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Universal Design: Transforming How We Think About Accessibility

Azure Magazine

What is accessibility? As a 3’5” scooter user with no arms, for me accessibility means barrier-free access to all the world has to offer. It’s a simple principle, but one not often seen in our public spaces. Even the legal regulations and design standards meant to ensure universal accessibility often fall well short of their goal, if they’re met at all.

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YouTube Channel Art Dimensions and YouTube Banner Design Guides

Fotor

Looking to keep up with the latest ways to give your YouTube channel that cutting-edge look? Spice up your channel with all you need to know about making the perfect YouTube channel art. Read on to learn more about YouTube channel art dimensions as well as some design tips and tricks for creating your own […].

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How Design Can Help Universities Both Distinguish and Unite Their Offering

Design Week

"The challenge in university branding is that you're trying to present a coherent visual identity for something that just has so many fantastically varied things going on within it," says Christine Ayre. Ayre is a designer with a background in linguistics and typography.

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Best Cameras & Memory Cards for Beginners in 2021

Just Creative

Taking up photography can be a very enjoyable and maybe even lucrative hobby to start. The problem is that when you’re first starting, it can get a little overwhelming at the sight of all the gear that’s out there. To help your new passion get started the right way, we thought sharing our best cameras and memory cards for beginners would be a great way to kick off 2021.

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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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Video Tutorial: How to Create a Stained Glass Window Effect

Spoon Graphics

Follow along with this tutorial to learn how to create a stylized illustration with the appearance of a stained glass window, where the artwork is segmented into several coloured shapes. I’ll first show you how to create the simplified illustration style by using Illustrator’s shape tools to draw a rose graphic. This vector art alone is a nice, bright, flat illustration style, but I’ll then show you how you can transform your artwork into a realistic stained glass window with t

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Toronto’s DesignTO Goes Digital: A Guide to 2021’s Must-Sees

Azure Magazine

Thanks to a number of digital interventions, the 11th annual DesignTO – Canada’s largest design festival – is still a go for 2021. While the Interior Design Show has been rescheduled for May , the festival’s series of events, window installations and exhibitions are still set to inundate the city with all things design – albeit, in many cases, in an online format.

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How To Use The Golden Ratio in Design (With Examples)

Just Creative

This article has been contributed by Alisa Taylor. You don’t need to look far for people who agree that a simple nautilus shell, the Parthenon in Athens, and the Mona Lisa all have a certain special something about them. To the uninitiated, some designs just ‘look right’, while those in the know will tell you it comes down to the Golden Ratio. They’ll also tell you that, far from being a relic of the past, the ratio is all around you — and you can use it to create impactful, well-proportioned lo

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“Dormant Seasons” by Photographer Erinn Springer

Booooooom

Photographer Erinn Springer explores her midwestern roots in her recent series, “Dormant Seasons.” Originally from Wisconsin, Springer went to school in New York City and is currently based between both places. Initially started as a way to interact with her family and greater Wisconsin community, the series has blossomed into a reflective exploration of self, home, and the cyclical nature of the land we inhabit. .

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8 Examples of Icon-Based Navigation, Enhanced with CSS and JavaScript

Speckyboy Design Magazine

Icons are among the most versatile tools in a web designer’s arsenal. They can be used as attention-grabbing visuals just about anywhere on a website or app. Whether they’re alerting users of a flash sale or a new social media notification, they usually get the point across. Thus, utilizing icons in a site’s navigation seems like a natural fit. Visually, it sure makes sense.

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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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How Ladybird’s classic nature books were updated for a new generation

Design Week

In the 1950s, Ladybird’s What to Look for series launched with a playful look at spring and autumn. The season-inspired books were written by E.L. Grant Watson and illustrated by painter Charles Tunnicliffe, aiming to show children the changing events in the four seasons across the UK. The series has now been revived for the first time in 60 years by Ladybird, Penguin’s design-led children’s imprint.

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10 Best Crayon and Marker Brushes for Procreate

Just Creative

Procreate is one of the most well-known and highly regarded sketch pad applications that professional artists work on. It offers a vast selection of brushes catering to the needs of the widest possible range of art and design techniques. Here, we have shortlisted the 15 best crayon & marker brushes for Procreate that will enable beginners, artists, and designers alike to achieve whatever artwork they have in mind with utmost perfection.

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&Walsh brightens up vertical farming company Plenty

Creative Review

Indoor vertical farming company Plenty has been given a fresh look by New York creative agency &Walsh. Similar to the way our towns and cities are expanding, the premise of vertical farming is to grow vegetables up rather than out in a bid to save on land, with Plenty claiming to use 99% less land than conventional farms. The San Francisco-based company uses AI and robots to manage production, yet its new look led by &Walsh is designed to give a friendlier, more “approachable”

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Weekly News for Designers ? 576

Speckyboy Design Magazine

Web Design in 2021 – A look at the trends that will shape the year to come. An Early Look at Full Site Editing in WordPress – Take a tour of one of the biggest new features for WordPress themes. Front-End Performance Checklist 2021 – Everything you need to know to create fast experiences on the web today. Two Issues Styling the Details Element and How to Solve Them – Learn how to use this HTML element to create accordion-like functionality.

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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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17 Shillington Student and Teacher Winners of 2020 American Graphic Design Awards

Shillington

We’re so excited to announce that 11 Shillington graduates and 6 Shillington staff projects were selected for the 2020 American Graphic Design Awards! Big applause for Shillington graduates—Angel Mendoza, Ayelet Pinto-Kalo , Caitlin Hohn , Claire Elliot , Ellie Crosby, Jess Leibowitz , Liam Speranza , Luke Dawson , Nneka Njoku , Sean Suozzi and Sofia Jofre.

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15 Best Calligraphy Brushes for Procreate

Just Creative

Calligraphy is a beautiful art form whose history stretches back to Ancient China and has been used for centuries by many different types of people. While calligraphy has had a renaissance, it continues to be a beautiful style of writing used in wedding or event invitations, and using the Procreate app makes creating logos, branding, or any other project using calligraphy a dream.

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Where the Buffalo Roam creates a narrative-led, five-part animated docuseries

Its Nice That

Titled Being Human Is, the production company briefed a handful of illustrators to animate each episode – including Oddfellows, Emiliano Ponzi, Tracy J Lee, Leonard Dupong and Keith Negley.

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Dealing with the Isolation of Freelance Life

Speckyboy Design Magazine

For over two decades, I’ve been fortunate enough to work from home. No maddening commute and all the coffee I can handle. Sounds pretty cool, right? And, even when a global pandemic sent the world scrambling to work remotely, things stayed relatively the same here (save for my child enrolling in online school ). Being in a familiar environment, away from all the chaos, is a true blessing.

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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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Gucci’s collage portrait project celebrates Black history pioneers

Creative Review

Unveiled for Martin Luther King Jr Day, the Pioneers of the Past collaboration is part of the brand’s partnership with North Face as well as a wider celebration of Black representation in art. A Vibe Called Tech – set up by Charlene Prempeh to explore the intersection of Black creativity, culture and innovation – brought together Alayo Akinkugbe, founder of Instagram account @ablackhistoryofart , visual researcher Theophilus Imani, Black Archives founder Renata Cherlise and cur

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10 Best Trackpads & Touchpads of 2021

Just Creative

When you buy a computer, the standard piece of equipment that you would use to perform actions is a mouse, right? Well, did you know that there is another peripheral out there that allows you to do many of the same functions? Meet the trackpad. While many people would rather use a mouse as their default computer accessory, there is something to be said for using a trackpad instead.

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The Blue Hour: Lyrical Illustrations Catalog a Menagerie of Specimens in Earth’s Rarest Pigment

Colossal

All images © Isabelle Simler, shared with permission. French illustrator and author Isabelle Simler deftly renders the liminal time surrounding dusk through a poetic exploration of Earth’s rarest color. The Blue Hour winds through the natural world on a journey to spot the pigment, from a bluejay resting on ice-coated branches to robin’s eggs to midnight skies and ocean depths.

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The 12 Best Photoshop Actions for Black & White Photo Effects in 2021

SpeckyBoy

If you’re looking to work on black and white photos, it’s a good idea to have a solid set of Photoshop actions on hand. These help to streamline your efforts and effectively act as timesavers. This is especially important if you have a lot of images you need to edit. If you’re stumped as to how to locate quality photoshop actions for black and white photos, we’ve put together a good list here of options.

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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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Chloe Dewe Mathews on her five-year project capturing the River Thames

Creative Review

“I’m using the River Thames as a vehicle to explore contemporary ritual in England today,” says photographer Chloe Dewe Mathews about her photobook Thames Log. Published by Loose Joints, the series captures everyday life along the banks of the river and aims to explore peoples’ relationship to water as “a space to think, dream and connect” “My interest came while I was shooting a project out in the Caspian region called Caspian: The Elements.

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Pentagram’s Yuri Suzuki and Sascha Lobe partner on MIDI’s harmonious rebrand

Design Week

Pentagram partners Sascha Lobe and Yuri Suzuki have designed the new identity for the Musical Instrumental Digital Interface (MIDI), based on musical forms and frequency waves. The work includes a new logo (static and sonic), sound design, video and motion graphics as well as typography. MIDI is used by musicians, producers and DJs as a way to create and share musical work.

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Japanese Artist Colors Anime-Inspired Paper Cutouts With Real-World Environments

Design You Trust

Japanese artist Kotetsu blends illustration photography and kirie (Japanese traditional paper cutting) to create beautiful works of art that bring anime heroines into the real world. Instead of using ink or colored pencils to color the outfits of his illustrations, Kotetsu cuts out the paper canvas and juxtaposes his creations against various backdrops, thus letting Mother Nature do the coloring for him.

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Shutterstock Trends: Individuality, Imperfection, Authenticity, Escapism

Graphic Design USA

Shutterstock has released the 10th anniversary edition of its annual Creative Trends Report, highlighting both global and local trends that will impact creative expression and ingenuity in 2021.

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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.