The UK-based platform includes general articles, industry news, features, tips and inspiration pieces for various creative sectors including advertising, animation, architecture, art and culture, crafts, digital, fashion, film, gaming, graphic design, illustration, photography, product design, and publishing.
Creative Boom launched on 24 July 2009 after its Manchester-based founding editor, Katy Cowan,[3][4] spoke to other freelancers and small businesses on Twitter and realised there was a need for creative support online, particularly for the underrepresented[5] – somewhere people could gain free exposure, support and learn about all things creative.
[6] On 4 November 2011, Creative Boom became part of The Guardian Culture Professionals Network,[7] one of the professional networks available on the newspaper's website, where Katy Cowan would write advice pieces.
As host, Katy Cowan has interviewed more than 70 guests, including illustrator and author Dapo Adeola,[10] designer and host of Design Matters, Debbie Millman,[11] American graphic designer, writer and educator Gail Anderson, British graphic designer Malcolm Garrett, visual artist and author Oliver Jeffers.
[12] On 11 November 2021, Creative Boom launched its print shop, selling art prints by artists and designers, including Noma Bar, Morag Myerscough, Luis Mendo, Danielle Rhoda, and Rob Lowe of Supermundane.