Creative Boom

APRIL 17, 2024

Want to use your design skills for social good? Then Sean Rodrigo offers a great example to follow. We profile the London-based artist and look at some of his key projects to date. If you've visited Walthamstow, the creative hub in east London, recently, you may have noticed some unusual-looking food donation banks dotted around the place. On close inspection, they reveal themselves to be meticulously designed miniature models of well-known local buildings, such as Manze's pie and mash shop, The

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Azure Magazine

APRIL 17, 2024

Whether muted or vibrant, graphic or gradated, well-crafted area rugs can amp up the style and personality in any room, while also adding a layer of luxurious softness underfoot. Here, five modern rug s that boast individual charm, inviting texture and incredible warmth. 1 Archiscape Collection by BOMAT Archiscape Gabi in Burnt Brick Translating specific architectural building elements – the lines and textures of brick, tiles and mortar – into the language of weaving methods – warp, weft and pil

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Creative Boom

APRIL 17, 2024

Hideki Yoshimoto and Marjan van Aubel have been pushing the boundaries in their Milan Design Week installations for car giant Lexus. We report from the show. The world's largest design event, Milan Design Week, is a funny old thing. Originally a furniture fair, it's grown over the years into a massive week-long celebration of creativity and innovation in furniture, lighting, fashion, textiles and all kinds of product design.

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We And The Color

APRIL 17, 2024

Elevate Your Brand by Crafting Captivating Social Media Presentations in 1080 x 1920 px using a set of high-quality InDesign templates. In today’s digital age, where attention spans are shorter than ever, brands need to captivate their audience quickly and effectively. With the rise of social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok, visual content has become paramount in establishing brand identity and engaging followers.

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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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The Die Line

APRIL 17, 2024

Rather than use a transparent bag with a lot of empty space to show the tortillas, Coyotas fully uses its packaging’s surface, turning the front into a showcase of Southwest-inspired graphics and inspired typography.

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SpeckyBoy

APRIL 17, 2024

World maps play a crucial role in various design projects, helping to convey global perspectives and data visually. They serve as a foundational element for designers looking to highlight international or geographical aspects in their work. This collection includes a wide range of free world map templates available across different platforms and design software.

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We And The Color

APRIL 17, 2024

Replaced by Robots? Not Today! How Graphic Designers Can Thrive with AI Hey there, fellow pixel pushers and typography tamers! Ever have that sinking feeling a rogue algorithm might snatch your design chair? Fear not, creative comrades! While AI is definitely shaking things up in the graphic design world, it’s not here to steal your job – it’s here to be your super-powered sidekick.

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Design Milk

APRIL 17, 2024

The volume of research that goes into ergonomics, an important aspect in furniture development and design, is not always obvious when looking at the finished product. For instance, the IVY outdoor collection , designed by Objekte Unserer Tage ( OUT ), perfected the comfort of its powder-coated steel tube design through the use of various ergonomic studies.

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Creative Bloq

APRIL 17, 2024

(Even if it's not quite what people think).

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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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Colossal

APRIL 17, 2024

All images © Cyrus Kabiru, shared with permission Ranging from mechanical parts and cooking utensils to plastic caps and beads, Kenyan artist Cyrus Kabiru fashions dazzling eyewear and helmets from salvaged and found objects. The futuristic forms often obscure the eyes like an ornamental veil, and motorbike helmets provide a fitting canvas for fins and frills.

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Creative Bloq

APRIL 17, 2024

DesignStudio's executive creative director tells us about his work, influences and the importance of talking to everyone.

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Inkbot Design

APRIL 17, 2024

Omnichannel Fitness Marketing Strategies [2024 Update] The fitness industry has experienced a significant transformation in recent years. As consumer behaviour shifts to a digital-first mindset, fitness brands must adapt their marketing strategies to effectively stand out and engage their target audience. Businesses are adapting to evolving consumer trends, and for your fitness brand , your omnichannel marketing strategy needs to remain innovative to maintain your competitive edge.

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Creative Bloq

APRIL 17, 2024

The ultimate event for VFX, game art and animation takes place in London this Friday.

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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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Communication Arts

APRIL 17, 2024

With development by Kenta Toshikura of Garden Eight, Athena Tian’s updated design portfolio sparkles with animated interactions.

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Design You Trust

APRIL 17, 2024

Philippines-based artist Januz Miralles blends photo manipulation with traditional painting methods to produce ghostly and ethereal art. In his works, feminine forms are obscured through fading, hand-drawn illustrations, and layered brush strokes, creating a haunting, molten effect. This technique simultaneously intensifies and erases identity. The textural contrasts and the poetic veiling and distortion of the images imbue them with a dreamlike quality, an enigmatic aura, and a sense of movemen

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Inkbot Design

APRIL 17, 2024

Guide to Mastering Great Customer Experience I would like to begin by defining the term “customer experience”. Nowadays, this phrase is used as a buzzword. But, in simple terms, it is every contact point between a client and your business from when they recognise and discover you up to when they purchase and use your product or service, including any post-purchase support interactions.

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Designspiration

APRIL 17, 2024

Virgins. - Russian Carpet: Daily inspiration, trends, mood board. Architecture, art, design, fashion, photography.

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Colossal

APRIL 17, 2024

A mother working overtime at home as a seamstress finds it difficult to carve out a few moments for her son in “ Felt Love ,” a poignant short film about family, togetherness, and quality time. Created by a group of students at San Jose State University as a senior thesis project in 2020, the piece combines a miniature 3D set with 2D animation to tell the story of a young boy who learns the depth of his mother’s hard work and adoration and how she learns to share that with him.

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The Die Line

APRIL 17, 2024

The Mexico-born and New York-based lettering luminary and spirits label whiz might not have wanted to be a graphic designer, but he sure is a damn good one.

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Design You Trust

APRIL 17, 2024

Winner: Thirst by Tom Way The British Photography Awards (BPA) 2023 showcases exceptional wildlife photography from the UK and beyond, highlighting the beauty of nature and promoting conservation. These awards celebrate photographers’ talent and encourage actions to protect wildlife for future generations.

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Colossal

APRIL 17, 2024

All images © RX & Slag, shared with permission If you walked into an exhibition featuring work from Tamara Kostianovsky in recent years, you likely encountered life-sized carcasses dangling from meat hooks. The Argentine-American artist ( previously ) is perhaps best known for these carnal sculptures of bone and flesh made from patterned fabric scraps.

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Creative Bloq

APRIL 17, 2024

The brand's exhibit at Milan Design Week is open now.

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Graphis

APRIL 17, 2024

In Graphis Photography 2024, Peter Samuels‘ “Pheasants and Peafowl” series garnered accolades for its fusion of commercial. The post Birds of a Feather: Peter Samuels’ Portrait Series “Pheasants and Peafowl” appeared first on Graphis Blog.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 17, 2024

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Three-quarters of you say that Instagram has become "useless" for reach and engagement. With the help of the Creative Boom community, we revisit some alternative strategies to get attention. In today's sluggish economy, finding new clients and maintaining a steady workflow is more challenging than ever for graphic designers, illustrators, artists and other creatives.

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Designspiration

APRIL 17, 2024

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