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Creative BoomApple Music's new logo was shaped by Fred Again and a bath of mineral oil Apple's streaming service has rebranded for the first time since launch. Created with TBWA\Media Arts Lab, the new identity is full of ripples made by sound. We find out more.
Creative BoomAs Thought Bubble comic art festival turns 20, meet the indie creators who could be the next big thing The organisers of the Yorkshire event pick the fresh names you shouldn't miss this year. By definition, the big names in the creative world are few in number, and so we naturally tend to venerate…
Creative BoomWhy is a creative agency in New York asking women to 'send nudes'? This provocative campaign turns a familiar online request into a powerful reminder. Call me a cynic. (Most journalists are, or at least the good ones.) But whenever anyone starts to wax lyrical about…
Creative BoomSEA turns 30 with a new anniversary book celebrating design that lasts The London studio is marking three decades with a gorgeous silver-edged book and a party with industry friends.
Creative BoomAdobe MAX, it's been a while: why Creative Boom is heading to Miami after 11 years away As founding editor of Creative Boom, I last went to Adobe's creativity conference in 2015. Here's why I'm going back – and why I'm happy to let a few things slide.
Creative BoomFrom Creative Boom's Instagram to a full rebrand: How Davy Denduyver met A Human Agency Founder Ryan Claydon was scrolling through one of our regular Instagram posts when he noticed the designer's work.
Creative BoomCasey Roarty digs through Facebook Marketplace listings and transforms his findings into art Inspired by awkward crops, harsh flash, blurred faces and unexpected details, the graphic designer recreates overlooked images lurking inside second-hand listings for his project Is This Still…
Creative BoomOslo's grumpiest resident is back – and this time he's singing Two years after its campaign went viral, VisitOSLO and local agency NewsLab are at it again, bringing back their deadpan local for a sequel. Only this time, it's a Christmas horror musical.
Creative BoomCan a trust mark keep your face out of AI? UnitedUs thinks so with its rebrand for Twinnin The Brighton studio has crafted an identity centred around a 'Verified Human' mark. And it looks very much like a security hologram. The idea is you instantly know a real human gave their permission.
Creative BoomHow Music founded a football identity on lettering found at London's oldest stadium Manchester agency Music and type foundry F37 turn hand-rendered lettering at Craven Cottage into a bespoke typeface and flexible identity. We find out more.
Creative BoomBooms & Shakes: October's strategy power moves, Manchester mergers, and why craft is the word of the month Strategy hires, mergers up North, and craft everywhere you look. Here are October's biggest movers and shakers, and what they tell us about where the creative industry is heading next.
Creative BoomNew book In Clubland documents 35 years of rave culture, from acid house to the superclub era Liverpool photographer Mark McNulty has collected more than 550 images from four decades of clubbing.
Creative BoomCollins centres Remote's new identity on banknote colours and building blocks A fresh visual identity for the payroll platform uses banknote colours, a stackable cube and a chunky new wordmark to make global payroll exciting.
Creative BoomMeet Krea 3: the fast, easy-to-use tool built for editing (not replacing) your work Krea's new model focuses on giving us faster, cheaper control over our own creative projects. As a creative, it can feel like every AI company is trying to put you out of business.
Creative BoomPentagram's design festival identity finds a clever way to give equal billing to Arabic and English Samar Maakaroun's branding for Design Doha Biennial 2026 draws on stretching letterforms to connect the system. Ever designed for a bilingual audience? Let's just say it can be a challenge.
Creative BoomDavid Smalling turns mattresses, pearls and instruments into something unsettling and uneasy The Jamaican-born painter stacks beds and hangs pearls around candelabra in oil paintings that look gorgeous until you get closer.
Creative BoomCaroline Tremlett is bringing the Victorian jelly back, one wobble at a time By day she advises international law firms. By night, the antique-mould collector shapes crowns, castles and sea serpents out of jelly.
Creative BoomAndré Britz draws dimly remembered landscapes, in a book held together with a pink elastic band The German graphic designer's project is designed to feel unfinished. We've all got a place that's dear to our heart, that we visited years ago, and which we have a clear picture of in our mind.
Creative BoomHow two simple dots gave Pictoplasma a fresh personality for 2026 andstudio gives Berlin's character design festival a brand new look, built entirely from type. From childhood, most of us will be familiar with seeing a man in the moon.
Creative BoomPregnant Then Screwed subverts the conventions of retail design to highlight a vital gender issue The campaigning charity is helping to expose how the UK pension system undervalues mothers who take time off work. The neon starburst is one of the most familiar graphic devices in retail.
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