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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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This rebrand started with a séance. Really 👀 Mother Design's identity for psychic platform Purple Garden grew out of a chakra reading and automatic drawing, and swaps category clichés for living type and six warmer purples. creativeboom.com/work/how-mo…
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Your unread emails are now zombies, and you're allowed to kill them 👀 The Unread, from Uncommon and Resn, is a free Halloween browser game that sends every defeated zombie email straight to the trash. creativeboom.com/news/a-new-…
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Before Instagram, a rave lived or died by its flyer 👀 Simon Wright's two-volume Drawing on the Future collects a decade-plus of his flyers, posters and logos for Perth's underground scene, sketches and unused ideas included: creativeboom.com/books/take-…
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Glasgow's design festival is back, and this year the awards night is in a medieval castle 👀 International Assembly runs 12–22 Nov with Bráulio Amado, COLLINS, a new Secret Stage and 22+ work placements for grads: creativeboom.com/news/intern…
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A for Warhol's soup can, D for Hirst's shark 👀 César Cid's Artphabet turns 26 famous artists into playful 3D letters. It started as a 36 Days of Type entry, and now there's a book on the way: creativeboom.com/work/cesar-…
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Navy blue is out. A law firm just went electric 👀 Uncommon has given 125-year-old White & Case a 'Catalyst Blue' identity, with Trajan-inspired lettering and a bold ampersand monogram that swerves every legal-sector cliché: creativeboom.com/work/this-r…
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23 new typefaces for October, every one drawn by human hands 👀 Includes Twista Sans, where every glyph shares one width so changing weight never reflows your layout, plus MuirMcNeil's Triode and a free style of Shuffle: creativeboom.com/type-drop/t…
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Build a portfolio of the work you actually want to be hired for 👀 From our archive: illustrator Chris Madden on his route from retail and band flyers into editorial work, and why it rewards ideas over style: creativeboom.com/inspiration…
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Lego and Daft Punk are teaming up, and the first set started life as a fan's lockdown project 👀 Tom May on what every brand can learn from letting fans lead: creativeboom.com/insight/leg…
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Swap the 'o' for a degree symbol and you've got a brand 👀 DutchScot's identity for Fjord, a floating sauna on San Francisco Bay, runs that one typographic idea through posters, signage and the website: creativeboom.com/work/this-f…
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For some people, everyday sounds aren't just annoying – they're unbearable 👀 Michelle Gruppetta's riso-printed short Misophonia shows what that feels like, shaped by focus groups with people who live with it: creativeboom.com/work/michel…
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Scope creep, vague briefs, out-of-hours emails… sound familiar? 👀 15 tips from working creatives on managing client expectations, from fixed vs hourly pricing to using change orders: creativeboom.com/tips/how-to…
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From our Instagram to a full rebrand 👀 Belgian designer Davy Denduyver was spotted in our Ten Under 10K series by A Human Agency founder Ryan Claydon – and ended up designing the agency's new identity for its fifth birthday. #Branding creativeboom.com/work/davy-d…
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Eleven years after her last visit, our founding editor Katy Cowan is heading back to Adobe MAX 👀 Why she stayed away, why she's off to Miami, and why she'll still keep Adobe on its toes. Going too? Come and say hi. #AdobeMAX creativeboom.com/news/adobe-…
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Thirty years in, and not one of SEA's marks has been redesigned 👀 Bryan Edmondson's London studio celebrates with SEA 30, a 304-page anniversary book – plus some hard-won lessons on staying small and built to last. #GraphicDesign creativeboom.com/insight/sea…
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Not the best draughtsperson in the room? Ideas might matter more 👀 Illustrator Liam Eisenberg, who's drawn for The New Yorker, on bold outlines, endless thumbnails and why "not everyone can come up with good ideas". #Illustration creativeboom.com/inspiration…
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Thought Bubble turns 20 👀 From a basement in Leeds Town Hall to 600+ exhibitors in Harrogate, the comics festival's directors pick eight indie creators who could be the next big thing. #Comics creativeboom.com/news/as-tho…
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The clocks have gone back and the evenings are drawing in, so here's a gentle one for your Sunday 👀 Creatives share what keeps them happy, from "Be brutally honest with yourself" to accepting the lows and letting go of what you can't control. creativeboom.com/tips/the-cr…
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Who owns your face when AI can copy it in seconds? 👀 UnitedUs rebrands Twinnin around a hologram-style 'Verified Human' mark, so you decide who gets to license your likeness: creativeboom.com/news/can-a-…
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Oslo's grumpiest local is back to put you off visiting – and this time he's singing 👀 The sequel to VisitOSLO's 25M-view hit is a Christmas horror musical selling the city's winter. 5M+ views in week one: creativeboom.com/news/oslos-…
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