Just Creative

JULY 23, 2020

While many of us fully believe that we have good penmanship, the truth is that when it comes to using it in the world of graphic design, we might as well have the penmanship of a doctor. Not exactly the best choice when you’re working on the branding or a logo for a new client. To help, we thought that giving your wrist a break from trying to perfect your skills by offering our choices for the Best Handwritten Fonts for Graphic Design.

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Creative Review

JULY 23, 2020

Launched in 2018, Apple’s Behind the Mac campaign has brought us a series of ads showing inspiring people using its computers. A film released to mark International Women’s Day back in March featured MeToo movement founder Tarana Burke alongside Marie Kondo, Ava DuVernay and Lady Gaga, while another released in June focused on UK musicians.

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Tuts Plus

JULY 23, 2020

What You'll Be Creating In today's tutorial, I'll show you how to make a fairy-tale book cover with a vintage-inspired look. Vintage-style covers are big news in publishing right now, and clothbound covers are enjoying a well-deserved resurgence. Here you’ll learn how to make a vintage book cover and recreate the look with woodcut-style illustrations and calligraphy type.

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The Logo Smith

JULY 23, 2020

The post HK Grotesk Wide Free Font by Alfredo Marco Pradil for Hanken Design Co appeared first on The Logo Smith All Content © 2020 The Logo Smith.™ |. I do like a good wide font, and HK Grotesk Wide fits the bill perfectly, more so given it’s also a freebie free font offering. HK Grotesk Wide was Design & Developed by the supremely talented type designer, Alfredo Marco Pradil , for the Hanken Design Co.

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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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Colossal

JULY 23, 2020

“The Eternal Couple.” Image © Mithun H, shared with permission. Since 2014, wildlife filmmaker and photographer Mithun H has been pining for sightings of Saya, a black panther that’s been eluding his admirers in the Kabini Forest in India for years. After camping out in the area for six days, the photographer captured a stunning image of the mysterious animal shadowing his leopard partner, Cleopatra.

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Colossal

JULY 23, 2020

All images © Luciano Cian, shared with permission. Artist Luciano Cian ’s latest series Geo explores the power, perseverance, and stability of contemporary women through bold colors and gesture. Simple lines and geometric shapes comprise the nondescript figures, who tend to look away from the viewer with striking facial expressions. Relying heavily on the tension between symmetry and asymmetry, Cian tells Colossal he’s inspired the aesthetics of Brazilian modernist artists like painter A

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Noupe

JULY 23, 2020

Dumbledore once remarked to Harry Potter that “…it is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”. It’s a statement that probably rings true in a number of domains, not least of which is the world of web design. Whether it’s using a website builder or getting started in WordPress, downloading plugins, testing out page builders, tinkering with Elementor templates or trying your hand at the new template kits (more on this later!

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Abduzeedo

JULY 23, 2020

Sci-fi & Cyberpunk inspired Branding for Paradigmal. AoiroStudio 07.23.20 Sabbath Studio is a branding studio based Monterrey, Mexico. They shared a branding project wholly inspired by Dystopian Futures, Cyberpunk, Sci-fi / Neo-noir Cult Films & Anime themed aesthetics by client request. Let's just mention that again: 'by client request'. This is so cool and the result is just perfect and true representation of that cult era that we dearly love.

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Its Nice That

JULY 23, 2020

In response to Covid-19, Adobe has launched a community fund supporting a range of applicants with grants of $500-$5,000.

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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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The Die Line

JULY 23, 2020

This design concept by Carmen Ngooi captures the unpredictable nature of photography.

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Design You Trust

JULY 23, 2020

Flying Boys Dimpy Bhalotia, United Kingdom. Grand Prize Winner, Photographer of the Year. Location: Banaras, India. Shot on iPhone X. The overall winner of the 13th annual iPhone Photography Awards has been announced, with the winning entry shot on an iPhone X. The winners of the 2020 iPhone Photograph Awards — an annual contest solely for images taken with an iPhone or iPad — have been announced.

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Design Week

JULY 23, 2020

London Design Biennale and Chatham House have revealed the full details of their four open briefs, which aim to “harness the creativity that comes from crisis” The competition – entitled Design in an Age of Crisis – is seeking responses from young designers and more established practices. There are four briefs, which have been created by a steering committee of over 50 designers and industry leaders: Environment: Building back greener.

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Design You Trust

JULY 23, 2020

As you can guess from the header image showing Vermeer’s “The Girl with a Pearl Earring” and Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” enjoying selfies together, this article introduces a series of illustrations which reinterpret classic paintings with a modern twist, imagining the women in candid moments capturing their lives on social media. This witty series comes courtesy of Isuka.

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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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Abduzeedo

JULY 23, 2020

Neumorphism icons inspired by macOS Big Sur. AoiroStudio 07.23.20 Neumorphism or shall we say Skeuomorphism is a hot topic in UI trends. For the past months we have been talking, debating, and even more since the release announcement of the macOS Big Sur coming this fall. Why? Because it's cool! One thing, I do like about this 'style' is the craft that goes into an icon design.

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Design You Trust

JULY 23, 2020

Age is no barrier to looking great. A wholesome elderly couple from Taiwan is making headlines and going viral on social media for their great style and fashion sense. 83-year-old Wan-Ji and his wife, 84-year-old Sho-Er are dressing up and posing in the clothes left behind at their laundry shop and they look magnificent. The charismatic duo has captured the internet’s heart with both their looks.

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Under Consideration / Brand

JULY 23, 2020

“All Things Being Royal”. (Est. 1848) "For over 170 years The Royal Melbourne Hospital has touched the lives of millions of Victorians, providing care and treatment for the sickest in our community. Today the hospital is recognised as a world renowned institution, not only providing outstanding care and treatment, but improving the outcomes for all through a comprehensive medical research program, and the training of our future health professionals.

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Design You Trust

JULY 23, 2020

These intimate color photos were taken by American photographer Harold Gee that show portraits of his young friends in San Diego from 1971 to 1975. More: Flickr h/t: vintag.es “Late Sixties, and I was timid about carrying a camera because there were a lot of folks that were suspicious of anyone carrying a camera…probably with good reason. It was a period of social upheaval, drugs that were fun but.

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Creative Review

JULY 23, 2020

Graphic designer and writer Anoushka Khandwala continues our series exploring what creatives would change about their industry following this enforced period of lockdown and reflection. The post What Would I Change: Anoushka Khandwala appeared first on Creative Review.

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The Die Line

JULY 23, 2020

While the Gro Planting Kit is very much a student project, it's hard not to feel a little green thumb inspiration from the conceptual branding.

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Its Nice That

JULY 23, 2020

London-based illustrator and artist Wednesday Holmes has a clear mission with their work as their talk at June’s Nicer Tuesdays proved.

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The Die Line

JULY 23, 2020

Pechka is a delicious and comforting design that uses a bright color palette and aesthetically pleasing illustrations. .

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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

JULY 23, 2020

Taking cues from a town newspaper, this site by Studio Nolie and Superhero Cheesecake draws us into the work of animation studio Dunderville.

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Graphis

JULY 23, 2020

The Future of Typography free event starts tomorrow. Online Conference July 24–26Typographics is a design festival for people who use type. The annual event series is foc­used on con­tempo­rary typo­graphy and where its future may lie. The core of Typographics is a lecture series focused on the contemp­orary use of type. Register here: [link] And don’t miss out […].

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Interaction Design Foundation

JULY 23, 2020

Steve Jobs once said: ''Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.'' Normally, we like to showcase great design but there’s a lot you can learn from dreadful design too. We don’t think Steve Jobs had anything to do with the 30 howlers that follow. From lousy usability to no utility we’ve got all your design failures covered here.

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Azure Magazine

JULY 23, 2020

Northwest of Toronto, Brampton is one of the fastest-growing communities in one of the fastest-growing regions in North America. Boasting a population of over 600,000, the city is a hub of global immigration where over 115 languages are spoken, epitomizing radical diversity every bit as fully as the neighbouring metropolis. But for all its evolving dynamism, the urban landscape of strip malls, parking lots and cul de sacs remains that of a generic automobile suburb – with notable exceptions.

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