Welcome to The Spark—your weekly creative pick-me-up from <a href="https://www.creativeboom.com/podcast/" target="_blank">The Creative Boom Podcast</a>. Each Thursday, we bring you a shorter, snappier episode packed with inspiration, creative news, and practical tips to fuel your creative journey as the week winds down. Whether you need a quick shot of motivation or insights to carry you through, we've got you covered.

In this episode, host Katy Cowan reflects on her thought-provoking conversation with <a href="https://www.creativeboom.com/podcast/holly-howard/" target="_blank">Holly Howard</a>, who explores alternative ways for creatives to market themselves outside of social media. Holly's advice challenges us to focus on meaningful connections and slow-building relationships in a world where everyone seems to demand instant results. If you're feeling overwhelmed by social media, this is one conversation you don't want to miss.

In Creative News, we look at the UK's recent <a href="https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/30/budget-2024-key-points-at-a-glance" target="_blank">Budget</a> and whether it has any impact on the creative sector, York's celebration as a <a href="https://www.york.ac.uk/arts-creative-technologies/about/news/2024/yorkcelebrates10-yearanniversaryasunescocityofmediaarts/" target="_blank">UNESCO City of Media Arts</a>, and the return of Wallace and Gromit in <a href="https://amp.theguardian.com/film/2024/oct/27/wallace-and-gromit-vengeance-most-fowl-review" target="_blank">Vengeance Most Fowl</a>.

TSpotlight features predictions from industry leaders on <a href="https://www.creativeboom.com/features/what-emerging-trends-will-be-big-in-2025-we-asked-creative-leaders-for-their-predictions/" target="_blank">design trends for 2025</a>—a year that's shaping up to be pivotal as we balance tech and humanity in design.

For our Book of the Week, we highlight <a href="https://www.creativeboom.com/features/expressive-type-today-counter-print/" target="_blank">Expressive Type Today</a> by Counter-Print, a beautifully curated collection that showcases typography as more than just text—it's an expressive art form.

And in our Tip of the Week, we're celebrating the upcoming <a href="https://www.creativeboom.com/tips/world-kindness-day-why-its-important-creatives-help-one-another/" target="_blank">World Kindness Day</a> with a reminder of how small acts of kindness can uplift the entire creative community.

Next Monday, Katy sits down with David Sedgwick of Studio DBD in Manchester for a heartwarming chat about creativity, resilience, and everything in between.

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