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Noted: New Logo and Identity for Yale by GW+Co

Under Consideration / Brand

“Where the Sun do Shine”. (Est. 1843) "At Yale , we have the expertise and product range to protect your home and possessions. We pour passion and pride into our products, making sure our locks lead the way in home security. With a vast range of products from digital locks to alarms, cylinders, mortice locks and night latches to replacement PVCu locks, it's no wonder that we have been producing the world's favourite locks since 1843.

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Vintage Natural Science and Astronomy Illustrations Adorn Face Masks by Maria Popova

Colossal

All images courtesy of Society6. Maria Popova, of Brain Pickings , has released a series of face masks that bring a dose of history to the modern-day essential. Each fabric covering is adorned with a vintage natural history or astronomy illustration, including Ellen Harding Baker ’s solar system quilt, Ernst Haeckel ’s renderings of jellyfish, and irises and other medicinal plants originally painted by Elizabeth Blackwell in the 18th century. “Because of the mask’s particular folding patte

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Sara Laimon aka Cookie Moon on her lockdown illustrations of trains and wrestlers

Its Nice That

The Tel Aviv-based artist and designer discusses her experiences of quarantine – a period that inspired her to create this latest series.

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Reviewed: New Logo and Identity for 2021 Rugby League World Cup by Mammoth

Under Consideration / Brand

“Ribb On, Ribb Off”. First held in France in 1954, the Rugby League World Cup is contested by teams from the 19 countries that are members of the Rugby League International Federation. Celebrated every four years since 2013 (and at irregular intervals before then), Rugby League World Cup is considered to be the foremost competition in the " league " variant of the sport and the Australian national rugby league team, the Kangaroos, has dominated the competition with 11 titles, including the most

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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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Stefania Tejada Fashion & Botanical Illustrations

Trendland

Words TL Team. Colombian illustrator Stefania Tejada latest series are very on trend, with 'Jacquemus' and 'Girls & Botanical', she is portraying trendy and charismatic girls, on beautiful mosaic backgrounds with obviously lots green plants!

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From Sherlock to Succession: designing the perfect title sequence

Design Week

“There’s a time and a place for a title sequence,” says Peter Anderson, who runs the eponymous London-based studio, which has created some of the most recognisable sequences on British television. Highlights include: Benedict Cumberbatch’s fast-talking Sherlock Holmes (2010), BBC’s Dracula (2020) and the 2017 adaptation Little Women.

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This Incredibly Detailed Sino-Tibetan Book Was Printed More Than 40 Years Before the Gutenberg Bible

Colossal

All images courtesy of Incunabula. An ancient-book collector is offering a rare glimpse into a Sino-Tibetan book that’s believed to have been printed as early as 1410 in Beijing. A self-described bibliophile known as Incunabula , the collector shared a thread containing dozens of images showing inside spreads full of red ink drawings and Ranjana script , a writing system developed in the 11th century.

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“The power of representation cannot be underestimated”: Ahmed Abokor shares his experience as a Black man in the creative industry

Its Nice That

Accustomed to being the only Black creative on most projects, the graphic designer and art director says this imbalance is not impossible to fix.

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“The Great American Vernacular Encyclopedia” by Photographer Thomas Humery

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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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Paula Scher shares the most common mistakes she sees designers make on branding projects

Its Nice That

The graphic design powerhouse talked us through three recent projects at Nicer Tuesdays last month. Here’s that talk in case you missed it or want to relive it all over again.

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Create your ‘Health Balance’ with a Online Retreat

Trendland

Words Marta Knas. Balance is a new online platform allowing to create a personal balance map based on your health, self-realization and relationships.

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Creative Futures Revisited: Anthony Burrill

Creative Review

For almost 30 years, Creative Review ran a scheme called Creative Futures, celebrating the best and brightest new talent entering the industry. Here, graphic designer Anthony Burrill chats with us about the development of his career since being featured in 1996. The post Creative Futures Revisited: Anthony Burrill appeared first on Creative Review.

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Resting Space: The Prophetic Works of Mark Thomas Gibson @ M+B Gallery

Juxapoz Magazine

It’s both poignant and prophetic to have had such a wide-ranging, in depth conversation for Radio Juxtapoz with Philadelphia-based painter, Mark Thomas Gibson just prior to the pandemic and subsequent BLM protests. Even then, Gibson spoke at length about protest and political satire, growing up black in South Florida and how natural disaster can alter the human condition.

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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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Photographer Spotlight: Desiré van den Berg

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A catch up with the illustrator known for her hilarious ceramics dogs: Naomi Anderson-Subryan

Its Nice That

One of It's Nice That's The Graduates 2019, Naomi tells us how she's adjusted to life after art school and how she's kept motivated in the midst of a pandemic.

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Spirited Designs from Wallace Church and Co. and TOKY Branding + Design

Graphis

U.S. design and branding agency, Wallace Church and Co. entered “Voodoo Lady Love Potion” (above) to the Graphis Packaging 10 competition where quirky characters bring a playful concept to life. Bird Tubkam’s illustration of a woman performing voodoo magic turns this rum into a love potion. This design previously won SIlver in Design 2020. Wallace […].

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This Collection of Graphic Rugs Takes Artistic Expression to New Depths

Azure Magazine

What makes a work of art a work of art ? From cultural critic Walter Benjamin to art historian Harold Rosenberg, there’s been no shortage of thinkers meditating on the complex questions behind artistic expression. For their latest series, entitled Gesture, Italian manufacturer cc-tapis tapped the minds of five creatives — Philippe Malouin, Yuri Himuro, Patricia Urquiola, Sabine Marcelis and Mae Engelgeer — to bring such overlooked languages of art-making as brushstrokes, cutting, collage a

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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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Urinals for women: Is it time to rethink public toilets?

Design Week

There are many pointed reminders of the UK’s austerity period of the 2010s, but the nations’ public toilets are perhaps one of the lesser known victims. Since 2010 , shrinking council funding has seen the closure of almost a thousand public facilities across the country – a drop of more than a fifth. In the wake of the coronavirus crisis, the number has dropped once more, and the facilities of local businesses – cafés, shops and pubs – that would usually make u

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Key Question in User Experience Design – Usability vs Desirability

Interaction Design Foundation

The question of what usability is compared to desirability comes up a lot in UX design and it’s important to be able to distinguish the two. Why? Because usability is the base level of the user experience and without usability it is difficult to create a worthwhile user experience; however, without desirability it is unlikely that the user experience will leave a lasting mark on the user and the UX may not be memorable or recommendable to others.

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2020 gets a new, leaner calendar design

Creative Review

Like most of us, you’ve probably been asking yourself where the last few months went. Without everyday rituals, the concept of time has lost much of its distinction: before the full extent of the pandemic became clear, many of us still naïvely filled in our calendars and schedules, clinging onto the last remnants of a social life. By now, we will mostly have admitted defeat.

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What are the Stages of Creativity?

Interaction Design Foundation

Let’s explore the various stages of creativity so you can get a firmer idea of its true nature as such a powerful human resource. Graham Wallas was the first to create an overview of a creative process back in 1926. As you can imagine, lots of iterations have emerged since then. Some of these theories describe a creative process of 4, 5 or 6 stages.

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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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Linked: Goldman Sanchs

Under Consideration / Brand

Visit Link. I'm not a fan of Goldman Sachs but take out the "ch", replace it with an "n", and I'm board with this really nice new custom type family designed by Dalton Maag.

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Make-up artist Berny Ferr creates four looks promoting the power of upcycling

Its Nice That

Continuing our ongoing partnership with Converse, we collaborate with the London-based make-up artist on four looks that epitomise reuse and resourcefulness.

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Allagash Unveils Sparkling Session Ale Designed By Pulp + Wire

The Die Line

Allagash's Little Grove captures the essence of a refreshing, sparkling beverage.

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Nature is a reoccurring element in Nikki McClarron’s ethereal photographs

Its Nice That

Based in London, Nikki is a staunch devotee of shooting with natural light and darkroom printing.

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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.