Just Creative

AUGUST 31, 2020

This article has been contributed by Roli Edema. One of the most widely acknowledged principles in business is the importance of understanding your customer and designing for them. A deep understanding of your target customer often translates into perceptive design decisions that help you build strong brand awareness. In recent years, the concept of human-centered design has emerged as an approach to involving the human perspective in all stages of the problem-solving process.

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Spoon Graphics

AUGUST 31, 2020

I have to admit, I’m not much of a football fan (or should that be soccer?), but these concept kits really piqued my interest! I don’t even recognise some of the teams, but their fan-made strips provide some amazing alternative designs to the real kits, many of them staying true to the team colours, but with subtle enhancements such as patterns and colourful graphics.

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Just Creative

AUGUST 31, 2020

This article has been contributed by Umer Bilal. When first starting up your business, you absolutely have to nail the branding. You need to create a strong identity for yourself from the very beginning in order to make a lasting impression on the customers you want to attract. A business’s brand identity needs to be consistent across all media – from print to web, and all platforms – from its website to social media ads.

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The Die Line

AUGUST 31, 2020

Working together, we chose an illustrative route which brings to life the products’ quality ingredients and bold flavours.

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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

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Just Creative

AUGUST 31, 2020

This article has been contributed by Colleen Gratzer. If you’re not providing brand style guidelines after designing a logo, you’re leaving money on the table, leaving the client without guidance and giving your hard work the opportunity to be mucked up. A lot of designers will design a logo and, at the end of the project, deliver the logo files and then be done.

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Just Creative

AUGUST 31, 2020

This article has been contributed by Dave Schneider. Colors are one of the most impactful ways that we perceive the world. Because of that, it’s not surprising that colors are an essential consideration when it comes to marketing as well. In fact, over 90% of people cite color as one of the primary influencing factors in their buying decisions. That’s a number that no company can ignore, especially at a time when even the slightest advantage can be the difference between success and failure.

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Design You Trust

AUGUST 31, 2020

If you’re a fan of cats, anime, and adorable cats dressed in tiny anime costumes, this one is going to be a treat. Apparently, there’s a talented Japanese man likes to create handmade anime costumes for his two cute cats and you can find his beautiful creations on his Twitter account. If you know your anime well enough, you might be able to tell that most of the costumes he creates are based on.

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Just Creative

AUGUST 31, 2020

This article has been contributed by Laura Zamfir. TikTok is not only on the rise, it’s here to stay. Every month, millions of people around the world are scrambling to download the app from their app store. It’s a new social media giant that’s wholly dedicated to video content. And the app has come at the most opportune time. Soon 82% of all web traffic will gravitate towards videos.

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Creative Review

AUGUST 31, 2020

Genie Kausto is a creative duo made up of hair artist Evanie Frausto and photographer George Kan. The New York-based pair initially met when Frausto cut Kan’s hair. “We started doing photos together almost a year after that,” says Frausto. “It just seemed to work. We both had very different perspectives but they seemed to come together.” The alias of Genie Kausto not only adds an air of mystery, it also allows the pair to be credited jointly for the work. “Thi

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Colossal

AUGUST 31, 2020

“Kennis.” All images © Barbara Wildenboer, shared with permission. From the covers of René Descartes’s Cogito Ergo Sum and Homer’s The Odyssey emerge vast webs of spliced pages. Artist Barbara Wildenboer ( previously ) overlaps countless strands of paper as part of her ongoing Library of the Infinitesimally Small and Unimaginably Large series.

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Interaction Design Foundation

AUGUST 31, 2020

The dropdown menu goes all the way back to the Start menu of the most classic Microsoft Windows versions. Now, you can find it nearly everywhere: from newspaper websites to online shops, and from graphic design applications to text-editing software. It has helped users time and time again to access sections of content, and if you’re looking for a way to give them all the options without sending them to a whole new page, it’s the pattern for you.

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Juxapoz Magazine

AUGUST 31, 2020

Originally connected via a shared love of dogs, art, and beer, Seattle-based designer/tattoo artist Kyler Martz had created several concert posters for Lagunitas’ amphitheater series, pre-quarantine. But once people were forced indoors, Lagunitas commissioned downloadable art that can people can then doodle, color, and maybe stay a little bit sane. See the poster below, and a sampling of Kyle's works above in our gallery!

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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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Liv Wan Illistration

AUGUST 31, 2020

I’ve lived in the UK for thirteen years and Scotland nine, but I haven’t yet travelled to Ireland, which is a real shame. Naturally I know about many Irish including many foods and drinks (not just Guinness!) and I know Ireland has some absolutely beautiful buildings and landscapes, including the Giants Causeway. So, along with […].

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Purple Rose Graphics

AUGUST 31, 2020

I spend a lot of time discussing art and media with my clients. A topic of conversation that usually comes up is stock art and stock media. Stock photography alone makes an appearance in half of all ads with 9 out of 10 digital marketers using stock photos in their ads. Even so, I routinely get asked the same questions. Today, I’ve decided to share with you the answers to the most commonly asked questions I get about stock art and stock media!

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Design You Trust

AUGUST 31, 2020

?In the province of Quebec, Canada, most residential leases come to an end on the very same day. As a result, over 100K households pack their belongings and move into their new homes on what Quebecers refer to as ‘Moving Day’ To celebrate this unique tradition, McDonald’s Canada and Cossette brought to life a creative campaign to remind guests from across the province to treat themselves to.

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Just Creative

AUGUST 31, 2020

Chris Do reveals his biggest mistakes, failures & regrets, plus shares how you too can overcome these adversities. We then dive into how to get paid more as a creative, how to move into brand strategy & sell it, Chris’s strategic branding process, the powers & pitfalls of the labels we put on ourselves and the quest for success. Chris Do is an Emmy award-winning designer, director, CEO and Chief Strategist of Blind and the founder of The Futur—an online education platform with the mi

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Communication Arts

AUGUST 31, 2020

Illustrator Anshika Khullar invites viewers to engage with the deeper concepts present in their highly detailed, vibrant work.

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Just Creative

AUGUST 31, 2020

This article has been contributed by Abhishek Talreja. “ Stay true to your values. That ’ s why you were a success in the first place, and that ’ s how you make incredible things happen. ” Rafe Offer. Publishing and promoting unicorn content isn’t about the consistency of the process alone. A key element of successful content marketing is the brand voice.

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Interaction Design Foundation

AUGUST 31, 2020

Mobile design and design for other devices such as laptops and desktops does not mean producing the same product, just smaller. It means focusing on what matters to the mobile user and delivering a differentiated user experience. To do this successfully, you need to focus on tasks and how they are executed. Design for mobile is no longer optional. With the smartphone and to a lesser extent the tablet becoming the devices of choice for billions to access the Internet; designers have to cater for

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Just Creative

AUGUST 31, 2020

This article has been contributed by Michelle Laurey. Live chat software has been around for almost half a century , which makes it older than the internet itself. It started with the PLATO system, which then gave way to Talkomatic. Today, live chat is everywhere. There are applications dedicated to live chat, such as Whatsapp and Wechat, and it is in every social media platform we use.

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Interaction Design Foundation

AUGUST 31, 2020

The pagination design pattern is widely used in websites that open up a lot of content to users. From search engines such as Google and Firefox, to e-commerce sites such as Amazon and Asos—the use of pagination is very, very broad. And although it seems straightforward, implementing pagination in the right way has some very specific points that require your attention.

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Creative Review

AUGUST 31, 2020

London Street Signs offers a look at the various nameplates attached to buildings around the city, ranging from robust, cast-iron plates to ornate signage. The book gathers photographs taken by Alistair Hall, art director, UAL lecturer and founder of Ministry of Stories , a charity based in east London that helps children to learn the art of creative writing.

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Interaction Design Foundation

AUGUST 31, 2020

Even if you’re not the to-do list maniac like some of us, lists are a great way to deliver content to your users. A list allows them to navigate quickly to the section of content that is most relevant to them, while maintaining an overview of the entire body of information that is accessible. It also helps them understand the logic of the content you’re delivering, namely by showing the different categories and their relations.

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Colossal

AUGUST 31, 2020

All images © Louise Michel, shared with permission. Banksy ’s latest artwork can be spotted on a vessel rescuing refugees from north Africa, who are attempting to cross the Mediterranean to find safety in Europe. The anonymous British artist, whose work we’ve talked about extensively , used the proceeds from the sale of an artwork to purchase a former French Navy boat, which is named after anarchist Louise Michel.

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