Creative Boom

JANUARY 2, 2024

We chat with lighting and screen content designer Fredrik Stormby from Green Wall Designs about his plans for this year's song contest. The 2024 Eurovision Song Contest takes place this year in Malmö, Sweden on Saturday 11 May. And while that's a long way off, we're already getting excited. That's because the stage and the creative team behind the event have just been revealed, and it promises to look like nothing we've seen before.

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Just Creative

JANUARY 2, 2024

So, you’ve just finished creating the perfect logo design or brand identity. You’re excited to reveal the final product to your client. You’re also keen to upload your unique design to Instagram with the hashtag #BestLogoDesign. However, you want to make sure that your client and any future clients can appreciate the application of your logo design on business cards, menus, outdoor signage, posters, t-shirts, and more.

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Inkbot Design

JANUARY 2, 2024

Building a Brand Identity: A Comprehensive Guide Establishing a distinct, recognisable, and memorable brand identity is essential for any business looking to stand out in a crowded marketplace. Your brand identity encompasses everything that makes your company unique – from your logo and slogan to your messaging, visuals, and more. When done right, your brand identity attracts loyal customers who connect with what you stand for.

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Just Creative

JANUARY 2, 2024

Everyone loves a good discount, and if you’re like me and wondering how to get an Adobe Photoshop Student discount, this article is for you! So first off, Adobe Photoshop has been around for over three decades now, and most graphic designers consider it to be the industry standard. Most of the software on Adobe Creative Cloud offers a student discount of some sort.

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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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UX Collective

JANUARY 2, 2024

Navigating work and life as a neurodivergent designer Illustration by Kristina Gushcheva-Keippilä In 2019, I reached the final year of juggling degree studies and various design jobs. By that time, I had already gained experience as an in-house intern and graphic designer in a couple of Finnish start-ups. I hadn’t given much thought to my career goals at that point — the main focus in my late teens and early 20s was simply to manage.

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Noupe

JANUARY 2, 2024

Businesses from every sector today want to move out of their local markets and reach out to people worldwide, which calls for an online presence. The secret to digital success lies in an effective and well-designed website that would appeal to the target market and generate business. Thus, companies allocate a reasonable budget to web designing. However, with advancements in technology tools, it is now possible for companies to build websites with minimum tech support.

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Design Milk

JANUARY 2, 2024

Located in Carpinteria, California, a small corner of a backyard has been transformed into a unique ADU (Accessory Dwelling Unit) by Obreval and Catch Architecture. ADU Carpinteria is not just another dwelling, it’s an innovative modern house designed for sustainable, compact living. And while most ADU units are boxes, this one carries on California’s tradition of redefining the boundaries between indoor and outdoor spaces with a curved wall of windows that forms a circular patio in

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The Die Line

JANUARY 2, 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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Creative Bloq

JANUARY 2, 2024

If your business faces these situations, it’s time to consider outsourcing your design work.

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Advertiser: Issuu

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 Die Line

JANUARY 2, 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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Creative Bloq

JANUARY 2, 2024

Physical lighting and materials take centre stage in this renderer from Nvidia.

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We And The Color

JANUARY 2, 2024

Elevate Your Design Game with the Clean Architecture Portfolio Template by DesignCoach. In architecture, where creativity meets precision, the presentation is everything. As an architect, your portfolio is your magnum opus, a showcase of your design prowess and innovative thinking. To stand out in a competitive landscape, your portfolio needs to exude professionalism, creativity, and seamless design.

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Colossal

JANUARY 2, 2024

The cover of ‘Millions of Cats’ (1928), written and illustrated by Wanda Gág From familiar classics to obscure treasures, a trove of literature, art, film, and music has just become easier to access. On January 1, thousands of books, films, plays, artworks, sound recordings, and more entered the public domain , which means they may be used freely without compensating or needing to obtain permission from the owner.

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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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SpeckyBoy

JANUARY 2, 2024

Are you curious about the future? Do you wonder how artificial intelligence (AI) will impact web design? Or if you’ll ever get that elusive Bluesky invite? You’ve come to the right place, my friends. It’s time for my annual look at the year ahead. This satirical report is chock-full of useless facts and mindless predictions. That makes it just as good as any year-ahead article on the internet.

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HONGKIAT

JANUARY 2, 2024

Staying organized and efficient is crucial for success. Whether you’re working on massive projects or simply trying to manage your personal tasks, having the right tools can make all the difference. That’s where project management tools like ClickUp come in. Unlike most other similar tools, it comes with a free plan that allows you to try it for free to streamline your workflow and, overall, boost your productivity.

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Creative Bloq

JANUARY 2, 2024

CEO of MPB, Matt Barker, shares his advice for keeping your lenses in top condition, and buying used photography kit.

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Booooooom

JANUARY 2, 2024

Wenjing Yang Wenjing Yang’s Website Wenjing Yang on Instagram

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Creative Bloq

JANUARY 2, 2024

Stop with the nightmare fuel.

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The Die Line

JANUARY 2, 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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Colossal

JANUARY 2, 2024

 One recognizable everyday object is given the spotlight in Tomohiro Okazaki ’s painstaking yet playful stop-motion animation. His new video features more than an hour of meticulously staged optical gymnastics using matches ( previously ), from simple balancing acts to hypnotic transformations in which the wooden sticks and red tops interact with words and materials like paper or acrylic.

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Creative Bloq

JANUARY 2, 2024

And it's reminding fans of another Apple accessory.

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In today’s competitive markets, how do you make sure that your content not only stands out but performs well? How can you predict whether certain design choices will result in clicks, engagement, downloads, and other drivers of ROI? Shutterstock’s Creative Insights Report (Q3) is your window into the hottest trends that are transforming the creative world.

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Inkbot Design

JANUARY 2, 2024

The Power of Fashion Brand Logos Logos are one of the most vital elements of a fashion brand’s identity. A good logo encapsulates everything a brand stands for – its personality, values, and aesthetic. For fashion companies, the logo is often the first impression a consumer will have of the brand. This small visual mark can attract new customers or dissuade them from engaging further.

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Creative Bloq

JANUARY 2, 2024

Even if the company says so itself.

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The Dieline

JANUARY 2, 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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Press'd

JANUARY 2, 2024

Happy New Year! We look forward to continue working on amazing things in 2024. This year, we created a special mini Valentine collection. They are inspired by the lovely customized valentines that have come through our shop the past few years. It also allows us a chance to showcase our expansive palette of pink tones. Check out two of our favorites below: Our Bishop design features whisper letterpress and a matching beveled edge, with accents of gold matte foil. letterpress ink: whisper | foil s

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Download this free eBook to learn how you can create stunning typography, using the basics, such as placing text, to advanced controls like ligatures, variable fonts, effects, tracking, range kerning, and everything in between. Learn how to: Use Character Control to add variety to your font styles. Use Paragraph Control to manage spacing, alignment, justification and more.

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