Wed.Feb 19, 2020

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Pay Just $29 for The Type Designer’s Sophisticated Font Kit

Spoon Graphics

How do you fancy getting your hands on a hand-picked selection of professional fonts to take your branding, print and digital projects to the next level? Design Cuts have put together another deal packed full of top quality fonts and squashed the price down by 99%, so much so that there’s hardly anything left on the price tag! This is a great opportunity to acquire $2058 worth of beautiful, sophisticated fonts for just $29.

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50 Best Design Blogs You Have To Read (2020 Update)

Shillington

No creative can exist in a vacuum. We all need to keep in touch with the latest trends, and check out the work our fellow professionals are producing. It’s not about copying others, of course, but it is about understanding common points of reference and the broader culture we all swim in, not to mention getting a blast of inspiration and new ideas along the way.

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Noted: New Logo and Identity for Tilix by BR / BAUEN

Under Consideration / Brand

“If I Could Turn Back Time”. (Est. 2017) Owned by PagSeguro, Tilix is a fintech app that offers a simplified bill payment system in Brazil. A further explanation from the designers: "In Brazil there is a payment method called 'boleto' (ticket), which is an invoice with a barcode you can scan on your mobile device and pay for it. Tilix scans those 'boletos' in your e-mail and organizes them by due date, you can also save receipts etc.".

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The Precious Food of French-Japenese Duo Balboste

Trendland

The story of Balboste started with the friendship between Charlotte Sitbon and Sayaka Kaneko. Charlotte is an ex graphic designer, inspired by jewelry. She has a strong eye to create a unique aesthetic and puts attention to refinement and details. Sayaka is bringing the authenticity and simplicity of Japanese culture while exploring new ways to enhance the taste of traditional dishes.

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Let's Talk Trends: Designing for Maximum Impact

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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Reviewed: New Logo, Identity, and Livery for Aegean by PriestmanGoode

Under Consideration / Brand

“Two Birds with one Stone”. Established in 1999, Aegean Airlines is the flag carrier airline of Greece and the largest in the country by total number of passengers carried, number of destinations served, and fleet size. Aegean travels to a network of 151 destinations -- 31 domestic and 120 international -- in 44 countries with a fleet of 61 aircraft that is going to expand to include 46 new A320neo and A321neo jets by 2025.

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Illustrator Julia Hosse on the highs and lows of choosing a creative path

Creative Review

“Every child draws, but most children stop at some point,” says artist and illustrator Julia Hosse. “I just didn’t get the note, so I never stopped drawing. It came naturally to me and so studying illustration came as a logical step.” Originally from Berlin and now living in Hamburg, Hosse is one of the first in her family to pursue a creative career, though she says she’s always had the support of her parents.

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“Les Sources” by Nicolas & Jean Jullien

Booooooom

See more images below or on display from February 20 until March 28. For some time now, we’ve known how much the Jullien brothers have in common: a quirky passion for science-fiction, haemoglobin and aliens… a shared universe that allows them to create in unison a multifaceted range of pro- jects. From their early collaborations such as ‘Adventures in Front of the TV Set’, Niwouinw- ouin, and The Coward’s vi- sual and musical explorations, to some more recent shows including ’Le Week-End’

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Meticulous Lino Cut Prints Reveal Some Spontaneity Behind Detailed Designs

Brown Paper Bag

Printmaker Sofie van Schadewijk creates block prints that are striking in their attention to detail. Focusing on stylized portraits of people, cats, and landscapes, her work is eye-catching thanks to her meticulous use of line paired with illustrations that feel like scenes from storybooks. In linocuts, I always enjoy seeing the block from which the design was carved.

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Today is Photoshop’s 30th birthday! 

Abduzeedo

Today is Photoshop’s 30th birthday! . abduzeedo Feb 19, 2020 It’s crazy to think that a design tool is 30 years young but for me especially it’s even more surreal because Photoshop had a huge impact in my career and in my life. Abduzeedo was built around Photoshop tutorials pretty much. I had, and still have, a lot of fun creating images and light effects in Photoshop.

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The Democratization of Design: Giving Creators & Marketers the Tools to Succeed

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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Wieden + Kennedy enlists Nimura Daisuke and Alva Skog for Coca-Cola’s Open campaign

Its Nice That

The illustrators have worked on a comic strip-style print campaign, animation and can design (respectively) to support the brand’s new action-packed ad aiming to save the world without super heroes.

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70+ Free PSD Party Flyer Templates to Attract More People

Graphic Mama

Are you looking for free PSD party flyer templates? In this collection, we’ve gathered over 70 completely free to download party flyer templates, organized into different categories: Night party flyer templates. Summer party flyer templates. Birthday party flyer templates. Holiday party flyer templates. Special event party flyer templates. All templates come in well-organized PSD files which makes them completely editable in Adobe Photoshop.

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From sausage factories to CERN: photographer Alastair P Wiper’s new book

Creative Review

Most of us wouldn’t automatically associate the term ‘beauty’ with the stark lighting and never-ending production lines of factories, the industrial manufacture of sausages, or power stations – but photographer Alastair P Wiper has long used his superbly framed, thoughtful documentation of such spaces to showcase their aesthetic, as well as production, possibilities.

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Studio Anorak book celebrates “wonderful differences” of people with ADHD

Design Week

Studio Anorak has launched a new book that seeks to celebrate the experiences and lives of people with ADHD. Stories That Never Stand Still, created in collaboration with the ADHD Foundation, is a collection of educational articles, advice pieces and personal accounts that have been curated in a bid to “cut through” the misinformation and confusion that often surrounds the condition.

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From Visualization to Execution: Exploring Our Strengths as Designers

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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Pentagram creates homely and positive identity for Maggie’s cancer charity

Creative Review

Marina Willer and her team at Pentagram London have created a new brand identity for cancer care charity Maggie’s, having worked with it for the past two years to gradually roll out the new look, which has now culminated in a new website. The organisation provides free cancer support and information for people with cancer and their family and friends from support specialists, psychologists, nutritionists, therapists and benefits advisors in centres across the UK and online. “Maggie&#

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Unshackled Wine Invites The Curious Drinker With Cryptext-Like Labels

The Die Line

Unshackled is inspired by the freedom to leave the rule book behind, a behaviour that has always been expressed through The Prisoner Wine Company’s unconventional approach.

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Human Hair, An Insect Trap, and Dozens of Fish Constitute Mail Art by Ritta Ikonen

Colossal

Sent from Exmouth Beach. All images © Ritta Ikonen, shared with permission. Finnish artist Ritta Ikonen has a rare relationship with postal services around the globe because of her ongoing Mail Art series. The documentary project started in 2003 when Ikonen was a student at the University of Brighton. She began crafting and sending A6-sized packages relaying her travel experiences to her illustration instructor, Margaret Huber.

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Photographer Spotlight: John Ciamillo

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Rethinking Creative Workflows: Increasing Efficiency in the Design Process

As the design industry evolves, teams are facing new challenges and a need to produce more outstanding creative work than ever. Leaders must learn how to adapt their processes to solve today’s—and tomorrow’s—unique design challenges. In this e-book, you’ll learn how to establish your creative workflow and leverage the power of CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite to streamline the entire design process, from start to finish.

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The open source platform empowering creatives to turn recycling into craft

Design Week

The last ten years have seen a near-universal sea change in attitudes toward plastic. Once considered the revolutionary “material of a thousand uses”, now designers and scientists alike are scrambling to find more eco-friendly alternatives. But while new developments are being made, such as Lucy Hughes’ award-winning MarinaTex , or Robert Johnson’s waste fat-based material , the question remains: what do we do with all the plastic we’ve already got?

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Joe Donaldson visualises the voices of Leonard Cohen and David Attenborough for The New Yorker

Its Nice That

Working on the publication's venture into animated storytelling, the Florida-based animator proves the magic in narrative-led motion design.

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Journey To The West Whiskey Sticks To The Classics

The Die Line

Whiskey that takes design inspiration from a classic of Chinese literature? We're sold.

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Celebrate the distinct personalities of mushrooms through Phyllis Ma’s fun-filled photography

Its Nice That

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Creative Insights: Data-Backed Trends to Help You Design Successful Content

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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McDonald's & Starbucks Piloting Reusable Cup Program in California

The Die Line

McDonald’s and Starbucks will implement a pilot program in a handful of independent coffee shops in San Francisco and Palo Alto that utilizes “smart” reusable cups.

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10 young illustrators have been enlisted to raise drink driving awareness for Think!

Its Nice That

Those chosen for the poster-based commission include Joey Yu and Molly Fairhurst.

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A Stunning Homage to Caravaggio and Bernini in Amsterdam

Azure Magazine

Michelangelo Caravaggio (1571-1610) and Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) were two masters of the Italian Baroque, with Bernini’s star rising just as Caravaggio’s life and career were coming to an end. Each is a historical titan – together they’re a lot to take in. Yet Caravaggio-Bernini. Baroque in Rome , a just-opened exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, presents them as a duo (along with some of their equally formidable contemporaries), in the second such major exhibit

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Erlend Peder Kvam’s illustrations are designed to entertain

Its Nice That

Erlend’s recent work sees him return to an analogue, drawing-based approach.

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How to Create Stunning Typography With the Corel Type Tool Kit

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.