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Creative Boom’s article by Tom May celebrates the enduring appeal of print magazines for graphic designers, highlighting seven influential titles including Eye, Communication Arts, Idea, Creative Review, Slanted, TYPEONE, and Wallpaper*. The piece explores each magazine’s history, editorial focus, and why they remain vital sources of inspiration in a digital-first world.
Sydney studio Bandit Design Group created a welcoming, future-facing visual identity for Boa, a social network for business owners. The system combines a rounded lowercase wordmark, an eclectic type family, hand-drawn motifs, geometric icons and a blue-led palette with vibrant colour accents to express connection, learning, growth and the realities of entrepreneurship.
Systems Studio created a bold, concept-driven identity for sound design studio SAATU, centred around a barcode motif that visually represents the brand’s focus on sound. The design uses brutalist simplicity, monospace typography, and a flexible colour system derived from client visuals. The result is a distinctive, conceptual identity that subverts typical sound design branding conventions.
London-based studio Adding created a utilitarian and functional identity system for British watch brand MAP. The design avoids a traditional logo, instead using a coded typographic system and sustainable packaging materials that reflect the brand’s analogue ethos. The project includes the visual identity, website, and packaging, all unified by a minimalist aesthetic and environmental awareness.
Matthew Tremaine created a minimalist, utilitarian visual identity for Copenhagen flavour company and distillery Empirical. Built around black-and-white Neue Haas Unica typography and simple label-maker-inspired packaging, the system provides a practical foundation for Empirical's experimental spirits, cans, sauces, kombucha and miso products.