Mon.Aug 17, 2020

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Japanese Minimalism in UI Design for Digital Products

Noupe

In this article, I’m considering the concept of Japanese minimalism, its implications in the user interface design of digital products, and its key principles. Are you ready to immerse in Japanese art trends leveraged in the context of the modern digital world? “Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” — Lao Tzu.

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Type design, textiles, book covers and more: Willie Shaw brings function and beauty in equal measure to his graphic design practice

Its Nice That

Inspired simultaneously by Peter Saville’s “visual poetry” and Dieter Rams’ modernist principles, the School of Visual Arts grad takes a logical approach to his confident and sophisticated work.

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5 Summer Pavilions Celebrating the Great Outdoors

Azure Magazine

For Azure ‘s editorial team, one of our annual summer highlights is the plethora of bold, evocative and playful al fresco pavilions that pop up across the world during the course of the season. In 2020, these structures have taken on new meaning as the outdoors remains one of the few (relatively) safe places to congregate amidst the ongoing pandemic.

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20 Rare And Beautiful Examples Of Black Women In Fantasy Photoshoots

Design You Trust

lillianliuphotography Fantasy games, books, and movies typically have huge cult followings – and for good reason. Dragons, mythical creatures, and magical locations – what’s not to like? Naturally, fantasy-inspired photoshoots are not an uncommon sight. What’s uncommon, however, is seeing women of color as the models. Twitter user @btsanima wanted to draw more attention to this problem and started.

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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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Meet the Dutch cowboy Kees in Sabine Rovers’ sincere, vulnerable and humorous photography

Its Nice That

Viewing photography as a two-way act, the grad from The Hague’s Royal Academy of Art is able to tell the most intimate of stories – like that of a Dutch cowboy she’d met five years ago.

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What would Wikipedia look like if it acknowledged its gender and racial biases? Graphic designer Sharon Park explores

Its Nice That

The ArtCenter of Design graduate bridges disparate connections in her multi-disciplinary practice. .

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Great Work: Selfridges, The New Order

Creative Review

Selfridges is well known for its artistic collaborations. Each year, the brand enlists a wide range of artists, designers, photographers and creatives to work on campaigns and in-store experiences – from pop-ups to installations and exhibitions. For its AW19 campaign, The New Order, Selfridges invited five digital creatives – Jon Emmony, Ines Alpha, Filip ­Custic, Jamie-Maree Shipton and Digi-Gal founder Cat Taylor – to imagine the future of fashion and shopping.

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Katharina Shafiei-Nasab’s portfolio is not just Swiss graphic design, it’s a hybrid of everything that she’s learned, seen and experienced

Its Nice That

After studying fashion initially, the Visual Communication grad sees her star-shaped journey as beneficial, not only elevating her multifarious practice but driving it too.

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Ride Through a German Village on ‘The Flying Train’ in Incredibly Clear Footage from 1902

Colossal

?. Shot in 1902, “ The Flying Train ” takes viewers on an uncommonly crisp journey aboard a suspended railcar. Throughout the two-minute video, riders see Wuppertal residents walking across pedestrian bridges and down dirt roadways more than a century ago. The city is known still today for its schwebebahn, which is a style of hanging railway that’s unique to Germany.

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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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Breathtaking Landscapes and Still Lifes that Merge Photography and Impressionism by Stev’nn Hall

Design You Trust

Stev’nn Hall’s immersive multimedia landscapes evoke the wonder of being a young child in the backseat of a car driving through rural Canada. Through an involved process, the images Hall creates pass through a number of filters: his subjects are often photographed through glinting glass, the photographs themselves then re-photographed, cropped, exploded, and distilled, the resulting images blown.

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Page Through a Fantastical Compendium of the World’s First Color Illustrations of Marine Life

Colossal

All images courtesy of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. In the early 18th century, publisher, bookseller, and apparent fish enthusiast Louis Renard compiled the seminal compendium of color-illustrated ichthyological studies. The volume contains more than 450 species rendered in vibrant hues that, while somewhat anatomically accurate, feature embellishments in color and characteristics.

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Animator Inger Bierma on finding a sense of freedom through her graduate film, Blanket

Its Nice That

A graduate from Minerva Art Academy, it took Inger a little while to find her home in animation, but she’s definitely getting settled now.

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People Are Getting COVID-19 Tattoos and Here Are 30 of The Most Creative Ones

Design You Trust

emanuele.santaniello Inking your skin is just one last step in the journey of giving yourself a tattoo. In reality, it all starts from hours spent browsing tattoo ideas and annoying your friends with an endless stream of “what do you think?” images. And our love for ink has never been so big. A recent study has shown that 30% of Americans have at least one tattoo, which is five times more than.

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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 can photography unveil invisible systems of power in society? Kirsten Bosma explores

Its Nice That

In a practice which overlaps with photojournalism, Kirsten’s work is thoughtful, investigative and downright fascinating.

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Raw Design Inspiration: Hand-picked on Dribbble

Abduzeedo

Raw Design Inspiration: Hand-picked on Dribbble. abduzeedo 08.17.20 New week, a new abdz. 'Raw Design Inspiration' to kick it off. No theme, absolutely 'raw' inspiration. Being an abdz., inspiration is one of the biggest fuels in my everyday life. Whatever it is for life and work balance, it comes in many shapes and forms. For me, I do appreciate a good surf on Dribbble.

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Googly eyes, curious critters and perfect comic timing combine in Doug Alberts’ animations

Its Nice That

The Chicago-born creative has worked on a host of impressive projects while studying, displaying both technical precision and maturity.

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Bold Web Design for Spatzek Studio

Abduzeedo

Bold Web Design for Spatzek Studio. abduzeedo 08.17.20 Spatzek Studio creates highly functional, unique & award-winning digital products in the most uncomplicated way possible. It was founded by Daniel Spatzek , a Graphic Designer, Art Director and Creative Developer from Austria. Designer of the Year 2018 + 2019 @CSSDA. Web Design. Awards & Recognition.

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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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Welcome to the brilliantly daft world of illustration graduate, Sa6ettu

Its Nice That

Hilariously witty and exceptionally crafty, this recent illustration graduate wicked humour hops between various mediums.

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Gradwatch 2020: Illustrator Ellie Childs, Northumbria University

Creative Review

Ellie Childs makes textured, angular illustrations featuring characters with distinctive faces and profiles. She pushes herself to experiment with colour, often using palettes that depict people in unusual tones and shades. Her graduation project, House of Procrastination, was heavily inspired by lockdown. She’d originally planned to screenprint everything, but after the university facilities were closed decided instead to create a graphic novella.

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Gloria Wong’s photography explores identity, the family unit and Canada’s Asian diasporas

Its Nice That

Every image in the Vancouver-born photographer’s portfolio displays an extraordinary level of care and consideration.

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Under the Surface: Mysterious and Magical Underwater Photography by Lexi Laine

Design You Trust

Lexi Laine is a British artist working in the medium of photography. Based on the south coast of the UK, Lexi specialises in creating ethereal underwater scenes in some of the most unique and pristine locations around the globe. She has spent several years training as a freediver in order to extend the amount of time she can stay underwater. Lexi chooses not to use scuba equipment and instead.

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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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What is “good taste”? Meiting Song defies categorisation with her all-encompassing portfolio

Its Nice That

The New York-based graphic designer’s portfolio boasts a host of projects from animation, illustration, photography and more.

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Solento is a Luxury Tequila Inspired by Sun and Made For Sipping

The Die Line

The name Solento derived from combining the Spanish words for sun (sol) and slow (lento).

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DutchScot looks to the Chinese zodiac in restaurant identity for Shanghai Me

Design Week

London-based design studio DutchScot has given restaurant Shanghai Me a new identity which centres on the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac. Located in Dubai, Shanghai Me is a Chinese restaurant which looks to transport diners back to the decadent Shanghai of the 1930s. DutchScot were approached for the project after having previously worked with the client on another restaurant.

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Download My Free Poster Folds and Creases Textures

Spoon Graphics

Give your digital designs the look of a real printed poster with my free collection of folds and creases textures. These textures feature detailed damage lines from the paper being folded and crumpled, with several options to simulate a page that has been folded in half, in thirds, roll folded, or just creased. They are ideal for making your poster art look like retro prints, adding some wear and tear to leaflet artwork, or giving a map design an antique appearance.

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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.