Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Illustration can be a lonely career, but Ashwin Chacko and Clive McFarland are on a mission to change that through a community that connects and supports Northern Ireland's often-overlooked creative talent. Anyone who's gone down the solo career route knows it can be a lonely life. Even if you love what you do, it's easy to get stuck in your own little bubble - something that Ashwin Chacko and Clive McFarland think is especially true for illustrators.

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Creative Bloq

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Is nothing sacred anymore?

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Biti's Hunter makes sneakers that the Vietnamese youth can wear with pride. Now, it has an identity that competes with global brands without compromising on its roots in the country's culture. M N Associates has rebranded Vietnam's national sneaker brand Biti's Hunter, introducing a completely new trademark, logotype, custom typeface, and holistic branding system designed to seamlessly bridge the physical and digital experience.

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Creative Bloq

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

With hand-drawn cel animation, this game looks superb.

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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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Design Beep

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Color is a powerful tool in design, and these resources can make it easier for designers to create meaningful and visually engaging projects. From palette generator to contrast checkers, theres a color tool for every need. Whether youre crafting a sleek website, designing a logo, or picking colors for a marketing campaign, the right tools can enhance your design process and ensure that your color choices work harmoniously to communicate the desired message.

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Creative Bloq

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Its extremely hard to fight a lawsuit against a multi-billion dollar company.

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Creative Bloq

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

We've already seen some stunning covers in 2025.

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Communication Arts

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Join us in the excitement as we kick off our 2025 Photography competition! We’re on the lookout for outstanding commercial and experimental photography to feature in our highly anticipated 2025 Photography Annual. Don’t miss out—submit your entries by Friday, March 7th, and be part of this inspiring celebration of creativity!

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Creative Bloq

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

An easy-to-use stop-motion tool for all abilities and ages to create your own Wallace and Gromit style animation.

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Its Nice That

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The photographers portraits are seeped in symbolism, carefully curated to tell layered cultural narratives.

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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.

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Creative Bloq

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Hop in, we’ve got a long drive ahead.

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Its Nice That

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

In its final edition (for now), the publication merges multiple perspectives, putting the magic of collaborative publishing on show.

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Creative Bloq

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Get 6 months for only $2.99 until the end of February.

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Entertainment 259

UX Collective

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Designers may know “How” and “What”, but they often don’t know “Why” Continue reading on UX Collective

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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.

Graphic Design

Creative Bloq

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Is the Zenbook A14 ASUS’ equivalent to the MacBook Air? Well, kinda.

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This is Paper

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The Karimoku Research Center in Tokyo, designed by Keiji Ashizawa, serves as the physical hub for Karimoku Furniture, providing a dedicated space for exploring the intersection of design, craftsmanship, and technology.

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Creative Bloq

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The tool took just an hour to make, apparently.

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Its Nice That

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The designer opted for a rough and textured feel to reflect the spaces cosy and effortlessly inviting atmosphere.

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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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Creative Bloq

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Flash Forward 2025 will showcase new Flash games and interactive movies.

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FlowingData

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Ridgeline charts, sometimes but less often called frequency trails , show time series data with overlapping line or area charts. Because of the overlapping, you can see more vertically in less space than if you were to squish each category to a single band. Become a member for access to this — plus tutorials, courses, and guides.

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Azure Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

From emerging designers and student innovators to industry heavyweights and immersive show floor experiences, our editors pick out their top highlights from Toronto’s IDS 2025. The post IDS 2025: Highlights from our Camera Roll appeared first on Azure Magazine.

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HONGKIAT

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Do you use multiple Google Drive accounts for work, personal projects, or other reasons? Unfortunately, Google Drive for macOS doesnt allow users to switch between accounts easily or sync multiple accounts at the same time. But dont worrythere are ways to install and use multiple instances of Google Drive on your macOS device. This guide will walk you through several methods, from creating separate macOS user profiles to using third-party tools, so you can manage multiple accounts efficiently.

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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.

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Communication Arts

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

By examining the career of Jim Carrey, Ernie Schenck charts a roadmap for dealing with creative burnout.

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Design Beep

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Image editing software plays a crucial role in todays digital world, allowing creators, professionals, and enthusiasts to manipulate, enhance, and transform visuals. Whether for photography, graphic design, or digital art, these tools are essential for producing polished and professional content. In this article, we will explore a wide array of image editing software , providing detailed introductions for each, and offering a comprehensive list of popular and widely used tools for image editing.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Go beyond likes and algorithms with these real-world strategies for creative success. Feeling sick and tired of fighting algorithms? Are you fed up with endless scrolling and desperately trying to game platforms that seem designed to keep us chasing likes and views? Lacking the will to post on the increasing number of social networks, let alone keep up with what other people are doing?

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Design Milk

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

In Seattles historic Wedgwood neighborhood, a 1970s home has been revitalized for modern living, thanks to a collaboration between Best Practice Architecture and Ainslie-Davis , a family-owned contracting firm with a sentimental connection to the property. The home, originally crafted by the late uncle of the Ainslie Davis team, has been reimagined to accommodate the evolving needs of a young family while respecting its architectural lineage.

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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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UX Collective

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Understanding next-gen color space that makes color scaling easier and future-proofs your designsystem Last week, TailwindCSS released their v4 version with revamped color tokens using OKLCH. I forsee more web devs are going to adopt OKLCH as the new standard for color tokens. This might sound very technical, but its actually a significant change UI/UX designer should be aware of.

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Design Milk

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

As the days grow longer and thoughts turn to warmer weather, theres nothing quite like planning for the joys of outdoor living. Perhaps no one is anticipating the first official day of spring more than British designer Tom Dixon , whose new Groove collection arrives after more than a decade of research and development. This elegant outdoor furniture collection combines durability, functionality, and timeless style, making it well worth the wait.

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BP&O

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

If a brand that fuses memes, hot takes, occultism, and coffee is going to succeed anywhere, its probably in east London. Dark Arts Coffee started out in 2014 in a Homerton railway arch, and managed to corner that distinct subgenre of goth/metal/biker-ish aesthetics which opts for craft ale over snakebite; Hackney over Camden; self-care over self-destruction.

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Colossal

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Before photography, slide projectors, movies, television, or anything electronic, entertainment came from what we now think of as analog sources. In the 1700s, for example, your leisure time may have been spent listening to live music, visiting an art show or a theatre performance, playing games, and reading books. Inspired by theatrical stage sets, one innovation that rose to popularity in the 18th century was the tunnel book.

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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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