectacular career and talks about the challenges facing big tech and what the future has to offer. This was followed by senior roles at Figtree, Prophet and Wednesday.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

I use all of the social media platforms and have done since my first Facebook forays in 2008," says Sarah J Coleman. Revisit traditional methods. Many creatives, of course, remember when that was the only way to do it. "I

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

In 2008 Sonja Rasula self-funded her first business, Unique Markets, by risking her entire 401k retirement savings. This course features 19 lessons, with a total of four hours and 49 minutes of class content. Start Your Creative Career: Build a Sharp, Smart Online Presence by Sonja Rasula.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

© 2023 Saul Leiter Foundation © 2023 Saul Leiter Foundation © 2023 Saul Leiter Foundation When the recession of 2008 hit, Erb began working one day a week for Leiter. The publication marked a turning point in his life, with Leiter being hailed, seemingly out of the blue, as a photographer to be reckoned with.

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Spoon Graphics

APRIL 13, 2020

Unfortunately, traffic levels have nosedived this year by the largest amount ever with a 23% reduction in visitors, taking me back to the kind of figures I was getting in 2008, just a year after creating Spoon Graphics. That’s down -56% from its peak in 2012.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

I used to work in financial PR as an account director, and the 2008 financial crisis meant I was made redundant," she recalls. Coping with recession Right now, of course, the global economic downturn means these goals seem distant for many. That was the start of working for myself, initially in PR."

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Booooooom

APRIL 28, 2020

She graduated with an MA in Communication Art and Design from the Royal College of Art in 2011 and a BA in Illustration from Norwich College of Art in 2008. Alongside commissions, she works on her own practice of painting and drawing. In 2012 she was shortlisted for the Jerwood Drawing Prize and in 2015 won The Prize for Illustration.

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FlowingData

AUGUST 1, 2022

It reminds me of Tom Carden’s (now Flash-retired) travel time map from 2008. The project is based on data from Deutsch Bahn, and was inspired by a more dotty map by Julius Tens. I wonder what this would look like for the United States, but I am also a little scared to know.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Created by Andrew Paglinawan in 2008 using geometric shapes as a core foundation, Quicksand is a display sans serif with rounded terminals. Anek comes in 10 scripts: Bangla, Devanagari, Kannada, Latin, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Malayalam, Odia, Tamil and Telugu. Quicksand by Andrew Paglinawan.

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UX Collective

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Brown, 2008) As discussed in one of the ‘Foundations of HCI’ lectures by our deemed instructor Sai Shruthi Chivukula, the design thinking process is not a lightning strike moment of a lone genius. 2008, June). Thus this system helps interconnect the various related activities that ensure continuity in the process of innovation.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Collins Co-founded by Brian Collins in 2008, this eponymous studio operates out of New York and San Francisco and is known for its transformative branding work for Spotify and Dropbox, among others. Its work often blends bold visual design with strategic storytelling, creating memorable brand identities that resonate on a global scale.

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Creative Review

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Above: from the series No Pasara, 2008. All images by Leila Alaoui, courtesy Fondation Leila Alaoui and Galleria Continua Commissioned by the EU, Alaoui’s first series from 2008, No Pasara (Entry Denied), followed a group of young Moroccans awaiting the journey to Europe from the port cities of Nador and Tangier in their homeland.

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Booooooom

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

shooting together since 2008. Synchrodogs. Synchrodogs is a duo of photographers from Ukraine – Tania Shcheglova (30 y.o.) and Roman Noven (35 y.o.) “Slightly Altered” is a reflection on how much we are intertwined with nature – changing the environment, we change ourselves.

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Creative Boom

JULY 11, 2022

Also, when I went to India around 2008-2010, it was interesting to see the tensions between globalisation and traditional Indian life in Kolkata. There was so much confusion in society caused by the sudden shift in economic models between communism and capitalism and the polarisation that occurred as a result.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 18, 2024

JPA's involvement with this project stems from a longstanding design partnership with Cathay Pacific, dating back to 2008 when they collaborated on completely redesigning their wide-body cabins.

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Design You Trust

AUGUST 7, 2022

In 2008, she graduated with a master’s degree in Art at College of Fine Arts. Charlotte Bories is a french artist from Paris, now based in Bali (Indonesia). Ten years later, she fell in love with underwater model photography.

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Colossal

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

“The Cocktail Party” (1992) “Radioactive Cats” (1980) “Atomic Love” (1992) “Breathing Glass” (2008) “Fresh Hybrid” (2008) “The Wedding” (1994) “Walking on Eggshells” (1997) “Winter” (2018) Do stories and artists like this matter to you?

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BP&O

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Dessert-centric power couple Natasha Case and Freya Estreller met in around 2008, soon forming a partnership in both life and business: Coolhaus, a range of ice creams and other frozen treats that looks to inspire other female and LGBT+ founders. For those thinking, ‘what, like Rem Koolhaas?’ – yes, you’re right.

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SpeckyBoy

APRIL 8, 2022

100 cool web moments – Google Chrome takes a look back at special moments from 2008 through the present. Flex UI library for Tailwind CSS – This Figma library will output your designs into Tailwind CSS classes. 8 CSS & JavaScript Snippets for Creating Modern Blog Layouts – Get inspired with these outstanding blog layout examples.

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Logo Design Love

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The CultureBus monogram was designed by Kit Hinrichs while at Pentagram (created in 2008 as far as I can tell). “What you take away is just as important as what you keep,” said Katie Morgan, senior designer at 300million. The logo brings together the letters C and B in a form that resembles a route.”

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