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15 Marketing Tips To Grow Your New Business

Just Creative

This article has been contributed by Fazreen Razeek. Whether you’re a freelance graphic designer or heading up a new video production company, there are certain steps you need to take in order to make sure that your business kicks off strong and makes an impact from the get-go. There’s no doubt that marketing can be expensive, but it is necessary and vital for every business.

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Ideation for Design - Preparing for the Design Race

Interaction Design Foundation

Ideation is easy to define. It’s the process by which you generate, develop and then communicate new ideas. Ideas can take many forms such as verbal, visual, concrete or abstract. The principle is simple to create a process by which you can innovate, develop and actualize new products. Ideation is critical to both UX designers and learning experience designers.As Pablo Picasso, the artist, said about his creations; “I begin with an idea, and then it becomes something else.”Author/Copyright holde

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7 Web Design Tactics to Build Long-Lasting Connections with Visitors

Just Creative

This article has been contributed by Manish Dudharejia. How many websites do you visit on an average day? With millions of options for nearly every search query imaginable, you could easily spend hours perusing through dozens of sites that offer the same information. It takes a lot to make a website stand out and connect with consumers. If you’re designing a website, one of your top goals should be to optimize it for long-lasting relationships.

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Milton Glaser, pioneering graphic designer and creator of the iconic I ? NY logo, has died

Its Nice That

One of the creative industry’s most revered, influential and best loved designers passed away on Friday, on his 91st birthday.

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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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Drive Through Indonesia with Rebel Riders, A Group That Modifies Vespas with Idiosyncratic Designs

Colossal

?. “One Vespa, a million brothers,” says Nando Anjasmara Azani. The Vespa enthusiast is part of Rebel Riders, a community in Indonesia dedicated to modifying the Italian scooters. In a recent video by Great Big Story , Azani and his compatriots share a glimpse into their pastime that includes altering the body with extra wheels and adorning the exterior with tree branches, animal skulls, and other finds.

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Drive Through Indonesia with Rebel Riders, A Group That Modifies Vespas with Idiosyncratic Designs

Colossal

?. “One Vespa, a million brothers,” says Nando Anjasmara Azani. The Vespa enthusiast is part of Rebel Riders, a community in Indonesia dedicated to modifying the Italian scooters. In a recent video by Great Big Story , Azani and his compatriots share a glimpse into their pastime that includes altering the body with extra wheels and adorning the exterior with tree branches, animal skulls, and other finds.

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Live Stream Like a Pro – How to Captivate Your Audience with a Live Video

Just Creative

This article has been contributed by Amanda Smith. With videos dominating content on social media, live streaming is becoming an important marketing tool. Live streaming has grown so big that 47% of the global audience is streaming more live videos every year. As live streaming grows as a trending technology, it opens up a new way for brands to improve their reach and connect with the audience in real-time authentically.

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StudioChevojon

Communication Arts

Created by PAM Studio, this photography studio’s site expertly blends its lifestyle and luxury photos with a horizontal scroll.

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9 Laws of Typography That Every App Designer Should Know

Just Creative

This article has been contributed by Juned Ghanchi. Typography will always be a key element of graphic design. It has also become a critical factor in the success of app development and design. The use of typography can make or break a design, determine the readability of app contents and directly impact business conversion. When it comes to typography, there are certain ground rules that remain constant.

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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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Dieter Rams: 10 Timeless Commandments for Good Design

Interaction Design Foundation

Let’s pay a virtual visit to a famous industrial designer’s workshop. By examining the principles of his winning approach, we can incorporate vital elements into our designs in the “less is more” age. As user experience practitioners, most of us have worked with Nielsen and Molich’s 10 heuristics or rules of thumb and the Eight Golden Rules by Ben Shneiderman.

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This Teen Spent 400 Hours Creating A COVID-Themed Prom Dress Using Duct Tape

Design You Trust

Stuck At Prom is an annual scholarship contest organized by Duck Brand where the contestants have to create either a prom dress or a tuxedo using duct tape. The contestants then have to attend prom wearing their dress or tux for a chance to win a $10,000 scholarship. More: Facebook, Stuck At Prom h/t: demilked, boredpanda 18-year-old student Peyton Manker from Sparta, Illinois has entered the.

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How to Prepare for a User Interview and Ask the Right Questions

Interaction Design Foundation

Getting great interview results requires careful preparation. You need to be clear about the purpose of your research, decide whom to recruit, do all the practical preparations and—finally—you need to design a great interview guide detailing the questions you want to ask. Here, you will learn how to prepare for user interviews and how to ensure that you ask the right questions, in the right order.

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Stunning Vintage Photos Of Young Hopi Maidens With Their Traditional Hairstyle From The 1900s And 1910s

Design You Trust

The hairstyle is called the Squash Blossom Whorls, or Butterfly Whorls and were worn only by the young Hopi maidens to show that they were unmarried. This complex hairstyle was achieved by the maidens mother, who would wind her hair around a curved piece of wood to give it a round shape, then remove the wood frame. h/t: vintag.es The Squash Blossom Whorl is often attributed to being the source of.

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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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Creative Futures Revisited: APFEL

Creative Review

For almost 30 years, Creative Review ran a scheme called Creative Futures, celebrating the best and brightest new talent entering the industry. Here, we talk to design studio A Practice For Everyday Life (APFEL) - which was featured in 2003. The post Creative Futures Revisited: APFEL appeared first on Creative Review.

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Small Business Support Programs During COVID-19

Guild News Blog

Safehome.org’s guide for small businesses during COVID-19 covers federal programs, security systems and practices, and measures to protect employees. The post Small Business Support Programs During COVID-19 appeared first on The Graphic Artist Guild.

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8 Animated CSS & JavaScript Code Snippets That Celebrate Summer

Speckyboy Design Magazine

There’s a reason why so many of us look forward to summer. It provides an opportunity to get outdoors and away from our desks. Then there’s the chance to spend more time with friends and family. As they say, adventure is out there. Even better is that you don’t need that traditional vacation to get out. Summer can be a blast just hanging out in your backyard or a local park.

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The 20 Best Photoshop Actions for Incredible Sketching Effects

SpeckyBoy

If you want to give your photography a little bit more impact, turning them into sketches could be a good approach. Doing this stands to look fantastic and also give a hands-on appeal to your work. How can you accomplish this? Why, through Photoshop actions, of course. What you’ll find here is a solid resource of sketch effects that can be added to your photos via Photoshop actions.

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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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10 Copywriting Lessons from John Carlton That’ll Help You Sell More Stuff

Just Creative

This article has been contributed by Mehedi Hasan Shoab. John Carlton is the name of the game. He’s one of the rarest diamonds in the copywriting mine. Every story that comes out of his mouth ends up a remarkable one. Due to his vast experience writing fascinating copy, John offers effective business advice and earth-shattering copywriting tips. In this piece, we’ll go over 10 copywriting lessons from the legend that will help you sell more.