Creative Boom
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Art & design, minus the gatekeeping 👀 News, inspiration & advice for the people who make things – artists, designers & illustrators. Championing the creative community since 2009.
From the farm-shop aisle to a Latin American party 👀 Derek&Eric gave tortilla brand Manomasa a glow-up – vibrant palette, dancing mascots and a new tagline, 'Snacks With Spirit'. www.creativeboom.com/news/how-der...
From the archive 👀 Jules Magistry draws boys, men and "visions of masculinity" in colour pencil, chasing a "nourished" version of masculinity and new representations of men: www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/...
A headline font you own outright – no licence fees, ever 👀 Newspaper Club + new foundry abcD8 built NC HEADLINE from the tabloid archives: www.creativeboom.com/news/newspap...
Tiny framed objects where a loose drawing meets an obsessively precise frame 👀 David Adrien on the tension between playfulness and control: www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/...
Typography that starts with no plan at all 👀 Tjaša Cizej begins with one letter and builds the rest "almost like a puzzle" – vivid, restless and hard to look away from: www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/...
Jana Frost builds dreamlike worlds between collage and set-building – "limitation forces invention" 👀 Handmade craft as a real visual language: www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/...
Three years in, exhausted and broke, wondering if it's time to quit freelancing? You're really not alone 👀 Creatives who've been there on why struggling doesn't always mean stopping — and how to tell when it's a pivot, not the end: www.creativeboom.com/tips/should-...
What if the frame mattered as much as the picture inside it? 👀 Paris illustrator-bookbinder David Adrien hand-builds frames that turn loose little drawings into precious objects: www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/...
A cherry in a brandy glass, a flower through rain, sweets like a lab sample 👀 Karolina Burlikowska on chasing the "slightly off, slightly magical": www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/...
"I'm just putting parts of letters together, almost like a puzzle" 👀 Slovenian designer Tjaša Cizej makes vivid, restless typography — no sketching, just colour and instinct: www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/...
"There's a spirit in every living and non-living thing" 👀 Japan-born, NY illustrator Maki Yamaguchi on real pigments, dreamlike images and why the last brushstroke changes everything: www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/...
Are you being paid what you're worth as a graphic designer? 👀 What really affects your pay — and how to ask for a rise: www.creativeboom.com/tips/the-gra...
Nothing reboots your creativity like a fresh notebook and a good pen 👀 22 of the best online stationery shops worth supporting: www.creativeboom.com/resources/22...
On the hunt for your next design role? 👀 The best online job boards for graphic designers — UK, remote and worldwide: www.creativeboom.com/resources/th...
"You're allowed to change your mind, your path and your pace." 👀 Adam J. Kurtz on leaving New York, untangling identity from work, and what happens after you get the thing you thought you wanted: www.creativeboom.com/podcast/adam...
From train stations to hospital gardens, Lucy Grainge makes art everywhere for everyone 👀 www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/...
Malika Favre became an illustrator at 28 — and says those "late" years are why she survived freelancing 👀 Building a career on your own terms, and why handmade work only matters more in the age of AI: www.creativeboom.com/podcast/mali...
Forget the fridge: Studio Mol on why your children's artwork deserves to be properly 👀 framed www.creativeboom.com/resources/st...
Jimmy Turrell's analogue, hands-on process accidentally future-proofed his work against AI 👀 On creativity, working-class roots and staying original when everything keeps changing: www.creativeboom.com/podcast/jimm...
A creative festival where nobody wants to be famous 👀 Our honest take on Pictoplasma in Berlin, and who it's really for: www.creativeboom.com/insight/the-...
Koto reframes Stack Overflow around the one thing AI can't replace: its community 👀 www.creativeboom.com/news/koto-re...
JKR helps Schweppes rediscover its sparkle with a heritage-inspired redesign 👀 www.creativeboom.com/news/with-ti...
Nobody talks about money, and that silence helps no one 👀 We're running The Illustrators' Survey 2026 – completely anonymous, about 3 minutes. What are illustrators really charging, and do they feel fairly paid? The more answers, the truer the picture: creativeboom.typeform.com/illustrators26
A tender, honest one this week. Designer Natty Harris on grief, growing up as a young carer, and rebuilding a creative life when everything changes — and finding hope on the other side of loss. www.creativeboom.com/podcast/natt...
The tin-opener philosophy of design: founder Ben Farr on analogue thinking and why he chose Stoke-on-Trent 👀 www.creativeboom.com/insight/the-...
Christa Jarrold's 3D worlds look messy, hand-made, and tinged with darkness 👀 www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/...
What are studios actually looking for in junior creatives in 2026? Show your thinking, not just your results 👀 www.creativeboom.com/tips/in-2026...
Sparkling water, but make it aura 👀 WAWA — co-created with Sam Kerr, designed by OneMay — ditches the wellness clichés for bold, dreamy packaging: www.creativeboom.com/news/sparkli...
Bid blind for a Murugiah or a Clare Twomey as War Child's Secret 7" marks 10 years 👀 www.creativeboom.com/news/bid-bli...
"Design is never neutral." 👀 Jessie McGuire of Thought Matter on imagination as a tool for shaping culture, and why every creative decision affects the world around us: www.creativeboom.com/podcast/jess...