Designer Daily
DECEMBER 27, 2020
Stamps are a particular challenge in terms of design. Working on such a tiny surface forces the designer to be very impactful with limited space. This is the type of challenge that Vicky Chong took upon himself when realizing his Stamp for Art project. In it, he used the typographical styles of historical design movements.
Just Creative
DECEMBER 27, 2020
Looking back on 2020, here are JUST Creative’s most popular posts and some interesting stats. Stay tuned for our year in review post. Have a great 2010! 2020 Blog Stats. 6,300,000 Page Views (6.3 million!). 330 Articles Posted in 2020 (27.5/month). 5,400,000 Unique Visits. 2.53 minutes average time on site. 31,000 newsletter subscribers. Top 5 Branding Articles of 2020.
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Design You Trust
DECEMBER 27, 2020
Pink Panther. Dito Von Tease is the pseudonym of a digital artist living in Bologna (Italy), who keeps hidden his real identity. He studied in the best Italian schools of fine arts communication and design before starting his double career as an art director in important advertising agencies and as an independent digital artist. According to an artist: “I reimagined 38 animal cartoons as living beings, using digital painting.
Abduzeedo
DECEMBER 27, 2020
Art Deco Night Series by Ann-Sophie De Steur. AoiroStudio 12.27.20 The future of art is based on the past but with much more accessible and innovative tools near hand to achieve what we aim but sometimes that innovation is hard to bring back the past. Stumbled across her night series, Ann-Sophie De Steur's artworks nostalgically thrust you in the face.
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
Design You Trust
DECEMBER 27, 2020
The 16th-century scribes of Bruges had a lot of fun illuminating this musical manuscript, because it’s full of gorgeous, fascinating and downright bizarre illustrations. The song book is called the Cambrai Chansonnier and was made for the pleasure of aristocratic local Zeghere van Male. h/t: vintag.es. The songbook of Zeghere van Male consists of four complementary part-books: Superius, Altus, Tenor, and Bass.
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Design You Trust
DECEMBER 27, 2020
Chinese illustrator Shanghai Tango (aka Tango Gao ) is a well-known artist who is renowned for his clever and thought-provoking comics that do not fail to portray their meaning even if the artist is not using any words. This time we have prepared a new list of Gao’s newest comics for you to browse, enjoy, and relate to, given his not-so-subtle references to the unfortunate year of 2020.
Enviromeant
DECEMBER 27, 2020
Joanne Byrne designed this signage system for Dublin’s Docklands. The signage highlights six sites of interest along the Dublin Docklands section of the River Liffey. Illustrations accompany the description of each place of interest, most of which can be seen from the location of the panel. The title is fret cut from powder-coated metal and the design is screen printed. .
Design You Trust
DECEMBER 27, 2020
Artist Tyler Foust shared his latest work on reddit, a map of the USA drawn in only 3 lines, doing his best to separate states using gaps. When you realize 2 of the 3 lines are for Alaska and Hawaii, it makes the single continuous line used to draw the contiguous US all the more impressive! And if that wasn’t enough, Foust even managed to sneak in an Easter Egg… if you look closely you may find ‘Tfoust’ somewhere in the drawing (hint: it’s upside down and mirrored somewhere in the midwest)!
Communication Arts
DECEMBER 27, 2020
By staying close to her personal vision, this Frankfurt-based illustrator brings her audience into her inner world.
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Design You Trust
DECEMBER 27, 2020
Donald Baxter MacMillan (November 10, 1874 – September 7, 1970) was an American explorer, sailor, researcher and lecturer who made over 30 expeditions to the Arctic during his 46-year career. He pioneered the use of radios, airplanes, and electricity in the Arctic, brought back films and thousands of photographs of Arctic scenes, and put together a dictionary of the Inuktitut language.
Guild News Blog
DECEMBER 27, 2020
The Graphic Artists Guild conducted our annual in-person National Board meeting in early December 2020 — virtually, of course! The post Annual National Board Meeting: Zoom or Bust appeared first on The Graphic Artist Guild.
Abduzeedo
DECEMBER 27, 2020
Traveling Around Food Series by Andrew Nye. AoiroStudio 12.27.20 Not so far from the end of 2020. It has been a challenge we have never seen and lived in. A year full of disappointment, social distancing, and the unknown future. Many kids end up doing school remotely, parents and people working from home, frontline workers are continuously saving life and putting their own lives in danger.
Designs.Ai
DECEMBER 27, 2020
Social media is an inevitable part of every business today, especially in the promotion and advertising industries. It affects how people perceive and the level of liking or distaste they associate with a product or service. This effect starts with how people see a logo in social media. The way they visualize the logo determines […]. The post 12 Ways Your Logo Impacts Social Media appeared first on Designs.ai.
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.
Just Creative
DECEMBER 27, 2020
This article has been contributed by Ricky Hayes. Setting up an eCommerce store and creating several hundred product pages may sound like a brand is on the path to becoming the next Amazon or eBay. But is it really true? Is listing hundreds of eCommerce product pages the best way to go? Heartbreaking as it may seem, it’s not. The power of SEO has spread across the internet and eCommerce businesses can no longer thrive without knowing common eCommerce SEO issues and resolving them.
Communication Arts
DECEMBER 27, 2020
With a site by Locomotive, this initiative seeks to raise money for an exhibition on objects by women designers from around the world.
Just Creative
DECEMBER 27, 2020
This article has been contributed by Owen Jones. Selling can be difficult at the best of times. In the current climate, as live events are still being canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s harder than ever. Therefore, freelancers who used to use networking events to generate leads need to explore different ways to expand their business. Related: How to Hold a Virtual Event to Attract New Clients During COVID-19.
Just Creative
DECEMBER 27, 2020
This is the time of the year to reflect. We all know the negatives of 2020 so I am not going to dwell on them but instead share some insights to a rather productive 2020. While many year-in-review posts are self-indulgent humble brags, I’ve tried to tie in some advice & lessons learned for added value. Thanks for being a part of my 2020. JUST Keep Going.
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