Creative Market

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

This is a guest post by our friends at Webflow , an all-in-one web design tool that allows users to design, build, and launch responsive websites visually. Typography is an important part of any web design. E-commerce, especially, needs to use fonts that are both readable and reflect a brand's identity. Get inspired by the stunning typography used in these 20 stores, and get a new, free UI kit from Webflow to get your own store up and running.

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Speckyboy Design Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Color is one of the most powerful tools in website design, especially when it comes to manipulating reading flow. As a rule, the standard reading path starts from the top left corner, with the exception of some Asian and Arab cultures. People move their eyes from left to right and gradually go down. This principle works everywhere. However, it does not mean that you cannot make some exceptions.

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Its Nice That

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The New Orleans-based illustrator draws inspirations from the “wild and dysfunctional party city that requires a specific skillset to live [there]" Here, the artist talks us through his recent publications from the fart-joking Stink Helmet to the loose and experimental narratives of Hairdriver. Read more.

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Feature Shoot

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Susanne Bartsch. Few landmarks to bohemian life continue to stand tall and proud in New York; most have disappeared from the landscape during the twin plights of benign neglect and gentrification that have reshaped the city over the past 50 years. But the Hotel Chelsea remains one of the last grand dames still on the scene today. Built between 1843 and 1885, the Chelsea, as it’s colloquially known, was one of the first cooperative apartment buildings in New York City, and briefly among one of it

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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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NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Evan M. Cohen. Evan M. Cohen’s Website. Evan M. Cohen on Instagram.

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Design You Trust

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

To balance out his working life as a graphic designer focused on 2-D digital projects, Greg Olijnyk creates cardboard sculptures in his free time. The remarkably refined artworks are made with packaging-grade cardboard and tracing paper, and finishing touches added with LED lighting and glass accessories. More: Instagram h/t: colossal View this post on Instagram #9 – now with an operator.

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Its Nice That

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

What do people do in their leisure time? For some, the simple act of people watching is a hobby, but for Arnhel de Serra, it’s an art. His absurd photography captures everything from the tackiness of tourism to the welly-wanging nature of home counties Britain. Read more.

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Creative Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

From the invention of the Christmas tree to Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Christmas as we know it today has its origins in Victorian Britain. It’s unsurprising then that the era has long been a source of inspiration for brands come Christmas ad season. While this approach typically runs the risk of seeming overly sentimental, Sainsbury’s decision to go full Dickensian in its new Christmas campaign is probably fair enough given that it is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year.

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Trendland

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Bianca Wilson is an Australian painter inspired by architectural forms of her hometown – Sydney – and other cities she visited such as Osaka and Tokyo. Her soft-shade yet sharp and angular artworks depict fragments of real urban spaces in a minimalist form. The artist creates an impression as if every bit of architecture she paints was captured at pink sunset.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2019

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Abduzeedo

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Introducing the Book of Branding, a guide for startups and beyond. AoiroStudio Nov 12, 2019 It's always inspiring to see our friends, from the industry, creating and making cool stuff to inspire others. It's a reward that we will never take for granted and we will will always be supporting. We are featuring the book release of our dear friend Radim Malinic and his Book of Branding.

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Its Nice That

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The Stormzy-curated imprint of Penguin Random House is hosting the three-day event at Shoreditch’s Beats By Dre Residency space, celebrating creativity with talks and workshops by authors, filmmakers, curators, artists and more. Read more.

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Shillington

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Studio NinetyOne was founded by Sam Hextall fourteen years ago as a one man freelance studio and has gone from strength to strength ever since. Now a three person studio, NinetyOne is small but perfectly formed—working with everything from small start-ups to established brands. We invited them in to talk at Shillington London after spotting their branding at a new restaurant near the campus, Three Uncles.

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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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Spoon Graphics

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Easily add ink stamp texture effects to your logos, lettering and illustrations with the help of my new FREE Ink Stamp Texturizer. This Smart PSD for Adobe Photoshop automatically applies all the adjustments and effects. All you have to do is edit the Smart Object layer and paste in your own artwork, then hit Save. You can then choose from 10 ink stamp textures to customise the amount of distressed texturing that is applied to the design.

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Abduzeedo

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

A series of Illustrations for UI by Aldiyar Aidash. AoiroStudio Nov 11, 2019 It's not my first time seeing this but the use of 'illustration' in product design is very important nowadays. Most of us designers are eager to craft the simplest and most intuitive user experience. Meanwhile, we do sometimes neglect the use of illustrations to communicate the features with much more tenacity.

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Under Consideration / Brand

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

“Now Open to the Pubic”. Established in 2017 and originally operating pop-up exhibitions around the UK, the Vagina Museum is the world's first bricks and mortar museum dedicated to "vaginas, vulvas, and the gynaecological anatomy" that opened this past October in London's Camden Market with a full-time location. Founded by Florence Schechter, a Biochemistry major, known for her YouTube science-themed channel , the vision for the museum is "of a world where no one is ashamed of their bodies, ever

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Abduzeedo

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Conceptual Landscapes and Universe of Jan Urschel. AoiroStudio Nov 11, 2019 Continuing the tribute for the cult movie Blade Runner and being now living in November 2019. I decided to feature another artist but this is a conceptual artist from Singapore. We are taking another route for this article, let's get out of the city with his 'Procedural Landscape' series that he shared on Behance.

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Creative Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Author Heike Faller interviewed people of different backgrounds, ages and experiences for the book, asking them one simple question: what did you learn in life? “I talked to elementary school kids and 90 year-olds; men and women who are much respected in our society as well as those who have lost their status,” writes Faller in the book. “I sat with the former director of an East German company (Kombinat) in his garden in a village behind the high-rise buildings of Marzahn, a neighbourhood in Be

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Booooooom

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

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Creative Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Following his win of the prestigious Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2019 last week, the LA-based photographer talks us through healing family relationships and documenting his late mother's life through photography. The post Pat Martin on his award-winning series Goldie appeared first on Creative Review.

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Abduzeedo

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Citizens of the Jungle Illustration Series. AoiroStudio Nov 11, 2019 Let's take a look at the work from Ladislas Chachignot who is an illustrator, digital painter, and creator of the Citizens of the Jungle Illustration Series. What is it? Well, it's a series of portraits illustrating our lost connection towards nowadays strong resistance of technology and our initial primitive "wilderness".

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Shillington

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Ryan Carl is a multidisciplinary designer who has worked with clients ranging from Nike to Google and MOMA. After spending a few years working with clients, he started self-initiated projects focused on type, art and design. In this creative salon, Ryan will discuss his background and process, and walk through his conceptually-driven work that explores themes of identity and being, hope and togetherness.

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Design Week

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The V&A has announced Gus Casely-Hayford as director of V&A East, its project comprising two sites — a museum and research centre — in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Casely-Hayford is currently director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. The London-born curator will take up his new position at the V&A in spring 2020 — the museum is expected to open in 2023.

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Its Nice That

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Kontrapunkt’s heads of type design Torsten LIndsø Andersen and Rasmus Michaëlis talks us through the challenges of designing a bespoke typeface for a small electronic board that will be seen by thousands of people everyday. Read more.

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The Die Line

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

As part of an ongoing effort to reduce their environmental impact, Heineken UK announced they are eliminating plastic rings and shrink wrap from all their products beginning in April 2020, will a full rollout across their entire range by the end of 2021.

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