Thu.Aug 11, 2022

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Graphic Design on Screen: Inside Once Upon a Time in Hollywood with Tina Charad

Its Nice That

Tina Charad has been a graphic designer for film and television for over 20 years, working on all sorts from The Batman to Pirates of the Caribbean and Tomb Raider. Here, she exclusively reveals the process behind her craft, and how she recreated old Hollywood for Quentin Tarantino.

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Illustrator Elenia Beretta celebrates a culinary classic with new picture book, We Love Pizza

Creative Boom

Elenia Beretta's gouache technique brings Italy's popular export to glorious life in her first picture book. Love pizza, or looking for a gift for the pizza lover in your life? Then check out this beautiful picture book from Elenia Beretta , an Italian illustrator based in Berlin. We Love Pizza: Everything You Want to Know About Your Number One Food gives an entertaining introduction to the dish which connects the world.

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How to Design an Instagram Livestream to Increase Views Greatly

Designer Daily

If you’re using Instagram for marketing purposes, you’re in good company. A ton of people use the platform, and it’s seemingly gaining popularity with each passing year. You may use IG if you’re: An influencer trying to attract more attention; A company launching some new service or exciting new product; A celebrity like an actor, musician, comedian, or entrepreneur trying to gain more live views.

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Xinyue Song escapes the patterns of everyday life with her happy and ironic illustrations

Creative Boom

© Xinyue Song. Chinese illustrator Xinyue Song only graduated in 2018, yet she has already landed illustration work for the likes of Converse, CVS and Adidas. So besides the obvious quality of her work, what's the secret to Xinyue's success? She credits social media. A graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York, Xinyue splits her time between the Big Apple and Beijing.

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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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The State of Branding: New York (From New York Flags, to New York Brands)

Canny

New York City, aka The Big Apple. However, the state has so much more to offer than just being ‘The Big Apple’ as it is home to some fantastic brands. This week we are moving further East on our state of branding tour, and discussing all things New York, from Niagara Falls and Yonkers, to Rochester, Buffalo, and Syracuse. Of course not forgetting NYC, and the state capital of Albany.

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35 Best Blog Magazine WordPress Themes 2022

Graphic Design Junction

Best creative blog magazine WordPress themes with modern layout design. Multipurpose responsive design themes perfect for startups, personal blog, magazine, startups and corporate websites. All themes comeup with tons of advance features will give powerful and easy control to customized every detail of the website. WordPress themes are SEO friendly , retina ready, Drag&Drop content builder comes with various content modules including portfolio, gallery, blog, testimonials and many more.

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How Web Designers Working Remotely Can Thrive

SpeckyBoy

Working from home has become a way of life for many web designers. Whether it’s driven by a desire to be on your own or a result of the pandemic, more of us are eschewing the traditional office setting. But being a remote worker comes with unique challenges. It changes the way we communicate. The rules for when we’re in the office, along with how we get things done are more flexible.

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Phenomenal Skies and Animals in Action Top This Year’s Nature TTL Photography Contest

Colossal

“The Astonishing,” Godafoss, Iceland, Mauro Tronto. The annual Nature TTL Photographer of the Year contest garnered more than 8,000 submissions this round, with some of the most impressive images focusing on fauna in the wild and stunning light-based phenomena that illuminate nighttime skies. Taken around the globe, the winning photos demonstrate both acts of stealth and moments of serendipity.

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Drawing Online Course for Beginners

We And The Color

With this online course by Puño, you will create your first sketchbook using basic techniques for drawing by hand. If you always wanted to learn drawing but don’t know where to start, in this online course by David Peña Toribio, aka Puño, you will learn all the fundamentals to become a better illustrator. Regardless of your starting level or age, through a new, rational, and playful approach to drawing, he will show you some basic techniques that can be learned quickly.

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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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In a Patterned Menagerie, Artist Anne Lemanski Stitches Printed Papers into Animal Forms

Colossal

“Painted Wolf” (2019), copper rod, archival pigment print on paper, artificial sinew, 39 x 47 x 15 inches. All images by Steve Mann, © Anne Lemanski, shared with permission. Constellations, butterflies, and bold checkered prints overlay the animalistic forms by Anne Lemanski. Beginning with a copper armature, the North Carolina-based artist stretches vintage paper or patterns of scanned objects across a minimal metal form and stitches the edges together into a geometric patchwork.

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Doritos Announces New Condiment-Inspired Flavors, Ketchup and Spicy Mustard

The Die Line

While Canadians have been chomping down on ketchup Doritos for years, Americans will finally have a chance to snack on this condiment-packed delicacy. Plus, they introduced a new Spicy Mustard flavor.

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Life in plastic, it’s fantastic: Sisi Kim's playful 3D illustrations are far from disposable

Its Nice That

Loving how plastic looks – but not its impact on the environment – the Seoul-based 3D illustrator sees her climate conscious practice as a way of immortalising the material in a less wasteful way.

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Artist Spotlight: Lou Benesch

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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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How a Philadelphian social worker is raising awareness about the 988 Lifeline

Moo

As of July 2022, the new dialing code for the US National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 988. Now called Suicide and Crisis Lifeline , it connects people 24/7 with mental health counselors across a network of over 200 local call centers. With a more accessible, more memorable number, the Lifeline aims to better support people going through a mental health crisis.

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Italian Tile Brand Ragno’s Boldly Artistic Showroom

Azure Magazine

Modern Italian tile company Ceramiche Ragno has just opened its new flagship in Milan featuring a stunning interior design scheme by Benedetta Tagliabue. By showcasing the brand’s striking ceramics in the flooring and wall features, the interior design pays homage to both the company’s history and to Italian craft and artistry. Tagliabue describes her approach to the 400-square-metre showroom in the Porta Nuova district as a “kaleidoscope of colours, textures and patterns.̶

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Artist Sketched Fellow Passengers On The Ferry In Amsterdam In A Tiny Sketchbook

Design You Trust

Rachelle Meyer is an American illustrator and artist. She’s worked for over 15 years as a freelancer specializing in narrative art, both digitally and free-hand. Her talents have been used to interpret the work of contemporary best-selling authors such as Dave Eggers (A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius), Audrey Niffenegger (The Time Traveler’s Wife), and Nick Ortner (The Tapping Solution).

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The Al Dente Collection by Caleb Ferris Is Better Than Carbs

Design Milk

Cavatappi, Lasagne, Ravioli, Lumache – these are typically the names you find in the pasta section of the grocery store but today, they refer to the Al Dente collection designed by artist and designer Caleb Ferris. Not only is the collection inspired by the world of pasta, the production methods used to bring the collection to life is not dissimilar to the way pasta is made, whether that process is hand-made, machine-made, or a combination of the two.

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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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Coca-Cola's Latest Creations Flavor Inspired By Dreams and the Surreal

The Die Line

What does your subconscious taste like anyway? Coca-Cola drops its latest surreal and trippy Creations flavor, Dreamworld.

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Meet Yin Yin Wu, Shillington Graduate and Designer at Evie Group

Shillington

Having already spent five years studying a double degree at university, Yin Yin Wu had a career realisation—she wanted to pursue graphic design. But she wasn’t keen on starting another degree. Chatting to a graphic designer friend about her dilemma, he told her about how he studied at Shillington—going from an engineer to a graphic designer in just 3 months!

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Take 5: Radical Ruggism, Design after Capitalism, MINI Concept Aceman, and More

Design Milk

1. MINI Concept Aceman. It’s not always necessary to throw out the baby with the bath water when it comes to designs that have attained iconic standards. And the MINI is definitely one of those vehicles that is instantly recognizable even at glance even now numerous iterative generations into its existence. The brand’s newest all-electric MINI Crossover SAV concept hits all the marks in keeping those identifiably MINI-ish qualities, while updating it with some sleek detailing.

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Inspired by the sound of inflated balloons, this contact lens identity is spherical and fresh

Its Nice That

Kilala, the leading coloured contact lens brand in China, calls in ReflexDesign for a bubbly overhaul of “a complicated product range”.

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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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Morag Myerscough looks to inspire sustainability engagement on Oxford Street

Design Week

Morag Myerscough has designed an aerial installation of 105 flags which spans the length of London’s Oxford Street to draw attention to The Clean Power campaign. The Clean Power campaign is an extension of the #TOGETHERBAND movement, which has run since 2015 and aims to find ways to humanise the United Nation’s 17 global sustainability goals.

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Space307 branding and visual design

Abduzeedo

Space307 branding and visual design. abduzeedo 0811—22 Oris Sheol shared a branding, UX and visual design project for Space307, worldwide distributed IT company which has been on the market for more than 7 years. It has grown from a startup to a company that launches large-scale fintech products on the international market. Like a space itself, the company is constantly growing and has assembled a strong team of 250+ specialists.

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1986 Calendar Featuring Morris the Cat, the World’s Most Finicky Cat

Design You Trust

Long before internet memes, there was Morris the Cat, the advertising mascot for 9Lives brand cat food, appearing on its packaging and in many of its television commercials since the 1970s. This particular appearance was on a 1986 calendar titled “Morris, A Cat For Our Times” that featured several pieces of technology. h/t: vintag.es. A large orange tabby tomcat, the character of Morris the Cat is “the world’s most finicky cat,” eating only 9Lives cat food and making this preference clear

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What is a Vision Statement? Here’s How to Write One

Inkbot Design

What is a Vision Statement? Here's How to Write One. In the modern world, having a vision statement is crucial to building a successful company or organisation. Your organisation's highest goal is the driving force behind your mission statement. When we write it, we think about our vision: what does it look like for our organisation? When we write it, we think about how we can get there: what does it mean to achieve it?

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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.