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“When God Comes Back”: Dark Brutal Macabre Illustrations by Ash Thorp

Design You Trust

Ash Thorp is a graphic designer, illustrator, artist, and creative director for a multitude of media, including feature films, commercial enterprises, and print. In 2013, Thorp launched his own creative design corporation named ALT Creative, Inc.

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Solo Exhibitions: Martha Rich’s ‘It’s Wild Here’ + Lisa Congdon’s ‘Ode to Kyoto’

Design Milk

Martha Rich Ode to Kyoto marks artist, illustrator, and bestselling author Congdon’s debut solo exhibition with Paradigm, and the culmination of a curatorial project with The Jaunt. Founded in 2013 by Jeroen Smeets, The Jaunt helps artists gain inspiration through travel.

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9 Years Building the World’s Marketplace for Design

Creative Market

2013 marked the beginning of a distinctively retro, rugged aesthetic. The idea that you could illustrate letters to bring words to life wasn’t new, but the tools certainly were. You start seeing many more handwritten fonts on Creative Market, including some that leverage textured brushes simulating dry and wet media strokes.

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A New Book Flies Through the Vast World of Birds from Art and Design to History and Ornithology

Colossal

Published by Phaidon , the stunning, 352-page volume compiles works from hundreds of artists, illustrators, photographers, and designers—including Lorna Simpson ( previously ), Nick Cave ( previously ), Ernst Haeckel ( previously ), and Florentijn Hofman ( previously )—who choose ostriches, flamingos, and other avians as their central motifs.

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Interview with Dave Coleman, 2D Animator, Illustrator and Type Designer

Shillington

Dave Coleman approaches type design with the eyes of a designer and soul of an illustrator. I also think the rise of social media around that period of time contributed to the modern lettering boom. In 2013, I worked for a year as a junior graphic designer in Sydney and on my hour-long train commute, I would practice lettering.

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Names to know: 20 visionaries shaping the future of creativity

Creative Boom

Founded in 2013, Elvie has grown into a global market leader for premium breast pumps in the U.K. We especially love her take on how LinkedIn and social media can distort what success looks like to people, as expressed in this Medium article.

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Early branding for early startups

UX Collective

Designing a product brand from end to end, Illustration by Marissa Scipione Designing any product’s brand is no easy process. Illustration by Marissa Scipione Name It all starts with selecting a name. Early Branding for Early Startups Guidelines to co-create design standards to boost a seed-stage product’s success. Let’s get started!

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