Inkbot Design
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
What Is Creative Thinking and Why Does It Matter? Creative thinking is the ability to be open to new ideas, concepts, and possibilities. Creative thinking allows you to look at something from a different perspective or make connections between seemingly unrelated things. Creative thinkers think outside the box and can take the most ordinary situations and find solutions that haven't been thought of before.
Canny
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
From the Pennsylvania flag, to Pennsylvania museums and tourist attractions, welcome to the next stop on your state of branding tour. You might have noticed that we’ve been looking at branding across the United States for a little while now on the Canny blog. In fact, we’ve already covered the states below so make sure you give these blogs a read: The State of Branding: Texas (from Texas flags to Texas brands).
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Creative Review
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
The brief for the inaugural Folio Book Illustration Award, launched by publisher the Folio Society to mark its 75 th anniversary, was to create an illustrated response to Edgar Allen Poe’s short story, The Masque of the Red Death. First published in 1842, the story follows Prince Prospero who decamps to his castle to evade a fatal plague known as the Red Death, where he barricades himself and his.
UX Collective
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
(iPhone 14 announcing “dynamic island”) Credit: Apple Another year and another iPhone reveal for us to rave about. This year’s iPhone 14 has been quickly branded by the internet with the cone of shame. News articles and reviewers are hopping on the bandwagon claiming it has the “smallest” upgrade ever in apple history. I am not here to tell you if you should upgrade your phone or not, what I am going to talk to you about is iPhone 14’s new stand-out feature, Dynamic Island, which I believe may c
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
Design Milk
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
There’s a bit of irony Los Angeles-based design house Flora Nero cites as inspiring the brand’s first-ever collection of smoking accessories: the post-war 1950s America era. The decade was rife with public hysteria centered around reefer madness and other public service announcements aimed at cannabis-curious teens to avoid cannabis. Yet it was also an exciting time for glamorous tobacco-based smoking accessory designs, a reality Flora Nero taps into to impart the brand’s eight
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Colossal
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
Images from the book ‘Love Immortal’ by Anthony Cavo, shared with permission. Copyright © 2022 by Anthony Cavo, reprinted courtesy of Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. After the first known photograph was taken in 1826 by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce from the upstairs window of his home in Burgundy, France, the world became enthralled by the newfound ability to capture their loved ones—and their furry friends—for posterity.
Juxapoz Magazine
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
There has always been an intimate rawness to the works of Nat Meade. What we often see are his color works, with earth tones that layer emotionally created faces hiding and blending with nature. The colors are so of the earth that the figures seem to be born out of the weeds and grass and plants. They are stunning in their balance. But that is what makes a show of his drawings so special; you still get that intimacy and connection to the environment, and notice the nuances of his marks.
Azure Magazine
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
While design has always been cyclical, it’s also increasingly becoming circular. To mitigate carbon impacts, manufacturers and designers are increasingly embracing a cradle-to-cradle ethos, harnessing recycled — and recyclable — materials to foster a more renewable industry. In workplace settings? It all starts with seating: Here, we round up six chairs that maximize reclamation in exceptional style. 1.
Creative Nerds
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
This resources is exclusive to our premium members. This is a collection of 30 unique isolated clouds to use in a variety of ways. Its a great way to apply realistic clouds to your artwork in seconds in an easy to install photoshop brush set. Preview Download (Premium members). The post Premium Members: 30 cloud brushes first appeared on Creative Nerds.
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Inkbot Design
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
The 5 Best Bullet Journals For Keeping Your Plans Straight. A bullet journal is a diary or notebook with dividers for organising notes, appointments, and important dates. Bullet journaling has become a trendy approach to keeping track of one's schedule, but you can also use it to keep track of other activities like finances or personal growth. If you're not using bullet journals yet, you should be.
UX Collective
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
Jacob Lund Photography from NounProject.com Whether you work for a startup, for yourself, or for a large organization that doesn’t hold a design-first mentality, at some point in your career you will most likely find yourself working alone. Running solo as a creative can feel overwhelming, scary, and let’s face it?—?downright lonely. If you are currently the only person on your design team, here are tips to help you not only survive, but thrive. 1.
Creative Review
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
As pandemic restrictions in the UK began to lift last year, so too did the curbs on the nightlife and hospitality industries – a phase in our history documented by photographer Dougie Wallace. Known for his uncompromising high-contrast images of city life, Wallace took his infamous flashgun photography to the streets of Soho last summer to capture the area as it got back into the swing of things.
Vandelay Design
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
Here are the best zombie fonts that will give your scary, horror designs a feel that evoke feelings of the undead. The post 27 Zombie Fonts for Gory, Creepy Designs appeared first on Vandelay Design.
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.
Noupe
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
Anime is a particular type of cartoon created or influenced by Japanese animation. The best-known qualifications of this special type of art are large eyes, tiny noses, wild hairs, and long limbs. With these features, one can easily recognize anime style. For many, it is fun, but not that easy to draw anime. Here you can find the best tips to create an anime drawing step by step.
Abduzeedo
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
COLLINS reimagines Girl Scouts of the USA with new brand system, customized typeface. abduzeedo 0908—22 Inspired by the visuality and history of Girl Scout patches and badges, COLLINS translated these objects into bold, geometric forms to be used as building blocks for design and interactivity. The brand system not only grants a common language to all communications but is flexible enough to support any application, whether it be a presentation template or a vibrant campaign.
Design You Trust
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
Elizabeth, Duchess of York (1900 – 2002), looking at her first child, future Queen, Princess Elizabeth. May 1926. Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME / original image: Speaight/Hulton Archive—Getty Images. When Winston Churchill met a two-year-old princess, the future Queen Elizabeth II, in 1928, he observed in the child a remarkable quality.
Abduzeedo
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
Drop - table lamp inspired by the ripple effect. abduzeedo 0907—22 João Teixeira shared another beautiful industrial design project. Meet “Drop”, the table lamp that marks my first ever lamp design for the studio. “Drop” because it is inspired by the ripple effect in water caused by drops but also because you can always drop some daily tech objects on it and charge them wirelessly (like airpods or smart waches).
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Design You Trust
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
If a picture is worth a thousand words, the images and data produced by Inouye Solar Telescope will write the next chapters of solar physics research, including two new images released in celebration of this week’s events. Over 25 years ago, the NSF invested in creating a world-leading, ground-based solar observatory to confront the most pressing questions in solar physics and space weather events that impact Earth.
Abduzeedo
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
Simple & elegant brand work for VOR Technology. abduzeedo 0908—22 Moe Dsgnz shared a branding project for VOR Technology. The VOR Technology moniker was motivated by fanciful portrayals whose moral story matches the organization's central goal. In Norse folklore, the goddess Vör is known for her astuteness. Emphatically constrained toward the quest for information and truth, Vör gives an illustration of what it resembles when sharp understanding, sensibility, and practicality join to fill a more
Design You Trust
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
Absolute Winner by Johan Willems. Here are the best winning photos of the Black and White Photo Awards 2022. The image that took the title of Absolute Winner was Cheetah with cubs by Johan Willems. This image not only earned him the title of photographer of the year, but also made him the winner of the €1000 prize. The special prize for creativity was awarded to Dusty Cooper, for his photograph Levitate.
Designspiration
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
Jessica Svendsen #brockmann #white #typography #inspired #black #grid #mller #josef #new
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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.
The Dieline
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
Designers Carolane Godbout Isabel and Marina Lemay found inspiration for the Crèma Colada brand from timelessly glowing, beachy days.
Designspiration
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
Black and White Photography by Fred Lyon #inspiration #white #black #photography #and
Designspiration
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
AisleOne - Graphic Design, Typography and Grid Systems #poster #typography
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