Creative Boom

DECEMBER 4, 2023

UK-based illustrator Emil Paun has channelled his childhood love of sci-fi novels into an optimistic series of images that imagine a more hopeful future for humanity. It's all too easy to be pessimistic about the state of the world. AI will take your job if climate change doesn't get you first. But what if everything wasn't all doom and gloom? What if things work out for the best and people have a bright, happy future to look forward to?

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Design Milk

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Celebrating the city’s creative talents, NYCxDESIGN presents its fourth annual exhibition and poster campaign, An Ode to NYC. Nine graphic designers were chosen to illustrate the NYC of tomorrow for a collection of one-of-a-kind posters that demonstrate the robust creativity of New York’s design scene. All posters are available exclusively through Poster House and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to Design Advocates , an extensive network of designers, architects, and engineers working

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The superclub is back in the form of London's Drumsheds, and this time, things are a little different. We chat with Ollie Van Gent of Boxcat Studio on how they've been crafting visuals that give 15,000 clubbers those emotional moments they'll treasure forever. If you haven't been keeping an eye on the club scene lately, this might have escaped your attention.

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SpeckyBoy

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Tools touting artificial intelligence (AI) haven’t been around for very long. But that hasn’t stopped companies from taking a leap of faith with them. Some have even attempted to replace humans with ChatGPT or similar apps. One such experiment came from Sports Illustrated. The venerable publication has allegedly published AI-generated writers and content on its website.

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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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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Nengi Omuku. Photo credit - Full house Partners © The Nigerian artist explores colourful connections between people and flora, inspired by her mother and former career as a florist. Born in Warri, Nigeria, Nengi Omuku has been making a name for herself through a distinctive style of painting. This involves applying oils to gesso-prepared composite strips of sanyan, a tightly woven, hand-spun fabric that has played an important part in Nigeria's cultural history.

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HONGKIAT

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Are you on the hunt for the perfect gift for a web developer, or perhaps contemplating a special treat for yourself in the tech world? Look no further! We’ve compiled an irresistible list of 20+ top-tier gifts that any web developer would cherish. Whether it’s for a colleague, friend, or even yourself, these hand-picked items are sure to impress any tech enthusiast.

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Inkbot Design

DECEMBER 4, 2023

8 Signs Your Graphic Design Business Is Ready for a Rebrand If you run a graphic design business, your brand image is crucial. It shapes client perceptions, helps attract new customers, and reinforces what sets you apart. But even the best brands grow stale over time. When your branding no longer reflects your business’s strengths and personality, rebranding may be time.

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UX Collective

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The 9th edition of The State of UX report by the UX Collective is here: a critical look at our industry based on more than 1k articles published and shared with our 500k+ subscribers in 2023. Illustrations by Fabio Benê Much like late-stage capitalism, late-stage UX is characterized by its market saturation, heavy focus on financial growth, commoditization, automation, and increased financialization.

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The Dieline

DECEMBER 4, 2023

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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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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UX Collective

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Designers, let’s learn and grow beyond design, way beyond design. Let’s not be limited by any job descriptions. The sky is the limit. We can be the inventors of the future. Us, presenting at the UX+ conference. Yup! We are identical twins. (Image by UX+ ) We think… we are all going to be replaced by AI! Of course not, yet. Read on. This article is based on a talk my twin sister, Yunan , and I gave on “Growth as Designers” at the UX+ conference in Manila.

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The Die Line

DECEMBER 4, 2023

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

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Continuous elegance: Rafael Serra's inspiring lettering series for our inspiration AoiroStudio 1204—23 In the vibrant city of Porto, where creativity knows no bounds, designer Rafael Serra emerges as a maestro of continuous inspiration. His ongoing lettering series is not just a collection of characters; it's a journey through the myriad facets of inspiration that shape his world.

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Design Milk

DECEMBER 4, 2023

A symphony of rich textures play while gossamers dance in the sunlight of Ulla Johnson’s Los Angeles, California, flagship store designed by Kelly Wearstler whose repertoire of collaborations with furniture makers, craftsmen, and artisans give the space its local gusto. Ulla Johnson flagship facade with a weeping mortar brick finish The immersive shopping experience begins upon arrival as visitors park in an oasis-like lot – designed in collaboration with landscape architect Miranda Brooks

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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 Bloq

DECEMBER 4, 2023

She claims there’s no Photoshopping involved.

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We And The Color

DECEMBER 4, 2023

ContestDesign has spun pure magic with its latest portfolio template designed through the artistic prism of Adobe InDesign. Sized in the elegant A4 format, this creation boasts 20 pages, each a canvas waiting for your creative story to unfold. Download at Adobe Stock Please note that this portfolio template requires Adobe InDesign. You can get the latest version from the Adobe Creative Cloud website—just take a look here.

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Creative Bloq

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Our professional 3D artist puts Octane Render 2023.1 through its paces, and you won't believe how fast and effective this is.

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Its Nice That

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The Hamburg-based illustrator found his recent personal project to be the perfect vehicle for introspection.

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UX Collective

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Before WCAG 2.2 was finalized, I wrote articles on a few of the upcoming changes. Among them, was an article on Success Criterion 3.2.

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Creative Bloq

DECEMBER 4, 2023

It's putting people off their food.

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Design Everywhere

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Design Everywhere is a blog focused on showcasing carefully selected graphic design works and beyond around the world. These daily dose of visual inspirations are collected by Preston Tham. All works displayed here are rightfully credited to their respective owners.

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Creative Bloq

DECEMBER 4, 2023

It makes the sky fall.

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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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Graphic Design Junction

DECEMBER 4, 2023

If you are planning to collect meaningful insights for better SEO strategies, search engine scraping might be the option you are missing. Search engine scraping, a type of web scraping, is a process of retrieving data from search engine results pages (SERPs) to help SEO professionals, researchers, and marketing experts understand user behavior and optimize their strategies.

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Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Miami continues to establish itself as one of the boldest, brashest corners of the design world. Just this week, a trio of developers announced that Kengo Kuma and Associates will be introducing a new commercial complex in the city’s Design District — an area that already boasts a waterfall-esque façade treatment by Sou Fujimoto and eye-catching sculptures by the likes of Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec and Buckminster Fuller.

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The Die Line

DECEMBER 4, 2023

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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Graphis

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Harper Chen‘s creative path at ArtCenter College of Design is an inspiring narrative of how a profound. The post Digital Rebrand for ArtCenter’s New Media Caucus appeared first on Graphis Blog.

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