Wed.Jul 06, 2022

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Working as a designer in web3?—?a 101 guide

UX Collective

Recently fellow design friends have been asking me about what it’s like working in web3 — Does design change? Do you need to know a lot… Continue reading on UX Collective ».

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How to Create an Animal Fur Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

Spoon Graphics

In today’s Photoshop tutorial I’m going to show you some simple steps to create an animal fur text effect. The process makes use of a real animal fur texture for maximum realism. In my example, I’m using Leopard spots to create the wording ‘Wild Cats’, but a variety of results can be achieved by using source photos of different furry animal skins. The fur photograph will take care of the realistic furry effect in the centre of the text, but I’ll also show you how to create a custom Photoshop bru

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Mama Mexa by Seachange

BP&O

Tacos are a Mexican staple, consisting of a small hand-sized corn or wheat-based tortilla topped with a range of fillings. They make for perfect on-the-go food, packed full of flavour. This combination of convenience (quick to make or eat) and tastiness has seen the traditional dish rise in popularity as an ideal product to package and sell in many markets.

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Vacant Photo Series by Brad Walls

We And The Color

Vacant is a retrofuturistic photo series shot by award-winning Australian Photographer, Brad Walls. Award-winning photographer, Brad Walls has released a new series titled ‘Vacant’. Drawing inspiration from his fascination with surrealism and geometric art, Walls set out to create a pure, clinical, retrofuturistic theme, using white and pops of red.

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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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Looks and Beyond: Choosing the Right Fonts for Your Website

SpeckyBoy

Web typography is in its golden age. There is a nearly endless array of fonts available to web designers, along with great options for implementing them. We are spoiled, indeed. All of this variety is wonderful. Yet it can also make for tougher decisions when picking fonts. With such a massive ecosystem, how do you make the right choice? While looks are a key factor, the decision goes deeper.

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Fiction and philosophy drive Benjamin Dumond’s experimental type projects

Its Nice That

Believing that for too long typography has existed “more as a matter of engineers than poets”, the Lyon-based graphic designer produces intricate fictional narratives to accompany his avant-garde typefaces.

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7 things every designer can learn from advocacy: “Color Carne” case study

UX Collective

How design can promote a safer digital environment thanks to advocacy methods. ““Color Carne” is not just one color” manifesto “We were talking about clothing when Cristina said to me: “ a flesh-colored bra would look good under that dress, ”. But Giuditta Rossi and Cristina Maurelli’s flesh-color is not the same. “From there we realized that the definition of flesh-colored is no longer inclusive and in step with societal changes.

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DMTV Milkshake: Studio.Oong on Designing a “Counterreaction to a Dystopian World”

Design Milk

Studio.Oong’s Chandelier, from its new Reflections from the Other World collection, is a wonder: luminous, bubbling shapes, inspired by nature – but maybe not Earth’s nature. It looks borrowed from a fairy tale, but not the formal, regal castles of a Disney princess – instead, it walks the line between fantasy and interstellar whimsy. One minute, the forms might remind you of animals, the next of planets.

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Navigation patterns in VR: how to help users jump between scenes

UX Collective

Girl in a VR environment Navigation is a key part of any digital product, a simple and consistent navigation is the first step towards a delightful experience. There are a lot of ways that navigation can be understood in VR. When we talk about navigating through a 3D scene, when we talk about navigating the app itself through scenes, when we talk about navigating within the UI panels and so on.

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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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Pizza With Attitude: The Mean Tomato Rebrand Explored

Canny

The Mean Tomato launched earlier this year, giving us a cheeky mascot and branding, that brought a real attitude to the world of pizza delivery. Exclusively available through the GoPuff delivery service, the pizza company wanted to bring something different to the already overflowing river of pizza delivery choices available across the globe. Resources.

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Mastering SVG’s stroke-miterlimit Attribute

UX Collective

So, SVG has this stroke-miterlimit presentation attribute. You’ve probably seen it when exporting an SVG from a graphic editor program, or… Continue reading on UX Collective ».

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Photographer Spotlight: Tony Wang

Booooooom

ongoing series Urban Hallucination. Tony Wang. Urban Hallucination is an experimental visual study that sheds light on the tranquil and tender among the chaotic. By practicing close-looking under the noise and chaos of New York City, I became entranced with photographing cropped compositions to show the metropolis in introspection. In the bustling cityscape, there is no shortage of ostentatious anecdotes, no scarcity of eclectic outbursts and flair, only a dearth of vulnerable intimacy.

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By tackling the digital skills gap, This Is How helps young people take their first steps into the creative industry

Its Nice That

Founded by Nominet and Livity, the platform provides a podcast series, career quiz, educational content and inspirational stories from creatives who have landed their dream jobs.

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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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Embroideries and Appliqué Breath New Life Into Vintage Clothing

Brown Paper Bag

One of my favorite aspects of custom embroidery is how it can make everyday items suddenly precious. (It’s part of the reason I started my embroidery business, Brown Paper Stitch.) Illustrator and textile artist Madeleine Kemsley is doing this with vintage items. Taking waistcoats, workwear jackets, and more, she adds embroidery and appliqué designs to the garments.

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A Wire Sculpture Dedicated to Ukrainian War-Affected Mothers Appeared in The Center of Prague

Design You Trust

A sculpture dedicated to Ukrainian mothers was installed in the center of Prague. It is made of thin metal and suspended in the air at a height of several meters. The author of the sculpture, Czech artist Veronika Psotkova, told about it on her Facebook page. More: Veronika Psotkova , Facebook. “Dedicated to all mothers in the war of Ukraine. Vinok (Ukrainian wreath) is a traditional Ukrainian headgear.

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Brilliant Phenomena and Galactic Skies Light Up the 2022 Astronomy Photographer of the Year Shortlist

Colossal

An Icelandic Saga by Carl Gallagher. Whether in the form of nebulae or starry galactic expanses, natural light continues to dominate Royal Museums Greenwich ’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition ( previously ). The 14th annual contest garnered more than 3,000 submissions from 67 countries, and a shortlist of finalists contains stunning shots of a September harvest moon illuminating Glastonbury Tor, the brilliant streaks trailing Comet Leonard, and the vibrant Aurora Borealis casting

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In Dubai, A Minimalist Café Finds Beauty in Imperfection

Azure Magazine

A person’s morning coffee often sets the tone for their day. And while the effort to carve out time for relaxation and reflection itself plays a large part, one’s environment is also key to creating this sense of ritual. On the ground level of the Dubai International Financial Center, Orijins Coffee Shop — with its minimal, nature-inspired interior by VSHD Design — serves as the perfect backdrop for this daily routine.

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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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Radical Simplification Created This Minimalist Washbasin

Design Milk

Designed for Mantova, Italy-based Agape , Benedini Associati has created its own minimalist interpretation of a washbasin, called Ell. Inspired by Bruno Munari’s idea “Da cosa nasce cosa” (“What comes from what”), the washbasin has gone through a process of radical simplification where anything that wasn’t contributing to the functionality of the piece was taken away.

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How to Brand Your Retail Business to Grow your Identity

Inkbot Design

How to Brand Your Retail Business to Grow your Identity. You must know how to brand your retail business to grow your identity. But you can't just throw money at marketing—your strategy has to be authentic. A retailer or entrepreneur must ensure the brand identity is consistent across all marketing channels. So how can you ensure that? One of the best ways is to understand the customers you want to attract.

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BuzziSpace Reaches for New Happy + Healthy Heights in the Workplace

Design Milk

You may not think of workspace design as exciting, but I’m here to share that it can be. Case in point: the latest from BuzziSpace , freshly released at NeoCon 2022. The Belgian acoustic, furniture , and lighting brand pushed their goal of creating happy and healthy workspaces further than ever. We’re going to focus on five of their new products that aim to create more personal, sound-controlled spaces in the modern workplace.

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Weird T-Shirts With Very Confusing Messages

Design You Trust

Once in a while, you might see a t-shirt with a message that has been tailored very specifically to someone. Not necessarily you or a general crowd, just… someone. Here’s where @ShirtsThtGoHard comes into the picture. They have a great collection of weirdly specific t-shirts that that are vaguely threatening for no reason. More: Twitter h/t: sadanduseless.

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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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How typography can make or break a user experience

Design Week

We’ve teamed up with Figma to host a free-to-attend online discussion on how to get digital type design right in UX projects. For any new digital product, designers must consider countless platforms, sizes and orientations. Consistency of both quality and experience is key. Typography is an oft-overlooked but vital aspect of this process. Whether it’s call-to-action text on a button or flowing.

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Beautiful Photos of West Zealand County, Denmark in the Late 1930s

Design You Trust

Vestsjælland Lumbsaas, circa 1938. West Zealand County (Danish: Vestsjællands Amt) is a former county in the west-central part of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. The county was formed on 1 April 1970, comprising a few former counties. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it merged into Region Sjælland (i.e. Region Zealand).

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Around The World's Table: a sculpture by Pentagram's Giorgia Lupi that visualises the global food system

Creative Boom

Installation image of “Around the World’s Table”at The New York Botanical Garden. Courtesy The New York Botanical Garden. Pentagram partner and data artist Giorgia Lupi is behind a new sculpture unveiled at the New York Botanical Garden this week that shows the impact of food production and consumption on the planet. Titled Around The World's Table, it represents the major food groups we consume, their share in the global diet, and their carbon footprint.

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The Euro 2022 posters are graphic design at its finest

Creative Bloq

These belong in a gallery.

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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.