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BCNMCR mastermind Dave Sedgwick on why the popular design exhibition is coming back one last time

Creative Boom

Cabeze Patata BCNMCR , the design event which brings Barcelona's best creative talent to Manchester for a series of illuminating talks, is returning to the city for a third and final time. We caught up with organiser and designer Dave Sedgwick to hear why he brought it back for one last hurrah. Taking place at Manchester's Hallé St Peter's on Friday, 21 April, BCNMCR will be a one-off design event with innovative individuals and agencies due to take to the stage, including Lo Siento, Javier Jaén

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The Cut + Paste Homeware Collection Appreciates Layers in a Fresh Form

Design Milk

“This felt like a really natural partnership, we have a joint appreciation for color and we wanted to find a way to celebrate this in a way neither studio would have come up with alone,” said Jemma Ooi, co-founder at CUSTHOM , of their collaboration with Jonathan Lawes. The Cut + Paste homeware collection, designed by the two London-based studios, adds some lighthearted fun to your home with its playful approach to color and form.

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Photographer Helin Bereket subverts and adapts to La Muralla Roja in stunning new self portrait series

Creative Boom

Berlin-based freelance photographer Helin Bereket steps in front of the camera for Relativity: Matching with La Muralla Roja, an experimental new series which sees her interact with postmodern Mediterranean architecture. Described by Helin as a "photographic experiment", Relativity: Matching with La Muralla Roja blurs the boundaries between photography, staging and performance.

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SPACE10’s New Headquarters Is Very Community-Centric

Design Milk

SPACE10 is looking a little different since we visited it last. The Copenhagen-based research and design lab recently unveiled its redesigned headquarters completed in collaboration with architecture and design studio Spacon & X. While two levels of the three-floor building will remain the same, with the basement as a fabrication laboratory/tech studio and the top floor as a workspace for the SPACE10 team, the main floor has been fully transformed into a community-centric space, even more so

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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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12 Free Smoke Brush Packs for Adobe Photoshop

SpeckyBoy

Adding smoke to your designs can instantly enhance their visual appeal and create a stunning effect. However, creating smoke from scratch in Photoshop can be a difficult and time-consuming process, especially if you’re working on a tight deadline or need to create multiple smoke effects. Fortunately, there’s an easy solution: smoke brush packs.

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LAUN’s Sculptural Ribbon Collection Is Growing

Design Milk

Known for their California-inspired furniture designs as much as their architectural practice, Los Angeles-based design studio LAUN is expanding its outdoor Ribbon Collection. Two new pieces – the Ribbon Curved Sofa and the Ribbon Curved Bench – are joining the family of aluminum furniture. Modular in design like the rest of the collection, the curved sofa and bench can be moved around to create various seating situations to suit your needs.

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10 Free Tools For Digital Storytelling

HONGKIAT

Stories are important. Whether one tells a story to evoke emotion or to gain a new client , there’s a certain simplicity in it that speaks to a lot of people as everyone has a story to tell. Now with technology, there’s digital storytelling, too. Digital storytelling is accomplished by combining narration with digital content such as animation, stills, audio, etc.

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The Ups & Downs of Being a Self-Taught Web Designer

SpeckyBoy

Not so long ago, web design was a brand-new industry. As such, there weren’t many opportunities to get a formal education on its fundamentals. Thus, the most direct path to becoming a professional was to teach yourself the necessary skills. That’s how my career started. I studied the source code of different websites and figured out how things worked.

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Rise of the ghost firm

UX Collective

On-demand teams and the future of creative work For creative agencies across the globe one of the main challenges has always been finding and retaining great people. The output of an amazing creative culture is founded on the values of the business fueled by creative chemistry between highly talented people with unique expertise working together. It is this magical formula that produces amazing work and reinforces an agency’s business reputation that is reflected in every project.

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35 Best Graphic Design Portfolio Examples & Tips to Create Your Own Portfolio

Shillington

Putting together a kick-ass graphic design portfolio isn’t just something you need to worry about when you’re a student. You need to think about maintaining, improving and evolving your portfolio throughout your graphic design career. If you’re looking to get your portfolio to the next level, then below you’ll find a selection of 35 graphic design portfolio websites to inspire you, curated by teachers and graduates from our graphic design course.

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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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Groovy and Timeless: The Best 1960s Fonts for Modern Design

Inkbot Design

Groovy and Timeless: The Best 1960s Fonts for Modern Design The 1960s was a decade of immense change, innovation and creativity in many areas, including design. From groovy and psychedelic to classic and timeless, the 1960s fonts reflect the era's revolutionary and experimental spirit. Today, many designers draw inspiration from the bold and expressive typefaces of the period to create fresh and modern designs that pay homage to this iconic decade.

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Choose to Feel Good: The Meati Rebrand Explored

Canny

For this week’s rebrand, we are venturing into the world of sustainable and plant-based food production and looking at Meati. This company produces alternative protein sources made from nutrient-rich mushroom roots, free from pesticides, growth hormones, antibiotics, and animals! Available online as a direct-to-consumer brand, the company have been slowly rolling out over the past year with an entirely new brand concept inspired by a 70’s colour palette and expressive typestyles.

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The Power of UX Prototypes in Design

Inkbot Design

The Power of UX Prototypes in Design: Creating User-Centered Experiences Prototyping is a fundamental part of the design process and plays a crucial role in developing user-centred experiences. However, it is common for designers and project teams to misunderstand what prototyping means. A common mistake is confusing mockups with prototypes. While we can use mockups to represent the design visually , they lack the interactive features that prototypes provide.

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Poster Series by Cari Richi

We And The Color

Cari Richi created a poster series based on simple illustrations. Cari Richi is a graphic designer based in Madrid, Spain. She studied Advertising and PR and fell in love with the creative process of making her ideas come to life. As a personal study, Cari has created a poster series using simple illustrations. A selection of six pieces can be found below.

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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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6 Modern Outdoor Furniture Collections that Signal a Seasonal Shift

Azure Magazine

As the days finally begin to get longer, we’re looking forward to those bright sunny afternoons that stretch seamlessly into warm summer nights. Whether looking for a comfortable lounge chair to soak in the sun with drink in hand or a sturdy table to load up with food and friends, these six modern outdoor furniture collections bring a splash of style to both private and public settings.

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After Surviving a Rare Tumor, a Photographer Processes Trauma

Feature Shoot

Surgery No. I In her studio, Izabela Jurcewicz set up a slab, covered it with a green medical sheet, and stretched out on top of it. She was reenacting a real event in her life: when she was nineteen years old, Jurcewicz experienced major internal bleeding. She was diagnosed with a rare inter-organ tumor—one of only 300 cases in the world. Following weeks in the hospital, she was put on a table and cut open.

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Helios Publishing House

Logo Design Love

Helios Publishing House is a full-service publisher in Moscow, selling publications of various types. They provide authors with help for illustration, photography and retouching, design and layout, editing, proofreading, printing, and delivery. Oksana Paley and Alice Retunsky, co-founders of omsky , designed the Helios logo and visual identity, one that caught my eye after browsing the winning entries on the EDAwards website (this one picked up a silver award back in 2020).

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Endangered Animals Dissolve and Reassemble in Thomas Medicus’s Anamorphic Glass Sculpture

Colossal

Depending on which direction you approach from, you may encounter a lynx, a bee, a kingfisher, or a river trout in Austria-based Thomas Medicus ’s new public installation. Moving around the work, one image gradually dissolves into abstract strips of color before a different creature assembles on another side. Known for his anamorphic sculptures ( previously ) that change with every 90-degree rotation, Medicus’s “Human Animal Binary” interlocks more than 144 strips of glass and

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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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Ragged Edge designs algorithm-inspired identity for gaming lab Homa

Design Week

Ragged Edge has rebranded gaming technology lab Homa with a “symmetrical and precise” algorithm-inspired logo and a world of “surreal landscapes” to house gaming characters, which are part of the brand. Homa works by giving independent game creators the tools and knowledge to turn ideas into profitable games. After accumulating a team of 200 people, 1 billion downloads of its games and $165m (£136.

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Motion-Experiment

Mindsparkle Mag

Exercice de motion produit dans le cours Horizon I donné par Vincent Morisset. Hiver 2022 / École de Design de l’UQAM — Motion Experiment produced in the Horizon I course given by Vincent Morisset. Winter 2022 / UQAM School of Design Motion experimente, motion design, motion, 2D, video, experiment, video, art, design, illustration, colourful, shapes The post Motion-Experiment appeared first on Mindsparkle Mag.

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Marugame Udon breaks into European market with giant neon noodles

Design Week

Branding consultancy Harrison has designed the branding and interiors rolling out over 150 sites throughout Europe for Japanese restaurant group Marugame Udon, which features udon noodle lighting and a suite of bespoke illustrations. The philosophies of Wabi Sabi, meaning “naturalness without pretence”, influences Marugame Udon’s overarching look and feel.

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Samsung Galaxy A Series

Mindsparkle Mag

Samsung partnered with CLIM Studio to create the screensavers for the New Galaxy A Series. A fantastic opportunity for having they work displayed on all the phones, globally, worldwide, and around the world (yes, they’re really excited about it). Starting this collaboration with the Samsung Galaxy A14 5G, Samsung trusted CLIM Studio to bring their existing wallpaper to life while creating a new set of animated scenes visually inspired by it.

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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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Laura Carrick Meets Lauren McCurry, Founder of Ballet Season

Shillington

In our Industry Interviews, we ask one of our Shillington Team to interview a creative they admire—this can be a friend or someone new from across the creative spectrum. Next up, Shillington’s Head of Marketing & Communications Laura Carrick chatted to one of her creative crushes Lauren McCurry, founder of Ballet Season. Laura is a Tasmania-born, New York-based marketer, photographer and creative producer.

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Your Personal Bellboy Is Ready To Be at Your Service

Design Milk

A friendly bellboy is always a welcomed sight to see at a new destination and the same goes for Fatboy’s new Bellboy table lamp, a cordless design with a quirky spring neck and a fun operating mechanism. To switch the Bellboy on, simply tap the touch button on his cap to turn on his warm LED light. For nights when you want to create a bit of an ambience, pressing the button a little longer will dim the light’s intensity.

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A bizarrely tasteless McDonald's poster just got taken down

Creative Bloq

(But the replacement isn't much better.

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Illustration - Romeo on Behance #simple #illustration

Designspiration

Illustration - Romeo on Behance #simple #illustration

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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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It sure looks like a new PS5 console could be on the way

Creative Bloq

Slim, Pro or something else entirely?

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Neo Deco on the Behance Network #design #graphic #alex #trochut #typeface #typography

Designspiration

Neo Deco on the Behance Network #design #graphic #alex #trochut #typeface #typography

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Sandisk Professional PRO-G40 SSD review: rugged portable SSD is astonishingly fast

Creative Bloq

The Sandisk Professional PRO-G40 is a superfast, rugged storage solution for pros on the go.

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Minimalisms by Ricardo Guasco on Behance [link] #type #illustration #character

Designspiration

Minimalisms by Ricardo Guasco on Behance [link] #type #illustration #character

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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.