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“Animal Farm” & the Evolution of the Dust Jacket

Thinking Design

The use of bold color enforces the fiery image. The typography is active, perhaps even unruly. The typography playfully uses only lower case letters printed in pink, a reference to the pigs. The color scheme is monotone. Penguin published this cover in 2004. 1955 Penguin Books. The type is simple.

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“Animal Farm” & the Evolution of the Dust Jacket

Thinking Design

The use of bold color enforces the fiery image. The typography is active, perhaps even unruly. The typography playfully uses only lower case letters printed in pink, a reference to the pigs. The color scheme is monotone. Penguin published this cover in 2004. The type is simple. Cut to the chase.

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State of Branding: Pennsylvania (From Pennsylvania Flags, to Pennsylvania Brands)

Canny

The design of the flag has been credited as in 2004, it was ranked as the twenty-fourth best flag design out of 150 city flags by the North American Vexillological Association, and was the top-rated tricolor. However, they switched this up to a black and gold color scheme in 1948, to match the colors of the Pittsburgh flag.

Brand 78
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Rebellious Design: Brutalism Meets 90s Graphic Design

Envato Tuts+

Selection of British and American punk zines, 1994-2004 by Burn_the_asylum. Original designs featured bold colors, typography was bold, and graphic elements were inspired by psychedelia. The rave culture set design up for the freedom to explore colors, shapes, and composition. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

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History of WordPress – a 20-Year Journey

Template Monster

2004 - Reales of “Mingus” The next significant update was in May 2004. Eight admin color schemes were approachable for users with preview and editing. Clean typography was expressed by the Open Sans font. In May 2003, the first version 0.7 It had XHTML 1.1-compliant

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State of Branding: Ohio (from Ohio flags to Ohio brands)

Canny

Whilst the images and color scheme are soft, the sturdy border adds a contrasting stamp of authority and looks very strong. The Columbus flag is bursting with color, sporting a color scheme of yellow, red, and white, with a blue circular emblem in the center. Key Cities in Ohio. So, let’s get started!

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Millennials are changing the user experience of finance

Telepathy

INTERFACE DESIGN] Fonts and color schemes are broadening – As a designer in the finance world, it used to be that you could use any font you liked, as long as it was Times New Roman, or maybe, maybe Georgia, (if you didn’t tell anyone, and no-one noticed). Wanna see something else wild?