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Immersive director André Elijah on staying ahead of the curve with VR and AR

Creative Boom

The founder of André Elijah Immersive is at the cutting edge of working with clients on AR and VR projects. We pick his brains to find out where this fast-changing tech is heading and whether creatives should be jumping on board. If you don't own a VR, AR or mixed-reality headset, you might be fooled into thinking this much-discussed tech has failed to take off.

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Flat-Lays of Halved Walnuts and Other Shells Study the Diversity of the Botanical Fruits

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Carya hickory sections. All images © Jonas Frei, shared with permission During a visit to the Zürich arboretum, Jonas Frei came across a nut species rarely found in Europe. The Juglans cinerea , or white walnut, is native to the U.S. and Canada and has a ribbed, oblong shell that once cracked, reveals a sweet, fleshy innard. Its presence in the Swiss enclave dates back to 1887, when the botanist Carl Joseph Schröter planted a tree that eventually produced the non-native fruits and sparked Frei&#

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21 HVAC Website Design Examples for Inspiration

Vandelay Design

These HVAC websites can serve as inspiration for what's possible with your own site. Get ideas and see what works well before building your site. The post 21 HVAC Website Design Examples for Inspiration appeared first on Vandelay Design.

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New Emergency Housing Model Designed to Meet Essential Human Needs

Design Milk

While Pritzker Prize–winning architect Sir Norman Foster, founder of global Foster + Partners architecture firm, is typically known for his unique structures around the world, he also lends his time and skills to much smaller projects. As president of the Norman Foster Foundation , he partnered with Holcim to design a housing concept aimed to meet essential human needs, such as safety, comfort, and wellbeing for people in displaced communities.

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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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IFest Generalitat de Catalunya: Festival Design by Maat Studio

We And The Color

Check out Maat Studio’s captivating festival design for IFest Generalitat de Catalunya. In the vibrant city of Barcelona, a graphic design studio named Maat has been making waves with its innovative and captivating designs. Founded in 2018 by Anna Dinarès and Marc Sans, Maat Studio has quickly gained recognition for its unique approach to visual communication.

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Photographer Ian Howarth captures the eternal disconnect of living in England as a foreigner

Creative Boom

From the series, A Country Kind of Silence © Ian Howarth Born and raised in Peru to an English father and a Peruvian mother, photographer Ian Howarth lived in three different countries by the time he was 16. In his latest book, A Country Kind of Silence , he grapples with his sense of identity and the unique limbo of living in England as a foreigner.

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Regional collection for Fete Collection

Press'd

We are excited to share another regional collection that we created for our friends at Fete Collection. The beautiful city of Boston was the inspiration behind these designs as we created them. We’ll let our designers take it from here to describe more about the invitations below: Dartmouth Pulling inspiration from the Boston Public library we wanted a refined literary feel.

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The Kaanch Glass Series Is a Study in Opposing Ideas

Design Milk

The Kaanch Glass Series is the abstract, colorful result of a collaboration between Diego Olivero Studio and talented Indian artisans. The one-of-a-kind objects and lamps translate the Delhi-based artisans’ craft into unique glass art – in fact, Kaanch is Hindi for “glass.” Inspired by the opposing ideas of chaos and noise, peace and stillness, colors and transparency, and connections and independence, Kaanch fuses these themes together.

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Employee Engagement Tips For Boosting Performance And Morale

Graphic Design Junction

Employees are the backbone of any successful business. Keeping them engaged and motivated is essential for boosting morale, productivity, and performance. You may wonder what strategies you can use to ensure employees remain excited about their job roles and committed to helping your organization succeed – we have just the answer! In this blog post, we’ll share our top employee engagement tips to help you foster a work environment where everyone feels valued and teach staff members the bes

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1718 Production

Mindsparkle Mag

1718 Production combines creative content production & Art buying. We are “ sur-mesure ” and adaptable to answer brands’ specific demands. We provide our clients with a global service of art buying, creation, and premium production. We build the best crew for film, print, and digital event content. The post 1718 Production appeared first on Mindsparkle Mag.

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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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Animal shelter's hilarious (and adorable) drawings go viral

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"Our camera broke.

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30+ Great Happy Birthday Wishes with Images for Free Download

Designer Daily

Your relative, friend, or colleague’s birthday is coming soon, and you haven’t chosen the right birthday card yet? We bring you the best selection of 30+ unique free happy birthday wishes with images ! Give happiness, pleasant moments, and joy to your loved ones, even if you are very far away. You can download any image without restrictions and send it using instant messengers or social media!

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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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Fangyu Ma encourages a new way of seeing in her eye-catching still life illustrations

Creative Boom

© Fangyu Ma Atlanta-based illustrator Fangyu Ma creates decorative and narrative illustrations that bring viewers joy thanks to their vibrant colours and unique animal imagery. It's all part of her mission to approach subjects from different angles and present the world anew. Originally from a small city in China's Shandong Province, Fangyu Ma has become a Communications Arts Award winner, a selected winner by American Illustrated, and has even scooped accolades from the Society of Illustration

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Bermuda Postcard - Matt Wrightson #postcard #photography #beach #typography

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Bermuda Postcard - Matt Wrightson #postcard #photography #beach #typography

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Swiss Miss

Love this illustration by Paul Davis.

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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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“Into Me See” by Artist Jose? Delgado Zu?n?iga

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José Delgado Zúñiga José Delgado Zúñiga’s Website José Delgado Zúñiga on Instagram

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Spreadsheet esports

FlowingData

You’ve probably heard of esports, where people compete against each other in multiplayer video games. Financial Modeling World Cup runs esports for Microsoft Excel. Players get a fixed amount of time to accomplish complex spreadsheet tasks, and whoever figures out the correct answers in the least amount of time wins. The two-hour all-star battle last year even had running commentary and post-competition interviews.

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“Into Me See” by Artist Jose? Delgado Zu?n?iga

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José Delgado Zúñiga José Delgado Zúñiga’s Website José Delgado Zúñiga on Instagram

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AnalogFolk publishes satirical “manual” to highlight barriers in the creative industry

Its Nice That

The 60-page guide draws attention to unworkable barriers young people from low socio-economic backgrounds face when entering the workplace.

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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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Paper-Thin Ceramic Pieces Puzzle Together to Form Elegant Vessels by Ellis Moseley

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All images © Ellis Moseley, shared with permission courtesy of Hugo Michell Gallery Through a methodical and labor-intensive process of layering petals of thin clay, Adelaide-based artist Ellis Moseley creates elegant, airy vessels that appear to flutter where they sit. Using paper-clay slip —a fine-grained, lightweight, and durable ceramic medium made from mixing clay slip with fiber—the sculptures are composed of strips dried on a plaster bat.

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Blackpast Font by Sarid Ezra

We And The Color

Introducing Blackpast: the futuristic and modern font for stunning logotypes. In the ever-evolving world of design, finding a font that captures the essence of futuristic and modern aesthetics can be a challenge. However, with Sarid Ezra’s Blackpast font, your search for the perfect typeface ends here. This sans-based font boasts unique lowercase letters that will undoubtedly elevate your designs to new heights.

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Rethinking Human-Centered Design

Communication Arts

Michael Thomas, senior vice president at global creative and cultural consultancy Space Doctors, discusses how his background in anthropology helps him create branding that responds to culture.

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EartH is the London events space leading the way in the city’s cultural programming

Its Nice That

Step inside the world of EartH and become immersed in its incredible 360 sound system.

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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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Xencelabs Pen Display 24 review: big drawing tablet, big quality

Creative Bloq

Xencelabs steps up the digital art game once again with this stunning screen display.

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UIs of the future, proportional design systems, embracing UX research

UX Collective

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. “At a fundamental level, all design is governance. We encounter inconveniences every day, both offline and in the apps we use. But it’s not enough to say it’s the result of bad design. It’s also a result of governance decisions made on behalf of the customers during the design process.” How design is governance → By Amber Case Editor picks Raising capital for inclusive design → Breaking the vicious cycle of capital.

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YouTuber FaZe Rug Launches Candy Brand 1UP With A Gummy So Sour It Comes With A Warning Label

The Die Line

Sour candy aficionados, beware. The 1UP challenge is not for the faint of heart.

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MESH seeks 3D artists for new metaverse art fair

Creative Bloq

An open call for 3D, metaverse and VR creators.

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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.