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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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Hotlist 2025: the 25 most popular design studios, as voted for by their peers

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We just feel it's nice to give praise where praise is due and highlight some top agencies doing outstanding work and inspiring their peers. This year, they've also launched a sister agency focused on typography and type design, called Type of Feeling. Hopefully, their work will inspire you too.

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

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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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How Loughborough's graphic design BA is shaping the industry's leaders

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Caroline Paris (class of 2008) Caroline Paris, group creative director at Saatchi & Saatchi, has been named a Female Frontier by Campaign magazine for leadership. Her 14-year journey through the industry has seen her shape exceptional brand experiences for clients, including Mars, Unilever and HSBC.

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5 pieces of good news for freelance designers in 2022

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

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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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Luke Tonge: A career shaped by passion, print, and punk aesthetics

Creative Boom

Carving a path through print and branding Upon graduating, Tonge entered the industry at a precarious time - in 2008, in the midst of a financial crisis. Landing a role at Linney, a Nottingham-based design agency and printers, turned out to be pivotal and helped him grow into a designer who really understood print.

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