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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Just Creative

JANUARY 3, 2021

One of your graphic designers sent you an email over the weekend with an updated logo for a client. Meanwhile, your content writer is trying to wrap up a blog post for another client, it’s supposed to go live in an hour. If you email her the presentation pack for your client meeting tomorrow, she’s happy to work on it from home.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

With the rise of digital tools both for making art and sending it around the world in an instant, in one sense, it's now easier than ever to make money as a freelance illustrator. 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

MARCH 20, 2023

James Olstein chats to us about his love of zines, how web design led to his career as a freelance illustrator, and how his love of screen printing has shaped his work as a digital artist. Based in Philadelphia, James Olstein is an illustrator, author and teacher specialising in creating digital art that retains an analogue look and feel.

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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

JUNE 16, 2022

That's part of the thought process behind Javier's trippy digital illustrations for Xtrano, which see everyday items such as a can of pinto beans and household cleaning products become loaded with nostalgic significance. Then they go through a series of digital manipulations to get the result.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 2, 2024

From digital painting to cut-paper stop-motion animation, this award-winning Chinese artist is passionate about creating visual narratives with energy, positivity, and a sense of life. My style has been shaped through years of experimentation – printmaking, collage, hand-drawing, stop-motion, digital painting – I've tried it all.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 12, 2024

Following the recent sale of its digital commerce and product design businesses, Ascential has become more streamlined and focused on events serving the marketing and fintech industries. The agency built the new brand positioning around the core idea of the "power of convening" at Ascential's marquee events.

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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

MAY 29, 2023

And they turned to creative agency Wildish & Co to create branding that would sell the concept of a different kind of club. Curve Club is a place where digital technologies, physical materials and living things meet," explains Sam Fresco, founder of Wildish & Co. Wildish & Co. creative director Jake Allnutt.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 28, 2024

But it doesn't hurt to take inspiration from those agencies already at the coal face of this stuff. And that's why a branding agency like Unfound Studio is well worth talking to. The agency itself is young, having been founded in 2018. This means we encourage our clients to challenge the norm, to push boundaries," he adds.

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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

DECEMBER 11, 2023

To celebrate its 85th anniversary, it approached Defy , an independent Philadelphia-based marketing company that's been quietly churning out unique angles for powerhouse global clients such as Nike, Ricoh, Comcast, Ritz Carlton, Wilson Sporting Goods and AmeriGas. They loved the tagline, and it just made sense," said Greenblatt.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

In the digital age, where visual content reigns supreme, music is a secret weapon that can elevate your videos, presentations and social media posts from good to unforgettable. Licensing music directly from artists or agencies can be expensive, a legal minefield, and just a massive headache. Yet there's just one problem.

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Creative Boom

JULY 4, 2022

Code3 helps leading brands find, reach, and engage customers anywhere in the world on every digital platform. They started life as a specialist social media buying agency, then added media planning, data and analytics, creative, production and most recently, expertise on commerce platforms. What's different about Code3?

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Creative Boom

MARCH 29, 2022

The visual landscape in which creative work appears is becoming more cluttered, and the digital world is so vast that making your work visible is getting harder and harder. Counterprint co-founder Céline Leterme] and I used to work in branding agencies in London before setting up our own studio and moving on to publishing later in our career.

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Creative Boom

JULY 4, 2022

This impressive resume comes from designing and releasing his own collection of typefaces and collaborating with top agencies such as Pentagram and Six. We work on a wide range of type-focussed projects, tailored to our clients' requirements," the site specifies. The headache of licensing is simplified too. Check it out now.

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Just Creative

JULY 7, 2020

But unfortunately, the rapid digitalization of photos is slowly devaluing what was once a highly regarded means of capturing images. And there are many reasons why many of them are losing a steady client base. This article has been contributed by Jayce Redford. Photography is an art form made possible by technology. Heavy competition.

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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

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

But unlike his heroes, he takes a digital approach. 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

JANUARY 14, 2024

Painting has proven to offer me something new, something more relaxing while escaping the drain of the digital screens," he explains. Greg Findley of graphic and web design agency Mantra tells a similar story. I'm working on a vision board with dream clients, projects, new skills and targets for the year," he reveals.

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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 11, 2023

For as long as she can remember, Haruko Hayakawa has always been drawn to art and the act of creation, whether that was drawings, sewing or exploring digital art. But it wasn't until she stumbled upon a tutorial for a 3D landscaping program called Bryce that she became aware of the potential of digital creativity. "I

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Each year, D&AD, the global association of creative advertising and design communities, publishes its official table of the most successful design agencies. Firstly, because the American agency – a team of digital product designers, brand designers, strategists and technologists – was only founded in 2023.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Designer Ferran Feixas has worked with some of the industry's most iconic agencies, from Pentagram to Interbrand, Wolff Olins to Mother Design. It's also one based on more than a decade of experience, in an era when the profession has made a transformative shift from print design and packaging to digital. The Nue Co. The Nue Co.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 21, 2024

Liza Enebeis Liza Enebeis is the creative director and partner at Studio Dumbar/DEPT, an award-winning international branding agency in the Netherlands. She has nearly 20 years of experience working at top creative agencies worldwide, including Africa, Ogilvy, Grey, DDB, and more. One plus one, right? Not rocket science."

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Creative Boom

JUNE 8, 2023

But ultimately, design isn't about pretty pictures; it's about serving the client's needs and solving problems. Digital Design of the Year 2023: Readymag Designers who don't have coding skills are always looking for tools that can help, but sometimes those tools can be very restrictive. Are you seeking inspiration for your work?

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 8, 2022

The show's producers approached him via his illustration agency, IllustrationX , and commissioned nine artworks – one for each episode – as part of the social media campaign for season four. Rough sketches by hand at first, and then digital apps like Illustrator and Photoshop. When and how did the job come about?

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Creative Boom

MAY 15, 2022

Did the global economic crisis spur you to start your agency? We'd had great experiences working for agencies in Charleston and other cities. Does being a female-founded agency ever have any negative reaction? Many clients select our firm because we are female-led, and they feel a real connection to our story.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Having built much of his career designing creative marketing for movies and TV series, from digital and social media campaigns to one-sheets and OOH, this has posed a big problem. "As As a freelancer, I work with agencies that normally hire me during their peak times or when they can't solve a project internally," he explains.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 13, 2022

But too many internal design departments at big companies, and even some design agencies, still take a disorganised, outdated and hugely inefficient approach to managing their brand guidelines. It's already being used by well-known agencies, including Accept & Proceed, McCann London, The Partnership and M&C Saatchi.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Its partnership with London-based branding and design studio Land of Plenty came about in 2018 when long-term clients of the studio, Yard Sale Pizza, asked them to design a sticker for their collaboration with Happy Endings. The brand comes alive in the physical space as much as the digital.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 21, 2022

In the old days, that would have meant spending three years at university, then moving to a big city and interning at a design agency. And From Eastern Europe , published by Counter-Print, is a collection of work from some of the most talented designers, agencies and illustrators in this region.". Image licensed via Adobe Stock.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

And that's because it's the UK's first-ever digital solution for managing your entire tax process, from start to finish. Instead, Pie keeps everything managed and organised, from invoicing your clients to filing your tax returns with HMRC. Well, now there is!

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

There's something quite magical about a real, physical book, which perhaps explains why this antiquated media format continues to thrive in the digital age. One of those was signed by my agency within a couple of years of being with us and had his own flourishing illustration career." Giving back As humans, we are all social animals.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 30, 2022

Nikita Savinov did just that, having left his full-time roles as a designer – first in-house, then in a small studio, then in a big agency – to pursue a more flexible way of working. Working on his own terms, Nikita started travelling and working with clients from all corners of the world. Digital Signature © Nikita Savinov.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 27, 2024

It's not every day that a design agency releases its own range of puzzles. And those of us who've, say, experimented with a digital detox will have experienced first-hand how blissful taking a step back can be. You've probably heard of FOMO, the Fear of Missing Out. That might sound like a contradiction in terms.

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