Just Creative
JUNE 14, 2020
This article has been contributed by Natalka Antoniuk. If you’ve got a knack for graphic design then I applaud you. I know it’s not easy. Creating visually appealing artwork that is designed to serve a purpose is harder than most people think. Balancing user experience with everything you know about art (and trying to please your client) is a skill in itself.
Designer Daily
JUNE 14, 2020
The interesting news of the past week if you are a graphic designer, web designer, product designer, or pretty much anyone that has an interest in design. The 7 Habits of Exceptionally Creative People. Great advice that will truly help and that destroys some myths around creativity. Read on Medium. What Every Product Designer Should Do in 2020. More advice, because you need it after the special period we just went through (and that some countries are still going through).
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Just Creative
JUNE 14, 2020
While Affinity Designer can be a great alternative to Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator, what makes Affinity stand out among these alternatives is the number of amazing options that you can add. Many including those for watercolor can add a new dimension to your work. With that in mind, we thought we would turn our attention towards the Top 15 Affinity Watercolor Brushes to give you some options to consider if you’re looking for something new.
Design You Trust
JUNE 14, 2020
Let’s admit it—everyone wants a cool profile picture of themselves on their social media. But it’s hard to make a picture perfect. And even if the picture turns out great, it may lack a certain magic in it that makes it truly outstanding. There’s a saying that begins with “when life gives you lemons…” Well, sometimes life doesn’t give you even that.
Speaker: Amber Asay, Creative Director and Founder of award-winning design studio Nice People
Understanding what trends are happening and how they’re impacting the competitive landscape is crucial to providing top dollar design strategy to your clients. With so many trends coming and going, it can be overwhelming to determine which ones you should capitalize on and which ones might not be worth the trouble. In this exclusive webinar with Amber Asay, we’ll explore graphic design trends that need to die, trends that are starting to pick up and why, trends that have come and gone, and how t
Creative Review
JUNE 14, 2020
June 14 marks the third anniversary of the blaze, which was the result of the building’s substandard cladding – a 2017 report confirmed that it failed to comply with building regulations. Despite three years passing, questions around culpability remain but, according to Justice4Grenfell – which was set up to remember the victims and hold the authorities to account – the story is falling out of the news cycle.
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Azure Magazine
JUNE 14, 2020
The last decade boasted a plethora of unique and evocative houses. And the first half of 2020, as we’ve seen in the completion of numerous inspiring residences from Kuala Lumpur to Valencia, continues that trend. The 10 projects that caught our eye over the past six months include everything from inventive private residences to dynamic multi-unit projects – all pushing form, aesthetics and functionality. 1.
Shillington
JUNE 14, 2020
As a freelance photographer, Shillington London graduate Annie Oswald wanted to add another string to her creative bow—and she quickly realised that was graphic design. A few years after discovering Shillington, she enrolled on the full-time course. After graduating, she started her job search and after a few months found herself working for every kids’ dream company—American ice cream mavericks Ben & Jerry’s.
Azure Magazine
JUNE 14, 2020
Whether we like it or not, COVID-19 isn’t going anywhere. With many countries slowly starting to ease lockdown measures, beginning to grapple with what living alongside the virus could look like, a number of designers and manufactures have joined the chorus of voices shaping what socially distanced cities, restaurants and offices may become. From sidewalks to schools and piazzas to playgrounds, here are five visions of a future set two metres apart. 1.
Shillington
JUNE 14, 2020
Shillington students and staff from around the world share the work of creatives who inspire them in the #ILoveTheseGuys series. In this post, the Shillington team highlights projects from Dallas-based multidisciplinary artist, Temi Coker. Temi has such a skill in crafting vibrant colors and textures within his design. His skills go beyond the designing, his photography is emotional, capturing moments that tell a unique story.
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Design You Trust
JUNE 14, 2020
Pedestrians weave their way through traffic. Ernst Haas is considered one of the pioneers of color photography and one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century. Taking up photography after World War II, his early work on the returning prisoners of war caught the attention of LIFE magazine. Haas later declined their job offer as a staff photographer, deciding that he did not want.
Azure Magazine
JUNE 14, 2020
Like many earth-shaking events , the COVID-19 pandemic has been a double-edged sword, presenting opportunities for positive change as well as momentous challenges. Along with the staggering human toll and existential threats to many industries comes a chance for the world economy to embrace saner, more sustainable practices. Already there are signs that some businesses are retooling for the better.
Design You Trust
JUNE 14, 2020
Though we sometimes forget, art doesn’t have to be sophisticated, or grand, or expensively made. Never was this more apparent than with the life’s work of the late Italian composer-turned-artist Mario Mariotti (1936–1997), who turned away from his considerable music career to make simplistic art on the most readily available medium: his hands. h/t: vintag.es With nothing more than thick oil paints.
Just Creative
JUNE 14, 2020
This article has been contributed by Matt Shealy. Any designer or person who has a creative side hits a roadblock every now and then. When you are trying to constantly pursue the next great creative thing, you will stumble. It is what you do to get over that hump, to take your creativity to the next level, that matters most. It is not your fault that your creativity is starting to run low.
Speaker: Sean Adams, ArtCenter College of Design
Thomas Edison once said “Vision without execution is hallucination.” This statement applies not just to invention, but to graphic design. One of the greatest strengths of graphic designers is the ability to first develop a concept and then execute it to make it real. From visualization and ideation all the way through to actuation and execution, each step of this process takes skill and expertise.
Design You Trust
JUNE 14, 2020
The recent protester-initiated takedown of the Edward Colston statue in Bristol (due to his affiliation with slave trade) has sparked much debate, forcing societies to rethink who they choose to honor through this medium. This has also inspired the takedown of a number of other statues, namely those of Christopher Columbus, Jefferson Davis, and the Portsmouth Confederate Statue, and there are also.
Interaction Design Foundation
JUNE 14, 2020
Now let’s see a topic about keeping our users’ lives easy. “Isn’t that the theme of most articles here?” you may ask. Well, this one is especially geared towards users. Understanding Hick’s law means you can design so that more users will visit and stay on your website. Delivering a good user experience requires that first you find out the functionalities that will answer their needs; second, you need to guide them to the specific functions they need most.
Colossal
JUNE 14, 2020
All images © Leonardo Ulian, shared with permission. London-based artist Leonardo Ulian ( previously ) merges two disparate elements in his sprawling assemblages: he speckles analog equipment with an array of electronic pieces found in digital devices. Created while in quarantine, Ulian’s Contrived Object series is comprised of vintage tennis rackets displaying intricate constellations of metal parts, microchips, and other found objects that form an abstract face.
Interaction Design Foundation
JUNE 14, 2020
You have gotten a green light from your stakeholders to conduct some user research for your design project, and you think user interviews might be the way to go. After all, they seem straightforward, and interviews are one of the most widely used user research methods—so, they should be a safe choice. But, as with all research methods, there are pros and cons of using user interviews to gain insights for your design project, so knowing how to use interviews correctly is nothing short of vital.
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Just Creative
JUNE 14, 2020
This article has been contributed by Roman Daneghyan. Powering 35% of the web, WordPress (WP) is one of the most popular website building platforms in the world. However, unfortunately, because of its popularity, the platform is also a popular target with hackers. If hackers find a vulnerability in any popular WP theme or plugin, a cyber attack can affect millions of WP sites using that plugin or theme.
Interaction Design Foundation
JUNE 14, 2020
We can all become stuck when we need to think divergently and come up with lots of new and fresh ideas. Maybe you know your area so well that it’s hard to see it from a new perspective, or maybe ideation doesn’t come naturally to you. In this video, you’ll learn four methods that will allow you to excel as a divergent thinker and come up with new and creative ideas.
Envato Tuts+
JUNE 14, 2020
Add a modern calligraphy font to your designs. Explore this amazing selection of cool calligraphy letter fonts curated from GraphicRiver and Envato Elements. Shania is one of the best calligraphy fonts available on Envato Elements. 35 Best Calligraphy Fonts Calligraphy is an exquisite art form. From calligraphy tattoo fonts to wedding invitations, each letter is an art piece.
Design You Trust
JUNE 14, 2020
When your hair inevitably starts greying, you’re faced with two options – either embrace it or continue dyeing it for the rest of your life. Needless to say, embracing the fact that your hair is turning grey seems like the simpler solution – but it can be a tough call. Lucky for you, Californian colorist Jack Martin is here to help you. Three years ago, a client told the man that she had been.
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In today’s competitive markets, how do you make sure that your content not only stands out but performs well? How can you predict whether certain design choices will result in clicks, engagement, downloads, and other drivers of ROI? Shutterstock’s Creative Insights Report (Q3) is your window into the hottest trends that are transforming the creative world.
Azure Magazine
JUNE 14, 2020
To help clients and customers navigate the post-COVID return to work, Allsteel has turned to the decades-old Japanese “mistake-proofing” approach of Poka-yoke. Developed in the 1960s by Japanese engineer Shigeo Shingo, the philosophy espouses “preventing and eliminating errors by making use of simple but effective tools and signals.” With that intention top of mind, the company developed guidelines – along with products and accessories – to ease the transition back to a new office environment fo
Communication Arts
JUNE 14, 2020
Geometric grids and metallic colors mix together in the packaging for this craft beer brand.
Azure Magazine
JUNE 14, 2020
Nosara isn’t your typical tourist town. The Costa Rican village on the banks of the Pacific Ocean is much better known as a hub of yoga and meditation – not to mention some of the world’s best surfing – than a raucous Spring Break destination. Reflecting the village’s bucolic character, Nosara’s Gilded Iguana Hotel is a retreat that reinforces a sense of tranquility, and a connection to nature, through its architecture, with the ethos best epitomized by the resort’s
Communication Arts
JUNE 14, 2020
This Quito, Ecuador–based studio reaches a global audience with its commitment to creating simple and meaningful design.
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