Beautifully different books by Irma Boom

Hello Creative Adventurers, This is a short post to guide you to a graphic designer, who doesn't like reading briefs and is brave and unconventional in her book designs.

At the moment I'm working my way through an A-Z list of design agencies and practitioners for a Module called "Exploring Graphic Communication" for my BA Graphic Design and I found this video by Irma Boom inspiring. The texture, the effort and ideas she puts into designing her book... I'm left with no words. Watch it - for designers and book lovers.

Points I found interesting:

  • Her various creations: books with so much character
  • Her opinion on briefs made me laugh. She said she doesn't read them. ‘Do whatever you like, I think that’s always better’ (link)
  • She calls clients 'commissioners' instead
  • Minibooks

Enjoy!

PS: I doubt I'll make it through the list by Tuesday, because I get so immersed with certain designers that I spend literally hours looking at their work. Then one thing links to the next and you want to learn more, go deeper. As you can probably tell, I'm on letter B. Yep.

How to make the most out of YouTube: Sign up for the Creator Bootcamp

Hello Creative Adventurers, Maybe some of you are already part of the YT family but I just recently decided to give it a try - especially after my Skillshare experience and slowly getting rid of camera-fears. During the beginning of my filming process I found it quite hard to be myself in front of the camera so having my own channel seemed far from possible.

My main problems were:

  • Eye contact
  • Looking relaxed
  • Speaking without ums and ehms

I think I improved a little bit in all of them, but there is still a way to go. However, now it doesn't seem as scary anymore. So I'm considering to make the leap (again) and try to film design / art / craft videos for YouTube. As you can see it's quite broad but I know I want to go more towards creative people - creative adventurers - and also share my knowledge and experiences as I enter the Graphic Design world in my late twenties.

If anyone of you has also pondered wether or not they should finally have their own channel, I would suggest trying their boot camp :) September 14 - 28, 2015