Under Consideration / Brand

MAY 14, 2020

“Of the Same Stripe”. Set to open in the Fall of 2020, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum will document the history of the United States Olympic and Paralympic participation, and celebrate the achievements of Team USA's competitors. Located in southwest downtown Colorado Springs, CO - known as Olympic City USA -- construction on the project began in June of 2017 on a 1.7-acre site.

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Noupe

MAY 14, 2020

Web design has always been a staple of effective digital communication. In a 2019 survey, 48% of people said a website’s design is their number one factor in determining the credibility of a business. And since good design highlights great content, the question is: what kind of content should we be emphasizing? Online reviews are a particularly powerful source of content for any business, which is why we’ve delved into them here.

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Under Consideration / Brand

MAY 14, 2020

“Have it Made in the Shade”. (Est. 1912) " Sun-Maid Growers of California is a farmers' cooperative of 750 grower families with vineyards in California's Central Valley. From childhood to adulthood and generation to generation, Sun-Maid snacks have grown up with you. And while some things change, our ingredients haven't--they're real, minimally processed and consistently good.

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Production Exhibition Advertising Advertising 115

Speckyboy Design Magazine

MAY 14, 2020

The tools we use can go a long way towards determining whether we produce a quality end product. And they also play a huge role in helping us stay within a project’s budget and timeline. So often, we tend to focus on the software side of things. That makes sense, as the right apps can help us produce stunning designs, layouts and special effects. But hardware doesn’t seem to be the hot topic it once was.

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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

Graphic Design

Design Wizard

MAY 14, 2020

What is a pastel color? Pastel colors are typically described as pale, unobtrusive and soothing colors. They are often used in designs that attempt to convey a sense of calm and relaxation. Their toned-down, visually appealing appearance has given them a lasting popularity in graphic design. The family of pastel colors. There are many different variations of pastel colors, usually encompassing different shades of pink, blue, purple, yellow, orange and green.

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Color Graphic Design Graphic Color Schemes 120

Abduzeedo

MAY 14, 2020

Fonts Ninja, a tool that will supercharge your workflow. AoiroStudio May 14, 2020 Fonts Ninja is a tool/chrome extension that I have been using for a long time now. It's super handy when you are in the middle of a design process to gather font inspiration for your next web design project. Or when you stumbled across a site that you found quite fascinating and you ask yourself: 'What's the font they used?'.

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Fonts Web Design Web Design Inspiration 84

Trendland

MAY 14, 2020

Johannes Torpe Studios unveils the first visuals from the Buda Resort ; a luxury spa resort project located in the Visegrad Hills of Hungary and inspired by the spiritual symbolism of its setting; the ‘Heart Chakra of The Earth’.

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Inspiration Architecture 105

Its Nice That

MAY 14, 2020

Known for his weird and wonderful photographic narratives, here the Parisian photographer discusses how his practice is centred on movement, exemplified in a recent shoot: Room with a View.

Photography 104

Photography 104

Trendland

MAY 14, 2020

Stockholm-based digital artist and art director, Daniel Carlsten worked as an art director at Acne before starting to work freelance.

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Vectors Freelance Freelance Illustration 119

Advertiser: Issuu

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Brown Paper Bag

MAY 14, 2020

Illustration by Lan Truong. Puzzles are having a moment. Because so many of us are hunkering down at home, we’re ravenous for entertainment that doesn’t involve the phone. Puzzles are a low-stress way to unwind after a long day of… being at home? And now, there are jigsaw puzzles being released that have interesting illustrative designs that you’ll want to frame like a print when you’re done.

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Illustration Illustrator Entertainment Print 98

Creative Review

MAY 14, 2020

Dominique Evans has worked as a graphic designer at Britain’s oldest company, The Royal Mint, for over a decade. CR speaks to her about how she got the job, and what it’s like knowing that your work will live on in purses and pockets across the country. The post How I Work: Dominique Evans, The Royal Mint appeared first on Creative Review.

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Graphic Design Graphic 93

Colossal

MAY 14, 2020

All images © Beehive Books. By pairing a classic tarot deck with stunning botanical illustrations, Kevin Jay Stanton merges the spiritual practice with the historical mythology behind plants and flowers. “Their archetypal symbols have mystical, philosophical, and psychological implications that allow us to understand our past, our future, and ourselves,” the illustrator said in a Kickstarter explainer. “But even older than that is the symbolism we’ve always assigned to th

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Illustration Illustrator Patterns 98

Its Nice That

MAY 14, 2020

Inspired by 90s marathon T-shirts, the Support Your Local Dealer project brings together 32 global creatives on the back of one tee.

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Inspiration 98

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.

Graphic Design

Abduzeedo

MAY 14, 2020

The Beauty of Editorial Design - NNU Magazine. abduzeedo May 14, 2020 Editorial design is the most inspiring area of design in my opinion. I know it’s a bold statement and totally based on personal opinion. I just feel that there’s an intrinsic beauty in typography and imagery with the primary goall of communicating something. NNU Magazine Issue No 11 highlights this point really well thanks to the awesome post shared by Mark Brooks.

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Magazine Fonts Typography Color 61

Booooooom

MAY 14, 2020

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Photography 154

Design You Trust

MAY 14, 2020

Ryan Berkley creates comic-book inspired art and prints for your walls or family photo albums using mainly markers and colored pencils. Perhaps best known for his “Animals in Suits” series, Ryan likes to tackle surreal subject matter in a very friendly way. He and his wife Lucy run Berkley Illustration together from Portland, Oregon. More: Ryan Berkley, Instagram.

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Animation Print Color Illustration 51

Booooooom

MAY 14, 2020

Photography 145

Photography 145

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Illustration Art

MAY 14, 2020

This is Noel Sickles' preliminary sketch. for this finished illustration of runaway horses on main street: Unlike many artists, Sickles rarely made detailed preliminaries. For him it was most important to analyze how his subject worked. Once he'd mapped out the structure of the street, the sweep of its curve, the strategic location of key landmarks such as that parasol in the road he could proceed directly to the final drawing of the horses, carts, etc.

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Design Week

MAY 14, 2020

Online mental health community Sad Girls Club has been given a “70s-style” visual identity by international design studio Tickety Boo Creative. Founded in 2017 by Elyse Fox, Sad Girls Club is a grassroots platform that supports young women of colour in their struggles with mental health. Since inception, it has amassed some 300,000 followers, and regularly puts on workshops, virtual therapist sessions and other events for its community.

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Its Nice That

MAY 14, 2020

Here, we introduce the Norwich-based illustrator well worth keeping an eye on.

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Illustration Illustrator 52

Graphis

MAY 14, 2020

Illustrator and Graphis Master, Teresa Fasolino from New York City is well known for her renaissance-style paintings. She has worked for many major magazines, publishers, and advertising agencies, such as the New York Times, Penguin Group, the U.S Postal Service, and more. In addition to working in the print media, she has worked with architects […].

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BP&O

MAY 14, 2020

Text by Richard Baird. Avo is a Nordic technology and management consultancy company with offices in Norway and Sweden. Since its founding in 2016 it has seen rapid growth, growing from 5 to 85 employees in three years. It has done this through a strategic rethinking of its communications, removing the buzz words associated with the industry, […].

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Consulting Brand Branding 207

Azure Magazine

MAY 14, 2020

Our jury members – Luca Nichetto, Stephanie Davidson, Omar Gandhi, Mia Lehrer and Marion Weiss – have deliberated. From a stunning 1,241 architecture and design entries from 47 countries around the world, they selected 68 finalists for the 10th annual AZ Awards. Now, it’s your turn: View the 2020 AZ Awards finalists and choose your favourite in each of the 20 categories.

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Interior Design Architecture Magazine Media 140

The Die Line

MAY 14, 2020

Born in nature, formed by the sea. Nothing should last forever, neither should packaging. It's time we start repaying the planet and one step towards a better tomorrow is paper based materials.

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Creative Review

MAY 14, 2020

When Australia introduced lockdown measures back in March, Lisa Sorgini – like many women – found herself at home non-stop with her two children, unable to work. Fascinated by the experience of feeling both alone – without the usual support structures such as school, friends and relatives – and being in constant company with her family, the photographic artist decided to embark on a series documenting the beauty and strangeness of parenting during the Covid-19 pandemic. &

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