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Creativity meets sustainability: Personalising your packaging with the environment front of mind

Its Nice That

Creativity can be a powerful tool for spreading green awareness. Below, we chat to illustrator Lauren Martin and noissue on the interlinking relationship between the two.

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Top 10 Best Asus Laptops for Graphic Design in 2021

Just Creative

In an industry so saturated, picking the best bet and purchasing a laptop can be one of the most challenging decisions that you might make today. We wouldn’t be doing our jobs if we didn’t mention Asus’ extensive catalog of Windows-based laptops. Based in Taiwan, Asus has become one of the most trusted names in technology, continuously outperforming their competition across their vast and wide array of different laptop configurations, many of which are design to help creatives and gr

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The 3 Most Important Pieces of Information That Your Website Needs

Six Leaf Design

Everyone needs a website at this point. If you don't have one for your business, chances are that you're missing out on a good number of opportunities. But if you don't have the time or resources to devote to building a big, strategic website with lots of bells and whistles, at the very least you'll want to make sure you have these 3 important pieces of information on your site and they are front and center where people can find them. 1.

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Top 30 Free PowerPoint Templates for 2021

Just Creative

Powerpoint presentations are a huge part of the corporate and creative boardroom. Whether you’re pitching new ideas or closing business deals, how well we present our thoughts, concerns, and proposals is a huge part of the decisions and partnerships that businesses make and create. Not everyone has a creative department that can come up with a template that can be used to wow people at their next conference.

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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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One Hundred Years tells the story of Hackney through the ages

Creative Review

Since 2013, indie publisher Hoxton Mini Press has been celebrating the stories of its local community via its East London Photo Stories book series. The latest publication in the series comes courtesy of portrait photographer and Hackney resident Jenny Lewis, who has lived in the area for 25 years, the last three of which have been spent documenting the individuals who make up her local community.

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How Diverse Representations of Old Age Can Shift Our Perspective on Aging

Eye on Design

In 1981, a design competition for children launched a road sign that would become one of the most ubiquitous images in Britain. The sign, used in traffic codes to indicate that there are “road users requiring extra care”, depicts two hunched stick figures, one clasping a walking aid and both encased in a red triangle with little else to define them. .

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Innumerable Spines Cover Amorphous Sea Creatures Sculpted in Clay by Marguerita Hagan

Colossal

“Blushing,” hand-built ceramic, 3.25 x 5 x 2.5 inches. All images © Marguerita Hagan, by Richard W. Gretzinger, shared with permission. Prior to sculpting the prickly lifeforms that comprise her Marine Abstracts series, Marguerita Hagan plunged into the waters surrounding the Cayman Islands to get a glimpse of the coral and sponges inhabiting the region. “My research is important to my work, whether from seeing firsthand like diving, which manifested the sponge and coral-inspir

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A Whimsical Guesthouse in China’s Jiangxi Province Looks to Nature for Inspiration

Azure Magazine

In a small clearing surrounded by pine trees , a peculiar structure has taken shape — one that could easily be mistaken as a fairytale dwelling for woodland creatures. Part of a larger nature retreat in the city of Xinyu, China, the Mushroom — as it’s aptly named — is the work of Shanghai-based architecture studio ZJJZ Atelier, whose motivation for the design was to consciously straddle the line between nature and architecture, with a nod to ancient folklore weaved in.

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Utku Lomlu on Designing John Lanchester's Reality and Other Stories

Spine Magazine

Utku Lomlu is an Istanbul-based independent designer who also works with Can Publishing, one of the most important publishers in Turkey. He is the founder of Lom Creative Studio, that mostly works on editorial design and brand identity. Here he takes us through his process for designing the striking cover for Reality and Other Stories I had previously designed a cover for John Lanchester's The Wall for Norton publishing, and this typographic cover was appreciated by the author and readers.

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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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Sony World Photography Awards 2021 winner Craig Easton portrays an “authentic” Blackburn

Its Nice That

Easton has won Photographer of the Year for his Bank Top project, documenting the tight-knit Blackburn communities described by mainstream media as “the most segregated in Britain”.

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Graphical Illustrations by Nicholas Chuan

Abduzeedo

Graphical Illustrations by Nicholas Chuan. AoiroStudio 04.15.21 Nicholas Chuan is a designer and illustrator based in Penang Island, Malaysia. We are featuring his illustrations that he shared on Behance profile. They are a combination of graphics, textures, illustrations, and even photography as well. It's pretty cool, as you go through Nicholas's past work.

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Announcing the Winner of the Global Billboard Project in Sydney

Feature Shoot

O therworldly Botanical – Artichoke. We’re thrilled to announce Portland photographer Lindsey Rickert as the winner of The Global Billboard Project in Sydney, Australia. As part of the latest edition of our worldwide initiative, two of her pictures will be shown front-and-center on a billboard in trendy Chippendale, a neighborhood known for its vibrant art scene, reaching thousands of passersby over the course of a four-week run.

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In the Spotlight | Justin Odisho

Pixlr

“If you don’t enjoy what you do, you will resent the audience you’ve built around it.” Even the most successful people had to face a few obstacles to get to where they are today. In our series In the Spotlight, creators reveal the biggest lessons they’ve learned in their careers, from trusting their guts to [.].

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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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Warfield Brewing Companys's Cans Are Guided By The Wild

The Die Line

Chad Michael Studio designed Warfield Brewing Co.'s cans that ooze with inspiration from the great outdoors' ferociousness.

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Otherway’s “retro-futuristic” identity for plant-based meal kit Future Noodles

Design Week

London-based design studio Otherway has created the “retro-futuristic” identity for instant noodle brand Future Noodles. As well as designing a logo, typeface and illustrations, Otherway has crafted the brand’s packaging which the studio hopes will set it apart in the ready meal category. Future Noodles is a new venture from chef Carl Clarke who set up London restaurants Chik’n and Chick ‘n’ Sours.

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Studio HMVD: Figuring it out

Shillington

Figuring it Out is a part AIGA’s Work in Progress event series. The events focus on the creative process, personal and professional development, illuminating that failure can be a valuable experience. The April talk will focus on the conversation with Studio HMDV’s partners Heather-Mariah Violet Dixon and Abigail Kerns. They will be chatting about the process of starting their practice in 2018, starting projects and the highs and lows of studio life.

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“Fragments” by Photographer Paul Yem

Booooooom

Paul Yem. Paul Yem’s Website. Paul Yem on Instagram.

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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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Sydney Ligouri Named GDUSA Educator to Watch 2021

Shillington

Congratulations to Sydney Ligouri for her feature as an Educator to Watch 2021 by Graphic Design USA (GDUSA). She works at Shillington as the Head of Teaching and oversees the New York campus teaching team. Have the events of 2020 changed the way you think about or teach graphic design? The events of 2020—particularly the events and conversations surrounding race in America—have most definitely changed my perception of the design industry as a whole.

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Declara's Packaging Is Inspired By A Picnic On The Prairie

The Die Line

Declara's packaging, designed by Yeraz Gokbas, features a sweet green box with a psychedelic pattern on the inside. This box was created with the new campaign in mind and centered around the theme of a "picnic on the prairie.".

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The soft and melancholy atmospheres illustrated by Sun Bai

Its Nice That

The Lille-based illustrator artistically draws out tensions between her still characters.

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Modern Handwritten Fonts for Fresh Design Trends

SpyreStudios

Handwritten fonts are still on-trend these days, to the point where their use has become somewhat overwhelming. We’re smack in the middle of an aesthetic age focused on simplification: the removal of skeuomorphs, the simple use of color, and direct expressions of design ideas. Handwritten fonts might seem to contradict that notion but, in fact, support it with a feeling of personal and authentic expression that appeals to the individuality and personality of consumers.

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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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“All is Inside”: The Superb Surreal Portraits by Shahab Shahmohamadi

Design You Trust

Shahab Shahmohamadi is an illustrator, digital painter and concept artist based in Tehran, Iran. “I am an illustrator for life; I draw storyboards, motion graphic illustrations, game concepts, and book illustrations, too, but I think that art should have something to say. Those works that I just named aren’t “art” for me, they are just skills.

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Thunderstorm seamless free vector pattern set

Creative Nerds

A unique thunderstorm illustration pattern perfect to use across both your print and digital design projects. The patterns are a seamless vector pattern set, which comes in a variety of different color schemes to choose from in a range of different projects. The vector pattern set comes in EPS and AI vector format. Preview Download. The post Thunderstorm seamless free vector pattern set first appeared on Creative Nerds.

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Romantic Photos of the ’60s Couples

Design You Trust

The 1960s that brought us the beats and the hippies, the mods and the peaceniks, was just as diverse in fashion as its social chaos might imply. h/t: vintag.es. In the 1960s, getting dressed, like doing pretty much anything else, was a tug-of-war between old and new. No one knew quite who she wanted to be, and the styles of the time reflect that. Prim-and-proper ‘50s dames shook hesitant hands with their groovier proto-’70s counterparts, and the results — well, intoxicating.

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Rui Pu is creating illustrative collages full of fresh perspective and character

Its Nice That

Currently studying for his MA at Camberwell College of Arts, the Chinese illustrator is developing a unique perspective by merging mediums.

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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.