Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Image licensed via Adobe Stock We speak to the great and the good to get the temperature of the industry as we head into the halfway point of the 2020s. As we approach 2025, the creative industry stands at a fascinating crossroads. The rapid evolution of AI is reshaping how we think about design. To gauge the industry's mood, we've spoken to leading creative directors, agency founders, and industry visionaries about the trends they believe will define 2025.

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Creative Bloq

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Discover how innovative type laid the groundwork for today's aesthetics, as we look back at the best typography of the 1980s.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Gobi is well-known in its native Morocco but needed an extra push to expand its global presence. Creative director Rob Duncan explains how a new visual identity crafted by Mucho has helped that effort. Gobi is the largest cashmere garment manufacturer in Mongolia. What makes it special is that every garment is sustainably produced in Mongolia and by Mongolians.

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Graphic Design Junction

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

In today’s highly competitive business environment, branding is essential for making a memorable impression. When presenting a brand to clients or stakeholders, one of the most powerful tools is a well-designed stationery mockup. Stationery mockups provide a realistic, cohesive look at how a brand’s design elements will appear on everyday office items, helping to communicate a company’s visual identity clearly and effectively.

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Speaker: Amber Asay, Creative Director and Founder of award-winning design studio Nice People

Understanding what trends are happening and how they’re impacting the competitive landscape is crucial to providing top dollar design strategy to your clients. With so many trends coming and going, it can be overwhelming to determine which ones you should capitalize on and which ones might not be worth the trouble. In this exclusive webinar with Amber Asay, we’ll explore graphic design trends that need to die, trends that are starting to pick up and why, trends that have come and gone, and how t

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

From transforming Boulder's beloved Pizzeria Alberico to partnering with global brands like Stripe, Mast balances simplicity, collaboration, and storytelling in its approach. Inspired by design legends and modern art, this small but dynamic team brings a timeless quality to every project. Based in Denver, Colorado, Studio Mast is a small but mighty outfit that finds inspiration in everything and everyone, from Paul Rand and the Vignellis to "passionate clients", art, literature, and nature.

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We And The Color

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Creating a polished and visually appealing annual report is essential for any organization aiming to communicate its achievements, goals, and financial data effectively. With Adobe InDesign templates, such as this well-designed template by Refresh , even those with minimal design experience can produce a professional-looking report that resonates with their brand.

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UX Collective

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Reflections on the role of algorithms in creative work. Illustration by Kristina Gushcheva-Keippilä In “Filterworld”, Kyle Chayka explores the way algorithms “flatten” culture. One specific culprit, according to Chayka, is the data-driven nature of many social media feeds. He suggests that algorithm-based curation leads us to consume content that is less diverse and more generic.

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Creative Bloq

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Who thought laser eyes were a good idea?

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UX Collective

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Business as usual? No. Three years ago, during the hard Covid lockdown in The Netherlands, the news arrived at our company; we were going to be acquired by a competitor. At that point, my reference to company acquisitions was Meta buying Instagram or movies depicting evil corporations pushing local shops into bankruptcy. I had no idea how common mergers and acquisitions are all around the world, across many industries.

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Design Everywhere

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Design Everywhere is a blog focused on showcasing carefully selected graphic design works and beyond around the world. These daily dose of visual inspirations are collected by Preston Tham. All works displayed here are rightfully credited to their respective owners.

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Brands must create and share impactful content to thrive, but they have less people, tighter budgets, and fewer resources to do so. Learn how to publish and market digital content with the same professionalism as organizations with million-dollar budgets.

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Design You Trust

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Weather Photographer, Winner: Sprites Dancing in the Dark Night by Wang Xin The Royal Meteorological Society has announced the 2024 winners of the Standard Chartered Weather Photographer of the Year Awards, featuring breathtaking images of weather phenomena worldwide. The top prize went to Wang Xin from Shanghai for the photograph “Sprites Dancing in the Dark Night,” capturing rare red sprites illuminating a stormy night sky over Chongming District.

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Design Everywhere

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Design Everywhere is a blog focused on showcasing carefully selected graphic design works and beyond around the world. These daily dose of visual inspirations are collected by Preston Tham. All works displayed here are rightfully credited to their respective owners.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Rockfall by SilverStag These fresh releases from independent foundries bring warmth and character to the season. As autumn deepens and the design world turns towards year-end projects, November's typography releases offer a rich harvest of versatile new fonts. From vintage-inspired display faces to a web font with an innovative licensing model, this month's selection of fonts showcases the innovation and craft driving the best independent foundries.

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Creative Bloq

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

We've put together a cheat sheet of tips for avoiding Black Friday FOMO this year – from creating a wishlist to using price comparison trackers.

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Speaker: Sean Adams, ArtCenter College of Design

Thomas Edison once said “Vision without execution is hallucination.” This statement applies not just to invention, but to graphic design. One of the greatest strengths of graphic designers is the ability to first develop a concept and then execute it to make it real. From visualization and ideation all the way through to actuation and execution, each step of this process takes skill and expertise.

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UX Collective

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Learn how El Retiro in Madrid applies UX to transform its green spaces into one of the best places on Earth.

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Creative Bloq

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

ActiveSplat can autonomously make Gaussian splats 'on the fly'.

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Design You Trust

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Daniel Gulliver, known professionally as Gully, is a distinguished tattoo artist from London, UK, celebrated for his innovative “debossed” tattoo technique. This method creates the illusion of designs carved into the skin, offering a three-dimensional effect that captivates viewers. Gully’s repertoire extends beyond debossed tattoos; he also excels in ultra-realistic portraits and optical illusions, showcasing his versatility and artistic depth.

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Creative Bloq

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Behind the concept artist's Mother Reimagined series.

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Design You Trust

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Li Jiayue, an exceptionally talented artist from China’s Sichuan province, specializes in intricate three-dimensional optical illusions that seem to disappear into their surroundings, captivating viewers with his ability to transform ordinary objects like lampposts, tree trunks, and even large buildings into extensions of their backgrounds. Although he initially pursued a major in electrical automation, his passion for art was evident from an early age, leading him to dedicate himself fully to r

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Creative Bloq

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Beautiful colour and super accurate.

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Communication Arts

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

A Paris-based photographer Franck Bohbot uses architectural and street scenes to convey the personality of cities and their citizens.

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Creative Bloq

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

How often do you actually turn your Mac off?

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In today’s competitive markets, how do you make sure that your content not only stands out but performs well? How can you predict whether certain design choices will result in clicks, engagement, downloads, and other drivers of ROI? Shutterstock’s Creative Insights Report (Q3) is your window into the hottest trends that are transforming the creative world.

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UX Collective

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Apply defined constraints in favor of the user’s well-being. Image by cottonbro studio on Pexels. Mad Max is an Australian film franchise, following a police officer on the brink of societal collapse, where the government has no capacity to protect its citizens in a dystopian wasteland. The main character, Max, is rather wary of others, struggling to decide whether to help or go his own way.

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Design You Trust

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Niall Shukla, a remarkably skilled and self-taught artist, creates stunningly intricate portraits on laminated glass by meticulously cracking it with controlled hammer strikes. This unique art form is paradoxical and captivating; Shukla wields various metal hammers and chisels to chip away at glass panels, generating cracks that eventually transform into beautifully detailed images.

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