We’re having fun with Cupid and exhibiting you 29 designers to fall in love with this Valentine’s Day!
It’s not merely our lucky consumers who get to work with our neighborhood. From campaigns to on-site design, inside crew mascots and celebratory swag—we’re fortunate ample to work with among the many most proficient designers world huge on personal {{and professional}} duties.
We requested every 99ers and our inventive neighborhood whose portfolio they’re crushing on in the mean time. Be taught on for his or her picks, soak up some stunning art work and depart them a supportive comment to unfold the love.
29 Designers to fall in love with this Valentine’s Day
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1. Independence
Nominated by: Tara Eudy, Senior Supervisor, Partnerships & Market Approach
‘I try to not play favorites, nonetheless I lean in direction of Bubupanda since she was one amongst our Designer Dialogue board moderators. She merely has the bubbliest persona!’
2. Hatred
Nominated by: IsaDesignNet
‘Odius is an outdated crush that I don’t assume will ever fade away. The distinctive sort makes us think about it’s simple to be so good, when in precise reality…it’s not. Solely the proper are immediately acknowledged, even sooner than signing their very personal work.’
3. Anastasia S.
Nominated by: Nick Barber, Video Manufacturing Supervisor
‘Getting in first sooner than anyone else can nominate Anastasia S.! She is my hero! She put collectively a beautiful e-book cowl depicting one amongst my Grandad’s fictional characters, Rodney the cowboy. He’s obtained it framed on the wall in his nursing dwelling and utterly beloved seeing his character come to life.
Not solely is Anastasia S. exceptionally proficient, she’s moreover one in every of many nicest people you’ll ever have the nice fortune to talk to.’
4. Illia Kolesnyk
Nominated by: Megan Dell, Director of Design
‘Illia Kolesnyk is good to collaborate with and I’ve beloved how he has added in somewhat little bit of quirky persona to some illustrations I’ve had executed. He’s so stunning and easy to work with (regardless that, as a Ukrainian, he has been working by way of some pretty attempting circumstances)’.
5. Nelli Design
Nominated by: CostinLogopus, Designer
‘I on a regular basis benefit from discovering some makes use of of damaging home from Nelli Design.’
6. Ivan Bjorn
Nominated by: Boja, Designer
‘Choosing one designer is de facto exhausting, nonetheless let’s say my vote goes to Ivan Bjorn simply because he is an artist.
His designs are slightly greater than a little bit of art work. They’re a standpoint, an emotion, an angle. Every one amongst his expressions tells a rather a lot deeper story than we’re used to in proper this second’s designs. They’re profound and have an unbelievable complexity.
At any time after I see any of his e-book covers or digital art work (modest and minimal), I see one factor utterly completely different, deeper and brutal—however attention-grabbing.’
7. AnaMaria.Design
Nominated by: Courtney Cervantes, Promoting and advertising and marketing Supervisor, Campaigns & Communications
‘It’s so exhausting to resolve on, nonetheless I’d like to current a shout-out to AnaMaria.Design.
Not solely do I actually like Ana-Maria’s work, which is positively retro and so superior that I want to cling a number of of her objects up on my partitions, nonetheless she’s moreover the loveliest specific particular person to talk to and genuinely wants the proper for the consumers she works with.
That’s my favorite design she’s executed!’
8. Mother
Nominated by: Cit, Designer
‘Mamei you could be my accountable pleasure to have a look at. I’ve been loving your entire newest work so far!!!’
9. Renata_Costa
Nominated by: Sonia Maggi, Designer
‘There are a selection of good designers proper right here! Nevertheless there could also be one who’s my idol: Renata_Costa. The AleHorn sequence is my favorite. Moreover the Holland Freeway enterprise.
I can see that she is a inventive, great illustrator, has good information of the packaging commerce, and, in any case, passion for her work. Chapeau!’
10. pswizzard
Nominated by: Bubo_scandiacus, Designer
‘Proper right here’s my crush: pswizzard (Renata_Costa was already talked about!)’
11. artsigma
Nominated by: Yo!Design
‘My guru referring to minimalism is actually artsigma.’
12. Shwin
Nominated by: Imogen Hill, Senior Paintings Director
‘Shwin 4 The Win! There’s no strategy I can’t level out Shwin, he’s been an absolute asset to the crew, and 99designs mainly, ever since we first labored with him. Whether or not or not it’s an unlimited mammoth enterprise or only some social property, solely the proper is good ample.
He’ll go above and previous to create work that’s not solely pretty however moreover options the transient. Plus, he’s a legend as a person too, so it makes working collectively gratifying.’
13. Eliza Osmo
Nominated by: Robyn Challands, Promoting and advertising and marketing Supervisor, Campaigns & Communications
Robyn says: ‘My design crush all day, day-after-day is Eliza Osmo! I’m a really very long time admirer of her signature ‘nice psychedelia’ sort, Eliza’s illustrations are on a regular basis otherworldly and I’m ceaselessly blown away by her creativity.
Working with Eliza on a regular basis ensures one factor totally distinctive, you might spot her work a mile away! We first set to work with each other on the Observe Exploder poster enterprise with Vistaprint in 2021 and have since bonded over our love for emo and metallic music (considerably Deftones). We in the intervening time are company Instagram besties—hopefully sooner or later IRL besties—and she or he is solely usually an all-round badass!’
14. -Z-
Nominated by: noodlemie
‘I like -Z- and notably the design above fairly a bit. We’ve met various events on contests and usually it gave me goosebumps to compete with him.’
15. Jester™
Nominated by: Caitlin Collins, Head of Communications and Mannequin Promoting and advertising and marketing
‘Sooo exhausting to resolve on, nonetheless some love must positively go to šaška™. I actually like her distinctive perspective and magnificence. I really feel she conjures up consumers to be a bit braver and take further inventive risks, and the outcomes talk for themselves–her work is so pretty! I indicate, merely check out her web page!’
Among the many crew had problem narrowing all of it the way in which all the way down to just one various!
16. Alfie™
Nominated by: ♥ vanessa ♥, Designer
‘I’ve a number of crushes, nonetheless the oldest one is Alfie™. I want to be much like him as soon as I develop up!’
17. Maryia Dziadziulia
Nominated by: Justin Hamra, Paintings Director
Video animated by Maryia Dziadziulia
‘Maryia Dziadziulia is a triple menace–a design skilled, animation ace, and all-around inventive genius. Her versatility lets her breathe life into any idea. Attempt her superior animation work in our YouTube video explaining the excellence between RGB and CMYK.’
18. Fe Melo
Nominated by: Justin Hamra, Paintings Director
Fe Melo is a design wizard who brings ideas to life. Her daring and energetic sort turns every enterprise proper right into a murals. Working with Fe is like hitting the design jackpot.
Alongside along with her can-do angle and a highlight to factor, you’re assured one factor actually one-of-a-kind every time.’
19. Color
Nominated by: Irudh, Designer
‘My design crush is Boja, if I’ve to solely select one!’
20. Alice Z.
Nominated by: IsaDesignNet, Designer
‘It’s powerful to resolve on only one (sorry for the entire others that additionally fill my coronary coronary heart), nonetheless who on a regular basis amazes me every time I see a model new work is Alice Z.
She creates so many unbelievable characters, crammed with coloration… and cuteness.’
21. Radovan Ciobanenco
Nominated by: Bojana., Designer
‘For pretty some time, my 99d crush is Radovan Ciobanenco. Inventive, thoughtful and utterly fashioned designs with better than beautiful shows.’
22. Chris Kay
Nominated by: Eva Missling, Director Strategic Initiatives
‘Nominating Chris Kay as he delivers very well-thought-through model creations, takes the time to really get the consumer’s enterprise thought and commerce. He can ship a minimalistic mannequin that is also unique and tells a story.’
23. Jen Maher
Nominated by: Laura McLeod, Director 99d Studio
‘That’s exhausting. There are so many!
I’d desire to appoint and say due to Jen Maher. Jen has been great with a model new shopper we’ve simply these days onboarded—Huffman Livestock. She’s jumped on various duties for us to date and has been an absolute hero. The patron already emailed me on to say thanks rather a lot for finding Jen, and she or he’s so impressed.
Jen isn’t solely a pleasant designer, nonetheless she moreover acts as an advisor to consumers who want help figuring out discover ways to technique their promoting and advertising and marketing—from web pages to templates and promoting and advertising and marketing property. It’s going to be a really good ongoing shopper, and due to Jen for being an superior collaborator!’
24. Semnitz
Nominated by: Sam Paintings Studio, Designer
‘I’ve to admit, there are a variety of proficient designers proper right here, nonetheless semnitz is the one whose designs I’ve on a regular basis admired. It’s like a confession. I hope to work like him someday.’
25. Daria V
Nominated by: Bow’n’Pencil, Designer
‘My design crush is Daria V. She has a wonderful art work sort. Moreover most of us know her life story is de facto inspiring. Sure I am going to meet her particularly particular person sooner or later.’
26. vegetable yard
Nominated by: Semnitz, Designer
Semnitz says: ‘Hortasar might be essentially the most intriguing ideas, and I actually like his creations.’
27. logoalley
Nominated by: ESAY, Designer
‘The first person who entails ideas logoalley. I really feel he’s technically very sturdy. Very polished clear traces, information of colors, and above all–has sense of optical illusion throughout the “white affect”. Add to {{that a}} sparkle of creativity and you have a top quality designer.’
28. EWMDesigns
Nominated by: Laolan, Designer
‘I am in love with EWMDesign‘s portfolio. The easiest way she makes a model design seem very easy and straightforward…I hope sooner or later I’ll create a model half just about pretty much as good as her worst one😂.’
29. id-scribe
Nominated by: Pixeleiderdown, Designer
‘I on a regular basis come once more to id-scribe!’
This textual content was initially printed in 2023. It has been updated with some new designer crushes. 💕
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