Katy Cowan

Founding Editor

Katy launched Creative Boom in 2009 to support the creative community. Today, her platform reaches seven million people worldwide. She especially loves to champion emerging talent and give a voice to the underrepresented.

There Is Nothing I Have Not Been, 2022 © Chantal Powell

Chantal Powell's mysterious sculptures celebrate the personal art of transformation

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12 October 2022

Chris Shuttleworth on how poking fun at graphic design secured his first job & the secrets to career progression

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10 October 2022

Kerry Lyons on not being afraid to change course, even if you've built a successful venture

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Type to Image by Marta Cerdà Alimbau explores the eclectic balance between type and illustration

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30 September 2022

Stamps on the PGDA

The People's Graphic Design Archive: Documenting materials that would otherwise disappear

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30 September 2022

Pentagram gives the Bard a contemporary edge by mixing historical and modern type

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29 September 2022

London Fire Brigade gets a new typeface that nods to the lettering of vintage fire engines

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28 September 2022

© Orlando Gili

Flowers for The Queen: Photographs of wellwishers paying their respects outside Buckingham Palace

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16 September 2022

Front Yard with Crepe Myrtle, 2022. Image courtesy the artist, Library Street Collective, Detroit; and albertz benda, New York and Los Angeles. Photo by Thomas Dubrock

Natalie Wadlington's wide-eyed charming characters paint a picture of our love of pets

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7 September 2022

Image licensed via Adobe Stock

Is social media for self-promotion over? Creatives reveal their honest thoughts

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7 September 2022

Behind the scenes of Ray Dalio's hit animation examining the changing world order

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Le Mot Juste, 2022 © Lucile Gauvain

Coloured pencil drawings celebrate the 'mundane yet magic' aspects of the creative process

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JDO helps BIC's temporary tattoo brand to make its mark with an identity overhaul

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Mr Hurst © Sebastian Chaumeton

Paintings that imagine famous artists as Mr Men or Little Miss characters in their own style

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The Ginger Kitty Wants Me to Sit On His Knee, 2021 © Selby Hurst Inglefield

Cradle: Playful tufted chairs and stools shaped like cats offer comfort and hope

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Flake by Gummi Type

Hot new fonts by independent type foundries and designers this September

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