Creative Boom

OCTOBER 21, 2024

2024 WOW Show, Crazy Curiosities of Creature Carnival Blending performance art, fashion design, music and contemporary dance, The World of Wearable Art was an intoxicating cocktail of creative disciplines. But does art have to be serious? We reveal what it was like to attend this unusual event.

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Creative Boom

MAY 22, 2024

Ever since he was young, he's had a passion for art. His charming art style is packed with playful lines and expressive characters that leap off the page and the screen. Their unique styles have deeply influenced my own work, and I strive to emulate that same sense of playfulness and joy in my art," he adds.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 4, 2024

Also known as Willustration , the Sheffield-based illustrator, muralist and sign writer has quickly become known for his public artwork, indoor and outdoor signage, illustration and work in arts education. During my studies in Sheffield, I began exploring how technical art could influence my practice," he explains.

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Creative Boom

JULY 29, 2024

The international art collective teamLab is taking immersive art to the next level. If you're involved in the creative world, by now you're probably aware of the concept of the immersive art show. But in the art world, nothing stays the same for long. And I've got to say, I was blown away.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 7, 2024

Who doesn't love an art fair or creative market? So, to help you make the most of these events, we asked experienced creators who have found success in the art fair and market scene to share their best tips. I've been selling at illustration fairs and art markets for years," says illustrator and pattern designer Jacqueline Colley.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 1, 2024

They showcase everything from the Nike logo, Shepard Fairey's Obama Hope poster, and the New York City subway map to the Gutenberg Bible and Joy Division album art. Whether you're a designer, student, or enthusiast, Graphic Classics is a bold, informative, and visually stunning tribute to the art form.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

It's something that the Berlin-based designer, illustrator, and art director Fran Cieslar aims to promote with The Anatomy of Healing – a deck of 40 cards, each of which depicts a bodily organ along with a different plant or flower. The set is presented as an oracle deck and comes on 400gsm matte art paper.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Studio BND proudly has unveiled a comprehensive rebrand for Arts for Dementia. The UK-based charity stands by the mantra that 'life doesn't end with a diagnosis' – it marks the beginning of a new chapter where Arts for Dementia can be a guiding light for those who need it.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Art, just like any other discipline, requires a lot of practice if you want to improve. Like her daily challenge, she says that she started this new routine when feeling the urge to depict her current life events or sensed a lack of art in her routine. It motivates me to choose art and adventure over laziness.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 18, 2024

The illustrated books I most loved as a kid were those you could come back to, find more stories within stories in the art," she enthuses. Occasionally, I enjoy going to a gallery, theatre show or flicking through art books," she adds. "I Absolutely hilarious." I remember seeing a fun play about Spike Milligan's life a few years ago.

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Creative Boom

JULY 10, 2024

Sometimes, a busy illustrator just needs a break – time to focus on personal projects and, perhaps, to make a difference in the world by creating art for people to enjoy without a brief or a price tag. However, he has paused all his commercial work to create pieces for his community and gallery exhibitions.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 5, 2024

The Art of Suffering: Capturing the Brutal Beauty of Road Cycling is a visual testament to the courage, pain and triumph that define professional cycling today. Ultimately, The Art of Suffering isn't just a book for cycling fans; it's a celebration of the human spirit that can inspire us all.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Photography by Tomáš Slavík This year's edition of Prague-based digital arts festival Signal uncovered some big ideas – not least, that a public artwork's success comes down to one of its most fundamental elements – its relationship to place. To deny the links between art and science is to deny Leonardo da Vinci and the entire Renaissance.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 17, 2024

Unveiled in Venice as part of the opening for the 60th International Art Exhibition, the Arena For a Tree installation sees Basel-based visual artist Klaus Littmann take a bald cypress tree and transport it to a floating platform in the waters around the historic Arsenale Nord. Geiger | KBH.G

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FEBRUARY 20, 2024

For the last two years, the volunteer-run charity art project Behind Blue Eyes has shown the value of creativity to Ukrainian children by asking them to capture their lives with disposable film cameras. The resulting photos create a remarkably hopeful portrait of a country ravaged by war and even make dreams come true in the process.

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DECEMBER 17, 2024

Botany drinks packaging for Collective Arts Brewing. What's important, in my opinion, is to keep experimenting, explore new mediums, and push boundaries in your personal work. You'll find that clients will begin to seek you out for that as well. Don't be a one-trick pony," says Julie.

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DECEMBER 15, 2024

As Svetlana drew, Ruud and the abbots were inspired to add further detail and narrative depth to the label art and illustrations. The three abbots describe it as a true work of art, adds Ruud. Svetlana Molodchenko's illustrations form a brand toolkit for the beer. The triptych illustrations wrap around the box.

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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. Haruko would go on to study 3D, motion and VFX at the School of Visual Arts, but later dropped out after feeling that the industry was not the right fit for her.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 14, 2024

A graduate of the China Academy of Art and the Royal College of Art, Qianhui's career has already got off to an impressive start, as she is currently working on her BFI Network-supported animation Statue in the Garden. Since then, I have spent much more time in the house and my Garden, mainly focusing on my own art practice.

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Creative Boom

JULY 16, 2024

Photography and video captured by Jay Dawson, Ben Hughes and Thomas Lennox Pearson Artist Andy Welland is behind what's thought to be the UK's largest piece of temporary pavement art. It's a great place to do some sightseeing and visit one of the buzzy art galleries or some of its trendy bars and clubs.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 26, 2024

Pop art icon Andy Warhol is famous for his comments about the fleeting nature of fame, so it would surely come as some reassurance to him that the museum built in honour of his work has recently turned 30. To mark the special occasion, its exceptional collection of Warhol art and archive material has been brought to life in a new light.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Originally founded in 1823 as the Brooklyn Apprentices' Library, the Brooklyn Museum institution has grown to become the second-largest art museum in New York City, housing an impressive collection of over 500,000 objects. But its significance extends beyond its vast collection.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 29, 2024

Designed by NYC-based studio Porto Rocha, the new performing arts centre's identity looks to close the curtain on exclusivity while honouring the former World Trade Centre site. Porto Rocha had to balance accessibility and prestige when designing the identity to ensure it resonated with seasoned performing arts enthusiasts and newcomers.

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Creative Boom

JULY 30, 2024

As any art director will tell you, working with 11 creatives can be like herding cats, but Kreatives kept the project on track and made the most of some of the happy accidents that cropped up. This project beautifully merges art and sports, celebrating diversity and creativity in a unique way," says Kreatives co-founder Fralnzi Sessler.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 2, 2024

This was the case for Sam Rodriguez who, despite drawing since he was a toddler, first became aware that art was a habitual tic around the age of 12 when he started doing graffiti. "It I did this until my early twenties, eventually replacing it with art school and work. "I Some people have always known that they wanted to be artists.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

It seems that everywhere we look, there is news on advances in technology and the rise of digital techniques, even in the art and design world. In his studio, he mostly worked on typographic posters for music, art, architecture, theatre and film projects, but also created some posters for products.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 16, 2024

When it comes to evoking nostalgia, few things send back people of a certain age more than the sight of pixellated game art. While not as smooth or sophisticated as today's impressive graphics, pixel art has a charm of its own that captures the spirit of the 1980s and '90s. We caught up with him to hear how he paints them by hand.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 14, 2024

Folk music, folk tales, folk art and other cultural artefacts are passed down from generation to generation and may point to deeper truths than official history, which can often be heavily influenced by contemporary propaganda. As the philosopher George Santayana once wrote: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

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Creative Boom

JUNE 6, 2024

So, first, it strictly prohibits the posting of AI-generated art. That's right: any content you've uploaded to Instagram or Facebook is now being mercilessly devoured by AI bots, allowing it to be used in the creation of generative AI art. Second, it has software that prevents that from happening. What is Cara? What do we really want?

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Art director and illustrator Neil Swaab recalls: "One of the best moments was getting to see my art used as key art for a Broadway musical. I walked into the subway, and my art was everywhere at every station and up huge on Broadway. Making cover art is a dream of mine, so I feel so lucky to work on them."

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JULY 18, 2024

The new title seeks to address the widespread underrepresentation of African creative work, particularly in art and design. While developing the platform," he says, "I've encountered a lot of amazing African creative work, especially in arts and design, spanning motion, illustration, branding, website development and digital art.

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Creative Boom

JULY 11, 2024

David Hockney - Lightroom courtesy of the Artist A David Hockney art show based on digital projection and a Laurie Anderson premiere examining 21st-century America are among the highlights of the autumn/winter season at Factory International. Since last year, David Hockney has also been getting the immersive art treatment.

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Creative Boom

MAY 15, 2024

The Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration – the UK's only public arts organisation dedicated to the craft of illustration – has found its perfect home. With this money, the arts charity will be able to create four galleries, a project space, a learning studio, gardens, a play space, a cafe, and a shop. Having been awarded a £3.75

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Creative Boom

JULY 16, 2024

To say Wenjing's art is unique would be something of an understatement. Medicine and social sciences are areas Wenjing would like to pursue in her art The topics of heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer's have personal meaning to Wenjing because members of her family are living with these diseases. "It

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

For those who grew up during the digital music revolution, it's hard to understand how important album art was back in the 1960s and '70s. From both an emotional and cultural perspective, then, the album art could almost be as important as the songs themselves. Songwriting really was David's forte," he explains. "He

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 18, 2024

In response to Cathay Pacific's desire to integrate the inspiring art and culture of Hong Kong with its people and their passengers, JPA Design envisioned the 'Gallery in the Skies', an innovation that merges art and aviation and transcends the traditional boundaries of travel.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 18, 2024

One of his most significant projects since returning home has been A Better City 2024, an urban art celebration of the idea of 'spark', which also included works by Claire Prouvost, Sophia Vigne Welsh, Ruan van Vliet, Bebhinn Eilish, and Gavin Connell. One of the five illustrations for A Better City.

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