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Supple Studio and Studio Spilsbury craft a hands-on identity for Somer Valley Brewing

Creative Boom

A farm-first approach, real-world textures, and playful illustrations bring an authentic, handcrafted charm to the Bath-based brewery's new look. Somer Valley Brewing isn't your typical craft brewery. Nestled in the Somerset countryside, it's part of Somer Valley Farms, an ambitious, sustainability-led venture that brings traditional farming methods to the forefront.

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Xiaomi’s Latest Phone Looks Like a Classic Leica Camera

Design Milk

While companies like Nothing are pushing the boundaries of phone design with transparent aesthetics and eye-catching LEDs, Chinese tech giant Xiaomi is taking a different, more nostalgic approach. Enter the Xiaomi 15 Ultra , the companys latest flagship smartphone thats turning heads with a design inspired by classic Leica cameras. This unique aesthetic choice goes beyond skin deep, highlighting Xiaomis continued collaboration with Leica to bring professional-grade photography to mobile devices.

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TBWALondon evolves Cheddar Town in new Mini Cheddars campaign

Creative Boom

With an animated cheese-rolling extravaganza, Mini Cheddars leans deeper into British humour, national cheese obsession, and digital playfulness in the latest iteration of its Cheddar Town platform. Mini Cheddars is back with another delightfully daft campaign, and this time, it's careening down a hill. Building on the success of its Cheddar Town platform, the baked snack brand has teamed up with TBWALondon for a new campaign that continues to celebrate Britain's long-standing obsession with che

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Cuddle-Worthy Curves Marry Modularity in King Living’s 1977 Sofa

Design Milk

Psychedelic patterns, plush carpets, and syncopated beats are among the pop-culture elements plucked from the 1970s that continue to captivate global audiences with the same nostalgia-packed power that crackling vinyl has over a new generation finding its groove. But 70s design in the Land Down Under saw a modernism largely inspired by coastal living, creature comforts, and a flowering of colorful, artistic expression a little less rigid than some of their western counterparts.

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Let's Talk Trends: Designing for Maximum Impact

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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Viral anti-Tesla ads show how far an iconic brand can fall

Creative Bloq

Has Tesla become the world's most hated company?

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The Healing Architecture Behind The Spa at Inns of Aurora Resort & Spa

Design Milk

A stone bench radiates a gentle warmth not from the sun, but from within. It is subtle details such as this at The Spa at the Inns of Aurora Resort & Spa that reveal thoughtful integration of comfort and materiality, which define this award-winning wellness space. The 15,000-square-foot facility, located in Aurora, New York, represents a significant evolution in American spa design, one that merges ancient Ayurvedic principles with contemporary architectural principles.

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The Vipp Todos Santos Guesthouse Opens in the Baja California Desert

Design Milk

When it comes to the ever-illustrious raft of heritage Danish design brands theres perhaps no company more agile than Vipp. Established in the late 1930s, the boutique manufacturer named after the Danish word for tilt gained renown for its trash bins with a hyper-efficient pedal function and durable metal shell. Like the many innovative concepts Vipp has released in the decades since modular kitchen outfits also embody the tenant of timelessness the manufacturer has championed a necessity-dr

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Tia Keobounpheng’s Vibrating Textile Geometries Merge Modernism and Sámi Heritage

Colossal

Tia Keobounpheng learned to weave during a visit to Oulu, Finland, when she was 18 years old. Seated beside two older Finnish women in a community weaving center, she worked for hours, hardly speaking a word. Two decades later, following university studies in weaving, architecture, and design, the Minnesota-based artist’s memory of her first lesson connects her to her ancestral land and its time-honored craft traditions.

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Canva Pro review: intuitive online design platform for those frustrated by the free version

Creative Bloq

Canva Pro makes everything from social media posts through to designing a whole website easy, thanks to its drag-and-drop interface and customisable templates.

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Helen Holden on unlearning hustle culture and making space for creativity, parenting and purpose

Creative Boom

Image licensed via Adobe Stock In Her Own Words is an ongoing Q&A series spotlighting honest conversations with women working across the creative industries. In this edition, part of our Work-Life Balance & Boundaries theme, we speak with Helen Holden, founder of creative practice MakeCreate. When Helen Holden launched her creative practice MakeCreate nearly a decade ago, she hit the ground running working seven days a week, raising two young children, and saying yes to every opportunit

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The Democratization of Design: Giving Creators & Marketers the Tools to Succeed

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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Coca-Cola just resurrected its most iconic campaign ever

Creative Bloq

The 'debranding' trend just won't go away.

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Minard Day

FlowingData

Charles-Joseph Minard was born on March 27, 1781. Most who know the name associate it with Minard’s map of the Napoleon Russian campaign, but that work came later in life, post-retirement , at the ripe age of 88 years old. He had already been making flow maps for decades as a civil engineer. From The Minard System by Sandra Rendgen: Tarb de Saint-Hardouin, who published a collection of biographies on the engineers of the Corps des ponts et chausses in 1884, described Minard as a person of

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NASA just casually dropped the coolest optical illusion we've seen in space

Creative Bloq

The stars aren't as aligned as they seem.

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A Magazine InDesign Template to Create Stunning Magazines Easily

We And The Color

Craving a Stunning Magazine? Discover Tom Sarraipo’s Incredible InDesign Template! Ever dreamt of crafting a magazine that captivates readers from cover to cover? Imagine flipping through pages filled with engaging content, beautiful imagery, and a layout that just works. It’s a vision many creatives share, but the execution can often feel daunting.

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From Visualization to Execution: Exploring Our Strengths as Designers

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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Cocada do Bem: Inspiring Branding and Packaging Design

Abduzeedo

Cocada do Bem: Inspiring Branding and Packaging Design abduzeedo 03/27 2025 Explore Cocada do Bem's branding and packaging design, a Brazilian delight with a charitable mission. Learn about its visual identity. Cocada do Bem, a Brazilian brand from Goiana, offers homemade coconut sweets with a unique mission. The brand allocates a portion of its profits to charities and NGOs.

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Elizabeth Goodspeed on why graphic designers can’t stop joking about hating their jobs

Its Nice That

Designers are burnt out, disillusioned, and constantly joking about quitting but underneath the memes lies a deeper reckoning. Our US editor-at-large explores how irony became the industrys dominant tone, and what it might mean to care again.

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10+ Awesome AI & Professional Tools for Your 2025 Website Projects

Design Beep

Every one of the 14 awesome AI & professional tools described in this article brings a generous helping of efficiency and practicality to the table. As a result, they enable you to build websites that meet and surpass industry standards, ensuring visitor engagement and client satisfaction. Working with AI may be new to you, and even a bit scary.

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The 5 Best Branding Fonts Designers Love in 2025

We And The Color

Do You Want to Know About Our Selection of the Top 5 Branding Fonts in 2025? Okay, We’ll Tell You. Lets talk about something sneaky but oh-so-powerful in 2025: branding fonts. You know how you can spot a brand from a mile away just by its vibe? Thats typography doing the heavy lifting. Its not just lettersits the soul of a brand, setting the tone before you even process the message.

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Rethinking Creative Workflows: Increasing Efficiency in the Design Process

As the design industry evolves, teams are facing new challenges and a need to produce more outstanding creative work than ever. Leaders must learn how to adapt their processes to solve today’s—and tomorrow’s—unique design challenges. In this e-book, you’ll learn how to establish your creative workflow and leverage the power of CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite to streamline the entire design process, from start to finish.

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Tone-on-Tone Printing

Press'd

There is something subtle and classic about tone-on-tone printing that elevates the look of a piece. We have been enjoying the tonal printing trend for a while now and are excited to share examples of this trend from our latest release. Green with Style Envy The reaching vines, foliage, and flowers of the Darcy save the date are perfect for a garden bash.

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Lloyds Bank puts the 'Fun' in 'Funding' with new recruitment campaign by EveryFriday

Creative Boom

With dry corporate clichs left at the door, the banking giant's latest work champions cinematic storytelling, relatable humour and a very familiar voiceover to attract talent beyond finance. If you've ever woken up on a Monday morning questioning your life choices, you're not alone. In fact, Lloyds Bank is betting on that shared dread in its new recruitment campaign, developed by creative agency EveryFriday, putting a humorous twist on the traditional 95 narrative.

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The illustrator and knitter Annie Hall sees wool as the perfect tool for drawing

Its Nice That

With hundreds of jumpers under her metaphorical belt (including 45 different cat designs) Annie embraces knitwear as her illustrative medium of choice.

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Studio Sana balances hope and fight in AmplifyChange rebrand

Design Week

Studio Sana has created a new brand strategy and visual identity for AmplifyChange, a sexual and reproductive health and rights fund.

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Creative Insights: Data-Backed Trends to Help You Design Successful Content

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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How to make realistic 3D donuts in Blender

Creative Bloq

Perfect for beginners, this guide will help you to master essential Blender skills while crafting a fun, tasty-looking 3D masterpiece!

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Designspiration - Untitled Article

Designspiration

Saved by Kyle Brosius (@kylebrosius).

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Did you download Godot 4.4? Upgrade right now to fix 125 bugs

Creative Bloq

Maintenance release can't come soon enough.

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In Memory of Takenobu Igarashi (1944–2025)

Graphis

The design world has lost a visionary. Takenobu Igarashi, whose revolutionary three-dimensional typography and sculptural works redefined. The post In Memory of Takenobu Igarashi (19442025) appeared first on Graphis Blog.

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How to Create Stunning Typography With the Corel Type Tool Kit

Download this free eBook to learn how you can create stunning typography, using the basics, such as placing text, to advanced controls like ligatures, variable fonts, effects, tracking, range kerning, and everything in between. Learn how to: Use Character Control to add variety to your font styles. Use Paragraph Control to manage spacing, alignment, justification and more.

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How to draw hands: master gesture sketching with this professional process

Creative Bloq

Portrait painter Kate Oleska reveals how to get started with drawing hand motion.

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Fuku by Red Antler

BP&O

Fuku (no sniggering at the back please) is a fine brining establishment i.e. some sort of eatery, you can safely assume specialising in a specific type of chicken sando, or in normal language, sandwich. According to Red Antler, the Brooklyn based design agency behind Fukus branding, ‘the Fuku sando first hit the scene as a secret menu item The post Fuku by Red Antler appeared first on BP&O - Branding, Packaging and Opinion.

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LIVE: All you need to know about today's Nintendo Direct (but don't get your hopes up for any Switch 2 updates)

Creative Bloq

The company has made it clear that there will be no new updates on the Nintendo Switch 2 during this presentation, but still some exciting things to look forward to.

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Mechanisms of Fascination – Granting humanity to the artificial

Creative Applications

Get full content RSS Feed Mechanisms of Fascination is comprised of several luminous elements emiting clearly readable messages. These elements, converse in silence, speculate, and invent stories about what theyre observing in the room, based on their own mechanical and limited ability to analyze reality. Their dialogue feels unsettlingyet strangely familiar.

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Web Design for All: Accessibility, Inclusivity and Beyond

Speaker: Eden Spivak, Design Expert and Editor at Wix & Nir Horesh, Accessibility Lead and Senior Product Manager at Wix

When we design products or websites for people like ourselves, there are many others who are, as a result, left out. From visually impaired users who rely on assistive technology, to people with a temporary injury such as a broken arm, tech users are forever diverse and beautifully unique. The products we design can, and should, reflect the extremely wide range of human experiences and needs.