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We're super excited to announce that Creative Boom is embracing a new era, marking 15 years with a vibrant redesign launched today. Boom! creativeboom.com/news/a-new-… What do you think? 👀👇👇👇
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A logo hiding in plain sight 👀 Helsinki's old Train Factory turned the mark that once told engineers where to safely lift a train carriage into its new 'T': creativeboom.com/inspiration…
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Hermès and Chanel came knocking – and Sarah Martinon gave them something no machine could draw 👀 Her illustration has leapt off the page onto fabrics, walls and into a dreamy Chanel film: creativeboom.com/inspiration…
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"I used to think that by 30, you were supposed to have everything figured out" 👀 Kent Wood went from kinesiologist to Caribbean wholesaler to Manchester motion designer. On finding your way when the path isn't straight: creativeboom.com/insight/mee…
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100 tracks. 100 petri dishes of mould. One album cover 👀 Belfast's Robocobra Quartet grew ~100 dishes of fungus at home to illustrate their album – no brief, no budget, no AI: creativeboom.com/inspiration…
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Guinness just modernised without touching its logo 👀 Its new 'LoVely' campaign drops the 160-year-old harp straight into the 'v'. Simple, and very clever: creativeboom.com/inspiration…
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"Can you make our logo a bit bigger?" Every designer knows that request 👀 Form solved British Cycling and Lloyds' two-logo problem not in the lock-up, but in the typography itself: creativeboom.com/inspiration…
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Pitching against other freelancers? Your proposal is doing more of the selling than you think 👀 A practical guide to writing one that actually wins the work: creativeboom.com/tips/how-to…
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Wellness branding all looks the same by now: white space, muted palettes, soft type 👀 Mother Design threw that out for Keen, building a rich, maximalist folk-art world for the psychic advice platform instead: creativeboom.com/inspiration…
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Dreaming of illustration agency representation? 👀 We asked the agents themselves, from Handsome Frank to Pocko, what actually gets an illustrator signed. Their honest, practical advice: creativeboom.com/tips/tips-f…
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Whistles turned 50 – and instead of models, it fly-posted London asking for 'open-minded women' 👀 2,000 replied. Agency Weirdo shot 50 of them, aged 19 to 72, in a single day: creativeboom.com/inspiration…
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A beer mat might be the smartest place to start a conversation about debt 👀 Lowell skipped billboards and commissioned five illustrators for 25 coasters that gently get people talking about money. creativeboom.com/inspiration…
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Two sub-brands built so one literally looks like the echo of the other 👀 Pentagram's twin identities for Doha Design District, Mada and Sada, are a masterclass in brand architecture. creativeboom.com/inspiration…
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Working from home can get lonely, and it's not just you 👀 Creatives share how they stay connected: fake commutes, Slack and Discord groups, life drawing, podcasts for company. creativeboom.com/tips/how-to…
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A hitchhiking trip to the sea, a friend eating a biscuit by the river – months later, it becomes a drawing 👀 Marie-Lou Garcia draws the calm moments most of us walk past: creativeboom.com/inspiration…
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Our eyes now follow you around – and they know what time zone you're in 👀 Ten years on, we've brought Creative Boom's mascot fully to life, animated by Dan Silverstone with a mood for every hour: creativeboom.com/news/the-ey…
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What typeface did DeafCity Hub use? Wrong question 👀 Templo built the logo from real hand movements inspired by British Sign Language, captured with motion-tracking. A brand made from how the community actually communicates: creativeboom.com/news/asking…
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Not a scrap of empty space – just hundreds of tiny people, all doing something 👀 Korean illustrator Saehan Parc on her wall-to-wall crowd scenes: creativeboom.com/inspiration…
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Stuck in a creative rut? Sometimes the way out is a good book 👀 50 essential reads for graphic designers – from Grid Systems and The Elements of Typographic Style to Extra Bold and Women Design: creativeboom.com/resources/5…
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'Approved with disappointment.' Fifteen years on, that line still haunts the designer who got it 👀 The seven kinds of client feedback that knock you sideways – and how to stop them living rent-free in your head: creativeboom.com/tips/7-line…
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A clay squirrel starts baking a cheesecake, gets distracted, and tips the sugar into her tea instead 👀 Inside Qiaoyu Liao's gorgeous stop-motion film Suuugar!: creativeboom.com/inspiration…
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