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London Original Print Fair moves to Somerset House for its 37th edition

Creative Boom

Deborah Azzopardi, The Great Escape, 2014, Cynthia Corbett Gallery. Tickets have now gone on sale for the 37th edition of the London Original Print Fair , which this year moves to Somerset House. Running from the 26th to the 29th of May 2022, this year's fair boasts prints by Picasso, Francis Bacon, and Lucien Freud. Founded in 1985, London Original Print Fair is an unrivalled opportunity for people to view and buy original prints from top international dealers, publishers and studios.

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22 New Free Fonts For Graphic Designers

Graphic Design Junction

Fresh collection of new free fonts, 100% free for commercial and personal use. Download high quality free fonts for logo design, branding, invitations, stationery, wedding designs, social media posts, product packaging , photography, watermarks, special events and much more. This collection included modern serif fonts , script fonts , handwritten fonts and brush fonts which can make your design more professional.

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Ai Weiwei and Solange Knowles team up with WeTransfer as it redesigns its creative platform

Creative Boom

It's a big day for WeTransfer as the popular file-sharing service reveals two pieces of news that will appeal to artists. As well as launching a redesign of its creative platform WePresent with a 10-rule manifesto by Ai Weiwei , Solange Knowles has also been announced as WeTransfer Guest Curator 2022. For those familiar with downloading WeTransfer files in the nick of time before they expire but are not aware of its creative branch, WePresent is the service's Oscar-winning commissioner and Canne

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Gwen O’Brien: Crypto, NFTs and Design

Graphic Design USA

An interview with Gwen O’Brien, an award-winning designer, currently working on her latest project, Design X Collective, a decentralized design studio in the metaverse. She specializes in NFTs, the blockchain, and the future of graphic design.

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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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What You Can Learn from Picky Design Clients

SpeckyBoy

Every designer has run into “that” client. The one who dissects every aspect of your work and asks you to change the same thing a dozen times. It’s as if there’s no way to please them. They can be incredibly difficult to deal with. In some cases, you may be tempted to fire them altogether. This seemingly endless cycle of revisions is bad for your mental health and bottom line.

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Greengrass Brand & Packaging Design by Anagrama Studio

We And The Color

The creative people at studio Anagrama created this beautiful brand identity and packaging for Greengrass. GreenGrass is a Mexican salad shop. The people at studio Anagrama were asked to redesign, update, and create a visual strategy for GreenGrass that changes the unappetizing perception that many people have about healthy food. For the redesign, they developed an evolving logo that reinforces the brand values and manages to convey a relaxed and approachable personality.

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A Collection of Paper Sculptures Studies the Wild Diversity of 88 Different Bat Species

Colossal

All images © Guardabosques, shared with permission. Evoking the biological illustrations of Ernst Haeckel ( previously ) and photographic portraits of Merlin Tuttle , an ongoing project explores the incredible diversity of bats through geometric paper sculptures. Juan Nicolás Elizalde, who is half of the creative team behind the Buenos Aires-based studio Guardabosques ( previously ), began the series in 2019 after discovering variances in the animals’ ear shapes, fur patterns, and other di

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Annual Report Brochure Template for Adobe InDesign

We And The Color

You can download this fully customizable annual report and brochure template on Adobe Stock. This easy-to-use annual report template was designed by Adobe Stock contributor @PixWork. The fully customizable brochure consists of 16 pages that share a uniform layout. All sample texts are for display only and may not be included in the end-use. You can add your own text, images, and graphics with a few simple clicks.

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In Pictures: portraits lensing the wait at the Mexican border win Sony World Photography Awards

Its Nice That

Responding to topics from the climate crisis to lockdown, the winners of the Sony World Photography Awards 2022 have been announced. We take a look at the works below, including Adam Ferguson's documentation of people waiting to cross into the US.

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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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Jodrell Bank’s hypnotic new logo is inspired by its vast telescope

Creative Review

The observatory, which is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has been in operation for 75 years, and is now used as a research institute by the University of Manchester. It’s home to several telescopes, with the Lovell Telescope – which has been used to track space probes and satellites – one of the largest of its kind in the world.

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Hiromu Oka reveals the painstaking yet miraculous process of making a Risograph animation

Its Nice That

Feeling dissatisfied with digital animation, the Tokyo-based animator made it his mission to invent the most authentically analogue animation technique he could imagine.

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Jodrell Bank’s new visual identity hopes to inspire a “sense of awe”

Design Week

London-based design consultancy Johnson Banks has crafted the new brand identity for research centre and observatory Jodrell Bank, home to the Lovell Telescope. The Cheshire-based observatory was established over 75 years ago, and is now owned and managed by the University of Manchester. Its centrepiece is the Lovell Telescope, built in the 1950s by Bernard Lovell, and once the world’s largest.

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4 Ways To Use Video Marketing For Effective Corporate Branding

Inkbot Design

4 Ways To Use Video Marketing For Effective Corporate Branding. Corporate branding is essential because it lets you know your personality, values, and characteristics. And it may lead consumers to pick your products and services over the offerings of your competitors. As a result, you’ll boost customer loyalty since they admire and believe in the purpose of your organisation.

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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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Jazlyn Fung’s charming typeface Happy Fat Font is a manifesto for body positivity

Its Nice That

Inspired by the Melbourne-based designer’s “growing belly” over the first lockdown, the design is endearing, lighthearted and full of fun.

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Bardolino Architecture

Mindsparkle Mag

Architettura Bardolino asked Happycentro to design a publication telling about a territory full of suggestive places. The photograph of a landscape is modified by the intervention of man. A map of the architectural artifacts, the details of the projects, and the notes of the designers, to document how the art of building contributes to the definition of the identity of a territory.

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“I felt like I was a bumpy potato”: Megan Du on rediscovering her passion for illustration

Its Nice That

After a ski bump in her creative journey, the London-based, China-born illustrator has found her feet with thrillingly colourful stories.

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Serving Sculpture

Mindsparkle Mag

Serving Sculpture — Renewal of Finnish Craft & Design is an art and design display held as part of Stockholm Design Week 2022. The exhibition cooperates with the Finnish Institute in Stockholm, and UU Market, a collective and agency for new Finnish art and design. It belongs to Titilda’s creative minds. . The exhibition highlights the Finnish design scene’s fresh directions, where playfulness and fun play a more significant role than functionalism, commonly considered the core of the

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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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Where I Work: Rug Maven Nani Marquina

Design Milk

This month’s Where I Work (virtually) lands us in Barcelona at the headquarters of nanimarquina , a family owned rug design company founded in 1987 by its namesake, Nani Marquina. More than 30 years later, the company is now joined by the second generation and continuing to create innovative floor coverings featuring unique patterns and striking colorways.

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Presenting: Azure’s Newsletter Relaunch

Azure Magazine

As spring arrives in the Northern Hemisphere, we decided that it was time for a change. Our team has been hard at work rethinking Azure’s e-mail dispatches from the ground up — and we’re excited to introduce a whole new format for the Azure Weekly News! Our newsletter’s fresh look places our favourite project of the week front and centre — and provides deeper insights into all of our stories.

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Tessellate Brings Together Physical + Virtual Worlds

Design Milk

What does the future hold? Designer and artist Zachary Frankel and self-taught 3D motion graphics artist Mikaela Stafford attempt to answer the age old question by merging physical and virtual spaces in their work. On display at Melbourne Design Week , the Tessellate exhibition showcased a selection of Frankel’s sculptural pieces alongside an animated interpretation of line and form by Stafford.

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It’s time to rebuild things right

UX Collective

State of UX 2022 Illustrations by Manoel do Amaral As designers in 2022, we have an incredible opportunity ahead of us. With a new generation of designers joining our industry and with our teams finding new ways of collaborating, this is the time to reset and rebuild. Rather than trying to have all the answers, let’s make sure we’re asking ourselves the right questions: Which habits are you willing to let go as the world re-opens?

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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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The Haas Brothers Create a Fantasy Group of Creatures for the Home

Design Milk

After the success of their first debut collection with L’OBJET , The Haas Brothers have returned and designed Chapter Two, a new collection of fantasy creatures and characters that will undoubtedly bring life into your home. Inspired by the spirit of gathering, especially during the pandemic, The Haas Brothers wanted to create a collection that “tells the story of how [they] want the world to come back.

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Nebula - Miniaturized modified atmosphere packaging

Abduzeedo

Nebula - Miniaturized modified atmosphere packaging. abduzeedo 0412—22 Nebula is the first device with miniaturized modified atmosphere packaging technology or MAP; a well-established technology commonly used by the food industry to preserve the quality of fresh products over a longer period of time without the use of preservatives that could alter the nature or taste of the product. .

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Nostalgic Photos Show Fashion Styles of Young People in the 1980s

Design You Trust

Fashion of the 1980s placed heavy emphasis on cheap clothes and fashion accessories and very big poofy hair. Apparel tended to be very bright and vivid in appearance. Punk fashion began as a reaction against both the hippie movement of the past decades and the materialist values of the current decade. The first half of the decade was relatively tame in comparison to the second half, which is when the iconic 1980s color scheme had come into popularity. h/t: vintag.es.

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Illustrating a book about geopolitics

Abduzeedo

Illustrating a book about geopolitics. abduzeedo 0412—22 FAGOSTUDIO was commissioned by the Eyrolles publishing house, ”La géopololitique tout simplement” or “simply geopolitics'' - design and illustrate a 300-page fully illustrated book which is an educational introduction to geopolitics and international relations. Enriched with illustrations, archive photos and detailed maps, it offers an entertaining and original approach to news.

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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.