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The 11 Core Principles of Logo Design

Just Creative

This article was contributed by Nathan McKinley. The logo represents the most recognizable face of any business brand, and it can play a crucial role in creating a first impression that can stay in the minds of customers. Naturally, designing a strong logo is very important for any business brand. If designed well, a logo can quickly become a great asset for any business brand.

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Noted: New Logo and Identity for Wunderkind by MultiAdaptor

Under Consideration / Brand

“Close Encounters of the Quirky Kind”. (Est. 2012, previously BounceX) "Wunderkind is a leading performance marketing engine that delivers tailored experiences at scale. Digital businesses use Wunderkind to remember who users are better than ever before, allowing them to deliver high-converting, one-to-one messages on websites, through emails and texts, and in ads at a scale that's not otherwise possible.".

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Illustrator Spotlight: Eric Ross Bernstein

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Eric Ross Bernstein. Eric Ross Bernstein’s Website. Eric Ross Bernstein on Instagram.

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When Does Using Headless WordPress Make Sense?

Speckyboy Design Magazine

There’s a lot of talk these days about using headless WordPress. For the uninitiated, it’s the practice of utilizing a WordPress back end to feed content to an outside application. That might be a mobile app, a static website , a progressive web application or just about anything else a developer can dream up. There are some real advantages to this configuration.

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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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Iconic Fashion Forms into Floral Patterns

Abduzeedo

Iconic Fashion Forms into Floral Patterns. AoiroStudio 08.10.20 Raku Inoue is easily the most creative person that I have ever had the chance to meet and hung out on various occasions. Currently based in Montreal, QC (Canada), Raku Inoue is a Japanese artist with numerous creative abilities. He released a series titled: Natura Patterns, a series of floral patterns handcrafted, inspired by some of the most iconic fashion forms in the world.

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A peek into an AI-driven world, Shape Grammars by Jannis Maroscheck is a dictionary of 150,000 shapes and systems

Its Nice That

How can generative design create something less generic? In response, the German graphic designer has built a hefty 836-page study into the automation of design.

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Surrounded by Feathers, Birds Clutch Their Bleeding Hearts in Christina Mrozik’s Monochromatic Illustrations

Colossal

“Safekeeping,” graphite on paper, 15 x 19 inches. All images © Christina Mrozik, shared with permission. Just as they’d carry a seed to a new location, the birds in Portland-based artist Christina Mrozik ’s latest series tightly grasp pulsing hearts in their talons. The graphite illustrations intertwine masses of feathers and avian body parts with the still bleeding organs, suggesting that they recently were ripped from the chests to cause their descent.

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Draw an animal and watch Doodlar bring it to life in AR

Its Nice That

The app uses machine learning to recognise your drawing, then it turns it into a realistic 3D version you can interact with and learn more about.

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Art Direction for Aimé Leon Dore

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Art Direction for Aimé Leon Dore. abduzeedo 08.10.20 John Breen shared an awesome art direction project for Aimé Leon Dore, a fashion label based out of Queens, New York that takes particular inspiration from the personal roots of Italy and Greece. Led by founder Teddy Santis, Aimé Leon Dore has its flagship store located on Mulberry Street in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood.

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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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Vintage textures, soft matching colours and edible treats: Barbarian Flower’s work is a feast for the eyes

Its Nice That

The Malaysian illustrator speaks of her humble and undeniably tasty-looking practice, talking us through her recent illustrations made during quarantine.

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Photographer Spotlight: Emma Hardy

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Born Free Foundation short film

Communication Arts

The short film for the Born Free Foundation raises awareness about how wild animals have been kept in captivity through interviews of people’s experience during lockdown.

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Formula 1 Star Lando Norris WIll Rock A Helmet Designed By A Six-Year-Old Girl

Design You Trust

Norris held a special competition in the build-up to his home grand prix at Silverstone, inviting his fans to design his helmet for the weekend. The winning entry came courtesy of six-year-old Eva Muttram, whose father submitted a hand-coloured design on her behalf that was picked by Norris for Silverstone. h/t: motor1, twitter “It reminds me a lot of when I was younger, designing helmets.

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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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Dave Pollot Transforms Thrift store Paintings with Pop Culture Icons

Trendland

Words TL Team. Artist Dave Pollot ongoing project started in 2012 as a joke between him and his wife. He challenged himself to take a piece of unwanted artwork, and without changing its style, make it into something that people wanted to own. This started his “obsession” with painting, and he's been altering art works ever since.

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The Custom Color Treatment: How Brands Up Their Game with Specially-Formulated Hues

The Die Line

Pantone's Laurie Pressman gives us some additional color on some of the brands (and even Broadway shows) that have gotten the custom color treatment.

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This Old House in Bratislava Celebrates Local Crafts

Trendland

Words Marta Knas. The extension of an old family house next to Bratislava, Slovakia by architekti BKPŠ is a nod to the local craft of brick making. This addition of a traditional country house used simple materials, reflecting beauty through modesty and restraint. Built on an open plan, the interior reveals a rough, brick roof and blends in the nature of the exterior thanks to large windows.

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A Turin Apartment Where Colour is King

Azure Magazine

In a long-abandoned apartment inside a 1960s residential building on the foothills of Turin, the studio PlaC and the set designer Hyemin Ro found a diamond in the rough. Yes, the original layout was odd: The entrance area and living room were in the back, overlooking a sloped terrain, while the bedrooms – along with the kitchen and one bathroom – faced the front of the building, with its wraparound view of the city.

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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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Linked: Extra Guac in Extra Large

Under Consideration / Brand

Visit Link. Chipotle has introduced a range of swag and some of the items are dyed with upcycled avocado pits from the chain's insane daily production of guac.

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Made in Italy: Flexform’s Home Comforts Meet Stylish New Heights

Azure Magazine

What does Made in Italy really mean? As a designation, it makes for a compelling selling point, one that lends new Italian-crafted products the cachet of the country’s rich design tradition. But for Flexform , these words represent not only a statement of fact but an ethos. The leading brand, with over a century of history, has harnessed its Italian design heritage to create a timeless yet contemporary collection of residential furniture that feels tailor-made for a moment in history mostly expe

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Whiplash director Damien Chazelle shows how the future of cinema could be vertical

Its Nice That

The Oscar winner behind La La Land and First Man uses his short film for Apple to experiment with turning historic Hollywood tropes on their side.

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The Multimedia Book of Staropramen

The Die Line

The "brick" is a gorgeous blend of old and new, proving that Staropramen is a brewery that will keep it's historical roots while looking firmly to the future. .

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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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NASA’s Mars 2020 identity celebrates the “legacy of space travel”

Design Week

Design studio House of van Schneider has created the logo and identity for the launch of NASA’s Mars 2020 mission, which hopes to capture “the energy and legacy of space travel” Courtesy of HOVS in collaboration with NASA/JPL The Brooklyn-based studio has created a logo and identity for the launch of the exploratory Mars Rover, which is being operated by NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), a research and development centre in California.

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What Is a Reorder Point Formula?

Noupe

How much stock do you need to carry on hand? The simple answer is enough to keep up with consumer demand. Randomly filling a warehouse with products might help you keep up with demand, but it could eat up capital and warehousing space. Suppliers can be unreliable, so you have to account for that as well. At times, demand can suddenly increase for unknown reasons, so you have to plan for that contingency.

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The latest issue of Cultural Bulletin explores how “the world as we conceived it doesn’t exist anymore”

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Founded by Tom Silver and Adam Greenhalgh, the latest issue of Cultural Bulletin explores the relationship between the human and non-human world.

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Fini Macaroons Boxes Are A Subdued Celebration

The Die Line

The colors are natural terracotta, yellow and pink nuances, while the rhymes printed on the box top evoke the first contact between the lips and the dessert.

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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.