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Class of 2022: A guide to all the UK's graduate shows this summer

Creative Boom

Students at Glasgow School of Art. Left to right: Billy Paterson (Communication Design Y3), Jihye Baek (MFA 2022), Fleur Connor (Painting and Printmaking 2022), Sophie Ammann, Leonie Hiller (Communication Design 2022). Grad shows are back in physical form: hooray! That said, it's great to see that some shows can also be accessed online. Which is handy whether you're unable to make it to the IRL show or you did, and you want to revisit the work at a later date.

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Salahuddin: Corporate Boards and ESG Reporting

Graphic Design USA

Rashida Salahuddin is spearheading the Corporate Citizenship Project to address the challenges and ethical issues she has seen first-hand in the field of corporate governance. She is believer that corporate America should be transparent and practice what they preach.

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Accumulate launches first event to connect homeless people with creative industries

Creative Boom

London-based youth homelessness charity Accumulate has announced that it will be launching the first event to build employment pathways between people experiencing homelessness and the creative industries this July. Titled Creative Futures , the two-day event will take place on 20 and 27 July 2022 in Shoreditch and is made possible by Adobe. It aims to help people experiencing homelessness network with people in the creative industry and provide them with opportunities and knowledge that they ca

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Resume/CV Adobe InDesign Template for Web & Graphic Designers

We And The Color

This is the perfect resume/CV template for those who want to apply as a web or graphic designer. Created by Adobe Stock contributor @broluthfi , this resume/CV template comes in two standard sizes A4 and US Letter. Its design draws inspiration from certain details of programming and HTML source codes. The template is equipped with two design options.

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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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“Where I Was Born” by Photographer Lisa Bukreyeva

Booooooom

Lisa Bukreyeva. Born in 1993, starts photography in 2019. I’m from Kyiv, Ukraine. And I lived all my life in Kyiv. I mostly shot street and documentary photography. Important to me to establish a connection between people and the environment in which we are. And if, in the end, a photo like this reflects the time in which the author lives, and the mood, then it’s especially valuable to me.

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Explore queer design history through Days of Rage, a new online exhibition documenting LGBTQIA+ activist posters

Its Nice That

We speak to the One Archives Foundation and Studio Lutalica about the intentions behind the online exhibition, and its clean and minimalist web design approach.

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10 Time-Saving Apps For Freelance Workers

HONGKIAT

A regular employee is paid on the basis of the working hours set by company but freelancers are mostly paid according to the time they spend on the project. However, if freelancers don’t have a tool or mechanism in place for measuring their working hours, then they end up getting underpaid. Here is a list of time-saving tools especially helpful for freelancers to help keep a track of their time spent on a project and billing their clients accordingly.

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GRAU Architects Embrace Simplicity to Create a Minimalist Spa

Azure Magazine

Less truly is more when it comes to the interior design of the Elysium Spa in Bratsalvia. Thoughtfully designed by Slovakia-based studio GRAU Architects , Elysium Spa’s minimalist interior makes space for only the finest of details. With a name inspired by Greek mythology — elysium translates to island of the blissful — the spa is a safe haven for those trying to escape from the visual busyness of the city.

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Pearly branding and packaging design

Abduzeedo

Pearly branding and packaging design. abduzeedo 0615—22 Pearly is a superfood organic smoothie brand based in Switzerland that uses Freeze-Dry technology to provide consumers with instant smoothies made of fine organic food and vegetables that supply high-quality nutrients. tbpmx created a concept composed of a progressive and dynamic design, complemented by an earthy color palette and contrasting green tones that allude to a fresh and fashion-forward brand balanced with fruit and vegetable-insp

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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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20 Tattoos By This Artist That Are A Combination Of “Where I Want To Be And Where I Actually Am”

Design You Trust

Vasif Daniel Kahraman, once a graphic designer and art director, nowadays works as a tattoo artist in ?stanbul. In his childhood, with the help of his aunt who introduced him to drawing, he discovered that he may transform the violence and neglect he encountered at home into different realities. His artistic journey that started as redrawing cartoon characters later advanced into creating his own original stories and characters.

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Becoming a recession-proof designer

UX Collective

What does the current economic downturn mean, and how to adapt The last couple of months have been harsh. Stock markets are plunging , businesses are freezing hiring , (tech) startups are laying off people at the highest rates since 2020 , and governments worldwide are increasing interest rates to tackle dramatically rising inflation while the cost of everything seems to be soaring.

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How a Premium Domain Name Can Help Your Startup Grow

Inkbot Design

How a Premium Domain Name Can Help Your Startup Grow. The internet is tightly interwoven with the corporate sector in today's world. And any entrepreneur who wants to build a strong business that will succeed in the marketplace must invest in a premium domain name. Why? Because your company's website is its online showroom, and the URL of your website is the digital land it occupies.

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The UX of (value-driven) storytelling

UX Collective

Most good stories leave you with a moral takeaway or a lesson learnt in some shape or form. In a similar fashion, brand narratives tend to incorporate values to represent what a company stands for, much like the heroes (or wise guides) of fairytales we read as children. Previously I whipped out a series of research and statistical findings to make my case for the necessity of storytelling in a business context.

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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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Visual identity for an alternative investment broker

Abduzeedo

Visual identity for an alternative investment broker. abduzeedo 0615—22 Klave is an alternative investment broker that turns content producers into assets and fans into investors through an easy-to-use platform – transforming the act of investing into something more fun and passionate. The aim of the project was to create a relaxed brand, but pass security.

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The inspiration cycle for designers

UX Collective

Building a design habit of looking around > making > sharing. Continue reading on UX Collective ».

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A Previously Unseen Collection of ‘How to Draw’ Books Picasso Made for His Daughter Are On View in Paris

Colossal

Pablo Picasso, “ Maya at the boat ” (Paris, 5 February 1938). Image © Yageo Foundation Collection, Taïwan, and Succession Picasso 2022. All images shared with permission. Maya Ruiz-Picasso, Pablo Picasso’s eldest daughter with Marie-Thérèse Walter, used to join her father in the kitchen of their apartment to draw together. They filled multiple sketchbooks with playful renderings of animals, fruit, and clowns, and the Spanish artist even created a special book devoted to instruc

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Steves&Co.

Mindsparkle Mag

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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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Exposure

Communication Arts

Federico Parra Barrios’s variable typeface draws inspiration from photographic exposure to explore the extreme boundaries of letterforms.

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NFTs, Community Building, and the Metaverse: The Photographer’s Guide to Discord

Feature Shoot

What strikes me most about Discord is the intimacy of the conversations. In the Quantum server, for instance, Elinor Carucci tells the stories behind her tender portraits of her brother, grandfather, mother, and aunt. In NFTPhotographers.xyz, one photographer opens up about how the natural world helped him survive a period of severe depression, while another reflects on finding strength in community amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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The Beauty of Birds + Abandoned Buildings: Photography 2021 Winners

Graphis

Between active animals and outdoor scenes, nature has a lot to offer for photographers to find and.

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Seymour Chwast

Design Everywhere

Seymour Chwast.

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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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Cardboard Pigeon

Swiss Miss

I’d hang out with this little dude. Crated by Cheryl Cochran.

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Musée d’Orsay

Design Everywhere

Musée d’Orsay.

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Deko Ready To Drink Cocktails Are Inspired By The Roaring 20s

The Dieline

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24h Kitchen

Design Everywhere

24h Kitchen.

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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.