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Bored of Pinterest? 8 alternatives to try for design inspiration

Creative Boom

Studios and freelancers across the world have it bookmarked for graphic design inspiration and visual exploration. A 2015 reimagining of StumbleUpon, a popular tool amongst web developers in the early 2000s, Mix is a personalised content discovery platform offering a serendipitous approach to inspiration. Mix Want to be surprised?

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Food illustrator Tom Hovey talks Bake Off, Bristol and building a creative community

Creative Boom

Though he never wanted the permanence of a full-time job, there was the issue of getting very little pay, and his plan was always to go freelance when it became a viable career option. "I In the 'off-season' in 2015, Hovey tried to focus on more general food illustration.

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Artisan wine label designs by Fen Acey craft a narrative through collage and typography

Creative Boom

Fen Acey is a freelance graphic designer based in the North East of England with a passion for the food and drinks industry. Having studied at Norwich University of the Arts with a degree in Design for Publishing and graduating in 2015, Fen has spent the last eight years in a mix of design jobs.

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Freelance Survival Guide: Tips for New Freelancers

Inkbot Design

Freelance Survival Guide: Tips for New Freelancers. You can learn about starting your freelance business in the Freelance Survival Guide. You can learn about starting your freelance business in the Freelance Survival Guide. As a freelancer, you're constantly balancing deadlines and budgeting.

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Meet Ash Phillips and Miro LaFlaga, the agency founders ditching 'grind culture' and pushing for meaningful change

Creative Boom

With backgrounds in graphic design and business management, Ash and Miro's journey began in 2015 as freelance creative directors producing visuals for local artists in Montréal. We escaped and started freelancing but then realised we'd set ourselves another trap, if that makes sense? Miro: Yeah. Grand Montréal Comique.

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Veronika Bolotina's fight against misinformation is a book that helps us understand propaganda

Creative Boom

When the first conflict took place in Ukraine in 2015, she decided to leave forever. "At It already happened in 2015. Of course, there are differences that she can see between today and 2015. As a freelance media artist in Berlin, Veronika works as a creative director, video producer and graphic designer.

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Northern Soul revived: Elaine Constantine's photographic journey into a British subculture

Creative Boom

In 2015, her film Northern Soul was nominated for BAFTA's Outstanding Debut award, The London Critics Circle Breakthrough Filmmaker award and won the NME's Award for Film of The Year. It was then that she decided to depict the movement as a "fictional film set in its heyday".