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F5: Elena Salmistraro Shares Her Favorite Accessory, Art + Album

Design Milk

Elena Salmistraro graduated from the Politecnico in Milan with a degree in Industrial Design in 2008, and the following year opened her own firm. She’s the creator of a unique and highly recognizable aesthetic, and interested in developing work that straddles the lines between illustration, design, and visual arts.

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12 of the Best Adobe Illustrator Alternatives [Free & Paid]

Graphic Mama

Adobe Illustrator has become an industry standard. Used by many professional designers, it’s a robust program with plenty of tools and features that could help you create amazing vector designs. Illustrator has its own flaws: its steep price (one license starts at $20.99 Gravit Designer. Visit website.

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50+ Best Gifts for Designers on Every Budget

Inkbot Design

50+ Best Gifts for Designers on Every Budget Designers are creative professionals who use their artistic talents to communicate ideas visually. Whether in graphic design , industrial design, interior design, or other specialities, designers rely on inspiration, software, tools, and technology to bring their visions to life.

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Meet MackBecks: feel-good feminist jewelry from Kansas City

Moo

MackBecks creates handmade wearables in small batches from their Kansas City design studio. Each piece is handmade slowly with multidisciplinary techniques like metalsmithing and industrial design to craft unique and authentic pieces. I sourced some really tiny pliers and got to work at my coffee table in 2017.

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Meet Shillington Graduates Who Became Freelance Graphic Designers

Shillington

Viktoria Lange, Shillington New York Graduate Viktoria Lange graduated from Shillington New York in 2022 and now works as a freelance communication designer and illustrator. Manon Prost, Shillington London Graduate Manon Prost graduated from Shillington London in 2020 and now runs her own design studio.

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Design 4.0: leading design in the new industry

UX Collective

In the past, designers were expected to both design and code front-end applications. If Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator are what distinguish a designer from a non-designer, think again, as new platforms like Canva have entered the preset template market. Design in Tech Report 2017. Rogers, Everett.

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21 Famous Graphic Designers That Anyone in the Design Industry Needs to Know in 2023

Shillington

Fuerte and her team at Hey work across art direction, branding, packaging, campaign, illustration, print, typography and digital. His incredible knowledge of design, production, printing and illustration helped to spread the message of the BPP and was instrumental in its success—finding new ways to spread the word.