Just Creative
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
Since the 15th century, artists have been using oil paint as a medium to bring their imaginations to life. These days, the medium is still viewed by many as an important art form. The downside is that oil paint can take some time to dry, so with the advent and improvements in technology, artists can now use their Procreate app to create masterpieces with “digital” oil paint.
The Logo Smith
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
The post 8 Famous Logo Designs and their accompanying Final Logo Sketches appeared first on The Logo Smith All Content © 2020 The Logo Smith.™ |. Arek Dvornechuck has compiled a great post showing famous logo sketches and napkin doodle sketches for 8 famous brands and companies. There are plenty of blog posts that show one or some of these logo sketches, but this is a solid post by Arek that also puts the sketch up along side the final logo design.
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Its Nice That
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
The new interface aims to tidy up a “cluttered” interface and bring the platform up to date with evolved expectations of web design, as well as unify the Wikimedia sites.
Azure Magazine
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
“Designing actually means thinking and structuring,” says Marset ‘s Joan Gaspar. For the acclaimed Spanish lighting designer, the end result is not just a product, but an idea: “The designer must keep in mind not only the features of this product but also what they want it to convey, what the brand wants to communicate with its collection.” It’s a powerful ethos, and one perhaps best manifested in Marset’s growing Djembé collection.
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
Its Nice That
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
Not knowing quite what she wanted to do thankfully led the Rotterdam-based creative towards graphic design – yet the possibility of what's next is still wide open.
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Design Week
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
London-based design studio Omse has rebranded Hackney Church to tie in with the venue’s renovation work and expanded community focus. The identity is the result of three years of work in collaboration with the East London church and its community, as well as local photographers and illustrators. A “cathedral of creativity” For the past few years, the physical interiors of church were being restored in a multi-million pound project headed up by John Pawson architects (responsibl
Design You Trust
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
Simen Johan’s nature photography is majestic and enchanting, and right now it’s helping me to remember the beauty and magic of Mother Nature. Black Men are being hunted down like prey in the streets of America by racist police, but the way humans have set up this system doesn’t reflect the natural world we all come from. While looking at these photos, I’m daydreaming about a world without racism.
Brown Paper Bag
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
Artist Pippa Haynes, aka Lemon Pepper Studio , thinks beyond the hoop to create embroidered sculptures featuring plants, fungi, and more. The delicate pieces are first stitched on fabric inside of an embroidery hoop and then extracted and formed into three-dimensional scenes. Displayed in shadow boxes, they have a specimen vibe about them. Pippa sells her work in her online shop.
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Colossal
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
Yayoi Kusama. All images © Victoria Villasana, shared with permission. When Victoria Villasana ( previously ) lays a long stitch on a vintage photograph, she’s connecting the pattern or geometric shape to a piece of history, culture, or philosophy. The Mexican artist transforms found black-and-white images of cultural icons and historical figures through vibrant embroideries.
Abduzeedo
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
Paradox by Kyungrae yu. abduzeedo 09.24.20 Kyungrae yu one day got inspired by the word Paradox and made an awesome motion design and 3D work using Cinema 4D and Octane Render. The result is simply beautiful. . Paradox is a combination of the Greek word 'para' which means 'opposition' and the word 'doxa' which means opinion. On the surface, it appears to be self-contradictory and absurd, but it is a statement that can convey its meaning correctly when it has gone through the process of interpret
Creative Review
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
London-based studio Sennep specialises in designing and building digital products for the likes of Google, Barclays and the Guardian. In their spare time, however, the team behind the studio have also carved out a niche for themselves creating a series of innovative and engaging digital games. Developed with games publisher Rogue Games, Olo was launched in 2012 as a digital take on the traditional gameplay of air hockey, curling and shuffleboard.
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.
Design You Trust
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
Craig Burrows photographs plants and flowers using a type of photography called UVIVF or ultraviolet-induced visible fluorescence. In order to capture the unseen glowing he has to shoot the plants in the darkest environment possible, using a 365nm LED light which is passed through a filter to transmit only UV and infrared light. The ethereal results are always surprising because each plant reacts.
Abduzeedo
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
New World Face Masks. abduzeedo 09.24.20 Toby Ng share a graphic design and packaging project he did for Love Without Border for a global initiative formed to combat the COVID-19 outbreak. In response to a mask shortage in Hong Kong, NWD saw the need to support the community by producing and supplying ‘Made in Hong Kong’ face masks. Partnering with various NGOs across the city, masks are distributed to low-income families and disadvantaged groups.
Creative Review
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
A new exhibition titled Just Pictures is the manifestation of author, curator and critic Antwaun Sargent’s interest in young imagemakers working between “the commercial and the conceptual by creating worlds entirely their own” Recently opened at projects+gallery in St Louis, Missouri, the exhibition features works by eight visual artists chosen for their distinctive visions and the broad impact of their work: Mous Lamrabat , Arielle Bobb-Willis , Ruth Ossai, Renell Medrano , Jo
Design You Trust
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
Back to 2008, photographer Chen Zhun for FHM China – reveals the complete anime story with all its essential elements: action, girls, guns, violence and futurism! True to the title, you can see all the photo sequences (it ties up to a cop-criminal chase with big guns, big bikes, explosions, sexy uniforms you name it) here. Let’s just say, China is really stepping up in their creative superpower.
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Straight North
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
We thought you might enjoy reading what we’re reading at Straight North about SEO developments. The articles below were collected from the staff and reviewed by our Director of SEO, Colleen Moran. Are keywords in URLs important for SEO? This Search Engine Roundtable article provides the answer. (The short answer: Not terribly important.). Managing Successful SEO Migrations deals with SEO issues during a domain change, merging domains, moving to a new platform, changing host providers, goin
Communication Arts
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
Inspired by nineteenth century boarding tickets and hunting licenses, this whiskey brand honors the founders’ emigration from Ireland to Michigan.
Its Nice That
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
Working heavily in character design, sound and animation, the artist is a keen advocate for all-things colourful and crawly.
Creative Review
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
One of the more documented side effects of the Covid-19 pandemic is the impact it is having on our sleep, with the situation described as the “perfect storm of sleep problems” Ikea’s new ad campaign, which focuses on the benefits of sleeping well, is therefore nothing if not timely. The brand launched the first part of the campaign earlier this month, with a TV spot that spelt out how a lack of sleep (and a big night on the town) affected the hare’s ability to race the ne
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Just Creative
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
Are you wanting to learn graphic design online with a comprehensive course? You’ve found the right place. Although we’ve shared free & premium graphic design courses in the past, this offer from Coursera has to be one of the most comprehensive graphic design courses available online. In fact, the “ Graphic Design Specialization ” career learning path from Coursera is compromised of 5 courses in one and you can get access with Coursera Plus.
Creative Review
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
Vauxhall has unveiled a logo revamp that does away with its previous 3D effect in favour of a flat design fit for the digital age, following a wealth of car brands including BMW , Nissan and Toyota in ditching once-cherished details that are notoriously difficult to implement across digital touchpoints. In its first major update in over ten years, the new logo features further tweaks – notably the absence of the griffin’s wing, which had been a prominent feature of the motif and form
The Die Line
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
Sometimes, the only way to cut through the noise of a cluttered category is to opt for something that opts for simplicity. Stripping back their chaotic packaging, Pearlfisher managed to give E-Cloth, a brand of microfibre cleaning towels, a clean identity ready for the marketplace.
Colossal
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
“Being true to your nature III.” All images © Àngela Maria Sierra, shared with permission. Spanish artist Àngela Maria Sierra, who works as Riso Chan , explores the human psyche through subtly layered foliage. “I always imagine that they are someone’s soul, what we don’t see, our nature,” Sierra says of the delicate botanical assemblages that she overlays onto her subjects’ faces and torsos.
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