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Vanderbrand: The Toronto studio crafting identities rooted in place and purpose

Creative Boom

The Canadian agency is all about smart, strategic branding that breathes life into real estate, cultural, and hospitality spaces. Having been at the helm of her own agency since 2008, Vander Herberg has some useful words of wisdom for those looking to establish their own creative studio. Focus on solving real problems.

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5 pieces of good news for freelance designers in 2022

Creative Boom

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. The 99designs by Vista report bears this out, with 68 per cent saying clients and agencies are more open to working with freelance talent than before the pandemic.

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elevenfiftyfive turns 15 and receives collage-like rebrand from Studio Moross

Creative Boom

Since its launch in 2008, independent entertainment specialist agency elevenfiftyfive has created some of the UK's most well-known film marketing work. Topping it all off, stacking the short 'eff' logo echoes the edges of a reel of film, a nod to the agency's work in the film space over the past 15 years."

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Franklyn's redesign for WeWork marks a new chapter for the co-working platform

Creative Boom

Designers and agency heads often like to talk about the "challenge" of taking on a new client, but most of the time, the stakes are not, in all honesty, that high. Founded in New York in 2008, it was a startup that pioneered the idea of renting flexible co-working spaces to freelancers and other startups.

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James Hurst on his new role at Google, Big Tech's bad press and why he's hopeful for the future

Creative Boom

Next, he went on to work for Emak Mafu in 2008 when the global recession hit. James left and started his own design studio (Cure Studio), an illustration agency (HigginsonHurst) and a Type Foundry (The Type Foundry). So if ever you wanted insight about where the world of agencies and tech is heading, he's a good person to talk to.

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Kuudes reindesigns premium meal providers for a post-pandemic era

Creative Boom

When Finnish food company Anton&Anton decided to close its boutique stores and focus on convenience foods, creative agency Kuudes helped it rebrand accordingly. 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.

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Amy Pastre and Courtney Rowson on 13 years of running a studio and where they believe design is heading next

Creative Boom

Did the global economic crisis spur you to start your agency? Courtney: We started the business for reasons unrelated to the 2008 downturn. We'd had great experiences working for agencies in Charleston and other cities. Did the lessons of 2008/09 prepare you for the shock? The timing was right for both of us.

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