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Creative Boom
Creative Boom is an art, design and visual culture magazine and website aimed at the creative industries. The UK-based platform includes general articles, industry news, features, tips and inspiration pieces for various creative sectors including advertising, animation, architecture, art and culture, crafts, digital, fashion, film, gaming, graphic design, illustration, photography, product design, and publishing. In addition, it has a podcast and print shop. History and growth Creative Boom launched on 24 July 2009 after its Manchester-based founding editor, Katy Cowan, spoke to other freelancers and small businesses on Twitter and realised there was a need for creative support online, particularly for the underrepresented – somewhere people could gain free exposure, support and learn about all things creative. Creative Boom has seven million readers annually. On 4 November 2011, Creative Boom became part of The Guardian Culture Professionals Network, one of the professional n ...
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of England (which included Wales, annexed in 1542) and the Kingdom of Scotland in 170 ...
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Debbie Millman
Debbie Millman is an American writer, educator, artist, curator, and designer who is best known as the host of the podcast '' Design Matters''. She has authored six books and is the President Emeritus of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) and chair, one of only five women to hold the position over 100 years. She co-founded the Masters in Branding Program at the School of Visual Arts in New York City with Steven Heller. She was previously the editorial and creative director of '' Print'' magazine. Her illustrations have appeared in many major publications, including ''New York Magazine'', ''Design Observer'', and ''Fast Company'' and her artwork has been included in many museums and institutes including the Design Museum of Chicago and the Boston Biennale. Early life and education Millman studied at the University at Albany, SUNY for her undergraduate Bachelor of Arts degree. She majored in English with a minor in Russian literature, graduating in 1983. During her ...
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Design Magazines
A design is a plan or specification for the construction of an object or system or for the implementation of an activity or process or the result of that plan or specification in the form of a prototype, product, or process. The verb ''to design'' expresses the process of developing a design. In some cases, the direct construction of an object without an explicit prior plan (such as in craftwork, some engineering, coding, and graphic design) may also be considered to be a design activity. The design usually has to satisfy certain goals and constraints; may take into account aesthetic, functional, economic, or socio-political considerations; and is expected to interact with a certain environment. Typical examples of designs include architectural and engineering drawings, circuit diagrams, sewing patterns and less tangible artefacts such as business process models. Designing People who produce designs are called ''designers''. The term 'designer' generally refers to someone who works ...
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Online Magazines Published In The United Kingdom
In computer technology and telecommunications, online indicates a state of connectivity and offline indicates a disconnected state. In modern terminology, this usually refers to an Internet connection, but (especially when expressed "on line" or "on the line") could refer to any piece of equipment or functional unit that is connected to a larger system. Being online means that the equipment or subsystem is connected, or that it is ready for use. "Online" has come to describe activities performed on and data available on the Internet, for example: "online identity", "online predator", "online gambling", "online game", "online shopping", "online banking", and "online learning". Similar meaning is also given by the prefixes "cyber" and "e", as in the words "cyberspace", "cybercrime", "email", and "ecommerce". In contrast, "offline" can refer to either computing activities performed while disconnected from the Internet, or alternatives to Internet activities (such as shopping in bri ...
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Shopify
Shopify Inc. is a Canadian multinational e-commerce company headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario. Shopify is the name of its proprietary e-commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale systems. The Shopify platform offers online retailers a suite of services including payments, marketing, shipping and customer engagement tools. The company reported that it had more than 1,700,000 businesses in approximately 175 countries using its platform as of May 2021. According to BuiltWith, 1.58 million websites run on the Shopify platform as of 2021. According to W3Techs, 4.4% of the top 10 million websites use Shopify. The total gross merchandise volume exceeded US$61 billion for calendar 2019. As of July 2022, Shopify is among the top 20 largest publicly traded Canadian companies by market capitalization. Total revenue for the full year 2021 was US$4.611 billion. History 2006: Founding Shopify was founded in 2006 by Tobias Lütke and Scott Lake after attempting ...
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Noma Bar
Noma Bar (born 1973)is a graphic designer, illustrator and artist, based in London. Bar's work has been described as "deceptively simple", featuring flat colours, minimal detail and negative space to create images that often carry double meanings that are not immediately apparent. Bar himself outlines his approach as avoiding unnecessary detail or decoration that might detract from an image's message, instead aiming for 'maximum communication with minimal elements.' Born in Israel and based in London since 2000, his illustrations appear internationally in newspapers, magazines, book covers and advertising campaigns. Publications that have featured his work include ''The New Yorker,'' ''The Guardian,'' ''The New York Times,'' ''Time Out London,'' '' GQ, The Economist, Wallpaper*'' and ''Esquire.'' Bar works on campaigns for companies such as Apple, Google, Sony, Nike, IBM and Coca-Cola, as well as for public institutions like the V&A, the BBC, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital and ...
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Oliver Jeffers
Oliver Brendan Jeffers (born 1977) is a Northern Irish artist, illustrator and writer who now lives and works in Brooklyn. He went to the integrated secondary school Hazelwood College, then graduated from the University of Ulster in 2001. Life and work From figurative painting and installation, to illustration and picture-book making, his work has been exhibited in New York, The Brooklyn Museum, Berlin, Dublin, London, Sydney, Washington, D.C., and Belfast. He is widely known for his picture books for children, published by HarperCollins UK and Penguin US. ''How to Catch a Star'' debuted in 2004 to critical acclaim, and ''Lost and Found'' (2005) won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Gold Medal 2006, the Blue Peter Book Award 2006 and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal the same year. ''The Incredible Book Eating Boy'' (2007) won the Irish Book Awards Children's Book of the Year, and his fourth Book ''The Way Back Home'' was released in September 2007 and ''The Great ...
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Malcolm Garrett
Malcolm Leslie Garrett (born 1956) is a British graphic designer, and Creative Director of Images&Co, a communications design consultancy based in London, UK. He is Ambassador for Manchester School of Art and co-founder of the annual Design Manchester festival, now in its eighth year. He came to prominence in the late 70s and early 80s through his work for music artists such as Buzzcocks, Magazine, Duran Duran, Simple Minds, Heaven 17 and Peter Gabriel. He was an early convert to exploring the opportunities and challenges of design with digital technology, and his London studio was amongst the first of its peers to go totally digital in 1990. Overview In 1998, Garrett received a Prince Philip Designers Prize nomination in recognition of his achievements in design for business and society. In 2003, he was named by ''Design Week'' as one of the "Hot 50 people making a difference in design" for his work as design ambassador. Garrett continues his design practice as Creative Dir ...
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Gail Anderson (graphic Designer)
Gail Anderson (born 1962) is an American graphic designer, writer, and educator- known for her typographic skill, hand-lettering and poster design. Biography Early life and education Gail Anderson's family migrated to the Bronx, New York from Jamaica. She was the first-generation American, and first-generation college-educated in her family. In her youth, Anderson created Jackson 5 and Partridge Family pretend magazines. As she got older, she began to look into what was then called “commercial art” as a possible career field. She graduated from the School of Visual Arts with a BFA in 1984, where she was taught by Paula Scher. She joined the faculty at School of Visual Arts MFA, undergraduate, and high school design programs, and has served on the advisory boards for Adobe Partners by Design and the Society of Publication Designers. She currently serves on the board for the Type Directors Club, and is a member of the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee for the US Postal Serv ...
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Design Matters
''Design Matters'' is a podcast founded and hosted by American writer, educator, artist, and designer Debbie Millman. Founded in 2005, ''Design Matters'' is considered "the first and longest running podcast about design". It is now hosted on Design Observer, which is published in partnership with AIGA. Debbie Millman has interviewed over 250 guests including Amanda Palmer, Chris Ware, Malcolm Gladwell, Massimo Vignelli, Steven Heller (design writer), Steven Heller, Marian Bantjes, Tina Roth-Eisenberg, Tina Roth Eisenberg, Alain de Botton, Alison Bechdel, and Stefan Sagmeister. ''Design Matters'' won a Cooper Hewitt National Design Award in 2011 and was named one of iTunes Best Podcasts of 2015.The podcast has also been on top of the charts by a number mainstream media publications, such as Business Insider, HGTV, Architectural Digestand was recognized as a ''Webby Award, Webby Honoree'' in 2018. Format ''Design Matters'' is hosted by Debbie Millman and features personable, ...
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Magazine
A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combination of the three. Definition In the technical sense a ''journal'' has continuous pagination throughout a volume. Thus '' Business Week'', which starts each issue anew with page one, is a magazine, but the '' Journal of Business Communication'', which continues the same sequence of pagination throughout the coterminous year, is a journal. Some professional or trade publications are also peer-reviewed, for example the '' Journal of Accountancy''. Non-peer-reviewed academic or professional publications are generally ''professional magazines''. That a publication calls itself a ''journal'' does not make it a journal in the technical sense; ''The Wall Street Journal'' is actually a newspaper. Etymology The word "magazine" derives from Arabic , ...
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Dapo Adeola
Dapo Adeola is a British-Nigerian illustrator. He co-created and illustrated the Waterstones children's book of 2020 ''Look'' ''Up!'', which explored space science. Adeola is best known for creating graphics that challenge race and gender stereotypes. Early life and early career Adeola was born in London to parents of Nigerian origin. Toward the end of his time at high school, Adeola decided to pursue a career in graphic design. He studied art for General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) and GCE Advanced Level. He started a foundation course in art, where he was trained in fine art, graphic design and photography. As illustration was not offered, Adeola taught himself through online courses. To support himself financially while studying, Adeola worked part time as a gym receptionist. Adeola's style and confidence grew, he started to share his artwork on Instagram. While in university, as part of his final year dissertation, Adeola wrote about how it was possible to tea ...
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