Creative Boom

JANUARY 10, 2024

And you don't just get to read about it but also get hands-on through foldout models. A new book celebrates the architecture of Hong Kong public housing in the 1950s-1980s. Weird, isn't it? In the UK, we see estates of concrete tower blocks as a historical mistake, many of which have since been demolished.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Now, a new series of six short films, Before You Ask, dispels myths about living with sight loss and saves you from having to ask the same boring old questions everyone seems to ask. I felt it was about time the visually impaired people got the chance to answer all these questions once and for all." and 'How can you drive?'

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 23, 2023

Life for billions across the planet is continually improving, and there are plenty of reasons to feel optimistic about the future. So, as the end of summer approaches, let's flip the script on universal despondency and explore five bright and positive books that will make you feel better about the world and your role in it.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 28, 2024

"The studying didn't really do much for me since my university didn't support illustrating, but I kept doing my thing and eventually found out about that sweet little niche, which is illustration." What's all the more impressive is that for a long time, he claims to have "never cared too much" about classic drawing. "I

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I Love Typography

MAY 31, 2021

The post Talking about type appeared first on I Love Typography. Is there anything to be gained by devising replacement systems? Do we need font classification at all? And what's a typographic dog? Read on to discover the answers to these questions and more!

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Designer Daily

MARCH 20, 2022

There were already plenty of books containing his work, such as his Bible illustrations , Paradise Lost , Divine Comedy , and so on… However, Fantastic Gustave Doré is, to our knowledge, the most comprehensive book about the work of the artist.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 6, 2023

Illustrator and social media sensation Hazel Mead has made her publication debut with Why Aren't We Talking About This?! , a handy and insightful guidebook which aims to answer all the tricky questions about life that you should have been taught sooner. Back then, it was more about how to change a tyre or a light bulb and how to cook.

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Creative Boom

MAY 5, 2022

In our exclusive interview, she explains how she goes about it, the different paths to find your niche, and why doing so can be a game-changer for your earning power. If you embrace a niche, you become more confident about charging for stuff because you're more confident about what you do. It's about not being vanilla.

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I Love Typography

JUNE 28, 2021

The post Talking about type: Introducing CEDARS+ appeared first on I Love Typography. There are schools of thought that focus on the impact of punchcutting and metal type on the outlines of letterforms, or on the historical period in which a style of typeface first emerged.

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Creative Boom

JULY 24, 2023

Credit: Patrick - stock.adobe.com As we say goodbye to Twitter and its famous blue bird today, how does the design industry feel about the rebrand? Given Twitter has been a solid social network for artists and designers this past decade, how does the creative industry feel about Musk's new X? Image licensed via Adobe Stock.

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Just Creative

APRIL 5, 2020

Thankfully, there are a few unarguable truths about SEO in 2020. When you click on “About Featured Snippets” under the result, you get Google’s explanation on how snippets work. If you just got a new plant and you don’t know what it is, you can use the app and Google will tell you all about it. What Are The SEO Facts of 2020?

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UX Collective

JULY 31, 2023

Characteristics : Knowledgeable about DeFi concepts and comfortable with managing digital assets. Nervous about DeFi. People are amusingly stubborn about this —  Scoopy Trooples was asked in an interview about the pseudonym and their response was “ Well, this is my real face. Seeking to understand DeFi as an alternative.

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Creative Applications

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Created by Julius von Bismarck & Benjamin Maus, Round About Four Dimensions sculpture represents a “hypercube”, “four-cube” or “tesseract”, often cited in mathematical and physical theories to illustrate concepts beyond three spatial dimensions.

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Eye on Design

JANUARY 13, 2022

But as its vectorized ashes settle, the mass of opinion pieces we produced about it is a testament to how much it struck a chord in our industry. What if these articles, which claimed to tell us something about the tech industry, also revealed something about the creative industry? What do these values illuminate?

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SpeckyBoy

JUNE 25, 2023

And we can’t forget about adding ALT attributes to images. We asked Amber about common accessibility issues. And she also provided some great tips for testing and talking to your clients about it. During the sales process, my partner Chris will ask prospective clients questions about where they operate and their funding.

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SpeckyBoy

MAY 5, 2021

As a professional designer, I’ve since had it reinforced again and again that, when it comes to ideas, it’s all about how you present them. People will certainly retain more information about your content the more experiential and interactive it is. I earned a disappointing grade as a result. The Web Designer Toolbox.

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UX Collective

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

So what about scalability? Earlier, I talked about the moment when a significant redesign is imminent due to a flow-based approach. Follow me for more thoughts about OOUX. The objects and their relationships can give you an excellent understanding of the interface’s needs.

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Inkbot Design

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

15 Things Creatives Need to Understand About Marketers The relationship between creatives and marketers is a delicate dance. This guide will explore the essential things creatives need to know about the mysterious marketing mind. ” At first glance, we're talking about completely unrelated topics. The tactics come later.

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Design Milk

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Amechi Mandi, Plunge Waves Mandi was contacted about his work by FLOOR_STORY Head of Design, Gill Thorpe. Verso Quad Verso Pleat To learn more about FLOOR_STORY’s newest trio of rug collections, visit floorstory.co.uk. Verso Inset The rugs of Verso are made by weavers in Afghanistan using Turkish and Moroccan rug knots.

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HONGKIAT

MAY 29, 2023

Ask any web designer , and they’ll tell you about their personal views on white space. In this context, “white space” is about creating areas within a design that are free from active elements and allow the design to breathe. The post A New Way of Thinking About White Space appeared first on Hongkiat.

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Inkbot Design

AUGUST 15, 2023

11 Common Misconceptions About Web Design If you have never sat down and devised a design for your business' website , you have never thought about what goes into it. But it continues beyond how much you know about posting to a website or the content that needs to be published on the site.

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Design Milk

MARCH 8, 2024

To learn more about the Agnes speaker, visit philippemrich.com. Emrich design operates around the tried and true tactile controls of a twin knob interface on the main unit, the top knob assigned to adjust the speakers 360-degree sound output according to optimal placement, and the lower knob controlling volume.

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UX Collective

DECEMBER 4, 2023

We hadn’t yet realized that we “should” be thinking about promotions or careers. Well, we didn’t care about promotions… until we did. We hear people talk about performance reviews and promotions all the time. If you are interested in reading about her transition process, read her article here. Let us explain.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 26, 2024

More broadly, these ads find an imaginative way to solve an age-old problem in marketing: how to talk about your low prices without promoting the idea that your products are low-quality. The ads cleverly link the domestic chaos that sometimes entails with the cheapness of IKEA products – all wrapped up in a blanket of cuteness.

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SpeckyBoy

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

When you’re excited about a project, you inspire others to be as well – including clients. How can we get clients to care about their website for the long term? For web designers, it’s all about communicating what comes after launch. Sometimes it’s more about how you present such information.

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UX Collective

MARCH 16, 2023

What about other accessibility issues? We can get around this by including a warning like “Leave this field blank” but this can easily confuse users who don’t know about these traps. What about audio CAPTCHAS? There must first be a shift in how internet firms think about security to block bots effectively.

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Azure Magazine

MAY 12, 2023

I probably care more about passport design than most people. are wrong to care so much about the design — although I suspect they’re only pretending to for political clout — it’s that their critique is wrong on the merits. The post Should Canadians Care About our Redesigned Passport? Symbols matter.

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Moo

JANUARY 12, 2024

Business Cards were invented half a millennium ago, so it’s not surprising that a few myths have sprung up about them. Because Business Cards might have been around for hundreds of years, but there’s nothing old-fashioned about them. Everything you love about your brand in one pocket-sized card. Decidedly modern brands.

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UX Collective

MAY 18, 2021

Many published accessibility guides are either: Too prescriptive (making it seem like the items on the checklist are all you have to care about). Since then, a lot of content has been published online around how designers and developers can apply those guidelines to the work they do every day.

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Design Milk

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The narrow dimensions of the water purification appliance operates solely dependent upon water pressure, so there’s no plug or power cable to worry about, liberating placement. “We don’t think the water purifier [has to be] white, [nor] should it be made of plastic material,” explains Superkomma.

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Canny

JUNE 14, 2022

It’s important your branding communicates your offering as this is the first thing customers will see when they hear about your company. Basically without being brutal, it’s not about you. It’s about your audience. To find out more about this rebrand, check out the below episode of Rebrand Review: Redefine your image.

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Inkbot Design

MAY 18, 2022

10 New Branding Trends You Need to Know About Now. But now, the rise of content marketing and social media has made it clear that creating an effective brand is about much more than design. But now, the rise of content marketing and social media has made it clear that creating an effective brand is about much more than design.

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Creative Boom

JULY 10, 2023

So here are five key elements that all successful 'About' pages have in common. In the same way that a great PR pitch to a journalist looks to hook interest early on, your 'About' page should kick off with why you do what you do. Why are you so passionate about this creative area? It's time to tell your story the right way.

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Purple Rose Graphics

MARCH 28, 2024

I was talking to someone the other day about the plush bean bag toy collecting frenzy of the 1990s. By looking at what people are asking about and what they are actively purchasing you can determine how people view its worth. The post Here’s What Collectibles Teaches Us About Branding appeared first on Purple Rose Graphics.

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UX Collective

MAY 9, 2023

UX professionals who think and write about our craft have made a bit of a genre out of the anti-agility screed. Even here, though, I was deeply frustrated when Jared claimed that agility is all about getting work out the door more quickly, and that agility therefore fundamentally lacks any concept of quality.

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