Creative Boom
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Image licensed via Adobe Stock We all suffer burnout, but you don't have to suffer alone. Ahead of this year's Valentine's Day, leading creatives share their top tips on reigniting your passion for creativity. Are you feeling uninspired, burnt out, or just plain tired of your creative work? It happens to us all, but most of us don't really talk about it.
Spoon Graphics
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
This grainy heatmap effect gives a photo an abstract, retro vibe with its ultra-bright colours that resemble thermal imaging. In this tutorial I’ll show you how to create it using three examples, each with a different colour scheme. First we’ll convert the photo with a gradient map to generate the surreal colours, then the addition of some blur and grainy filters really helps to enhance the effect.
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Creative Boom
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Design and Illustrations by Giovani Flores using GT Pressura It's Valentine's Day this week, a celebration of love, passion and obsession. And if there's one obsession that designers feel truly passionate about, it's typography. But while font choice may be deeply personal, that doesn't mean you can't play the field once in a while. After all, passions ebb and flow; similarly, designers' love affairs with fonts can sometimes be fleeting – like short, intense affairs that come and go.
Design Milk
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
It’s about time for some spring cleaning – and maybe a few home refreshes to follow in its wake. Blu Dot happens to be releasing five new pieces in the knick of time. From outdoor seating to an asymmetrical abstract table, each is a great addition to the brand’s modern furniture offerings. Let’s get ready to move back toward higher temperatures and indoor/outdoor living!
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 Boom
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Offered a Ride by Emily Pettigrew. Landscape continues to be a major theme for many artists, exploring the idea of "home" and its impact on their creative practice. We take a closer look at two artists heavily influenced by their own surroundings deep in the Catskill Mountains. J.M.W. Turner is famous for his intense studies of landscapes. While Claude Monet, regarded as one of the most significant impressionist painters of all time, is probably best known for his seascape view from Le Havre, Fr
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Inkbot Design
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
How to Choose the Best Web Development Company The contemporary era has been transforming into a digital age. It is impossible to think of modern companies functioning without using a website or a mobile application. Without a website, you're not only behind your competitors in terms of technology, but you're also losing out on many potential customers and sales.
Creative Boom
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Image Credit: GoneShells Swedish design studio Tomorrow Machine is out to solve the problem of unsustainable packaging with an innovative new line of bottles, GoneShells. This packaging solution is something that replicates the life cycle of fresh products. It's no secret that most modern packaging raises environmental concerns. While the content inside goes bad after days or weeks, most packaging solutions are made to last for years or even decades, and many biodegradable packaging materials to
Inkbot Design
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
The Top 10 Purple Logos of All Time Purple has been a colour associated with royalty, luxury and sophistication for centuries. It is a colour that inspires creativity and evokes a sense of mystery and elegance. In branding and design, purple is a very sought-after colour that gives a feeling of prestige and quality. From tech giants to fashion powerhouses, several brands have successfully harnessed the power of purple in their logos, leaving a lasting impact on consumers.
FlowingData
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
I made a map some years ago that showed Target store openings over time. It started with the first store in 1962, which opened in Minnesota, and then the animation played through 2009. This is a recreation of that map. The difference is that when I made the original map in 2009, there was this software platform called Flash by Adobe. It was really common, but then suddenly it was not anymore.
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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.
HONGKIAT
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
AI writing tools generate content based on the keywords or prompt provided by users. You can then improve upon the output and make it suitable according to your own requirements. There are different types of AI writing tools and in this post we are featuring some of the best ones. From content generators and editors to translators and typing assistants, there’s a whole gamut of AI-powered writing tools in the list.
Inkbot Design
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Redefining the Role of a Web Designer in Today's Digital Landscape Is web design still considered a young industry? Even if it doesn't have the longevity of established technical fields like software development or graphic design , it is no longer a young profession. The industry has evolved, and so has the job description. Today, web designers require more skills than basic HTML and CSS knowledge.
ID Identity Design
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
September Café & Cake is a Saigon-based coffee shop established in 2019. Expansion to a second shop in town brought the challenge of how to find a mutual voice and establish a tighter DNA between the two branches (and others in the near future). The café owners were looking for a new sense of purity and tenderness, intertwined with an already existing interior design.
Inkbot Design
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Top 10 Pink Logos: A Guide to the Best Pink Brands Pink has long been associated with femininity, love and romance, which makes it an attractive colour for many brands. But pink has more to offer than being pretty – it's a powerful tool for creating a solid brand identity. From playful and funny to sophisticated and stylish, pink can convey many emotions and ideas.
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.
Colossal
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
All images © Mark Powell, shared with permission From playing cards and posters to envelopes and postcards scrawled with notes, the untraditional canvases holding Mark Powell ’s artworks are tapestries of memories and experiences past. The Brighton-based artist ( previously ) sutures scraps of vintage ephemera and draws in ballpoint pen, rendering intimate portraits, birds, and scenes brimming with emotion in realistic detail.
The Design Blog
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Call for Entries to A’ Design Award & Competition A’ Design Award & Competition is the world’s leading international annual juried competition for design. The A’ Design Accolades are organized in a wide range of creative fields to highlight the very best designers from all countries in all disciplines. The ultimate aim of the A’ Design Awards is to push designers, companies and brands worldwide to create superior products and projects that benefit the society.
We And The Color
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Check out this beautiful restaurant brand identity created by the team of studio Indego Design. Since 1988, VAHTHAI Restaurant has been a pillar of the Macau community for generations. As the first restaurant in town to introduce classic Thai snack boat noodles, its owner developed a unique recipe and secret seasoning that reflects the local food culture.
Design You Trust
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Jeff Drew, an Albuquerque-based illustrator, has gained national recognition for his exceptional and sharp-witted artwork. He has created cover illustrations for various publications across America, showcasing his stunning visual style. More: Jeff Drew , Instagram , Shop Drawing inspiration from 1950s advertising graphics, Jeff produces contemporary illustrations that pack a punch.
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Design Week
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Sir Jony Ive has designed the official coronation emblem for King Charles III, depicting flora from each of the four UK nations as a gesture to the King’s love of the natural world. The rose of England, the thistle of Scotland, the daffodil of Wales and the shamrock of Northern Ireland merge to form the shape of St Edward’s crown, which the King will be crowned with during the service.
Colossal
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
A detail image of the larger composite. DECaPS2/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA Image processing: M. Zamani & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab) A massive new composite released earlier this year reveals a confounding number of stars in the Milky Way. An international collaboration gathered from multiple telescopes at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, the stunning work captures a staggering 3.32 billion celestial objects across 130 degrees of the night sky—for context, the NSF
Design You Trust
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
According to Tasha Hall: “I am currently the only full-farm portrait photographer in the world. We travel around creating “Farmily” portraits for farms all over North America. We also do commercial work for businesses. For each tour, we pack up our truck and camper and we go on the road with our dog Pixel! I have created an entire series of farm portraits where I have snuck her into every photograph we do!
Graphic Design USA
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
The U.S. State Department’s February decision to switch to a Calibri sans serif from Times New Roman is creating an uproar; everyone is waking up to the idea that typography matters.
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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.
Feature Shoot
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Rachel Thompson, Head of Sustainability at MPB Leica M10-R + Leica 75mm f/1.4 Summicron According to research from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the world produces approximately 54 million tonnes of electronic waste annually. This waste comes in the form of discarded computers, phones, televisions, home appliances, and even cameras—and only an estimated 17% is recycled.
Design You Trust
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Latin America, National Award Shortlist, Manuel Rodriguez The 2023 National & Regional Awards for photography have been announced, supporting and celebrating photographers worldwide. The winners were chosen from the Open competition’s entries, showcasing local talent to a global audience. Over 415,000 images from 200 countries were submitted, with the National Awards winner chosen from over 200,000 entries.
Shillington
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Whether you’re an experienced designer or a recent graduate from a graphic design course , whether that’s online or in person, you’ll probably come to a point where you’ll start looking for that perfect job again. And we know how nerve-wracking the job search process can be! But once you’ve landed that interview, it’s essential to put your best foot forward!
Design You Trust
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Helen Waites founded Plyconic, a London design studio specializing in 3D artworks depicting postwar modernist architecture using layers of plywood. Her inspiration came from observing the changing light and shadows at the Barbican in London, leading her to start a Kickstarter campaign. More: Plyconic , Instagram h/t: guardian The Piccadilly hotel (Mercure), Manchester. “Born out of the love and respect for twenthieth century furniture.
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Shillington
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Melbourne graduate Jess Ibbett had always aimed to work for herself, so she could carve out a lifestyle that suits both herself and family best— Shillington enabled her to do just that. Since graduating she has built a regular flow of freelance graphic design jobs, launched a craft beer business with her husband where she takes care of all the design needs and started a creative women’s business with a friend.
Graphis
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
As a creative, you understand the power of design to evoke emotions and transport the viewer to. The post Bringing the Beijing Opera to Life with Rikke Hansen + <strong>Revitalizing the Spirit of Music</strong> appeared first on Graphis Blog.
Vandelay Design
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Are you building a website for your farm? Here are some excellent examples of farm and agricultural websites to serve as examples. The post 20 Farm and Agriculture Websites for Design Inspiration appeared first on Vandelay Design.
Designspiration
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
TYPO / Design: Joshua Ford - Photography: Joshua Cole #poster #typography
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.
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