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Spotlight on: Wow Mountain's joyful 3D printed bioplastic flowers and cacti

Creative Boom

Three months into lockdown, Missy Dempsey and her partner Josh Flowers were sitting watching "extreme engineering videos" on YouTube when they asked themselves, what if they could make 3D printed flowers from a biodegradable corn-based bioplastic? The rest, as they say, is history as Wow Mountain was born. The online shop sells 3D printed products, made from a small lab in Sydney, where the couple is based, using a material called PLA, that's polylactic acid to you and I – a bioplastic derived f

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The 10 Best Social Media Kits & Templates for Photoshop

SpeckyBoy

Being active on social media is a must if you want to reach your audience, engage with them, and build their trust. If you want to make sure they engage with your posts, then sharing catchy posts and images are the best ways to stand out in a social media feed, no matter which platform you’re on. Instead of designing social media posts from scratch, save time with premade social media kits and templates.

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Sobering photographs by Dan Wilton that document the harms of Europe's coal industry

Creative Boom

Sines Power plant, Portugal, 2019 © Dan Wilton. When London photographer Dan Wilton journeyed across Europe in 2019, he began to document the impacts of the coal industry on the landscape and communities that live in its shadow. His resulting series depicts the very scars and hidden harms that mining and power plants have inflicted on the continent.

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Adobe Photoshop T-Shirt Mockup

We And The Color

Download a fully customizable t-shirt mockup for use in Adobe Photoshop. Adobe Stock contributor @Medialoot created this fully customizable t-shirt mockup in a high resolution of 4800 x 3200 px. The gray t-shirt is fully separated from the background. In Photoshop, you can easily change the color of the t-shirt and add your own graphics, images, or text with just a few simple clicks.

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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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Unique Photoshop Brushes Pack

Graphic Design Junction

Amazing Photoshop Brushes that can transform your photos to realistic watercolor, abstract and digital artworks with no work at all! All brushes are very high quality, super detailed brushes for Photoshop. Simply brush over your subject with a color and just play the action. It’s really that simple! Creating this advanced and realistic photo effects has never been this easy and fun.

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Craig Daily: Branding An Iconic Event With Full Sail University’s Creative Director

Graphic Design USA

Craig Daily, VP and Creative Director of Platinum Creative at Full Sail University, answers our questions about rebranding one of the University’s most well-known experiences – the annual Hall of Fame week.

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Call for Content: February 2022

Vecteezy

We’re looking for silhouettes. Note: This is an ongoing series outlining creative opportunities for our contributor community that can lead to higher earnings. If you’re not already a Vecteezy contributor, you can create a contributor account here and start making money from your creative work. Silhouettes have always been a highly searched term, but they’re really, well, coming out of the shadows as a major trend for 2022.

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Free Web Development Courses for Beginners

HONGKIAT

Love it or hate it, every new year many people decide to make that year even bigger and better than the last. This is often associated with the “ New Year, new me ” ideology. Everyone has their reasons for agreeing or disagreeing with this way of thinking but I know we can all agree that it never hurts to better yourself or learn a new skill.

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30+ Purple Websites for Your Design & Color Scheme Inspiration

Vandelay Design

These purple websites are sure to provide plenty of design and color scheme inspiration that will help in creating a website with a stunning color palette. The post 30+ Purple Websites for Your Design & Color Scheme Inspiration appeared first on Vandelay Design.

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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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Japanese-Inspired, LEGO-Like Prefab Apartments That Rethink How We Live + Work

Design Milk

Over the last decade, how we live and work has changed drastically thanks to rising home prices, low inventory, and the pandemic, which drove many people out of the office. Some have resorted to moving out of the cities they love to more affordable locations, while others have downsized in hopes of cutting costs. Enter Paris-based architecture studio Cutwork , who’ve gone back to the drawing board to redesign spaces that reflect how we live and work now and in the future.

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Sproutl’s new branding is bursting with life

Creative Review

Sproutl sells plants and gardening accessories, as well as offering jargon-busting advice to anyone that’s less than an expert in the field of plant care. The marketplace was set up in 2020 by former Farfetch execs Anni Noel-Johnson and Andy Done, and has already received millions in seed funding (insert gardening joke here). Omse’s branding revolves around the idea of “growth as the glue behind the identity”, says studio founder James Kape.

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How illustrator Dagou finds an outlet for repressed love in his work

Its Nice That

The Chinese illustrator says many people “refuse to accept the existence” of sexual minorities in his home country, so his work is an outlet for depicting their love and intimacy.

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Interview with the Winners of the Monster’s Award Contest

Template Monster

TemplateMonster marketplace regularly organizes online events to promote premium-quality products and award talented authors. Monster's Award 2021 , a couple of weeks ago, attracted 13 000+ users who voted for their favorite web assets. Best WordPress products, except templates, were eligible for nomination. Their creators got awarded an online visibility boost and a branded badge of honor.

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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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A’ Design Awards & Competition – Call for Entries

Design Milk

For new and emerging designers, it’s not always easy to showcase your work to the world or obtain feedback from industry experts. The international design community is large and it can be hard to stand out. That’s where the A’ Design Awards & Competition can help. The contest is currently open for submissions through the deadline of February 28, 2022, so head over to learn more and submit your designs.

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Keely “Poi” Majewski’s bold and otherworldly 3D illustrations are full of drama and attitude

Its Nice That

Coming to 3D sculpting and mixed media illustration later in her artistic trajectory, the Florida-based illustrator can now imagine no other way of creating.

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This Stockholm Spa Has All the Right Details

Azure Magazine

You’ve made hygge part of your design vocabulary. Now it’s time to embrace “funkis.” In its interior design for MBS by Malika, a beauty clinic in central Stockholm, the studio ASKA has crafted an homage to classic Swedish modernism. Using materials like Alvar Aalto–inspired rounded tiles, oak veneer, compact laminate and structured glass, it has crafted a 70-square-metre space that exudes the subtleties of Nordic functionalism, aka, funkis.

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The Best Modern Throw Blankets That’ll Keep You Cozy All Winter Long

Design Milk

When the temperatures drop, there’s nothing we want to do more than get bundled up on the couch and binge-watch our favorite series, so it’s only fitting that we find the right blanket companion for the job. The perfect throw blanket should be three things: modern and stylish enough to become a fixture of your home decor, consciously made to last years, and most importantly – cozy.

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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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Majestic Photos Capture the Dwindling Population of Madagascar’s Ancient Baobab Trees

Colossal

All images © Beth Moon, shared with permission. In the fall of 2018, one of Madagascar’s most sacred baobabs cleaved and crumbled. The ancient giant was estimated to be about 1,400 years old and offered food, fuel, and fiber to the region before its trunk, which spanned 90 feet around, collapsed. Known as Tsitakakoike, which means “the tree where one cannot hear the cry from the other side,” the baobab was also entwined with local lore and thought to house the ancestral spirits of nearby M

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#ILoveTheseGeniuses Creative Inspiration: Matías Gallardo

Shillington

Shillington students and staff from around the world share the work of creatives who inspire them in the #ILoveTheseGeniuses series. In this post, New York student Luis Colan highlights a project from Argentina-based Graphic Designer, Matías Gallardo. I like the typeface he chose for the project, reminiscent of printed works from the 16th and 17th centuries, which are the core eras of the Uffizi Gallery collection.

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illo x Nature.org — Biodiversity

Mindsparkle Mag

Creative studio illo.tv teams up with nature.org for a video series tackling climate change solutions in different styles. The studio created 4 motion design videos for the global NGO, each of them exploring a way to preserve our planet. Different visual approaches unite under one goal: to clearly showcase what we need to do now. Climate change represents one of humanity’s most pressing issues, but how do you manage to get that message across, while mixing science facts with an engaging and

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#ILoveTheseGeniuses Creative Inspiration: Mataís Gallardo

Shillington

Shillington students and staff from around the world share the work of creatives who inspire them in the #ILoveTheseGeniuses series. In this post, New York student Luis Colan highlights a project from Argentina-based Graphic Designer, Mataís Gallardo. I like the typeface he chose for the project, reminiscent of printed works from the 16th and 17th centuries, which are the core eras of the Uffizi Gallery collection.

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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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Top 10: February Branding

Mindsparkle Mag

Pin. Talllk Café by Pan Chuxiong. Pin. MONOCHROME™ by F61 Agency. Pin. Still Young by Low Key Design. Pin. Farm League by Forth + Back. Pin. Colors by Jaqueline Zanini. Pin. KOOYO Healthy Brand by IBEA Design. Pin. Antwerp Art Weekend 2021 by Vrints-Kolsterenn. Pin. CISM Radio by Caserne. Pin. STUDIO 8 by Yucca Studio. Pin. Le Grain by Jaros?aw Dziubek.

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Humanity Del' Sol by [link] #lettering #branding #del #sol #texture #logo #people #humanity #illustration #identity #topography #made #type #brave #hand #typography

Designspiration

Humanity Del' Sol by [link] #lettering #branding #del #sol #texture #logo #people #humanity #illustration #identity #topography #made #type #brave #hand #typography

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Think Dairy Farming Isn’t Cruel? It is. 

Feature Shoot

Male calves. After separating the newborns from their mothers, calves are placed into either individual or collective pens. At our dairy, calves were housed in collective pens, which are less labor-intensive and provide better social development, but also pose a higher risk of disease. Bobby calf. This calf was probably born with brain damage, unable to move, and the green paint on his head indicates that he wasn’t drinking milk.

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Irresistible Studios — Branding and Visual Identity

Abduzeedo

Irresistible Studios — Branding and Visual Identity. abduzeedo 0207—22 Quim Marin Studio shared a branding and visual identity project for Irresistible Studios, a group of three specialist, creative production companies representing some of the finest global talent. We deliver high impact commercials, stills, social content, design and animation. For more information make sure to check out Quim Marin Studio on: Behance.

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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.