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The 20 illustrators inspiring us the most in 2025

Creative Boom

Christoph Niemann Christoph Niemann is an illustrator, graphic designer, and children's book author who has been writing and illustrating The New York Times blog Abstract City since July 2008 (renamed Abstract Sunday in 2011). She's from California but is currently based in Detroit.

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16 Free Type Foundries for Graphic Designers on a Budget

Shillington

You need some typography for your project and you’re on a tight budget. At Shillington , we’ve done all the hard work for you and scoured the web to find the very best resources for your typography needs. FontStruct is a free, font-building tool funded by advertising and some generous sponsors. Font Fabric.

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The Sony Vaio Logo – The Meaning Behind Sony’s Laptop Logo Designed by Teiyu Goto

Logo Smith

Originally an acronym of Video Audio Integrated Operation, this was amended to Visual Audio Intelligent Organizer in 2008 to celebrate the brand’s 10th anniversary. A quick journey to Wikipedia reveals the following information on the meaning behind the Vaio logo: Etymology of the Sony Vaio Logo.

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Foursquare rebrands to show it’s not just “the check-in app”

Design Week

Location app Foursquare has rebranded to better represent its position as a B2B software service following a period of “growing pains” Co-founded in 2008 by Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai, the app allowed people to “check-in” to venues through their smartphones – incorporating mobile GPS technology.

Digital 101
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Reviewed: New Logo and Identity for Waze by Pentagram

Under Consideration / Brand

Originally created as a free digital database of the map of Israel in Hebrew built through crowd-sourcing and named FreeMap Israel, the Israel-based company created Waze in 2008 to commercialize its technology and after a few years of expansion and adoption, it was purchased by Google in 2013. Typography. Out of home advertising.

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Becoming type-sensitive with the psychology of fonts

UX Collective

Typography also drives a handful of other cognitive processes that often get overlooked?—?but The following science-backed ideas will hopefully inspire some typography decisions that will best suit your project and goals. For example, simple, easy-to-read, and bold fonts are a good match for car advertisements. Childers, T.

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50 Best Design Blogs You Have To Read (2020 Update)

Shillington

Founded in 1980, Creative Review is the world’s leading monthly magazine for advertising, design and visual culture. Fonts In Use is a public archive of typography indexed by typeface, format, and industry. Creative Review. Based in California, it’s run by Dave Cuzner, Ethan Davis and Grace Danico. Fonts In Use. Logo Design Love.