Fri.Aug 19, 2022

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10 Beautiful Font Combinations For All Your Design Needs

Inkbot Design

10 Beautiful Font Combinations For All Your Design Needs. Font combinations are as fun to look at as they are to use. You can create an endless supply of stunning design combinations with a few different fonts. I’m a huge font fan—the more beautiful and well-designed, the better. But what happens when you get a project with two or three fonts that need to be used?

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Sofia Pusa's quirky festival branding summons the spirit of Scandinavian dance

Creative Boom

The Finnish creative director explains the thinking behind her visual identity for the festival, Ice Hot Nordic Dance. If you live outside of Scandinavia, contemporary dance isn't something you naturally associate with the region. But the Nordic countries are brimming with cutting-edge dance talent. And so, in 2010, dance organisations in Finland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway joined forces to hold Ice Hot Nordic Dance, a festival in Stockholm promoting its greatest practitioners.

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Master the golden rules of UI design

Creative Bloq

From typography to colours, these are the rules for creating effective UI.

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F5: Tiffany Howell Talks Female Nudes, Good Records + More

Design Milk

Tiffany Howell creates spaces that might otherwise only exist in your dreams – a wild juxtaposition of lush textures, playful touches, and a hint of edge. At Night Palm , she aims to create a sanctuary for her clients by creating harmony through an abundance of artistic components. But however that develops, Tiffany’s projects result in an unexpected, unforgettable, spatial experience.

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Let's Talk Trends: Designing for Maximum Impact

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

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The best iPhone photos this World Photography Day

Creative Bloq

Why don’t ours look like this?

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Millz Karta — Fashion Branding by Anastasia Dunaeva

We And The Color

Anastasia Dunaeva created a sophisticated visual identity for Millz Karta, a fashion brand that produces leather goods and timeless garments. For the rebranding of the company, Anastasia Dunaeva and her team wanted to create a unique positioning behind the brand. To do so, they decided that Millz Karta needed to go away from the universal strict language of their garment presentation towards the feeling of essential comfort and a sophisticated look in combination with the spirit of freedom.

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How I Made Money in the Last Year

Ohn Mar Win

From day one of embarking on this career, I wanted to live comfortably using the income from my art and illustration. Your definition of comfortable and my definition may be different, but I think many of us aspire to have a sustainable and successful art career. I’ve been earning a six-figure income for several years, consistently increasing my earnings each year since I set up my art business seven years ago.

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A Customizable Resume & Cover Letter Template for Adobe InDesign

We And The Color

Available on Adobe Stock, this fully customizable resume and cover letter template for Adobe InDesign provides a simple but unique look. Created by Adobe Stock contributor @orangeberry , this fully customizable resume and cover letter template comes in two standard sizes, A4 and US Letter. All three pages are editable in Adobe InDesign. All sample texts are for display only.

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Playfully Surreal Scenarios Emerge from Innumerable Acrylic Dots in Quint Buchholz’s Paintings

Colossal

All images © Quint Buchholz, shared with permission. When viewing the uncanny scenes of Munich-based artist Quint Buchholz , it’s evident that play, experimentation, and exploring the uncharted are central tenets of his practice: a string quintet precariously balances above the sea, sightseers take advantage of the view atop a giant man, and a pigeon doubles as an apartment complex.

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Amazing Editorial Illustrations by Simón Prades

Design You Trust

Simón Prades is an illustrator based in Germany working primarily on analog mediums such as ink, pencil and watercolor. He then uses digital media as a tool to clean up and finalize his intricate creations. “I work and live with my wife and son in Saarbrücken, Germany. As an illustrator I work mostly for clients in editorial, but also publishing, advertising and film.

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The Democratization of Design: Giving Creators & Marketers the Tools to Succeed

Brands must create and share impactful content to thrive, but they have less people, tighter budgets, and fewer resources to do so. Learn how to publish and market digital content with the same professionalism as organizations with million-dollar budgets.

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Gradwatch 2022: Katrina Sadovnikova, Arts University Bournemouth

Creative Review

“Some pieces were drawings that would probably make people think I’ve done acid, but I haven’t,” says illustrator Katrina Sadovnikova of the portfolio that landed her a place on Arts University Bournemouth’s illustration degree course. “[It was] very bizarre – wine bottle fountains and people falling out of a fairytale house.

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Cubisms by Raw & Rendered

Abduzeedo

Cubisms by Raw & Rendered. abduzeedo 0819—22 Raw & Rendered shared another intricate and quite beautiful 3D project title Cubisms. The tools used for this project were Maxon Cinema 4D, Redshift, Substance 3D Painter and Photoshop. For more information make sure to check out Raw & Rendered on: Behance. Instagram. Website.

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People in Afghanistan Are in Urgent Need of Medical Care. 19 Photographers Have Come Together to Help.

Feature Shoot

KAFEEL, KHOST PROVINCE BY ORIANE ZERAH. “In Afghanistan, one of the traditional hats is called Pakol, and in Khost, the tradition is that men wear their pakol decorated with flowers. In the village of Qaley Fakiram, located in the district of Tani, lives a family made up of 4 brothers and many cousins. In this family we nurture a particular passion for flowers, and all the male members wear a pakol decorated with fresh flowers.

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20 Futuristic Fonts You Need In Your Next Project

Inkbot Design

20 Futuristic Fonts You Need In Your Next Project. It's a good idea to have a favourite font or two to keep in mind when designing, but what's even better is finding a genuinely innovative font. Futuristic font designs have come a long way from when only comic book lovers would recognise the futuristic fonts used by sci-fi films and comic books. Now, even websites and business cards look futuristic, thanks to some fantastic font designs.

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From Visualization to Execution: Exploring Our Strengths as Designers

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.

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Spectacular Winning Photos Of Sports Photography Awards 2022

Design You Trust

Tennis, David Gray. Here are stunning winning photos from the Sports Photography Awards 2022. It is the leading global competition for professional sports photographers as they get an opportunity to capture images from multiple sporting disciplines and highlight the achievements of some of the most famous athletes. World Sport Photography Awards is created by a unique partnership between Twelfthman, the leading sports creative and design agency and Iconify, the awards agency behind innovative aw

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50 Best Handwritten Fonts for your Design Projects

Inkbot Design

50 Best Handwritten Fonts for your Design Projects. This collection of hand-drawn fonts offers a stunning array of styles, from script to casual, to suit a wide range of design needs. Handwritten fonts are a great alternative to more traditional types of design. Not only do they give your designs a personal touch, but they also add an element of authenticity that's hard to find in modern typefaces.

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Finally, 2023 Sarcastic Vintage Calendar Is Here!

Design You Trust

Anne Taintor (previously featured ) is an artist whose themes deal with domestic stereotypes, as viewed through the lens of mid-century advertisements. Juxtaposing these images with tongue-in-cheek captions, her work serves as a commentary on the stereotypes of women popularized in the 1950s America. Now her works are rounded up in a 2023 calendar which will surely add value to your real estate if you have it on your wall.

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Beautiful Free Mountain Wallpaper and Mountain Backgrounds

Vandelay Design

These mountain wallpapers and backgrounds (desktop and mobile) and perfect for adding a beautiful touch of nature to your day. The post Beautiful Free Mountain Wallpaper and Mountain Backgrounds appeared first on Vandelay Design.

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Rethinking Creative Workflows: Increasing Efficiency in the Design Process

As the design industry evolves, teams are facing new challenges and a need to produce more outstanding creative work than ever. Leaders must learn how to adapt their processes to solve today’s—and tomorrow’s—unique design challenges. In this e-book, you’ll learn how to establish your creative workflow and leverage the power of CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite to streamline the entire design process, from start to finish.

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The Apple iPhone 14 launch date may be earlier than expected

Creative Bloq

And you shouldn't have to wait too long to get your hands on them.

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Maiden Home Introduces a New Era of Retail With Tribeca House

Design Milk

Direct-to-consumer luxury furniture brand Maiden Home is making the retail experience more interesting with the opening of their first showhouse: Tribeca House. The lifestyle setting will feature new collections, as well as brand icons, and encourage visitors to imagine the products in a relaxed home environment. “Tribeca House embodies the signature Maiden Home lifestyle – one that is beautifully designed, but effortlessly comfortable, with an emphasis on natural materials and the artistry that

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Turn doodles into tunes with this musical Google art experiment

Creative Bloq

Create your own minimalist masterpiece with a handful of strokes.

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OEPLAY Goes Full Circle as a Wireless Audio Speaker

Design Milk

Spherical speakers have been a thing since the swinging 60s, perhaps most notable with the Grundig Audiorama line of loudspeakers which still fetch a healthy price for their space age design. Today, Apple’s HomePod speakers are the most prominent example of spherically-shaped audio ( Bang & Olufsen’s Beoplay A9 is round, but two-dimensionally so), but generally speaking, audio remains mostly trapped into the confines of the box.

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Creative Insights: Data-Backed Trends to Help You Design Successful Content

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.

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These gory logo redesigns are spine-chillingly good

Creative Bloq

The Starbucks mermaid makes a stunning zombie.

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Rascals Brewing Co.'s Bruce And Betty Beer Is Inspired By Mori Art

The Die Line

Rascal Brewery's packaging design for Bruce and Betty, created by Penny Whip Studio, is functional, lively, and stunning.

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Amazon's just cut the price of the new M2-powered MacBook Air 2022

Creative Bloq

Save $100 on Apple's newest laptop.

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A Backstage Pass to the World: Bruce DeBoer Featured in Graphis Journal #374

Graphis

“There’s always a new insight… some mysterious layer to peel back; as if there is a backstage.

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How to Create Stunning Typography With the Corel Type Tool Kit

Download this free eBook to learn how you can create stunning typography, using the basics, such as placing text, to advanced controls like ligatures, variable fonts, effects, tracking, range kerning, and everything in between. Learn how to: Use Character Control to add variety to your font styles. Use Paragraph Control to manage spacing, alignment, justification and more.

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Creative Bloq at 10: vote for your tech of the decade

Creative Bloq

Celebrate the best tech of the last ten years, and have your say. Vote now!

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To the surprise of no one, physical buttons outperform touchscreens in cars

UX Collective

Are designers to blame for the war on physical buttons? Continue reading on UX Collective ».

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Ethereal Microcosm by ciphrd

This is Paper

Ethereal Microcosm is a generative art project released on fxhash by its creator ciphrd to explore algorithmic organisms in a contained environment.

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Breaking down the higher price on a restaurant receipt

FlowingData

If you’ve eaten at a restaurant lately, you might have noticed a substantially higher bill than you’re used to. You’d be right to assume that it’s because of things like inflation and pandemic-induced prices, but you might not realize how much the cost of ingredients, labor, and a new takeout business model has gone up for restaurants.

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Web Design for All: Accessibility, Inclusivity and Beyond

Speaker: Eden Spivak, Design Expert and Editor at Wix & Nir Horesh, Accessibility Lead and Senior Product Manager at Wix

When we design products or websites for people like ourselves, there are many others who are, as a result, left out. From visually impaired users who rely on assistive technology, to people with a temporary injury such as a broken arm, tech users are forever diverse and beautifully unique. The products we design can, and should, reflect the extremely wide range of human experiences and needs.