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Simply brings Danish design to the Asian milk powder market

Creative Boom

From soft, retro-inspired illustrations to packaging that demonstrates the product's effects, Them 1888's new milk powder brand is set to stand out among competitors. Milk powder isn't exactly a staple product in Western countries and I don't mean baby formula; I mean a powder alternative to the pints of milk we have in our fridge. But it is becoming increasingly popular in Asian markets, not just as a drink but also to enhance certain dairy products, like cheese and cream, or as an ingredient

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50+ Unique Line Art Logos – Minimal & Elegant Concepts

Graphic Design Junction

Abstract line art logos are creative and stylish. These designs are trendy and grab attention, making it easy for customers to recognize and remember them. In todays design world, simplicity is the key to a strong and memorable brand identity. Line art logos have gained popularity for their clean, minimal, and modern appeal. Whether youre a startup, a creative professional, or a corporate brand, a well-crafted line art logo can make your business stand out.

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Saying No More to Boring Pet Beds With NomoHaus

Design Milk

We all know that our furry-legged family members deserve only the best and yet, unsightly, uninspired pet beds are still a thing. Why should giving your pet a cozy spot to snooze mean compromising your aesthetic or their comfort? Thankfully, NomoHaus is here to put an end to clunky, boring designs with sleek, modern pet furniture that garners just as much attention as your designer sofa.

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How Retro & Vintage Are Shaping Modern Design

We And The Color

Think about it: youre scrolling through Instagram. A vibrant, geometric pattern catches your eye. Its something that wouldn’t look out of place on a 1970s album cover. Or maybe you see a logo with a classic, hand-lettered font. It feels familiar and comfortable. This isn’t accidental. It’s a deliberate choice by designers. They are tapping into something powerful: nostalgia.

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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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Mike Mignola says his new graphic novel is "entirely made of the stuff I love"

Creative Bloq

The Hellboy creator's new comic book, Bowling With Corpses, is steeped in myth and folklore.

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Sidebar is back, Duolingo’s strategy, AIUX frameworks, accessible outcomes

UX Collective

Weekly curated resources for designersthinkers andmakers. The news that Sidebar.io was taking a break felt a bit like a heartbreak. Sidebar has been one of my favorite sources to keep up with design, and with content that would make me a better, smarter, more informed designer. No noise, no endless scrolling, just the goodstuff. 5 links a day. Thatsit.

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Unlock Your Design Potential With Graphic Templates Every Pro Needs (and Why)

We And The Color

Do you sometimes feel like you’re reinventing the wheel? Like youre spending precious time on things that should be faster? As designers, we know the struggle. Youve got incredible ideas bursting forth. But sometimes, the technicalities slow you down. That’s where templates come into play. Not just any templates. We’re talking about the kinds that supercharge your workflow and help you level up.

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Elegoo Mars 5 Ultra review: A beginner friendly 3D printer that produces high-end results

Creative Bloq

Elegoo has released my favourite new resin printer of the last few years and it's a bargain.

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150 Free Photoshop Smoke Brushes For Designers 2025

Design Beep

Photoshop smoke brushes are a versatile tool for designers, artists, and photographers looking to add a dynamic, ethereal element to their digital projects. These brushes simulate the fluid, soft textures of smoke, creating a sense of movement and atmosphere that can elevate any design. Whether you’re working on a graphic poster, a fantasy illustration, or an abstract concept, Photoshop smoke brushes offer a unique way to introduce depth and mystique to your work.

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How to use the new social networks effectively as a creative

Creative Bloq

Signed up to BlueSky or Threads, but not getting much action?

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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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Illustrator Spotlight: Lia Lepre

Booooooom

A selection of work by Toronto-based artist and illustrator Lia Lepre.

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Ranum Juice Bar: A Vibrant Tropical Visual Identity

Abduzeedo

Ranum Juice Bar: A Vibrant Tropical Visual Identity abduzeedo 01/20 2025 Explore Ranum Juice Bars vibrant branding by Abraham Zoesa, blending tropical themes with contemporary visual design. Branding plays a vital role in shaping the perception of a business. For Ranum Juice Bar, a mobile food truck in Malang, Indonesia, the visual identity designed by Abraham Zoesa captures the vibrant, refreshing spirit of the brand.

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Werkdruck Font Family by Identity Letters

We And The Color

Meet Werkdruck: A Robust Serif That’s Ready to Work Do you want a typeface that was built to last? That’s Werkdruck. Created by Moritz Kleinsorge, director and principal type designer at Identity Letters , it’s a serif with a real work ethic. Think of it like a trusty tool, always reliable and ready for any design challenge. Grab the Discount As an introductory offer, you can currently purchase Werkdruck as well as its Grotesk companion Werksatz with a 40% discount using the co

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500+ Free Grass Brushes For Photoshop 2025

Design Beep

Photoshop has long been the go-to software for digital artists, photographers, and designers alike, offering a variety of tools to enhance creative projects. Among these tools, brushes play a crucial role in giving your work texture, depth, and realism. For anyone working on landscape, nature, or environmental scenes, grass brushes are indispensable in creating natural, lifelike grassy fields, meadows, or any outdoor setting.

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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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From fine art to Photoshop: Sam Gilbey's illustrious career so far

Creative Boom

Come with us on a deep dive into the last twenty years of Sam Gilbey's freelance illustration practice. We'll find out what inspired him, how he got through difficult periods, and what advice he'd give to up-and-coming illustrators. If you're a person who knows and follows the world of visual arts, I'd only have to say "painterly pop culture portraits", and your mind would go straight to Sam Gilbey 's work.

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Lorena Manhães is using flexible visual systems to tell stories with a sense of rhythm

Its Nice That

The independent art director and graphic designer is taking her editorial background into branding to structure her expansive and expressive identities.

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I finally switched from Adobe to DaVinci Resolve – here's how it went

Creative Bloq

It was intimidating – but I needn't have worried,

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Wildfire risk for buildings in Los Angles

FlowingData

As we have learned in recent weeks, even when homes seem far away from burning vegetation, fire and smoke can carry far and quickly. For The New York Times, Mira Rojanasakul and Brad Plumer mapped risk estimates by CoreLogic against the boundaries of recent fires in Los Angeles. Deeper red indicates greater risk for smoke and fire. By using building footprints instead of more abstract polygons, we get a more tangible view of reality.

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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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Viral video of Keanu Reeves in Severance shows the power of Tencent's new AI video generator

Creative Bloq

Tencent's open-source AI video generator allows actor face swaps.

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Finding Inspiration in India's Everyday + Some Photography

Abduzeedo

Finding Inspiration in India's Everyday + Some Photography abduzeedo 01/20 2025 My India adventure: more than a work trip. Photography and inspiration found in chaos, beauty, and the kindness of its people The chance to travel to India, a place that had always held a certain mystique for me, arrived unexpectedly in the form of a work trip. Beyond the historical tidbits I remembered from school about Portugal's accidental discovery of Brazil while searching for a new route to India, I was drawn

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From calculators to pregnancy tests, people can't stop running DOOM on ridiculous devices

Creative Bloq

If it has a display, it’s good to play.

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Is design still serious about improving diversity?

Design Week

Even before the news that another big company was rolling back its commitment to diversity equity and inclusion (DEI), there was a feeling in the design industry that things were changing. Speaking to us just before Christmas, Anika Ramani, the head of NOT Wieden + Kennedy, said it felt like, “agencies’ focus on DEI has […] Source What to read next: Design Week’s most read stories of 2024 | Are trend reports a useful design tool?

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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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Towards Matter, Particularly – Sensory encounter with a microscopic world

Creative Applications

Get full content RSS Feed In 'Towards Matter, Particularly' scientific instruments are repurposed to bring to our sensual awareness the ever-present particles whirling with us. The particles determine how and when they reveal themselves, eliciting moments of light and sound and inviting new relationships with the matter that is us and our world. Read More CreativeApplications.Net is a community supported website.

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Kyiv Type Foundry is conserving the architectural heritage of Ukraine by pulling typefaces out from underground

Its Nice That

We speak to the foundrys founders about their recent typographic revival of Kyivs original metro signage a new font family with firm roots in the citys past and present.

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The Digital Lifecycle in UX: How Your Designs Contribute to Waste

UX Collective

Today, solutions make carbon emissions checks of digital products easily available, so why aren’t we dealing with the problem of waste?

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Samantha Jensen weaves a powerful dialogue between climate change and chronic illness

Its Nice That

This intimate portrait of the photographers home and family life reveals what emerges when we acknowledge and actively witness one and others pain.

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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.

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Why your keyboard layout is stuck in the 1800s

UX Collective

The enduring design legacy of QWERTY in modern UX Continue reading on UX Collective

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“A great workplace is more about people than design”

Design Week

Visiting swanky offices always makes me envious. All those ergonomic task chairs and thriving pot plants. All that uplifting signage and matching crockery. It also makes me a bit nervous, because for me, it’s alien territory. My own shared office space is more squalor than glamour. In the last 22 years, my co-workers and I […] Source What to read next: Turning Points: Design and architecture agency Basha-Franklin | Gensler brings Virgin Media and O2 together in new HQ | MoreySmith tu

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“Everything you’re doing is counting towards something”

Its Nice That

Why dont I feel like Im progressing? Katie Cadwell talks about the benefits of a zig zag career path, and how to feel like youre working towards your goals in this weeks Creative Career Conundrums.

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Super Club Roma dazzles with a feast of retro Italian visuals

Design Week

Restaurant operator The Fulham Shore has launched a new pizza outlet that borrows from 1970s and 1980s Italy. This is the operator’s first self-generated concept, having bought The Real Greek and the hipster-beloved sourdough pizzeria Franco Manca, which now have 26 and 70 sites respectively.

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Web Design for All: Accessibility, Inclusivity and Beyond

Speaker: Eden Spivak, Design Expert and Editor at Wix & Nir Horesh, Accessibility Lead and Senior Product Manager at Wix

When we design products or websites for people like ourselves, there are many others who are, as a result, left out. From visually impaired users who rely on assistive technology, to people with a temporary injury such as a broken arm, tech users are forever diverse and beautifully unique. The products we design can, and should, reflect the extremely wide range of human experiences and needs.