Creative Boom's Weekly Newsletter - 5 January 2021
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Your regular dose of Creative Boom, featuring highlights from the past seven days including 30 awesome illustrators to follow in 2021, our recommended sustainable clothing brands, and Rejane Dal Bello on why creatives should be a Citizen First, Designer Second.
Whether you're looking for an illustrator to team up with or want a dose of visuals to inspire you, where's the best place to look? The Directory of Illustration of course.
Book illustration isn't always as simple as editorial work. Publishing deals need to be scrutinised, middle parties may be needed to introduce your talents, and a project takes far, far longer than a standard editorial spot.
Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens was first published in 2014, and remains on bestseller lists worldwide thanks to how Harari's 'big picture' approach to human history and his storytelling ability combine to illuminate the way we live today.
Rejane Dal Bello has decided to write a book about both her personal experiences in choosing a design career and musings on creativity more generally and why it's important to everyone, no matter what their career.
One of the silver linings of 2020 is that many of us now want to go even further to reduce our carbon footprint. From eating less meat (or none at all) to being more considerate with what we buy and from whom, this year has opened our eyes.