Creative Boom

APRIL 14, 2024

The illustrator and designer helped take two friends' restaurant idea from humble beginnings to awards success. She explains the challenges involved and how she met them. From Bidenomonics to Romantasy, everyone loves a good portmanteau – the technical term for two words joined together. The best examples don't even need to be explained: it's immediately obvious that, for example, 'boxercise' is a mixture of boxing and exercise.

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I Love Typography

APRIL 15, 2024

Read the book, Typographic Firsts A typeface is a series of conversations happening simultaneously between different characters. For example, in the Latin script, the lowercase b talks to the d, talks to the p, talks to the q, and they respond. So there is this ongoing conversation between the b, d, p, and q, and then there is this other […] The post The Music of Type Design appeared first on I Love Typography.

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Design Milk

APRIL 10, 2024

If the eccentric proprietor of the Wonka Chocolate Factory had a headquarters like this, he’d probably think twice about handing over the keys to little Charlie. Designed by Ippolito Fleitz Group (IFG) , the new Ritter Sport Schokozentrale (which translates to Chocolate Central) in Waldenbuch, Germany, is an exemplary model of what an inspiring, joyful, and innovative office in the sweets industry – or any industry, for that matter – should look like.

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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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Creative Boom

APRIL 9, 2024

Sharon Stone with her paintings at the East Coast premiere of her art exhibition Courtesy of C. Parker Gallery in Greenwich, Connecticut. Stone has two new exhibitions in Berlin and San Francisco Countless people have switched careers mid-stream, as actress-turned-painter Sharon Stone recently did. We discuss how to follow in her footsteps and how buying a.ART domain name can help.

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HONGKIAT

APRIL 22, 2024

It’s time for another edition of our collection of fresh tools and resources for our fellow designers and developers. This time around, we’ve got a little bit of everything, from demos showcasing the latest CSS features to some nifty JavaScript libraries you won’t want to miss. So, let’s jump right in and explore what’s new! caniemail Akin to CanIUse.

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Creative Bloq

APRIL 8, 2024

Pro artist Martin Nebelong reveals how to get more from Adobe's new AI tools, including Generative Fill, Structure Reference and Firefly.

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We And The Color

APRIL 1, 2024

Have you ever been captivated by a visually stunning piece of art, design, or even a simple advertisement? The magic behind that impact often lies in the strategic use of color. Color theory is the science and art of using colors effectively to communicate ideas, evoke emotions, and create harmony in visual compositions. Whether you’re a budding artist, a designer looking to refine your skills, or simply someone who wants to elevate the visual impact of your projects, understanding color t

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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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Design Milk

APRIL 15, 2024

Metre Architects , a design firm known for its innovative spatial solutions , has pushed the boundaries of conventional design again with their latest project entitled Vessel. Located in Singapore, this new condo apartment underwent renovations to add a loft structure and to tailor the design to the lifestyle needs of the young professional couple who owns it.

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Its Nice That

APRIL 10, 2024

“If I can giggle at my own work, I know I’m doing something right,” says the illustrator.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 10, 2024

With its new, more distinct logotype, richer colour palette, and suite of iconography, the RSPCA hopes to rally support for tackling the growing global challenges in animal welfare. As the RSPCA celebrates 200 years of working to help animals live fairer and better lives, it has launched a new purpose, positioning, and brand identity designed by Jones Knowles Ritchie (JKR).

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Colossal

APRIL 12, 2024

A Chaunacops (a genus of bony fish in the sea toad family Chaunacidae) is seen at a depth of 1388.65 meters on Seamount SF2 inside the Nazca-Desventuradas Marine Park. All images courtesy of Schmidt Ocean Institute, shared with permission Stretching thousands of miles off Chile’s coast to Rapa Nui , also known as Easter Island, the Salas y Gómez Ridge is a vast underwater mountain range in the Pacific Ocean.

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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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Creative Bloq

APRIL 13, 2024

Catching up with Emlyn Davies and Mark Procter of Wales-based animation studio Bomper on its 10th anniversary.

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The Dieline

APRIL 5, 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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Design Milk

APRIL 5, 2024

Large scale 3D printing has made significant headway into real world applications. Designers in automotive, event fabrication, architectural planning, and other industries already use the innovative technology part and parcel in development, if not actual manufacturing of products. There are even entire homes constructed layer by layer using a cement mix, resulting in free-form, curvilinear shapes characteristic of the additive process.

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Its Nice That

APRIL 9, 2024

Be it historical writing systems inscribed on leaves or entirely new mediums all together, we explore how, in typographic design, the medium has always shaped the message.

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Typography 129

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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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Creative Boom

APRIL 16, 2024

Philadelphia-based artist Adam Shub pays homage to the films and games of his youth in a series of meticulously planned pixel paintings. We caught up with him to hear how he paints them by hand. When it comes to evoking nostalgia, few things send back people of a certain age more than the sight of pixellated game art. While not as smooth or sophisticated as today's impressive graphics, pixel art has a charm of its own that captures the spirit of the 1980s and '90s.

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Colossal

APRIL 16, 2024

Known to locals as the “Lady of the Rings,” Sicily’s Mount Etna is both the highest island mountain in the Mediterranean and the most active stratovolcano in the world. The magnificent landform has even more impressive qualities considering it emits elegant smoke rings, known as volcanic vortex rings, high into the sky. A video from The Straits Times documents the fascinating formations as they drift through the atmosphere.

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The Die Line

APRIL 4, 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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Packaging Design Inspiration 121

The Dieline

APRIL 12, 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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Packaging Design Inspiration 121

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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Design Milk

APRIL 8, 2024

Stepping onto the grounds of this Bethesda, Maryland home, visitors are greeted by the majestic ginkgo trees that frame the entrance. This newly renovated 1920s center-hall colonial – dubbed the Ginko House – has undergone a major transformation, breathing new life into its historic bones while retaining some of its original charm. The 4,875-square-foot home had a large addition located at the rear, consisting of a kitchen, great room, and primary suite, that was flooded with natural light.

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Booooooom

APRIL 8, 2024

Andrea Koesters Andrea Koesters’s Website Andrea Koesters on Instagram

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Creative Boom

APRIL 14, 2024

Image licensed via Adobe Stock. Aisyaqilumar - stock.adobe.com As a creative professional, you need to spin a lot of plates. But how do you avoid them all crashing to the ground at once? We elicit the best advice from the Creative Boom community. Feeling overwhelmed? You wouldn't be the first creative professional to buckle under the weight of multiple projects.

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Colossal

APRIL 16, 2024

Courtesy of the Biodiversity Heritage Library In the early 19th century, German naturalist Lorenz Oken quickly established himself as a leader in the Naturphilosophie movement, a current of Idealism , which attempted to comprehend a total view of nature by investigating its theoretical structure—a precursor to the natural sciences as we know them today.

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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?

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