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Search Trends Report: Spring 2020

Creative Market

A New Tool to Find Seasonal Opportunities. As a shop owner, staying in the know about search trends can give you an edge. That’s why we've created a seasonal Search Trend Report - to inspire you to create products that respond to customers' seasonal needs. Our hope is that by being responsive to the needs of customers on Creative Market you can boost your shop's visibility, following, and sales.

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What Is Empathetic Design?

Design Roast

When you think of empathy, or putting yourself in someone else’s shoes, you may not initially think of design. However, keeping the user in mind and putting their needs first when creating material garners positive vibes for your brand. Empathetic design, sometimes called empathic design, is a user-centered method. It requires putting aside preconceived notions and paying [.].

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Morgane Vantorre is a typographer who believes in “the power of graphic design in our society”

Its Nice That

The French designer is currently working towards a master’s in type design at École Estienne in Paris and cites nature and the typography of her city as influences on her practice.

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‘The Return of Nature’ by Timo Helgert

Trendland

German digital artist Timo Helgert came up with an ongoing series of places taken back by nature – You can walk slowly on grass field in the middle of a subway wagon or the famous luxury shopping galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milano. A clever idea thought during quarantine, resulting on the videos going viral on instagram with more than 1M views in 2 days (counting all reposts).

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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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Impact of Abuse Emails on your Business Reputation

Noupe

A typical day at work starts with a cup of your favourite beverage as you check your emails. You scan the emails quickly and notice many spam emails. Your way to handle them is to delete them instantly, but some people take it a step further and mark them as spam. While marking emails as spam is a great tool for the recipients, from the sender’s perspective, it can have serious repercussions. .

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The “impossible” story behind Polaroid’s rebrand

Design Week

Instant camera pioneer Polaroid has been rebranded with the aim of strengthening the company for the decade ahead. The rebrand marks the so-called “final chapter” of a revival effort that began in 2017. It will see the brand return to its Polaroid mononym, after having traded under Polaroid Originals for the last four years. The “Impossible Project” While the revival project has been ongoing since 2017, Polaroid brand director Ozlem Birkalan reveals the mission in fact ha

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Reduce, reuse, recycle: illustration and sustainability

Creative Review

Flicking through the pages of a magazine or idly scrolling through a publication online, few of us see a beautiful suite of bespoke, commissioned images and think, “hang on, what would Greta have to say about all this?” Unlike other aspects of many people’s daily lives—avoiding plastic straws, dutifully separating rubbish for recycling bins, carrying a canvas tote to the supermarket, only using the printer when absolutely necessary—flat images don’t yet carry

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Skeletal Figures Conjure the Uncanny in Anatomical Paintings by Artist Jason Limon

Colossal

“90 ML” (2020), acrylic on panel, 6 x 8 inches. All images © Jason Limon, shared with permission. In an effort to make his otherworldy works more accessible, San Antonio-based artist Jason Limon began creating a substantial collection of small paintings in 2008. Today, Limon continues to add to his Fragments series, which centers on skeletal figures and anatomical forms that often feature stripes, polka dots, and other intricate patterns.

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Colour in illustrations by Alex Gamsu Jenkins, Genie Espinosa, Raman Djafari and more

Its Nice That

The Collective Colouring Book has been compiled in just four days to respond to the crisis with stellar international illustrators lending their linework.

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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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Lidyal Atelier&Cafe is Coffee and Jewellery Heaven

Trendland

Lidyal is a jewellery atelier and a coffee spot in Istanbul. Its visual identity was inspired by the hippocampus and the Lydian period. Consisting of two logos, the designer, Gokce Yigit, came up with a complimentary concept of an abstract and mythological visual. It was applied to a variety of branding materials: packaging, business cards, menus and stationery.

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Dyson designs a ventilator for the coronavirus pandemic

Design Week

Dyson has revealed its design for a ventilator, in an attempt to meet the shortage of the machines amid the coronavirus pandemic. The CoVent ventilator has been designed in collaboration with the Technology Partnership, a UK-based technology company. The design is a response to the government’s request for a design of a ventilator and its mass production.

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Art Deco 3D Typography for Shell House

Abduzeedo

Art Deco 3D Typography for Shell House. abduzeedo Mar 26, 2020 Like Minded Studio has shared are really cool project on their Behance page. Titled Shell House, the project rocks a composition using 3D Typography and a beautiful Art Deco style. It reminds me of the Great Gatsby artwork and also the Photoshop tutorial we wrote about it years ago. . 3D typography.

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Steffen Ullman’s digital illustrations mess with reality

Its Nice That

Visually disabling or enhancing objects from our everyday is like a game to the Berlin-based creative.

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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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An unconventional coronavirus survival guide courtesy of Max Siedentopf

Creative Review

Namibian-German visual artist Max Siedentopf has a number of creative strings to his bow, whether as creative director of agency KesselsKramer, co-founder of quarterly fine art mag Ordinary , or as a director (see his particularly inspired music video for Sigrid , in which he played a starring role after the singer didn’t turn up to the shoot).

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Fantastic Photographs Of Native Americans In Ceremonial Masks, 1905-1915

Design You Trust

Haschogan (House God) – The Yebichai Hunchback. Photograph shows a Navajo man, half-length, seated, facing front, wearing a ceremonial mask with feathers and with fir or spruce branches forming a wreath around the shoulders. Edward Curtis’ epic portraits of Native Americans are a joy. And so too are his pictures of North America’s indigenous peoples dressed in ceremonial masks. h/t: Source.

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Three photographers on life during coronavirus

Creative Review

With lockdowns in place and photography projects grinding to a halt, we spoke to three photographers around the world about how they’re dealing with the pandemic and what it means for them moving forward. The post Three photographers on life during coronavirus appeared first on Creative Review.

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Cat Drew: “You don’t have to be from a creative background to be a designer”

Design Week

The UK digital sector now accounts for over 7% of the country’s economy, with the creative industries pulling in a staggering £111.7 billion in 2018, according to the latest figures from DCMS. Design alone contributes £85.2bn GVA to the national economy. That’s about 73% (or three-quarters) of what the financial services and insurance industry contributes.

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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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“Paradise Garden” by Photographer Giovana Schluter

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Coronavirus: could this hospital “pod” ease the medical crisis?

Design Week

A concept to help under resourced hospitals has emerged from Italy, one of the countries that has been worst hit by the coronavirus. CURA, which stands for Connected Units for Respiratory Ailments, plans to convert shipping containers into intensive care unit (ICU) pods for the pandemic. It has been developed by a range of designers and engineers who tell Design Week that a prototype should be available within three weeks. “Biocontained” pods, connected by an inflatable structure.

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“Where The Land Gives Way” by Photographer Jake Reinhart

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5 Tips for Marketing your First WordPress Product

Noupe

WordPress is one of the most widely used tools on the internet. Initially, when the open-source project started, WordPress was mostly used for blogs. It is free and open-source for content management. WordPress is opened up to a huge audience because of its sturdy and strong plugin structure and the ability to virtually create any kind of theme you could imagine.

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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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Salone del Mobile, NeoCon Cancelled – And Other Industry News

Azure Magazine

As governments and organizations around the globe take action to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, the architecture and design world is doing its part by postponing events and trade shows across the industry. Here is a roundup of the most recent industry developments – which we are continuing to update as announcements are made: Salone del Mobile. Not this year.

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Top 6 Mobile Marketing Channels to Increase Brand Awareness in 2020

Noupe

Mobile marketing is currently (boosting/rising) as one of the strongest directions of digital marketing. Smartphones are an inseparable part of people’s daily routine. This serves as an advantage for companies to promote their services through mobile devices by any possible means. Mobile marketing is everywhere in the mobile platform, from applications all the way through the news that users read.

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AMA – Underwater Dance Devoted to All the Women in the World

Trendland

We would like to cover the most fierce and memorable dance of 2018-19 performed underwater by French dancer Julie Gautier. The short film named AMA which means in Japanese “woman of the sea” is devoted to all the women in the world. Julie Gautier’s essential message is “you are not alone… open yourself to others, talk about your sufferings and your joys.” The dancer and filmmaker showed stunning choreography, dancing effortlessly and fluidly inside the world&#

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Noted: New Logo for Lifetime

Under Consideration / Brand

“A Matter of Life and Time”. (Est. 1984) "Celebrating over 35 years of entertaining audiences, Lifetime is a premier entertainment destination for women dedicated to offering the highest quality original programming spanning award-winning movies, high-quality scripted series and breakout non-fiction series. Lifetime has an impressive legacy in public affairs, bringing attention to social issues that women care about with initiatives such as the long-running Stop Breast Cancer for Life, Stop Viol

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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.