Speckyboy Design Magazine
MAY 17, 2020
Emoji seems to have invaded every part of our culture. What started out as a niche feature for mobile phone users and computer geeks has become its own phenomenon. Now, we see these little characters on t-shirts, marketing campaigns and even not-so-funny feature films. It wouldn’t be a stretch to say that emoji have become a sort-of common language.
Shillington
MAY 17, 2020
After a communications degree and 10 years in different jobs in the creative industry, Shillington London graduate Laura Welch knew she hadn’t yet hit her stride. A trip to London from her native Oregon and an Info Session at our campus there changed all that. She moved to the city, enrolled in our full-time course and was a graphic designer three short months later!
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Interaction Design Foundation
MAY 17, 2020
When you’re having an inspired moment where a wealth of ideas come to you, how do you capture them before you forget them? Before you think “Well, that’s what the voice recorder on my phone is for!”—let’s go a little deeper and look at “how” in another way as well. In this video, you’ll learn how to capture your ideas in a way that works for you and why it’s important not to elaborate on your ideas too soon.
Design You Trust
MAY 17, 2020
José Manuel Ballester adapts famous paintings to the time of COVID-19. The Spanish artist transforms famous scenes from the classic paintings of Goya, Picasso or Vermeer by removing the central aspect: the characters. The pandemic has inspired many artists who use art to share their unique perspective on this particular time. In these works, however, Ballester retains some parts of the paintings.
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
Inspiration Feed
MAY 17, 2020
When starting a business, meeting clients is an important part of the job. The impression we create on their minds about our business is crucial in gaining their trust. Once trust is built a relationship is formed.
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Shillington
MAY 17, 2020
Shillington students from around the world share the work of creatives who inspire them in the #ILoveTheseGuys series. In this post, Sydney student Abraham Markos highlights projects from London-based design studio Studio NinetyOne. Studio NinetyOne is a design studio based in London creating loveable and distinctive branding identities for print, digital platforms and spaces for small to big-name brands through resolute art direction.
Liv Wan Illistration
MAY 17, 2020
This illustrated map of Argentina is my latest map and the first map illustration I’ve created for 2020. Throughout the years of creating map illustrations I’ve been asked by different people to create map illustrations of South American countries and this map of Argentina is the first South American country map illustration I’ve created. There […].
Abduzeedo
MAY 17, 2020
Motion Design & Light Effects for Coca-Cola Energy. abduzeedo 05.17.20 Found Studio , The Dink and Ryan Locke shared a motion design project they did for Coca-Cola Energy. I don’t know much about the drink or the project, but when I saw the light effects I was sold! You all know how much I love that. I believe I wrote a few Photoshop tutorials in the past exploring the same idea of neon lights.
Interaction Design Foundation
MAY 17, 2020
User interfaces that you interact with using modalities such as touch, gestures or voice are often referred to as Natural User Interfaces (NUI). We consider them interfaces that we find so easy to use that they feel natural. However, what does it mean for an interface to be natural? Also, how do you design NUI interfaces? Here, we’re going to explore what NUIs are as well as a set of guidelines for how to design them; this is where you can get a deep appreciation for the most vital aspect of any
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Colossal
MAY 17, 2020
An enormous aquarium with perpetually crashing waves has popped up amidst an urban landscape in South Korea, but don’t expect to hear the water sloshing around if you walk by. Designed by District , the elevated tank is actually a massive anamorphic illusion. The digital media company created the public project utilizing the world’s largest advertising screen that spans 80.1 x 20.1 meters.
Interaction Design Foundation
MAY 17, 2020
Recruiting the right participants is crucial if your user research is to get your design anywhere. Your research participants must be able to represent your target group or end users; otherwise, your results will not translate into something you can use. The level of difficulty you will face when recruiting participants depends on your criteria. If your criteria are general, such as age group and location, recruiting participants is an easy matter.
Design You Trust
MAY 17, 2020
A lot of places are starting to open already, but there are still some worries and concerns about keeping social distance between people. Well, a Vietnamese restaurant in Thailand found the perfect solution for how to keep their customers apart—pandas! Maison Saigon placed plush pandas in the restaurant so that people have to sit at a safe distance.
Designs.Ai
MAY 17, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the world in so many aspects — economies, health care systems, education — the list goes on. I began my internship early March 2020, just two weeks before the movement control order (MCO) was declared. While everything completely caught me off guard, these unexpected turn of events did not make my internship any less enriching.
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
MAY 17, 2020
Threadstories is a visual artist from Ireland who has been making waves with her sea creature-esque masks, made from colourful threads she intricately weaves onto a ground surface. As a child she was exposed to handicrafts such as knitting, crochet and numerous other domestic textile craft, which her mother and grandmother ultimately passed onto her.
Abduzeedo
MAY 17, 2020
Designer Spotlight: Matt Thompson. abduzeedo 05.16.20 Times are definitely changing, we all live in a pandemic and hopefully soon a post-pandemic reality. Economically things will be difficult initially but eventually things will get better. I know this sounds super grim, but in order to help everyone to promote their work, we will start featuring designers from all over the world in a series we call Designer Spotlight.
Design You Trust
MAY 17, 2020
Mickey on top of a pile of letters that he received from fans. 1928. When the iconic Mickey Mouse was born, he was maybe not-quite-so-loveable. Some even described his look as creepy or disturbing. It would take a few years before Mickey’s look was locked down. These interesting pictures shown here document Mickey’s look when he made his first appearance. h/t: Source.
Communication Arts
MAY 17, 2020
Overpx’s site envelops visitors into the world of Darko Bratina, activist for Slovenian-Italian rights, sociology professor and film buff.
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Design You Trust
MAY 17, 2020
Like many around the world, Japanese photographer Takuya Nishimura is currently following stay-and-work-at-home protocol as a countermeasure against the novel coronavirus. Nishimura is well prepared for the situation, however, and has a homemade setup that’s making quite a few jealous. Nishimura recently took to Twitter sharing photos of their household workspace, saying “For over the past month.
Communication Arts
MAY 17, 2020
Diverse, yet distinctive, the new identity for TEDI-London revolutionizes what it means to be an engineer.
Design You Trust
MAY 17, 2020
The famous Cliff House of San Francisco was built in 1863 by Senator John Buckley and C. C. Butler. Later it was turned into a restaurant with a breathtaking view. The Cliff House had survived the 1906 earthquake with little damage but burned to the ground on the evening of September 7, 1907. Just before it was destroyed by fire in 1907, these amazing photos captured the Cliff House in the early.
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