Tue.Mar 21, 2023

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Employer Branding: Why It’s Important For A Team Engagement Program

Design Beep

Creating an effective team engagement program takes time and effort. But it also requires the correct knowledge. Employer branding plays a crucial role in developing successful programs and initiatives that will help foster an environment of growth, collaboration, and productivity for everyone involved. Put simply, employer branding is about building relationships with current employees as well as future candidates to form trust between the employer and those who use their products or services.

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Tangerine Light: animator Stephen Smith creates an outer space guest house for Moon Panda's latest music video

Creative Boom

Multi-style animator Stephen Smith , AKA Wobbly Lobster, has collaborated with dream pop duo Moon Panda to create an out-of-this-world animated music video for their latest single, Tangerine Light. Welcome to Tangerine Light, the outer space guest house where furniture floats, the layout looks like an Escher woodcut, and food is served out of giant futuristic tubes.

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Herman Miller Brings Back 8 Archival Alexander Girard Originals

Design Milk

Once again, legendary design brand Herman Miller is opening up the vault to bring back some of their most iconic archival materials. Last time they released 15 prints featuring their product ads and brand nostalgia originally produced between 1949 and 1979. This go round, they’re reintroducing eight archival originals by Alexander Girard. Starting today, you can now bring a piece of Girard home with Herman Miller’s release of eight posters that includes some of his more recognizable

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Gabriela Basin on developing her style, finding inspiration, and the importance of embracing your own creativity

Creative Boom

Barcelona-based illustrator, art director and graphic designer Gabriela Basin specialises in creating empowering artwork sprinkled with a dash of her unique humour. We caught up with her to learn more about how she leans into and embraces her creativity. The artwork of the multi-talented Gabriela is an unmissable joy. Popping off screens, pages and even walls in eye-catching colours, her vibrant and cheerful imagery tackles everything from human rights to climate change and gender equality with

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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 ÄNG Collection: Where Japanese Minimalism Meets Scandinavian Sensibilities

Design Milk

Imagine a bespoke collection of timeless, inherently beautiful furniture pieces inspired by shared Japanese and Scandinavian values, made specifically for a Michelin-starred restaurant located in one of Sweden’s largest vineyards. Now imagine that collection in your own home. That reality is the ÄNG Collection , a series of four gorgeous pieces designed by multidisciplinary studio Norm Architects and architect Keiji Ashizawa for Japanese lifestyle brand Karimoku.

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Ortto by Christopher Doyle & Co.

BP&O

All systems grow. What a fun line. Setting up and positioning Ortto, formerly Autopilot, as the leading marketing automation solution for business. The name is great, a wonderful move forward for the company, and sufficiently taking something technical and inhuman-sounding and giving it a somewhat anthropomorphised quality, easy to remember and providing room for growth into other technologies and services.

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10 Creative Marketing Strategies to Drive Success

Inkbot Design

10 Creative Marketing Strategies to Drive Success In today's fast-paced world, audiences are more connected than ever, interacting with each other on an incredible range of platforms and mediums. From social media sites like Facebook and Twitter to visual-oriented channels like Instagram and TikTok, content is being consumed at an unprecedented rate.

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Design notes on the 2023 Wikipedia redesign

UX Collective

Exploring the unique challenges of making changes within an open-source, volunteer-led environment. Plus: the importance of prototyping! Hey, I’m Alex Hollender. For the past 5 years I’ve worked as a UX designer on the Readers Web team at the Wikimedia Foundation. Each designer at the foundation is part of a product team, and focuses on a different experience/platform (for example: there’s an Apps team that works on the iOS and Android apps, an Editing team that works on editing tools, a Languag

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Customizable Poster Templates with Fun Graphics

We And The Color

Create modern posters that truly stand out with striking graphics in different styles. As you may know from some of our previous posts, Adobe Stock is an online platform for creative professionals to find and license royalty-free images, videos, and other digital assets. It’s a valuable resource for anyone looking to add high-quality visuals to their projects.

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10+ Best WooCommerce Themes for 2023

Web Design Ledger

Are you looking for the best WooCommerce theme to help you build your online store, but are afraid of making a wrong choice? For starters, you want to select a WordPress WooCommerce theme since not all WordPress themes offer complete WooCommerce support. If a theme doesn’t support WooCommerce, it won’t support all the available addons and extensions.

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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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SmugMug vs. Squarespace: Which is Better for Photographer Portfolios?

Vandelay Design

This SmugMug vs. Squarespace comparison looks at two of the leading options for creating a photography portfolio site. See the pros and cons of each. The post SmugMug vs. Squarespace: Which is Better for Photographer Portfolios? appeared first on Vandelay Design.

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How to Create a Successful TikTok Marketing Strategy

Noupe

Despite being a relatively new player in the social media space, TikTok has already established itself as an absolute powerhouse. The platform is insanely influential, leading the way when it comes to viral trends and attracting a colossal audience of actively engaged users. Unsurprisingly, this also means that brands around the globe are frantically scrambling to capitalise on TikTok marketing opportunities.

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Nendo Models a Tokyo Office After Pokémon Trading Cards

Azure Magazine

While the Pokémon franchise has no shortage of memorable characters (we’re looking at you, Charizard ), the video game series and its subsequent trading card game spinoff have always centered on the egalitarian idea that you “ Gotta catch ’em all.” (And at latest count, there are now upwards of 1,000 of “’em” to catch). Working within this same completist mindset, Japanese design studio Nendo has envisioned the entrance and meeting space of Creatures Inc. — one of the three main companies

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Magic and Myth Arise from Kristin Kwan’s Surreal Oil Paintings

Colossal

“Oyster.” All images © Kristin Kwan, shared with permission Kristin Kwan coaxes the magic out of nature in her dreamlike oil paintings. Emphasizing a quiet surrealism centered on plants, animals, and Earth’s landscapes, her works draw on allegories, symbolism, and myth. Suffused with fantastical details, each painting begins “devoid of meaning,” Kwan shares, saying that while they reflect her own musings, she hopes the resulting pieces are open-ended. “I like

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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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Flower Men of Saudi Arabia: The Fascinating Photo Series by Omar Reda

Design You Trust

Have you heard of the “flower men” of Saudi Arabia? This fascinating tribe is famous for adorning themselves with fragrant garlands made from flowers and herbs. They reside primarily in the Asir province of the southern region of Saudi Arabia. More: Omar Reda , Instagram h/t: boredpanda Legend has it that the tradition of wearing floral garlands began as a means for the tribe to conceal their scent from predators while tending to their crops and animals.

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Clever Illustrations by Nash Weerasekera Highlight Ironies and Anxieties of Everyday Life

Colossal

All images © Nash Weerasekera, shared with permission Influenced by what he describes as a “healthy level of cynicism,” Melbourne-based artist Nash Weerasekera taps into the subtle ironies of everyday life. His digital illustrations often center on seemingly paradoxical circumstances like a figure meditating on top of an overturned car or a young girl in a bathing suit seated on an ice floe.

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Is the minimalist logo trend destroying brands?

Creative Bloq

New research suggests brands are becoming 'blands'.

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Spectacular Winning Images of the FdB Wedding Photography Awards 2022

Design You Trust

Grandma And Her Little Boy” Photo By Barbara Fabbri (Italy) Did you know that every three months, photographers from all corners of the globe send in their most unique and incredible wedding photos to the FdB Awards? It’s an exciting event where over 1500 photos from 12 different countries are evaluated by a team of three international photographers.

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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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Parisian Script Vintage Font by Mila Garret

We And The Color

As the name suggests, with this calligraphy script font by Mila Garret you can add a touch of Parisian vintage to your design. Unlock the beauty of timeless handwriting with Mila Garret’s Parisian Script typeface! This exquisite calligraphy script font was designed to add a subtle yet sophisticated elegance to any logo, wedding invitation, website, greeting card, and more.

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The Ultimate Guide to Mastering the Branding Process

Inkbot Design

The Ultimate Guide to Mastering the Branding Process Branding is a crucial aspect of any business, as it serves as a unique identity that separates it from its competitors. However, the process of developing a brand strategy can be a daunting task, especially for new businesses. In this article, we will dive into the nitty-gritty of the branding process, from understanding the fundamentals to creating a brand strategy that resonates with your audience.

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The Miniature Magic of Anthony Ryan Schmidt: How a Teenager’s Passion for Toy Cars Became a Phenomenon

Design You Trust

If you’re scrolling through social media and happen to come across a photo of a stunning vintage car on a street corner, think again. You might just be looking at the work of Anthony Ryan Schmidt – a talented teenager from Seattle who has made a name for himself in the world of photography with his toy car creations. More: Anthony Ryan Schmidt , Instagram , Facebook h/t: boredpanda At just fifteen years old, Anthony has gained widespread recognition for his amazing work.

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Brand identity that emphasizes glamor and modernity for AUSTERIA

Abduzeedo

Brand identity that emphasizes glamor and modernity for AUSTERIA abduzeedo 0321—23 In the competitive world of business, branding is a vital component that can make or break a company's success. A strong brand identity sets a company apart from its competitors and communicates its values and unique offerings to its target audience. This is precisely why AUSTERIA, a barwine located in Sidney, Ohio, embarked on a branding project to establish its brand identity and attract more customers.

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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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Is the new I love NY logo really that bad?

Creative Bloq

Yes.

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Designing for Success: 5 Surefire Ways to Improve Your Website Design

Design Beep

A well-designed website can be the deciding factor in whether your business flourishes or flounders. The right design elements can not only help your site look more professional but also improve the user experience, ultimately leading to better engagement and conversion rates. This blog post will discuss five crucial website design best practices you should follow, as well as common mistakes to avoid.

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Dove wages war on TikTok's controversial Bold Glamour Filter

Creative Bloq

Influencers turn their backs on the toxic trend.

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Five ways to change the way you network

Moo

Networking is a great way to grow your business organically and create those vital connections that can influence your career. But it can also take you outside of your comfort zone, which is why it’s easy to overlook some simple mistakes. So we’re taking a look at five ways to change the way you network and make yourself more memorable. Business Cards in a digital age There’s no denying that digital tools like Instagram and LinkedIn can help you to network on a much larger scale.

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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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The world needs more creatives, not geniuses

Creative Bloq

Dr Elisa Stephens, president of the Academy of Art University, explodes the myth of the creative genius.

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Is AI art about to have its 'iPhone moment'?

Creative Bloq

Nvidia, Adobe, Shutterstock and more are involved.

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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.