Just Creative
JANUARY 18, 2021
Taking up photography can be a very enjoyable and maybe even lucrative hobby to start. The problem is that when you’re first starting, it can get a little overwhelming at the sight of all the gear that’s out there. To help your new passion get started the right way, we thought sharing our best cameras and memory cards for beginners would be a great way to kick off 2021.
Creative Review
JANUARY 18, 2021
Unveiled for Martin Luther King Jr Day, the Pioneers of the Past collaboration is part of the brand’s partnership with North Face as well as a wider celebration of Black representation in art. A Vibe Called Tech – set up by Charlene Prempeh to explore the intersection of Black creativity, culture and innovation – brought together Alayo Akinkugbe, founder of Instagram account @ablackhistoryofart , visual researcher Theophilus Imani, Black Archives founder Renata Cherlise and cur
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Design Week
JANUARY 18, 2021
Pentagram partners Sascha Lobe and Yuri Suzuki have designed the new identity for the Musical Instrumental Digital Interface (MIDI), based on musical forms and frequency waves. The work includes a new logo (static and sonic), sound design, video and motion graphics as well as typography. MIDI is used by musicians, producers and DJs as a way to create and share musical work.
Creative Review
JANUARY 18, 2021
The world of finance and mortgages aren’t the first place you’d look for fantastical branding, but Habito’s new identity is shaking off the stuffy typefaces and restrained colour palettes in favour of what Uncommon describes as “phantasmagoric” visuals. The studio has introduced a new logo and series of graphics – designed in partnership with New York artist Saiman Chow.
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
The Die Line
JANUARY 18, 2021
Moxie Sozo celebrates the virtuous propaganda pussycat for natural and sustainable little brand Catalyst.
Graphic Arts Today brings together the best content for graphic arts professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Creative Review
JANUARY 18, 2021
Vimeo has unveiled the winners of its annual awards programme, which comprises the cream of 2020’s online video content. The video platform added nine new categories this year, with a list of nominees that spans advertising, animation, branded content, documentary, comedy, drama, live-streamed events, social content, and more. The awards were judged by a number of high profile industry figures, including Pixar director Domee Shi; Amazon Original Movies development executive, Brandon Harris
Its Nice That
JANUARY 18, 2021
Completing his project The Posties while still a student, Cassian’s time with the Royal Mail taught him much more than a few photography tips.
Purple Rose Graphics
JANUARY 18, 2021
In a fully digital world, you might wonder if letterhead and stationery are still relevant. The short answer is yes, it is. The reason being that for as long as we have a postal service shuttling printed letters back and forth, there will be things mailed from businesses to their customers. Here are three reasons your business needs letterhead and two tips of what should be on it!
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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.
Its Nice That
JANUARY 18, 2021
The Lithuanian artist tells us why she opts for a singular palette of “intense, burning red”, and how this adds drama, detail and artificiality to her work.
Spine Magazine
JANUARY 18, 2021
Janet Hansen is an associate art director at Alfred A. Knopf. Her work has been featured by AIGA , Artsy , It's Nice That , the New York Times, and the Type Directors Club. She lives in a little old house in Montclair, New Jersey with her husband, daughter, and two whippets. Here she talks with the good folks at Faceout Books about her creative process and her cover for The Slaughterman’s Daughter.
Its Nice That
JANUARY 18, 2021
Lecture in Progress has a new name and new look, courtesy of creative agency Anyways, and has overhauled its approach in response to “monumental shifts” in the creative sector.
Brown Paper Bag
JANUARY 18, 2021
While perusing the Explore tab on Instagram, I came across a video by Kristin Vaughn of Hillside Studio. It showed her slicing sections off a long block of clay, and each slice would reveal these amazing miniature designs that were seemingly hiding within. It sort of reminded me of making sushi, where the chef has a long roll they cut to show the fish and vegetables inside.
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.
Its Nice That
JANUARY 18, 2021
The artist, writer and designer from Seale, Alabama, talks us through the motives behind his colour-blocked, narrative-driven paintings.
The Die Line
JANUARY 18, 2021
We immediately noticed the similarities between the shape of a chili pepper, a devil’s tongue and a devil’s horns.
Its Nice That
JANUARY 18, 2021
Published by Editions FP&CF, Manhoru is a 130-page, black and white exploration into the design of an every object.
The Die Line
JANUARY 18, 2021
Get ready to see this fermented pineapple drink at a Whole Foods near you.
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Design You Trust
JANUARY 18, 2021
Bav Media. A photographer has captured images of camels after a snowfall in the Tabuk region in northwestern Saudi Arabia. The area – which is close to the border with Jordan – experienced unusual weather this month. The desert kingdom can experience highs of up to 50C during the hot season, but this month temperatures fell below zero. On January 10, locals in the mountainous region were treated to a flurry of snow. h/t: thesun.
The Die Line
JANUARY 18, 2021
The result is an enticing brand that stands out on shelf - and a unique, fresh take on gin.
Design Week
JANUARY 18, 2021
“At some point, I realised the problem wasn’t with me or my face, but with the product itself,” says Ackeem Ngwenya. “It became clear that the product was not made for people like me, and that I could do something to change that.” Ngwenya is a product designer based in Berlin. He is the founder of Reframd, a start-up that designs and makes glasses to fit Black people’s nose profiles.
The Die Line
JANUARY 18, 2021
Everyone's gonna' be sucking their sweets out of tubes from now on.
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Creative Review
JANUARY 18, 2021
From the New York Times to Esquire, Raul Aguila has cut his teeth at some of the biggest names in magazines. As he unveils one of his most exciting projects to date, a redesign of Variety to mark its 115th anniversary, the designer discusses what he’s learned along the way. The post How I Got Here: Raul Aguila appeared first on Creative Review.
The Die Line
JANUARY 18, 2021
Where the soul of plants gets hidden, artisan poetry is born.
Creative Review
JANUARY 18, 2021
With use of voice tech in the home rising exponentially, there are increasing opportunities for brands to reach audiences in unexpected, creative ways, writes Rob Bennett of tech agency Rehab. The post The evolving role of voice tech in the home appeared first on Creative Review.
Graphis
JANUARY 18, 2021
From art galleries to coffee beans, these entries for our Poster Annual 2022 cover anything you can think of! Polish designer Patrycja Longawa’s poster “In Podkarpackie Region” (above, left) promotes the Pastula Gallery of Contemporary Art. Longawa’s work has been displayed in over 160 exhibitions, and this piece is a testament to her phenomenal work […].
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