Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

One dynamic duo leading the way in Montréal is Ash Phillips and Miro LaFlaga, who runs Six Cinquième , a creative agency that's pushing for change and doing things very differently. You've built an agency based on a realisation that we don't have to "hustle" to be a success? So you were freelancers before you launched your agency?

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Creative Boom

APRIL 16, 2023

Its client list includes the likes of Ace & Tate, Skoda, Amsterdam Museum Night, and OFFF Festival. Govers and Versteeg add that From Form “places a strong focus on art direction and carefully arranged colours and compositions… with the outcome often reflecting their appreciation for the analogue and imperfect”.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Reflecting its commitment to social change, the Hague-based design agency has crafted a colourful and impactful new identity for itself. Located in The Hague, Netherlands, JUST is a design agency deeply committed to making a societal impact. End with magic". Brand concepts 'Simplicity' is at the core of every project at JUST.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

When I work as a freelance designer for agencies and studios, I charge between £375 and £450 per day, depending on my role and responsibilities as part of the team and the booking length," he explains. I work with ad agencies and directly, mostly with corporate clients. I'm an art director and creative director," he says.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The New York/London agency has a new identity that retains familiar visual elements but casts them in a new, forward-thinking light. It is rare to come across a creative agency founded by women," Anjela says. Despite the progress of our generation, the men still run the show in creative circles.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 29, 2022

After a bit of back and forth with a client, I'll finalise the composition digitally, then get to drawing it up by hand and painting it (the fun bit). Another key component of her work is being part of the Brilliant Artists agency. Of course I said yes! © Grace Helmer. © Grace Helmer.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 14, 2022

With a diverse community of more than 150,000 freelance designers, 99designs by Vista matches clients with creatives across brand and logo design, packaging, web design and more. And so nowadays, clients don't really care where you're located, as long as you have a web connection and know how to use Zoom.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The world's largest brand and design agency Landor & Fitch has unveiled a new name and visual identity reflecting its wider offerings as a company and paying homage to its aquatic origins. Now, going by the shortened name Landor, the refreshing rebrand is the culmination of a five-year strategy.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The Canadian agency is all about smart, strategic branding that breathes life into real estate, cultural, and hospitality spaces. Collaboration plays out through an "inclusive" internal approach and by encouraging "open communication, including feedback" when working with clients and external partners. "At

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

In our carefully curated list, we share a bunch of agents who've demonstrated exceptional dedication to their artists over the years and a profound understanding of their clients, too. David Goldman Agency When David Goldman launched his own firm in 1980, he aimed to represent world-class talent and offer great personal service to clients.

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Creative Boom

MAY 12, 2024

Image licensed via Adobe Stock We canvass a panel of experts on where the graphic design profession is heading and how agencies might fit into a brave new, AI-driven world. So read on as we share a bird's-eye view of where graphic design and the agency landscape are heading. So you can't stand still for too long.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Studio Herrström explains how they crafted a fresh visual identity for the agency that can help boost their mission. Influur is a specialist agency that connects these creators, specifically in the areas of music, dance and lifestyle, with brands, helping them form impactful partnerships and reach specific target groups.

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Creative Boom

MAY 18, 2022

Then in 2016-17, Jesse and Hamish decided to leave Pentagram and found their own design agency, Order. We've done so much great work for clients that we've never met physically. We've done so much great work for clients that we've never met physically. But we'll take it! After five years, how are you feeling about Order today?

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Because whether you're sharing your showcase with an art director at a creative agency, an editor at a newspaper or magazine, or a course leader at a university, they're more than likely to be time-pressed people who want to decide in a matter of minutes, if not seconds. "It Hannah Shilland from illustration agency Brilliant Artists agrees.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Others, meanwhile, would love to shout about what they've created, but their clients frustratingly forbid it. 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. Hopefully, their work will inspire you too. Studio DBD 13.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Every year we see new agencies exploding out of the blocks, delivering world-class work from the get-go and growing at an eye-watering pace, picking up a succession of A-list clients in months, not years. As an agency owner, that's a little intimidating. We had no big-name founding clients. Compounding clients.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Manchester-based branding agency Alphabet started life in 2016 and has cemented its place as an ideas-driven agency with an ethos rooted in a quote by Saul Bass , the legendary designer who's probably best known for his iconic Alfred Hitchcock movie posters. PEKOK by Alphabet "We value our clients' input.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 8, 2023

Image licensed via Adobe Stock In honour of International Women's Day , Creative Boom invited female founders from seven creative agencies across the US and UK to share their experiences and advice on what it takes to build an agency from the ground up. Here's what they had to say. It's not fair that I have to do spreadsheets'.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 20, 2022

Her clients include L'Oréal, ?Law I began my career at promotional marketing agency This Is BD , working on promotional and experiential projects for Arla Foods, Diageo and The Famous Grouse. "I I then changed direction, and moved to brand-focused agency, Redhouse Lane , working on corporate communications and branding.".

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Creative Boom

JUNE 17, 2024

The reason a project doesn't go to a creative is more likely something like: the project has been cancelled, the budget was cut, the client didn't like the direction, the agency forgot, or someone sneezed and didn't like one colour of green in one thing you did. Yes, it can also be about style, fit and previous experience.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 11, 2023

Paul Bailey and Mike Sullivan explain how and why they're archiving the work of some of our most-missed graphic design agencies. The inspiration for Studiographica came from an afternoon in the Halo studio, talking to the designers here about an old agency called Attik," Paul explains. None of them had heard of Attik.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Often, when a client comes to a design agency looking for brand reinvention, there are certain red lines you cannot cross: a case of working with what you've got. It's yet more superlative work from the team that in 2023 have also created a vibrant new visual identity for LQBT+ app Lex and potent new branding for creative agency GUT.

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Creative Boom

JULY 1, 2024

Lilongwe Wildlife Trust partners with UK-based agency sixredsquares to launch a refreshed brand and website to raise global awareness and support for wildlife conservation in Malawi. Owen Williams, managing director of Sixredsquares, emphasised the project's alignment with the agency's values of making design a force for global good. "We

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Creative Boom

JULY 4, 2022

Ofir Mizrahi delivers award-winning websites that clients and visitors love. If ever a potential client needs reassurance of the high-quality results they'll get, they just have to glance at the stunning work on the studio's online portfolio, spanning clients in the gastronomy, lifestyle, culture, corporate and non-profit sectors.

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Just Creative

JUNE 11, 2023

If you’re looking for the best free and paid Instagram post & story templates for brands, designers and agencies, you’ve come to the right place! Download Now 29+ Best Instagram Post & Story Templates for Designers & Agencies 1. Instagram Post Template Marketing Agency Marketing Agency Instagram Post Template.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 9, 2023

Creative Agency/Design Studio: &Walsh &Walsh founder Jessica Walsh shares what drives her as an agency founder, why imposter syndrome is unavoidable, and her best advice for aspiring female founders. Four years ago, Walsh founded her own agency, &Walsh – a dream she's had since her teen years.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 13, 2023

Cardiff-based branding and design agency Bluegg has overhauled its identity as part of its 20th-anniversary celebrations. Created 21 years ago by Tom Lloyd and Mike Jordan when they left university, the design agency formerly known as Bluegg has worked for over 300 clients in its time.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Hurst recently sat down with Creative Boom to introduce his new venture and share why he wants more branding agencies to embrace their punk side. Hurst told Creative Boom that the studio is "built on a belief in DIY culture and the idea that clients can build strong brands on their own, with the right tools and support.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Brand agency Athletics has unveiled a new identity for the entertainment industry business Extreme Reach. But it also unearths and analyses a wealth of industry data for insight into over 1,000 brands, agencies and studios it serves worldwide.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Credit: Kingsland New York agency Kingsland wanted to give employees a calling card – but a run-of-the-mill business card wouldn't cut it. As an agency, Kingsland's brand has always leaned into a richer aesthetic than most design and brand studios out there. Founder Douglas Brundage tells us more. I've thought about it," he says.

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Creative Boom

MAY 1, 2024

With the help of advertising agency No Fixed Address, it's launched with a visual identity built around sound. They don't just take a brief from a client and then shut themselves away in the studio for weeks to work in isolation. Sound is the unsung hero of video games. Selling the importance of sound visually, though, is no mean feat.

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Creative Boom

MAY 11, 2023

But how you market yourself will be the deciding factor for clients when choosing you over your competitors. What do clients consistently praise or appreciate about my work?' In other words, decide what it is that you (and only you) can offer a client. The client already likes your work: that's why they're talking to you.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Licensing music directly from artists or agencies can be expensive, a legal minefield, and just a massive headache. Objective tools help win over clients" – Interbrand For a big agency like Interbrand, helping clients develop a comprehensive brand identity isn't just about visuals; it's about creating a multi-sensory experience.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

But after studying for an illustration degree in Madrid, he decided to prepare a portfolio and contact illustration agencies, advertisers and magazine publishers. This led me to contact new clients in Spain, to work with Anna Goodson Illustration Agency and new international clients."

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Creative Boom

APRIL 23, 2023

Ultimately, whatever the broader picture, there will always be clients who are desperate to hire good people. Quick and concise communication is what many clients are looking for. If something isn't going to provide the results the client needs, I explain what needs to change and how we can go about it.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 2, 2024

She has already worked on projects with various clients, covering travel and lifestyle topics for UK publications such as Teen Breathe and creating children's book illustrations for Ximalaya in China. Images from The Flying Studio, a book about Eadweard Muybridge. It led Fangfang to win a World Illustration Award in Animation this year.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

While they started as a full-service agency dabbling in everything from video production to events, they gradually honed their focus on strategy, branding and graphic design, with a particular emphasis on technology and gaming clients. So we're reformulating and rethinking the way that we engage with clients as a whole.

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