Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Feeling grim about your prospects? We help lift your mood by sharing positive stories from creatives about the moments that make life worth living. On a bit of a downer? Well, that's not surprising. The global economy is currently on a downturn, and people are feeling the strain across the world. And even if you're still managing to keep on top of the rent, there's no shame in feeling a little down about your prospects for continuing success as a freelancer.

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Just Creative

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

When it comes to graphic design tablets , iPads are my go-to for their high-quality display, intuitive touch interface, and powerful graphic design apps. Not to mention how iPads integrate well with my MacBooks and overall Apple ecosystem. In this guide, I am going to share my experience with the best iPads for graphic design that I have used so far.

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BP&O

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

It must be something of a dream project when an agency gets commissioned to work on those big-name cultural clients – museums, art galleries, orchestras, theatre companies, et al. You’d expect such projects to be a departure from the constraints and stakeholder-limitations of corporate clients; and perhaps a chance to be more creative than usual, thanks to the nature of The post New York Botanical Garden by Wolff Olins appeared first on BP&O - Branding, Packaging and Opinion.

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Spoon Graphics

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Do you fancy a new collection of fonts but with 90% off the price tag? There’s a new deal over at Design Cuts that will bag you 16 incredible fonts from a variety of talented typography artists, all for just $29 with the best licensing terms you can get. The fonts in this collection are expertly made with a multitude of weights and styles, so this is a great chance to level up the typography and lettering in your design work.

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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

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Image licensed via Adobe Stock We asked the Creative Boom community what tools save them the most time and effort, and here's what they had to say. It doesn't matter how talented you are in your chosen creative discipline; that's only half of the work of being a successful freelancer. The other half is about staying organised and productive so you can deliver everything on time and get paid promptly.

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The Dieline

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

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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Inkbot Design

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

How To Get An Online Graphic Design Degree Graphic design is a fun, creative field that blends art and technology. As a graphic designer, you can use your artistic talents to communicate ideas visually through images, layouts, typography, colours, and more. Sound appealing? An online graphic design degree could be perfect for you! This comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know about earning an online graphic design degree.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Rhode Island School of Design student Cara Ziruo Wang has translated China's rich cultural history into a series of elegant and inspiring illustrations for the country's children's literary magazine October Kids. We caught up with her to learn more about how they were made and how they inspire different children worldwide. For Western readers, the course of the year is broken down into the familiar rhythm of twelve months and four seasons.

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Design Milk

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Raised in Nice, France, where she trained at the Villa Arson, ceramic artist Olivia Cognet spent six years in Los Angeles learning to model clay. Now, she’s returned to her native South of France to push her work further. “Here, I feel more inspired than ever. I hope to be able to make the monumental pieces that I dream of,” Cognet says of her move to Vallauris on the Côte d’Azur.

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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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Graphic Design Junction

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In the modern typography lettering world, fonts are a big part of design, and having lots of different ones that are up-to-date can really improve your creative work. With 2024 upon us, it’s time to refresh your font collection with the latest free offerings. In this article, we’ll explore a curated selection of new and fresh free fonts that graphic designers can download to keep their font library up to date and their designs cutting-edge.

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Inkbot Design

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Is Your Logo Design Up To Date? Re-evaluating Your Brand Identity We all know how important first impressions are. Whether you're meeting someone for the first time or unveiling a new product or service, you've got to put your best foot forward. And no other element plays a more significant part in those first impressions of your business than your logo.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

For the last two years, the volunteer-run charity art project Behind Blue Eyes has shown the value of creativity to Ukrainian children by asking them to capture their lives with disposable film cameras. The resulting photos create a remarkably hopeful portrait of a country ravaged by war and even make dreams come true in the process. The last two years have seen Ukraine change beyond recognition.

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Design Milk

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Gone are the days of boring beige offices with headache-inducing fluorescent lights and claustrophobic cubicles. The modern office embraces color, comfort, and connection – something exemplified by the new Relaxound office in Berlin, Germany, designed by Ester Bruzkus Architekten. “We love spaces within spaces, the blurring of inside and outside, unconventional color combinations, and material contrasts,” says Ester Bruzkus, Partner at Ester Bruzkus Architekten.

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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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Graphic Design Junction

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Arunas Kacinskas is an freelance Portrait illustrator artist based in Vilnius, Lithuania. Whose work transcends the boundaries of conventional illustration, weaving a narrative tapestry that captures the imagination with its vivid imagery and emotive storytelling. At the heart of Kacinskas’ artistic vision lies a deep understanding of human nature, coupled with a keen eye for detail and a penchant for the surreal.

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Inkbot Design

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

20 Weird and Wacky Websites To Inspire Creative UX Strategies A website is built every three seconds. With more online users, tricks, and tools than ever, any brand can create a website with just a few clicks. As we welcome AI-powered website builders , formatted WIX and WordPress templates and a digitally native generation to the mix, it is becoming more challenging than ever to create a website experience that is well remembered.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Love logos? Love music and all-things band culture? Love design books? Then, we have a Kickstarter project for you. In his day job, Jamie Ellul is the creative director at Supple Studio in Bath. But in his spare time, he's been working on an intriguing project with design writer Jim K Davies. It's a book with the self-explanatory title of Logo Rhythm – Band Logos That Rocked The World.

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HONGKIAT

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Welcome to our February collection in the Fresh Resources series! As the new year unfolds, what better moment to explore new tools and resources? This edition is packed with exciting finds for both designers and developers. We’ve got everything from a site that guides you on creating components across different frameworks, to a brand new JavaScript package repository, a tool for diving deep into color spaces, and insights on CSS specificity.

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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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Azure Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In the heart of Canada’s largest metropolis, construction is more than a season — it’s a decades-long certainty. But even in a city desensitized to the backdrop of construction hoarding, street closures, tower cranes and concrete pours, the evolving urban fabric can still stop us in our tracks. On the downtown Toronto corner of Adelaide and Charlotte, the BAND Offsite public art exhibit is a striking case in point.

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Inkbot Design

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

How to Pitch Your Designs to Clients Like a Pro So, you've spent countless hours crafting the perfect design. You've considered every tiny detail and are confident your creation will knock your client's socks off. But now comes the nerve-wracking part – pitching it. Presenting your designs can be daunting, but it's a crucial skill for any designer.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

London-based creative Zhanjiang Liu switched to illustration after ten years of working in the design industry. Despite being a relatively new illustrator, his drawings explode off the page with a chaotic intensity as they capture the highs and lows of everyday life. Having previously worked as an art director for commercials at advertising agencies, Zhanjiang Liu felt it was time for something new.

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Creative Bloq

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

This Creative Cloud bargain is for any individual plan - but students get an extra special discount.

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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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Azure Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Phoenix, Arizona is the fastest growing major city in the U.S. It’s also one of the hottest — and driest. In the desert metropolis, affordable housing remains in high demand, while the largely car-dependent urban region remains a locus of expanding sprawl. At Arizona State University’s (ASU) downtown Phoenix campus, however, the recently completed Fusion on First introduces sustainable design and mixed-use density to the heart of the city.

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Inkbot Design

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

The 26 Best Books for Creative Business Owners Hey there, fellow creative entrepreneurs! If you're anything like me, you have a burning passion for your craft and a desire to turn it into a thriving business. But let's be honest: launching and sustaining a successful venture isn't always a walk in the park. That's why I've curated a list of the best books for creative business owners like you and me.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Netherlands-based freelance illustrator Michelle Wagenaar taps into social media-induced angst to create bright, playful posters that acknowledge the sad sides of life. But far from being all doom and gloom, they are a fun and honest reaction to struggles that everybody in the online world deals with. It's all too easy to feel overwhelmed when scrolling through social media.

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Creative Bloq

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

This Creative Cloud bargain is for any individual plan - but students get an extra 65% discount.

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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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