Inkbot Design
MARCH 6, 2023
Crafting an Eye-catching Logo Portfolio: Tips and Tricks In the world of creativity , a flashy sales pitch may get you a few nods and some polite smiles, but it won't make clients break out of their wallets. Your logo portfolio, on the other hand, can make them reach for their chequebooks faster than a hot knife through butter. But, let's face it, designing a logo portfolio is challenging.
Creative Boom
MARCH 6, 2023
© María Jesús Contreras Chilean artist María Jesús Contreras explores the influences behind her distinctive and entrancing artwork, which often focuses on animals and always looks on the bright side. Magical realism is a literary genre that combines realistic narratives with magical or fantastical elements. It differs from traditional fantasy or science fiction, where the setting is often a completely imaginary world.
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Design Milk
MARCH 6, 2023
Why AirBnb when you can bring your own comfortably personalized accommodations nearly anywhere and everywhere you go? That’s the premise behind the Bowlus Volterra , the world’s first all-electric RV, a luxuriously appointed 25-foot-long aerodynamic silver bullet designed for travelers seeking adventure sans the “roughing it” part of the equation.
Creative Boom
MARCH 6, 2023
Visual artist and illustrator Melissa Lakey found the High Desert of California the perfect environment and inspiration for her work, which is about to go on show in the town of Joshua Tree. There's been a long tradition of creatives congregating around big cities, excited by their cosmopolitan nature and cultural energy. But sometimes, going to the opposite extreme can be more fulfilling.
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
MARCH 6, 2023
David Hockney at Lightroom © Justin Sutcliff 2023 What better way to launch a new cultural destination onto the London art scene than host a unique and immersive exhibition that brings some of David Hockney's most celebrated paintings to life? We look closer at the artist's much-anticipated new show at London's latest venue, Lightroom. Last autumn, HERE at Outernet opened as a new purpose-built music venue beneath the streets at Tottenham Court Road and the largest digital exhibition space in Eu
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Creative Boom
MARCH 6, 2023
Credit: Pentagram Design legend Paula Scher explains how Pentagram brought Blue Nun , a 100-year-old German wine brand into the modern era through an infusion of personality and Art Deco style. Blue Nun first launched in 1923, with a 1921 vintage. Its original packaging was groundbreaking at the time. Its more direct, consumer-facing design stood in direct contrast to the longstanding decadent, Gothic-scripted cues of most German wines, whose comms hinted at history but made no effort to connect
Inkbot Design
MARCH 6, 2023
Say No to Spec Work! The Dark Side of Design Are you a designer who's tired of working for peanuts? You may be a freelancer looking to gain experience and build your portfolio. Whatever your situation, you may have considered trying your hand at spec work. Spec work, for those who aren't in the know, is when a designer creates a mock-up or sample of a design project for a potential client without any guarantee of payment.
Creative Boom
MARCH 6, 2023
Elizabeth Power in her studio Elizabeth Power chats to us about her love of the English seaside, searching for a new way of life, and the underlying sense of calm in her vibrant paintings. Living in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, with her partner and two young children, Elizabeth Power is a contemporary artist specialising in vibrant and colourful paintings.
UX Collective
MARCH 6, 2023
How imagination can become the driving force for a better tomorrow A child astronaut imagines its future made in Midjourney by Timo Wagner /Imagine… What a great and inspiring prelude. An invitation to be creative. An explicit request to think beyond your personal horizons. So simple, yet powerful. This is how every adventure starts at Midjourney and is emblematic of all the current emerging Generative AI tools.
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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.
Creative Boom
MARCH 6, 2023
Belfast design studio Angel & Anchor was tasked with creating a visual identity for the new city nightspot Southside Social. From the colour palette to typography, here's how they went about it. It's often difficult to define what makes a specific bar a hit. In the case of Southside Social in Belfast, which opened in November 2022, it probably has a lot to do with the carefully crafted visual identity created by the local design studio Angel & Anchor.
Vandelay Design
MARCH 6, 2023
These camping fonts are perfect for outdoor and nature-themed designs. Use them for posters, branding, signs, t-shirts, and more. The post 30 Best Camping Fonts for Nature-Themed Designs appeared first on Vandelay Design.
Creative Boom
MARCH 6, 2023
© Mark Bloom Designers Marina Soto and Mark Bloom have recruited some serious talent to teach LABASAD Barcelona School of Arts and Design's new online English-language Online Master in Graphic Design and Applied Typography. They tell us why they're launching the programme, what's unique about it, and how it could help you achieve your career goals. Looking for a programme to build upon your existing design skills?
UX Collective
MARCH 6, 2023
Exploring solutions and challenges for the controversial debate about AI art Salvador DALL•E (Source: Year 2049 ) It’s been less than a year since DALLE•2 was released and blew our minds away with the variety of art it could generate from a simple yet descriptive prompt. Other tools like Midjourney and Stable Diffusion quickly followed. The initial stages of excitement were quickly replaced by concerns about the inventiveness of AI-generated art.
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.
Creative Boom
MARCH 6, 2023
Popular flame-grilled chicken chain Nando's has turned up the heat on its brand identity with the launch of a new sonic logo and the debut of a short film directed by Jonathan Entwistle. Fast food chains seem to be going through something of an advertising renaissance. Only recently have we seen McDonald's shake up its marketing with a cliche-defying campaign that didn't feature its signature meals.
UX Collective
MARCH 6, 2023
By Aishwarya Vardhana My product team, Trust and Safety Tools, has been tasked with building a system for people to safely report harassment on Wikipedia. 1 As a woman my instinct was to first ask, how does harassment affect women on the platform? What about other people who are targeted based on their gender identity? Knowing that the internet is rampant with sexist, homophobic, and transphobic rhetoric, what could our team do to make a small difference in this complex space?
Its Nice That
MARCH 6, 2023
The Seoul-based illustrator shares how she flipped negative feelings on their head and channeled her emotions into a flourishing illustration career.
Design You Trust
MARCH 6, 2023
Picture this: You’re sitting at home, surrounded by Amazon boxes that you’ve been too lazy to recycle. You’ve got some time on your hands, a cat on your lap, and you’re feeling a little bit creative. What do you do? You build a cardboard cat fort, of course! h/t: sadanduseless But why do cats love cardboard so much? It’s not just because they’re weirdos (although that certainly plays a part).
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Graphic Design USA
MARCH 6, 2023
A failed creative internship became a reality check for Max Ottingnon of Ragged Edge. Out of the crucible, he learned that discipline, hard work and high standards can lead to having your own successful agency.
Its Nice That
MARCH 6, 2023
Working across graphic design and art direction, the Stockholm-based creative tells us why she finds a certain “intimacy” in lo-fi expression.
Feature Shoot
MARCH 6, 2023
In this collection of photo stories from Ireland, Megan Doherty introduces us to Derry’s underground scene, while Kevin Griffin captures the life and character of a man he serendipitously met while driving through the local Irish countryside. Jamie Johnson tells the stories of children from within the Irish Traveler community, a community that continues to face discrimination and abuse.
Designspiration
MARCH 6, 2023
The Inspiration Grid : Design Inspiration, Illustration, Typography, Photography, Art, Architecture & More #packaging #alcohol #design #graphic #typography
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Colossal
MARCH 6, 2023
“My Joy My Joy My Joy” (2021), acrylic felt, polyester fiber fill, pyrite, glass beads, sea glass, vinyl sequins, white abalone shell, metal base, nylon thread, aluminum sculpture wire, and artificial sinew, 16.5 × 13.3 × 22 inches. Installation view of ‘The Body Electric’ at SITE Santa Fe, 2022. Photo by Shayla Blatchford. All images © Jeffrey Gibson, shared with permission courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York; Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago; Roberts Projects, Lo
Creative Bloq
MARCH 6, 2023
It's hard to choose a favourite.
Colossal
MARCH 6, 2023
“Lattice” (2022), cardboard, vellum trace paper, 76.7 x 116 x 24.5 inches, on Evelyn Lewis Campus, Staten Island in the collection of the NYC Department of Education, Public Art for Public Schools. All photos by Etienne Frossard, courtesy of the artist, shared with permission Although riders aren’t able to board Daniel Agdag ’s rollercoaster, the Australian artist ( previously ) ensures that his recreational design is structurally sound.
Design You Trust
MARCH 6, 2023
This is a series of works by Chinese artist NoirChen about the ardent supporters of digital technology that will emerge as a result of the conflict between the real world and the virtual. “In the future, mankind will rely heavily on digital devices and brain computer interfaces, indulge in the virtual world (meta universe) and conflict with reality.
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Shillington
MARCH 6, 2023
Online Half scholarship recipient Val Miranda worked as a Compliance Officer at an international charity but grew tired of corporate life and lack of creativity. She did not pursue design when she was younger, instead embarking on what she thought was a more secure career. In 2021, Shillington was able to help Val in returning to her love for design through the Half Scholarship grant.
Design You Trust
MARCH 6, 2023
Hublot, the Swiss luxury watchmaker, has recently kicked off a brand new collaboration with New York artist Daniel Arsham by creating a larger-than-life installation in the snow-covered mountains of Zermatt. Aptly titled “Light & Time”, the installation takes the form of a massive, 20-meter diameter sundial that bears the unmistakable design elements of a classic Hublot watch.
Designspiration
MARCH 6, 2023
Graphic design inspiration #flyer #poster #sky
Spoon Graphics
MARCH 6, 2023
I recently began exploring the world of AI Art with Midjourney. It’s a tool that can bring anything from your imagination to life, no matter how surreal or abstract. Today I put it to the test by turning my son’s Dino-Truck toy into reality with just a few descriptive prompts, then I let AI do the rest… and the result is awesome! Watch this next Subscribe to the Spoon Graphics YouTube Channel The post AI Brings My Son’s Favourite Toy to Life!
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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