Azure Magazine
JUNE 28, 2021
According to a research study by EU Science Hub , 80 per cent of the ecological impact of a product is locked in at the design phase. For product designers, this underscores the responsibility to lower the environmental impact of consumer goods — from embodied carbon and life-cycle to daily efficiency — while maintaining impeccable design standards.
I Love Typography
JUNE 28, 2021
Read the book, Typographic Firsts. There are the many ways with which to understand letterforms. There are schools of thought that focus on the impact of punchcutting and metal type on the outlines of letterforms, or on the historical period in which a style of typeface first emerged. Another way to look at type is to analyse the structures upon […].
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Creative Review
JUNE 28, 2021
The Weavers Factory, a gallery based in Greater Manchester , worked with MMU to compile a shortlist of 15 students from the course for its annual print prize. Five have been chosen as winners: Lucy Morris, Sam Wagstaff, William Dobbs, Caitlan Hargreaves, and Dylan Woodall. As part of the prize, the gallery founders – Julian Bovis and Nigel Durkan – will work with the illustrators to curate a set of prints to be sold on the gallery’s new online print shop later this summer.
Creative Nerds
JUNE 28, 2021
With the 6th month of the year concluded we have rounded up the month in our usual fashion. By cherry picking the very best design tutorials and web articles published and written in the month of June. There’s a great mixture of design tutorials in this post both photoshop and illustrator. The post features how […]. The post Best of the web for Design and Web Development June 2021 first appeared on Creative Nerds.
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
Creative Review
JUNE 28, 2021
National Museums Liverpool has unveiled an updated visual identity designed to bring together its various institutions, which under the previous disparate branding left visitors unaware that the venues were all part of the museum group. The new branding by design agency SomeOne covers seven of the city’s museums: Museum of Liverpool, World Museum, International Slavery Museum, Maritime Museum, Walker Art Gallery, Sudley House and Lady Lever Art Gallery.
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We And The Color
JUNE 28, 2021
Canera, an elegant, decorative typeface designed and published by Creative Corner. Created and published by the skilled team of Creative Corner, a studio specializing in a great variety of digital products, Canera is a new sans serif font that offers an elegant and decorative style. It comes with beautiful ligatures, plenty of special alternative glyphs, ornaments, and support for multiple languages.
SpeckyBoy
JUNE 28, 2021
Making decisions can be difficult. Yet, some people have a harder time than others. Such fear of commitment can affect multiple areas of life – including business. In particular, the process of building a website is rife with important decisions to be made. Because of that, a commitment-phobic client may become overwhelmed. Having to make choices on a color scheme, features and functionality could potentially bring about anxiety.
We And The Color
JUNE 28, 2021
Reflective City, a cyberpunk-inspired photo series by Omi Kim. Omi Kim is a designer and photographer based Osaka, Japan. Some of you may remember our Omi Kim’s Japan Subway photo series. Today we are pleased to introduce you to another stunning photo series by Omi Kim, titled ‘Reflective City’ After or during the rain, the photographer shot the streets of the city at night when neon signs and traffic lights are reflected in the puddles.
SpyreStudios
JUNE 28, 2021
Web design projects for restaurants can be a heavy challenge. You need to think in terms of usability for people who are looking for information like directions, operational hours, and menu items. These designs are often more classy but can vary based on the restaurant’s theme. We have a similar post of café restaurants that are more toned down in nature.
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Azure Magazine
JUNE 28, 2021
“How do you design a restaurant that purposely focuses not on the food or the space, but on the act of cooking?” asks architect Nima Javidi. “What engages people?” For Javidi and his partner Behnaz Assadi, co-founders of Toronto practice Ja Architecture Studio , these ruminations were a major force behind their design for the newest Vitrine restaurant in Tehran, Iran.
Eye on Design
JUNE 28, 2021
Zara Arshad is a researcher, curator and design historian who specializes in 20th and 21st-century material and visual culture from East Asia. Arshad earned her Master’s Degree in the History of Design at Royal College of Art/Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A), and is currently completing her PhD between the University of Brighton and V&A where she is researching the museum’s approaches to collecting and displaying Korean material culture.
HONGKIAT
JUNE 28, 2021
We all know the value of material design and how many great resources are out there for designers. Google’s design language has taken the world by storm and it’s basically everywhere. And now Sketch users can save time in their material UI workflow by using this Sketch Material plugin. 10 Free Sketch Plugins for Web Developers. 10 Free Sketch Plugins for Web Developers.
Vandelay Design
JUNE 28, 2021
Do you want a font that’s funky, groovy, and perfect for your retro or vintage designs? If so, we’ve got you covered. Whether you’re looking for something to spice up your logo or just want some fresh inspiration for your next design project, these ’70s fonts are sure to fit the bill! The 1970s was […]. The post 45+ Groovy Fonts Inspired by the ’70s 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.
Design You Trust
JUNE 28, 2021
If you have ever watched a Studio Ghibli movie, you know that the environment these movies create is absolutely magical, unique, and amazing. Even the creepiest places in the movies feel warm and cozy, familiar, even. Many people have probably wished that their own spaces would look similar to that. Well, these designers took it upon themselves to recreate some of the more famous interiors in these movies.
UX Collective
JUNE 28, 2021
What UX Designers can learn from other professions? What’s your superpower? You might be having some skills already within you when you transitioned from your previous profession. But finding your uniqueness, honesty & specialty is what everyone strives to explore. Disclaimer: It is your choice, do you want to be a Generalist or a Generalist+Specialist or a Specialist.
SpyreStudios
JUNE 28, 2021
Have you ever thought of how people from the olden days thought about what the future is going to be like? Older generations of humans have always been excited about what the future held. From giant TVs, flying cars, talking watches, to TV-connected phones – these are just some of the imaginative ideas that people from the past thought we would have today.
Its Nice That
JUNE 28, 2021
This week we’re handing the reins of It’s Nice That over to artist Yinka Ilori for an exploration of the power of storytelling within creativity. Whether it’s conversational, written down, designed, illustrated, played or performed, we each have a story to tell and celebrate. This week we’ll be doing exactly that.
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Design Milk
JUNE 28, 2021
We all know how much lighting can affect the mood of any given space, but a lamp is so much better when it looks as good turned off as it does turned on. Here are ten of our favorite iconic table and desk lamps that will make your modern interior SHINE with unique style and personality. >>> Liam Task Lamp by Studio Arma. Blackened steel, brass and LED candelabra bulbs come together to create this bold lamp that’s sure to make a statement on your desk or workspace. >>
Azure Magazine
JUNE 28, 2021
1. Norma. Designed by Rodolfo Dordoni for Roda , Norma includes a cooking module (with five gas burners and optional fry-top plate), as well as sink and peninsula units. A collaboration with Italian kitchen-technology company Ilve, the system is made from powder-coated stainless steel with sintered stone and polished stainless-steel surfaces and larch-wood shelving. 2.
Design Week
JUNE 28, 2021
Design studio How&How has rebranded exchange traded fund (ETF) analysis app Trackinsight in an attempt to cut through the “noisy world” of investing. How&How – which is based in London and Lisbon, Portugal – has designed the company’s new identity which rolls out on the Trackinsight app, a series of animations and promotional material.
UX Collective
JUNE 28, 2021
Photo by Tanner Boriack on Unsplash In June of 2021, I started working on a UX 101 doc?—?a list of all the resources and ideas I’ve leaned on to get to where I am today in UX. I mentor folks who are pivoting into UX at non-traditional points in their lives, and this document is intended to jumpstart their research and self-learning. So I finally got around to putting it together in a semi-coherent, shareable format.
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Design You Trust
JUNE 28, 2021
Japanese artist known as DHK recreated funny cat pictures in an anime style, turning the kittens into girls. The recreations are cute and professional. The artist manages to keep the resemblance to the original picture while creating stylish and beautiful characters that will probably make you wonder how your pets would look as humans. More: Twitter h/t: boredpanda.
Mindsparkle Mag
JUNE 28, 2021
This week's Top 10 Series features two themes we are a fan of here in Mindsparkle Mag: typography and packaging designs. Did you see this coming? Today's Top 10: Type Packaging Design. We are excited to showcase this edition as we receive your feedback with love on our social media. We've curated some brand new projects never shown before on our platforms.
Design Milk
JUNE 28, 2021
Concrete Collaborative and award-winning designer Natalie Myers of Veneer Designs have joined forces to create a new tile collection that has us seeing stars (and moons). Named the Half Moon x Strands collection, the collaborative project pairs CC’s Strands encaustic patterned tiles with Meyers’ half moon and crescent shape designs for a full collection of six different tiles.
Techxide
JUNE 28, 2021
Artificial Intelligence (AI) became the trademark of the digital world and served it for years. Creative websites and giant companies utilize Artificial Intelligence to save their precious time and place their workforce at ease. In 2021, almost 37 percent of companies augment their businesses through a complete AI system to improve accuracy. Some giant companies are utilizing Artificial Intelligence to create savvy and out-of-the-box Artificial Designs.
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