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Minimal Gradient Packaging for Haircare Brand Kolorless

Trendland

Words Marta Knas. The packaging for a new haircare brand features beautiful gradients and fresh, summery colors. Designed by a freelance creative director and designer, Han Gao, the visual approaches colors as the central point of the branding , and.

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Cuba Street Photography by Vincent Versluis

We And The Color

Some authentic shots of everyday life in Cuba. Vincent Versluis is a Dutch photographer specializing in architectural, landscape, and street photography. During a trip to Cuba, he managed to capture a wide range of beautiful shots of the country’s everyday life. Many buildings in the cities have fallen into disrepair, on the streets you can see American classic cars that have long since passed their prime.

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Now Is A Big Idea’s Best Time

Graphic Design USA

Andy Askren of Grady Britton: As companies get so few chances to encourage consumers to make brand changes, now is the time for a Big Idea designed to get their attention.

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15 Fonts Similar to Garamond and What to Pair It With

Envato Tuts+

Are you searching for fonts similar to the Garamond font style? In this article, we will present you with 15 fonts that are similar to the classic Garamond serif font. We'll also look at some fonts you can pair with Garamond in your web- or print-based projects. The classic Garamond typeface is considered a timeless font, and it's one of the most commonly copied and used typefaces in the history of printed books.

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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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Snjo?r by Christophe Jacrot

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Photography | Christophe Jacrot has created a cinematic, poetic visual world through his photographs of winter landscapes in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Kola by Céline Clanet

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Photography | French photographer Céline Clanet invites us to discover a secret place — the Kola Peninsula, Russia also known as Murmansk Oblast, or Russian Lapland.

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Bio Mundo Organic Shop Is Making Health Foods More Whimsical Through Oversized Type And Playful Colors

The Die Line

Bio Mundo has worked with Cacá Passos to create packaging that fully encapsulates their mission of promoting health and well-being in people's lives. The packaging brings health foods to life through bold typography and playful color combinations. .

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Selected works by George Etheredge

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Photography | George Etheredge is a documentary photographer from North Carolina and based in New York City. In addition to being a regular contributor to The New York Times, he works on long-term projects and commercial assignments.

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Casa Muelle by SAA Arquitectura + Territorio

We And The Color

Casa Muelle, a secluded home on the coast of Huaquen in Pichicuy, Chile. SAA is an architecture and territory studio with offices in Santiago and Puerto Varas. They specialize in projects ranging from architectural design to land planning. In 2018, they designed Casa Muelle, a secluded home on the coast of Huaquen near Pichicuy, Chile. The architectural concept of this natural home is influenced by the slope of the terrain.

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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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Landscapes by Michael Reisch

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Photography | “I see real landscape through the stencil of virtual landscape and vice-versa,” says Michael Reisch about his disturbing works, which cannot be clearly defined as either reality or simulation.

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“Compliments of Chicago”: Gang Business Cards from the 1970s and 1980s

Design You Trust

In the 1970s and 1980s, gangs in Chicago advertised their presence and membership on business cards. This was criminality with a dash of style and wit. Meet the Almighty Playboys, the Royal Capris, The Almighty Hells Devils and the Almighty Playboys. Or rather, you’ve been met by them, their signature calling card tucked into their victim’s pocket. Brandon Johnson has compiled gang cards many from his collection into a book Thee Almighty & Insane: Chicago Gang Business Cards From the 1960s

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Pastoral I by Alexander Gronsky

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Photography | Pastoral by Alexander Gronsky is an idea of a perfect world, where people integrate with nature as its necessary part. This documentary photography project explores wastelands surrounding Moscow.

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What to See at Toronto’s 2021 Contact Photography Festival

Azure Magazine

Now in its 25th year, Toronto’s annual Contact Photography Festival routinely transforms a host of sites across the city — from parking lots to hotel facades — with cutting-edge work by national and international artists working with lens-based media. While consistently engaging public and private venues during the month of May, this year sees the showcase actively explore additional outdoor and virtual environments as well as workshops for a longer time frame in response to the pandemic (

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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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Restricted Areas by Danila Tkachenko

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Photography | The project “Restricted Areas” photographed by Danila Tkachenko is about utopian strive of humans for technological progress.

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Japanese publisher Kodansha rebrands for the first time in 112 years

Creative Review

The Tokyo-based publisher Kodansha owns several literary and manga magazines, and first published much-loved manga series Akira in the early 1980s. It also released some of Haruki Murakami’s earliest novels, as well as manga series Attack on Titan, which was published in 31 serialised volumes, 100 million copies of which have been issued. The new identity and logo is Kodansha’s first brand update in over 100 years, and is themed around a fresh statement of purpose: inspire impossible

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Workman Stool by Harry Teng

This is Paper

Design | Inspired by the most fundamental way of metal fabrication, Workman Stool is something that every metal worker should be capable of making from every metal foundry, with very accessible material.

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Ceara Elliot on Designing Sorrowland

Spine Magazine

Ceara Elliot is a Senior Designer based in London, currently working at Penguin Random House. Here she takes us through her process for designing the vibrant cover for Sorrowland. Sorrowland was such an exciting brief to work on and was described as a gothic, exciting, original and genre-bending novel. It is gorgeously written and explores the tangled history of racism in America.

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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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Fading Flamingos by Maximilian Mann

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Photography | German photographer Maximilian Mann travels to Iran to visit what was once the second largest salt lake in the world, capturing the impact industry and climate change has had on the area.

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8 Free Graphic Design Resources You Should Be Bookmarking

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1. Synfig Studio In terms of motion graphics and animation, the selection of free graphic design tools may be somewhat limited – however, Synfig Studio is there for you. This tool specializes in 2D animation and is highly versatile. It lets you create animated graphics and videos with your art style. You can design vector.

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Lake Victoria, Slowly Dying by Frédéric Noy

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Photography | Lake Victoria, the world’s second-largest freshwater lake (in surface area) and the largest source of freshwater fish, photographed by Frédéric Noy is at risk of dying from pollution and climate change.

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“Variations on Presence” by Photographer Alexis Vasilikos

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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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Ceramics by Kerryn Levy

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Design | Inspired by the Australian landscape, particularly the flora and fauna, Adelaide based potter, Kerryn Levy‘s work embraces the handmade nature of ceramics.

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Liquid Chrome RGB Droplets in Photoshop

Abduzeedo

Liquid Chrome RGB Droplets in Photoshop. abduzeedo 05.03.21 The other day I was checking out old videos I, for some reason, uploaded to Youtube. I thought a few times about starting doing video tutorials, but I never moved forward. My biggest excuse/concern was that it would be too robotic. As I said, excuses… but I found this little video of how to create some quite nice water droplets in Photoshop.

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The days with Zhiyu by Alex Huanfa Cheng

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Photography | In his last series, the young Chinese photographer Alex Huanfa Cheng, delivers an intimate portrait of his romantic relationship and motherhood.

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Designs in the D: This Week in Design Annual 2022

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From an exhibition showcasing a history in style and innovation to reviving a rural village into a hip tourist destination, this week’s featured entries in our Design Annual 2022 competition are sure to rev up your engines and get you ready to go! The “Detroit Style Exhibition Book” (above) was designed by Katherine Lorenzetti of […].

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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.