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How living in the desert gave new life to Melissa Lakey's mixed-media art

Creative Boom

Moving to the high desert in 2015 brought me back to art after a long hiatus," she recalls. Featuring colourful mixed-media paintings and drawings on paper, canvas, and wood, the show will be on display from 11 March through 6 April. But sometimes, going to the opposite extreme can be more fulfilling.

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

Creative Boom

By the time Hovey left university, it was the early days of social media, with Facebook and MySpace in full swing. In the 'off-season' in 2015, Hovey tried to focus on more general food illustration. In the last couple of years, the movement of social media has changed.

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

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The media is being banned, and the independent journalists are getting arrested. The way the media create the isolation of information is frightening.". When the first conflict took place in Ukraine in 2015, she decided to leave forever. "At At that time, I was already confronted with the way the media portrayed it," she says.

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Kind Studio crafts a floral identity for UAL's 2024 graduation ceremonies

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It was a dream gig for the studio, which was founded in 2015 by Sean Vellacott-Murphy and James Stockton. This was to be carried across social media, internal communications, print, and throughout the day at the Royal Festival Hall. They'd originally met at Nottingham Trent University for their BA.

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

Creative Boom

Recent projects that have jumped onto our radar have included their rebrand of KALW , a storied public radio brand, and a refresh of media network CNET , inspired by the 'golden age' of the printing press. KALW by COLLINS KALW by COLLINS KALW by COLLINS 25.

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The best stock music sites for creatives in 2022

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You're permitted to use Mixkit's music for free in private projects, YouTube videos, blogs, websites, social media platforms, podcasts and online advertisements. Music Vine was born in 2015 with a vision to democratise music licensing and make it easy to find the right tracks. Premium Beat. Music Vine.

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Colourful portraits celebrate the success of London's refugee entrepreneurs

Creative Boom

We don't see these stories in the media that often, though. Lightcraft Family Razieh Then there's Max, a Sri Lankan Tamil who sought asylum in the UK in 2015 and faced persecution and mistreatment before battling PTSD. So it's unsurprising that they have a stronger work ethic and entrepreneurial spirit than the local population.

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