Creative Boom

MARCH 8, 2022

According to the Publishers Association, most senior roles in publishing are held by women. The International Labour Organisation found that, in 2020, the arts, entertainment or recreation industries had an average of 31 per cent of women in executive management positions, dropping to 29 per cent for senior management roles.

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AUGUST 16, 2022

Art and fashion have always had a tumultuous and unpredictable relationship. A founding figure in the mid-century New York School movement, Philip Guston helped pioneer a modified form of representational art known as neo-expressionism. Black Artists in British Art: A History since the 1950s by Eddie Chambers.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Or are you just wondering what sort of commercial art can win awards these days? Now running for 45 years, the World Illustration Awards is a year-long celebration and showcase of illustration, bringing together creatives, industry, commissioners, and art directors to celebrate the art of great illustration.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 8, 2023

Generative artist Matt DesLauriers weaves together art, programming and technology to build playful, creative projects for public installations, print media, and the web. His interactive installations have been displayed in special events at the Louvre Museum in Paris and the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

We reveal the best place to buy wonderful art prints to fuel your mood, imagination and creativity. A beautifully produced art print isn't just a nice thing to have: it's an investment in your daily mood, sense of well-being, and creative career. They Made This Make your home beautiful for an affordable price! But where do you start?

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 12, 2025

SLTF Bergamot Grotesk by Silverstag Type Foundry A bold statement in uppercase elegance, SLTF Bergamot Grotesk draws from Art Deco's geometric sophistication. Overall, Munegascu bridges tradition and innovation, supporting multiple languages and offering a free, accessible solution for educators, publishers and cultural advocates.

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Creative Bloq

APRIL 27, 2024

Your work could feature in a new video game art book.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 14, 2024

From groundbreaking ideas on sustainability to the art of personal and systemic change, these are the reads that continue to shape her creative journey. I was out of art school and inching my way to a life in graphic design. Massive Change had just been exhibited, and the show's book was published. I Mean Me.

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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

MARCH 3, 2024

It's easy to get stuck looking at the same kind of art, time and time again, in a kind of artistic version of an echo chamber. And with output as diverse as their influences (ranging from 8-bit video games and Chinese watercolours to architecture and emojis), you're sure to find art that speaks to you personally. Work by Caver Zhang 3.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 16, 2024

© Ben Zank We profile the rising star of American art photography and explore his use of nudes, bizarre scenarios and celebrations of the absurd. Art may hold a mirror up to nature, but sometimes, it's good for that mirror to be a little crooked so that we perceive our surroundings differently.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Photography by Andrew Benge Taking place in Leeds and Harrogate, Thought Bubble is the UK's biggest celebration of comic art and culture. Of course, Brits don't have to cross the channel to immerse themselves in this enduringly popular art form. Thought Bubble. We reveal the details of this year's event. how about comics ?"

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Creative Boom

APRIL 8, 2025

Art is human and built from imagination, creativity and experience. Comics are what got me into art, so I'm just attempting to transfer as much of my individuality over into that side of illustration. When a brief calls for authenticity and the irreplaceable touch of a human hand, he'll be the art director's go-to choice.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Tüpokompanii works across pretty much all things letter-based: designing and publishing retail fonts, logomark design, typeface modifications and language extension, research and consultation, Opentype feature programming, and offering custom type design services to clients such as the second-largest in Estonia, Tartu.

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Creative Boom

JULY 3, 2023

Yayoi Kusama and Dots Obsession, 1996-2011 Installation view_ The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. Courtesy of Ota Fine Arts, Victoria Miro and David Zwirner. Images © David Levene Yayoi Kusama and Dots Obsession, 1996-2011 Installation view_ The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. © YAYOI KUSAMA. © YAYOI KUSAMA.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 7, 2022

But she has found some comfort through her art: "It's hard to focus on usual work when your friends and family are in danger, and your homeland is being destroyed," she says. "At Olga believes her visual style was influenced by studying printmaking and graphic art at Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts. "I © Olga Shtonda.

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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. With its rich tapestry of art galleries, publishing houses and media outlets, New York City is a veritable hub for illustration agents.

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Creative Boom

JULY 6, 2023

The World Illustration Awards champions the best in contemporary illustration and aims to promote the art form to a wider audience. The selected works are not only visually appealing but also carry powerful messages and tell compelling stories. We hope this year's selection inspires commissioners, illustrators, and the public.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In design, art, coding – even on our identification documents. A new book published by Slanted celebrates these hardworking fonts and offers a source of inspiration for graphic designers and typographers looking for a helpful reference guide. Monospaced fonts are not just fascinating; they're everywhere we look.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

An amazing collection of family recipes with anecdotal stories, which was later referenced in a collection of essays put together by Daunt books called In The Kitchen, published in 2020." After some further Googling, I found out the book was self-published by the author herself, Archana, in Bangalore, India. Apparently not. "It

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Creative Boom

JULY 18, 2024

But as a small, independent publisher we can't cover everything, nor would we want to. The new title seeks to address the widespread underrepresentation of African creative work, particularly in art and design. You can read more about our mission here ). Selection process And there's plenty of good stuff to share.

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Creative Boom

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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Creative Boom

JANUARY 3, 2024

It all takes place at the National Gallery of Victoria (aka NGV) in Melbourne, which was founded in 1861 and is both Australia's oldest and most visited art museum. The museum is currently holding its Triennial, a large-scale celebration of the best of contemporary international art and design, which takes place every three years.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Home Bound is published by Salomon & Daughters, a small independent publishing house dedicated to publishing visual books for adults, including graphic novels, comics, visual poetics and picture books. Challengingly, each of its 160 pages relies on pictures alone to convey the story. "It

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Creative Boom

APRIL 16, 2023

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”. According to From Form, such titles exemplify “an art form where the worlds of cinema and analogue design meet”.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 23, 2024

According to Owens, even design and creative arts students can benefit from the real-world experiences and strategies detailed in the book that provide a practical perspective beyond academic theory. It is available to buy on the publisher's website.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 12, 2023

The Lovies' presenting body, The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), describes the awards as focusing on culture, technology and business. In its 13th year, categories include Apps, Film & Video, Podcasts, Social, Websites & Mobile Sites, Web3 & XR.

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Designer Daily

MARCH 20, 2022

The name may not sound so familiar outside of France or engravers’ circles, but it should be more widely known by people with a knack for art. The publisher, the Editions du Chêne, went all in on the printing techniques to ensure the best quality. Gustave Doré.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 29, 2025

Students benefit from state-of-the-art facilities and guidance from experienced faculty who maintain strong connections with the industry. Beyond her creative work, she actively mentors new talent through the School of Communication Arts and advocates for equal opportunities in the industry.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 28, 2025

Let's raise a glass of scotch and light the fireworks for the illustrator behind Royal Salute's Lunar New Year Special Edition box art for 2025! Working in his colourful style of dreamlike surrealism, Jason has painted the box art for Royal Salute whisky's 21-year-old Lunar New Year Special Edition.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 27, 2024

But the urge to sketch was always there, and after publishing his first sketchbook in 2008, he turned his back on sitting at a computer to strike out into the world as an urban sketcher. Based in Barcelona, Lapin roams the great cities of Europe with a Coleman folding stool and sketchbook in hand, his art case attached to his belt. "My

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Creative Boom

MARCH 12, 2024

Her art is at once subtle yet distinctive, calm yet thrilling, steeped in tradition yet irrepressibly modern. My favourite subjects as a student were art and Chinese because I liked drawing and handicrafts very much, and I was also good at them," she explains. Dong first developed a strong interest in art when she was very young. "I

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Creative Boom

JULY 16, 2024

To say Wenjing's art is unique would be something of an understatement. Having worked with several editorial and publishing brands such as the Washington Post, Wired UK and Dasan Books, she's interested in broadening her experience to include advertising campaigns with installation and animation components.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 2, 2024

My Grandad 'Naughty' Morris was encouraged to attend art school by his teacher. He can juggle his illustration work with lecturing at the Manchester School of Art, although at the spritely age of 28, he's sometimes mistaken for a student himself. Mike Turner, the art director, was brilliant to work with.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 5, 2024

Since 2006, independent kids publisher Studio Anorak has taken children's magazines in bold new directions. The publishers we work with understand our ethos and look after our titles really well, so we are very lucky! " We know how to publish books, so we made that happen for him with Bearing Witness. They grow up so fast.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 18, 2023

We caught up with her to learn more about her creative approach and how living in two places has shaped her art. My journey as an artist began with a deep-rooted passion for drawing and art, something I've cherished since a young age. This passion led Celine to study illustration at Camberwell College of Arts.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 17, 2023

Sticker-obsessed publisher Stickerbomb has turned its attention to the independent beer industry in its latest book celebrating the world's coolest brewery branding. As its name suggests, the urban art publisher is passionate about all things sticker related, directing this devotion to a whole host of magnificent titles focused on the arts.

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