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Tom May

Tom May is a freelance writer and editor specialising in design and creativity. With over two decades in journalism, he is a regular contributor to Computer Arts, net, ImagineFX and Professional Photography.

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Craig Nash aka Studio Sláinte
Inspiration Graphic Design

Boom Brief #8: How you brought a fictional Italian bakery to life

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Resources The Edit

Designer's Toolkit: 5 brilliant buys for your creative work life

Insight Creative Industry

StudioDBD's Dave Sedgwick on why an idea that lost him thousands was the best thing he ever did

Carlos Alcaraz, Emma Raducanu and Frances Tiafoe
News Packaging

When a balloon dog walks into a bottle: why Evian + Jeff Koons is a collab we can all learn from

Visual system and creative direction by Matt Dunn
Insight Creative Industry

Taste travels: Matt Dunn on how ideas move through culture

Insight Motion

3D artist Eva Cremers on why not knowing the rules actually helped her career

Resources Books

What history's most ridiculous design brief can teach us today

Insight Creative Industry

Canva's Tom Carey on why imperfection might be your greatest creative weapon

The state of creativity in 2026. Image licensed via Adobe Stock
Insight Creative Industry

What are you like? 9 things our survey reveals about Creative Boom readers

Resources Books

How Melonie Bennett captured the images everyone else was too drunk to take

Jenny Beard
Inspiration Art & Culture

Abstract painter Jenny Beard on how to make art that isn't hollow

Andy Harvey, Founder, Communion
Insight Creative Industry

Are we sleepwalking into an era of ultra-processed creativity?

Image licensed via Adobe Stock
Tips Freelancing

Why pricing your creative work is mostly a battle with yourself

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