We And The Color

JANUARY 5, 2024

Artists are the lifeblood of any vibrant city, their creative energy pulsating through the streets, galleries, and studios. From the towering skyscrapers of New York City to the cobblestone alleyways of Florence, these urban havens provide a fertile ground for artistic expression, a place where inspiration knows no bounds. If you’re an aspiring artist, or simply someone who appreciates the power of creativity, then these ten cities should be at the top of your bucket list.

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Azure Magazine

JANUARY 5, 2024

At the end of every year, it’s natural to look back. Here at Azure, the annual tradition entails taking stock of the last 12 months of design, including public spaces , interiors , products , as well as residential and commercial architecture. And every January, we turn the page and look forward. In 2024, there’s plenty to look forward to.

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HONGKIAT

JANUARY 5, 2024

Scalable Vector Graphics, or SVG for short, are digital graphics that remain crisp and clear, no matter how much you stretch them. They’re perfect for creating sharp website icons and work wonderfully for print materials too. But the question is, where can you find high-quality SVG graphics and icons, especially for free? We’ve done the heavy lifting for you, sifting through hundreds of sites to curate a top-notch list of 50 websites where you can download SVGs at no cost.

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Design Milk

JANUARY 5, 2024

A master of glass, Dale Chihuly was first introduced to the material while studying interior design. “I started incorporating glass shards into woven tapestries while studying interior design at The University of Washington in the early 1960s. I loved its translucent qualities,” Dale said. “Purely by chance, I decided to melt stained glass in my basement studio and with a metal pipe, I blew my first glass bubble.

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Speaker: Amber Asay, Creative Director and Founder of award-winning design studio Nice People

Understanding what trends are happening and how they’re impacting the competitive landscape is crucial to providing top dollar design strategy to your clients. With so many trends coming and going, it can be overwhelming to determine which ones you should capitalize on and which ones might not be worth the trouble. In this exclusive webinar with Amber Asay, we’ll explore graphic design trends that need to die, trends that are starting to pick up and why, trends that have come and gone, and how t

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Colossal

JANUARY 5, 2024

“Bestioles.” All images © Martin Jarrie, shared with permission Elephants with blue scales and pipe-like trunks, a woman sporting an enormous bouffant filled with birds, and a farmer grasping a tree with roots evocative of veins or intestines are just a few of the otherworldly characters that populate Martin Jarrie ’s illustrations. The French artist is drawn to mutations and curious scenarios, skewing bodily proportions or melding two creatures into strange hybrids. “What inte

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The Die Line

JANUARY 5, 2024

Dieline is a global package design community and showcase of package design inspiration. We cover industry news, sustainable packaging news, design trends, and host our own packaging conferences, package design events, and Dieline packaging design awards.

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Design Milk

JANUARY 5, 2024

Projectors have always posed a challenge when it comes to honoring the “home” in “home theater.” But in the last few years numerous brands have launched projectors designed more thoughtfully aware that few folks with an aesthetic eye would want to live with a large lens-tipped box situated prominently in the middle of a room (or on the ceiling).

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The Die Line

JANUARY 5, 2024

Dieline is a global package design community and showcase of package design inspiration. We cover industry news, sustainable packaging news, design trends, and host our own packaging conferences, package design events, and Dieline packaging design awards.

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Design Milk

JANUARY 5, 2024

Light and Dwell , the Oregon-based interior design studio founded by Aymee Kuhlman and Molly Kidd, has officially opened the doors to the new Light and Dwell Shop ! With sustainability guiding their residential projects and years spent creating custom pieces under their collective belt, a home furniture collection all their own is now available in the Shop.

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Brands must create and share impactful content to thrive, but they have less people, tighter budgets, and fewer resources to do so. Learn how to publish and market digital content with the same professionalism as organizations with million-dollar budgets.

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The Dieline

JANUARY 5, 2024

Dieline is a global package design community and showcase of package design inspiration. We cover industry news, sustainable packaging news, design trends, and host our own packaging conferences, package design events, and Dieline packaging design awards.

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Design Milk

JANUARY 5, 2024

When it comes to designing furniture, Cole Bennett and Rob Bezrutczyk are well-versed with the process. As the owners of ThirdKind Studio , a CNC-based digital fabrication shop in New York City, they have produced designs for notable names in the design industry, like Bjarke Ingels Group, Egg Collective, Cartier, adidas, Google, and more. After eight years though, they decided to start producing their own designs under their new brand THIRDKIND , starting with The Abigail Set.

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Creative Bloq

JANUARY 5, 2024

With the LumiTool F20, you can engrave AI designs on a number of different surfaces right at home.

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Colossal

JANUARY 5, 2024

Taiichiro Yoshida, “Jolteon.” All images courtesy of Japan House Los Angeles, shared with permission Two of Japan’s major cultural contributions converge in POKÉMON X KOGEI | Playful Encounters of Pokémon and Japanese Craft. On view at Japan House Los Angeles , the exhibition showcases more than 70 sculptures and installations that recreate the fantastical animated characters from Squirtle to Pikachu in ceramic, metal, fiber, and more.

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Speaker: Sean Adams, ArtCenter College of Design

Thomas Edison once said “Vision without execution is hallucination.” This statement applies not just to invention, but to graphic design. One of the greatest strengths of graphic designers is the ability to first develop a concept and then execute it to make it real. From visualization and ideation all the way through to actuation and execution, each step of this process takes skill and expertise.

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Creative Applications

JANUARY 5, 2024

Cytographia is an elegy for species we will never know, or will never know again, expressed through generative illustrations from an imaginary book about imaginary organisms.

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Creative Bloq

JANUARY 5, 2024

Everyone else is going retro – so should WHSmith.

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The Dieline

JANUARY 5, 2024

Dieline is a global package design community and showcase of package design inspiration. We cover industry news, sustainable packaging news, design trends, and host our own packaging conferences, package design events, and Dieline packaging design awards.

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Abduzeedo

JANUARY 5, 2024

Exploring Simply's Elegant Branding and Visual Identity Design abduzeedo 0105—24 Discover the essence of 'Simply's' branding and visual identity, a case study in minimalist design and impactful typography, designed by Berriel Brands. In the world of digital design, the pursuit of simplicity often leads to the most compelling visual identities. This concept is vividly embodied in the branding and visual identity of 'Simply', a digital agency hailing from Belgium.

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Template Monster

JANUARY 5, 2024

Surprisingly, 82% of digital traffic is attributed to videos. This means, that before we bid goodbye to this year, we must budget for 2024 social media videos. However, how do you decide what kinds of videos can grab your audience’s attention? Can you make relevant videos, that are of interest to them? And how can you use them to complement your content strategy?

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Inkbot Design

JANUARY 5, 2024

How to Land Clients on Autopilot with Cold Outreach Wondering how to get design clients with cold outreach? Cut through the noise with a strategy that works. In this article, we demystify the process, outlining clear steps to capture the interest of potential clients with well-crafted, personalised cold emails. From identifying your target audience to composing emails that resonate, you'll learn the essentials of turning cold leads into hot prospects without guesswork.

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Designspiration

JANUARY 5, 2024

Saved by tropenelektronik (@tropenelektronik).

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Feature Shoot

JANUARY 5, 2024

MPB used cameras (Nikon) Brand-new research from MPB and Retail Economics reveals that 71% of consumers bought or sold used goods in the last year, with that number jumping to 84% among millennials. The reasons are clear: cost-savings ranked as number one, while sustainability concerns came in second. The report suggests a significant shift in the way people shop, and with MPB recirculating a whopping 500,000 items of photographic equipment in 2023, it’s never been easier to change the way

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Designspiration

JANUARY 5, 2024

Saved by Michael Thomason (@michael).

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Purple Rose Graphics

JANUARY 5, 2024

Q: What role does my logo play in my overall branding strategy, and how can I ensure it effectively represents my business? A: Let’s start with how your logo fits into your branding. Branding can be broken down into two pieces – external and internal. Internal branding includes all the hidden parts such as your values, mission statement, ideal audience, etc.

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Designspiration

JANUARY 5, 2024

Saved by Amanda Macedo (@amlight).

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Interaction Design Foundation

JANUARY 5, 2024

This guide explores card sorting, a user research method to help teams develop intuitive content structures. In user experience (UX) design, you must understand user expectations to group information effectively. Card sorting engages participants to categorize topics in a way they find logical. This approach uncovers user preferences for content arrangement to help create a coherent and user-friendly structure for websites or apps.

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