August, 2020

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The 11 Core Principles of Logo Design

Just Creative

This article was contributed by Nathan McKinley. The logo represents the most recognizable face of any business brand, and it can play a crucial role in creating a first impression that can stay in the minds of customers. Naturally, designing a strong logo is very important for any business brand. If designed well, a logo can quickly become a great asset for any business brand.

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Make the Letter Bigger

I Love Typography

Decorated or illuminated initials were an important part of medieval manuscripts for a thousand years. From luxurious gold and silver letters to plain drop capitals, they functioned to illustrate, commentate, and adorn the text. Learn their history and purpose, why they eventually went out of fashion, and what replaced them. The post Make the Letter Bigger appeared first on I Love Typography.

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Are These Fan-made Football Concept Kit Designs Better than the Real Strips?

Spoon Graphics

I have to admit, I’m not much of a football fan (or should that be soccer?), but these concept kits really piqued my interest! I don’t even recognise some of the teams, but their fan-made strips provide some amazing alternative designs to the real kits, many of them staying true to the team colours, but with subtle enhancements such as patterns and colourful graphics.

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18 Free High-Resolution Adobe Illustrator Brush Packs

SpeckyBoy

If you’re looking to add unique elements to your Illustrator designs or want to spice up your projects, you’re going to need a quality Illustrator brush pack. While Illustrator is a popular design program, you can’t find as many resources for it as you can for Photoshop. That’s why we’ve decided to round up the best high-resolution brush packs for Illustrator so you don’t have to waste time searching for them online.

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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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Japanese Minimalism in UI Design for Digital Products

Noupe

In this article, I’m considering the concept of Japanese minimalism, its implications in the user interface design of digital products, and its key principles. Are you ready to immerse in Japanese art trends leveraged in the context of the modern digital world? “Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” — Lao Tzu.

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The Dos and Don’ts of Logo Design

Just Creative

This article has been contributed by Umer Bilal. When first starting up your business, you absolutely have to nail the branding. You need to create a strong identity for yourself from the very beginning in order to make a lasting impression on the customers you want to attract. A business’s brand identity needs to be consistent across all media – from print to web, and all platforms – from its website to social media ads.

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25 Fantastic Adobe Illustrator Text Effects Tutorials

Speckyboy Design Magazine

Great typography can elevate any project and make it look more polished. But when you take text and apply creative and unique text effects, you create a completely different work of art. In this roundup, we’ve gathered the best Adobe Illustrator tutorials for designing highly creative text effects. By following these tutorials, you’ll take your Illustrator skills to a whole new level and be able to make your design projects more interesting.

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Showcase of Brush Lettering with Fast, Aggressive Strokes

Spoon Graphics

The style of a pen stroke can completely change the perception of a lettering piece. Smooth, flowing calligraphy comes across as elegant and ceremonial, whereas faster and more direct strokes generate more of a raw and energetic mood. In today’s showcase I present 45 great examples of brush lettering with attitude! These lettering pieces are drawn with quick, aggressive strokes that in some cases don’t even give the ink time to transfer from the brush or marker to the paper.

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Should a Web Designer Ever Provide Discounts?

SpeckyBoy

Among the first things you learn as a freelance web designer is that everybody wants a deal. Whether it’s a new client or an existing one, you’ll receive plenty of requests for discounted pricing. It’s almost as if they mistake a web design firm for a used car lot. While haggling over price is as old as commerce itself, we still need to make a living.

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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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Noted: New Name and Logo for St. Louis City SC

Under Consideration / Brand

“Soccer and the City”. (Est. 2019) " St. Louis City SC will begin play in MLS in 2023, joining Sacramento as the 29th and 30th teams in the league. The team will feature the only majority female-led ownership group in Major League Soccer, led by Carolyn Kindle Betz.". Design by. “A diverse group of over 20 local designers”. Related links. MLS press release.

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5 Steps to Improve Your Logo Design

Noupe

As you move forward in your career, your logo designing skills should be honed as well if you keep practising it. However, to come up with something extraordinary, that would create a striking impression; simply practising is not enough. Listed below are 5 steps that can help you improve your logo designing skills and create a logo that leaves a lasting impression on the minds of your target audience. 1.

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[Podcast] Working With Leaders – JUST Branding Podcast EP 11 with Motto

Just Creative

Sunny Bonnell and Ashleigh Hansberger of Motto , a strategic branding agency in NYC, reveal what it takes to work with “rare breeds” – the leaders, rebels & entrepreneurs who do things differently. You’ll find out how to build more purposeful brands by better connecting with your clients, plus exactly how you can use your “vices” as superpowers, backed up by personal stories of failure and courage.

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Weekly News for Designers ? 552

Speckyboy Design Magazine

A Lightweight Masonry Solution A nice lightweight solution from Ana Tudor. The minified JavaScript is under 800 bytes, while the strictly masonry-related styles are under 300 bytes. What is the difference between this & that? Learn the the differences between and in front-end development. Deep Dive into CSS Grid Dive deep into the CSS Grid Layout and explore almost all related properties and features.

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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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Sci-fi goes minimal in Penguin’s new book series

Creative Review

Penguin Classics has published a new series of ten sci-fi books that aim to give the genre something of a rebrand. The books included are written by authors from around the world and span the sci-fi spectrum, from satire to dystopia, yet they are unified by striking jacket designs that throw caution to the wind as far as mainstream sci-fi aesthetics are concerned.

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Photos of the Last Northern White Rhinos on the Planet

Feature Shoot

Zacharia Kipkirui, one of the primary rhino caretakers at Ol Pejeta conservancy relaxes with Najin. The caretakers live away from their families at a small camp within eyesight of the rhino holding area for 20 days on and 6 days off. Peter Esegon, one the rhinos’ primary caretakers, scratches Najin in her hind leg. Esegon says that she likes to be scratched behind her ears and behind her leg, saying that it calms her down, and puts her at ease.

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Derpy Animals by Ceramicist Nastia Calaca Channel Peculiar Storybook Characters

Colossal

All images © Nastia Calaca, shared with permission. As a child, Nastia Calaca dreamed of illustrating the magical stories she devoured. Five years ago, she tried her hand at ceramics and soon was sculpting physical iterations of the anthropomorphized characters she loved. Her current collection of handmade creatures includes dopey pups and startled anteaters that are crafted with distinct personas in mind.

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How to Attract Attendees to Your Webinar: 8 Powerful Strategies

Noupe

Planning to host a webinar? Not surprising. Webinars are a great tool for marketing, training, internal communication, and networking. If you use the right tools and plan your webinars well, you can use webinars to promote your business with a limited marketing budget. Additionally, the multi-dimensional experience and two-way communication of webinars makes them engaging and resultful.

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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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Creative Ways to Approach Human-Centered Design in Business

Just Creative

This article has been contributed by Roli Edema. One of the most widely acknowledged principles in business is the importance of understanding your customer and designing for them. A deep understanding of your target customer often translates into perceptive design decisions that help you build strong brand awareness. In recent years, the concept of human-centered design has emerged as an approach to involving the human perspective in all stages of the problem-solving process.

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Artist Reveals What Fonts Were Used To Design Famous Logos

Design You Trust

There is no doubt that a logotype is the face of the company; that‘s why each element of some of the most iconic and well-recognizable logos is carefully thought out, even though they might seem simple. More: Emanuele Abrate, Instagram, Facebook, Behance h/t: boredpanda Often, simplicity is the key. Selecting the right typeface and font for a logo is crucial and combined with size, color.

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Say goodbye to useless brand guidelines

Creative Review

Designers will know that brand guidelines are only as useful as the client on the receiving end is prepared to make them. Months of work developing rigorous specifications and fine-tuning details can all be flushed away the moment they’re handed over. For clients, however, following – or indeed finding – guidelines can be an unwieldly, time-consuming chore, a never-ending trawl through a convoluted PDF that has likely been lost in a wormhole of computer files.

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Black and White Drawings by Moebius

Juxapoz Magazine

We don't need to remind you: we lost a legend in Jean Giraud, aka Moebius. The French illustrator was famous and widely known for his work on the comics Blueberry and Silver Surfer, as well as his work with Heavy Metal, but we came across some stunning black and white illustrations this morning that we thought were beautiful in their simplicity.

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Web Design for All: Accessibility, Inclusivity and Beyond

Speaker: Eden Spivak, Design Expert and Editor at Wix & Nir Horesh, Accessibility Lead and Senior Product Manager at Wix

When we design products or websites for people like ourselves, there are many others who are, as a result, left out. From visually impaired users who rely on assistive technology, to people with a temporary injury such as a broken arm, tech users are forever diverse and beautifully unique. The products we design can, and should, reflect the extremely wide range of human experiences and needs.

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A Furry Utopia is Overrun with Delicately Rendered Cats in Kamwei Fong’s New Illustration

Colossal

“Wonderfurryland” (2020), 25 x 37 inches. All images © Kamwei Fong, shared with permission. According to long-held superstitions, a horde of black cats certainly indicates impending misfortune, but for Kamwei Fong , a mass of the furry creatures is actually a fluffy utopia. Containing felines in various emotional and physical states—drowsy, peeved, and deep in slumber— “Wonderfurryland” features a diverse kitty population defined by their rotund bodies, splayed limbs, and puffed tail

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School Website Best Practices: Designing for Success

Noupe

As students head into the fall semester, every school needs to have a solid tech strategy in place, and this all starts with a well-designed website. This rings especially true since many schools are trying to connect with large volumes of students and keep them updated throughout COVID-19 challenges. Having a well-designed education website is an ideal way to establish your digital presence, regardless if you work at a school with an existing web presence or are building your brand from the gro

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How to Use the Psychology of Color When Creating a Website

Just Creative

This article has been contributed by Dave Schneider. Colors are one of the most impactful ways that we perceive the world. Because of that, it’s not surprising that colors are an essential consideration when it comes to marketing as well. In fact, over 90% of people cite color as one of the primary influencing factors in their buying decisions. That’s a number that no company can ignore, especially at a time when even the slightest advantage can be the difference between success and failure.

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‘80s Style Double Exposure Portraits Of Pets With Their Owners By Danielle Spires

Design You Trust

Among all the photos of pets and selfies with them flooding the internet, we present you the only timeless portrait you’ll ever need. Los Angeles pet photographer Danielle Spires has developed her unique style by using stylized backdrops full of kitsch in her photo studio that result in oddly hilarious and quirky portraits of owners with their beloved pets—creative pics that our furry and not-so.

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What in the World is a Force Majeure?

Speaker: Michele Berdinis

This session will answer business law questions that people are asking most during the pandemic. If my business can’t pay its bills, can my creditors come after my personal assets? Do I have to pay the rent on my co-working space or office? Can my clients cancel signed contracts? Can I cancel contracts for things I no longer need because my business has slowed down?