Vandelay Design
AUGUST 23, 2021
Sometimes you’re about to post a photo when you realize it’s not quite what you wanted to convey. The mood is off; there’s a rogue cable or blemish in there. It can be time-consuming, expensive, or just not practical to return to the original site and shoot it again. So what can you do? While […]. The post 5 Ways to Improve Your Photo After the Shoot appeared first on Vandelay Design.
Eye on Design
AUGUST 23, 2021
Torrey Peters’s Detransition, Baby (designed by Random House’s Rachel Ake Keuch ) has been one of the most consequential pieces of mainstream fiction to publish this year: a modern relationship story that offers a view into urban trans culture. It’s a singular book wrapped in a familiar package: neon color palette , sans serif title, ambiguous silhouetted faces.
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Creative Review
AUGUST 23, 2021
British-Nigerian illustrator S â de Popoola (aka Shadz) says from an early age she enjoyed drawing so much that she wanted to pursue a career that would allow her to do it every day. Initially, her intention was to study architecture or interior design at university. It was only after her sixth form art teacher recommended she try illustration that she felt it would be a better fit for her.
Moo
AUGUST 23, 2021
Here at MOO, we think branding is an art form. Through an engaging tone of voice, meaningful visuals and impactful design, you can translate a company’s mission into a powerful brand identity. Conveying a sense of personality through your brand assets takes hard work and a good dose of creativity. Just what our Creative team never lacks. Over the years, they’ve created a range of fictional brands to inspire you and give you branding ideas for your own business.
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
UX Collective
AUGUST 23, 2021
How the week feels as a product designer, what it means slow living, why and how I am doing it in some areas of my life. Sun rising at Vila Velha?—?Espírito Santo Brazil It may sound counterintuitive to talk about slow living in an era of the glamorization of long hours of work?—?especially in the tech industry. But, as a product designer working remotely and, lately, in fast-paced growth environments, slow living seems aligned with the core of the design, which is intentional.
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UX Collective
AUGUST 23, 2021
Two methods to evaluate our motives when purposefully designing habit-forming products. Can habit-forming products be beneficial? Can they genuinely make the customer’s life better? And if so, can we truly create such products in a system where at the end of the day we need stakeholder buy-in and money to continue to operate? I suggest that the answer is a resounding “yes”.
Creative Review
AUGUST 23, 2021
The idea of home, what it represents and what it looks like, is a recurring theme in Jeano Edwards’ practice. Born in Jamaica and now based in Brooklyn, his new photo book, EverWonderful, quietly mulls over these questions, toeing the line between distance and familiarity as he photographs his home country as a resident of another. “I wanted to create images that showed Jamaica the way I saw it – focusing on more subtle, beautiful elements.
We And The Color
AUGUST 23, 2021
Brand and packaging design by Behalf Studio for Atypical Coffee. The creative team of Behalf Studio just completed this brand identity and packaging design project for Atypical, a coffee brand based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Atypical offers both retail and wholesale coffee products in order to combine selected local and imported flavors with a meticulous high-quality brewing method.
Feature Shoot
AUGUST 23, 2021
Hens standing on a dead, decomposing cage mate. © Jo-Anne McArthur / Animal Equality / We Animals Media. A dead layer hen. © Jo-Anne McArthur / Animal Equality / We Animals Media. In 2010, Jo-Anne McArthur , a photojournalist and the founder of We Animals Media , joined activists with the international animal protection organization Animal Equality as they entered a farm in Spain through an unlocked door.
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UX Collective
AUGUST 23, 2021
Weekly curated resources for designers?—?thinkers and makers. “My website needs some love. The design is showing its age?—?but even worse?—?I’ve been too busy to update it so it doesn’t even represent my best work. Sound familiar?” Person before portfolio ? By Benek Lisefski The UX Collective is an independent ad-free design publication that elevates unheard design voices, reaching over 400k+ designers every week.
Azure Magazine
AUGUST 23, 2021
With repeated museum closures, restrictions on outdoor and indoor gatherings, it’s been a difficult year for art lovers. Thankfully, many creatives still found ways to bring their inspiring ideas to the public. Across the globe, various — and mostly outdoor — art installations have popped up, allowing for safe viewing and adorning urban centres or isolated sites with captivating artwork.
Feature Shoot
AUGUST 23, 2021
Hens standing on a dead, decomposing cage mate. © Jo-Anne McArthur / Animal Equality / We Animals Media. A dead layer hen. © Jo-Anne McArthur / Animal Equality / We Animals Media. In 2010, Jo-Anne McArthur , a photojournalist and the founder of We Animals Media , joined activists with the international animal protection organization Animal Equality as they entered a farm in Spain through an unlocked door.
Design Milk
AUGUST 23, 2021
Costa Rica-based designer Natalia Phillips who runs Glassmateria Studio designed the Slimline Vase collection as a modern-day take on the bud vase. Inspired by her childhood imagination and perception of her surroundings, Natalia plays with different heights and shapes to crease slim glass vases. She uses the fused glass technique which allows her to join, superimpose and shape the glass using a special kiln that reaches extremely high temperatures.
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.
Brown Paper Bag
AUGUST 23, 2021
This post contains some affiliate links. If you make a purchase, Brown Paper Bag may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more here. Do you wish you could have your pet with you at all times? Often, their presence is a calming one; I know that petting my kitties always makes me feel better. But sadly, you can’t always have your dog or cat with you. That’s where Makiko’s custom pet doll can help.
Azure Magazine
AUGUST 23, 2021
Perhaps no other typology defines cities across North America as readily as the convenience store. Whether its Montreal’s dépanneur or New York’s bodega, each urban centre has a unique all-purpose mecca that services its population from dawn until dusk. In Toronto, where the explosion of cannabis retailers has eclipsed the once-saturated presence of such marts on every block and street, Canadian brand Superette has found a novel way to combine the two.
Its Nice That
AUGUST 23, 2021
Creative duo Kasia Kijek and Przemek Adamski are always up for a challenge, whether that’s combining 2D animation with stop motion or working solely with paper.
The Dieline
AUGUST 23, 2021
Mona Monahan was challenged to create a logo and package design for Daylight, a conceptual skincare company, for her typography class at SVA.
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Creative Review
AUGUST 23, 2021
The author of seminal photography book The New Black Vanguard talks through his plans as director of Gagosian Gallery with Gem Fletcher, which includes asking the question ‘what more can art do?’. The post How Antwaun Sargent is transforming the art world appeared first on Creative Review.
Design Milk
AUGUST 23, 2021
Coasters are the unsung heroes of the home, and we’re not exaggerating. There is nothing as annoying as finding a wet ring under your beverage on your coffee table, and then having to figure out how to get it out (or worst, finding out the mark is permanent *cue dramatic music*). Coasters are simple in form but effective, and can save you money and time trying to repair, or even replace, your unsightly furniture.
UX Collective
AUGUST 23, 2021
“What we’ve got here is failure to communicate. Some men, you just can’t reach. So you get what we had here last week?—?which is the way he wants it. Well, he gets it. And I don’t like it anymore than you men.”?—?The Captain. This text comes hot on the heels of my recent rant about my own work-from-home experiences. I deliberately used the word rant, because although I tried to do a detailed breakdown of the problem I did not provide any ideas for a possible way forward.
Its Nice That
AUGUST 23, 2021
Absurd characters, peachy tones and interpretations of daily life; the New York-based illustrator knows how to provoke a smile.
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Joe McNally
AUGUST 23, 2021
An extraordinary book was just published, called 2020 Unmasked. It represents the efforts of three photographers: Robin Fader , Susan Baggett and Victor Mirontschuk. The work is edited by photographer Ari Espay who is possessed of great sympathy and insight for the human condition. In its pages are the turmoil, despair, isolation, fury, and emotions of the year 2020.
We And The Color
AUGUST 23, 2021
Available for download on Adobe Stock, this brand book template is fully customizable in Adobe InDesign. Graphic designer and Adobe Stock contributor @TypeEdition created this beautiful brand book template. Consisting of 36 individual pages that share a uniform layout and style with coral accents, this template is fully customizable in Adobe InDesign.
Abduzeedo
AUGUST 23, 2021
Web Design for Synthesized, a DataOps Platform. AoiroStudio 08.23.21 The fine folks from Tubik Studio have shared a web design project for Synthesized, a DataOps Platform. Synthesized promotes collaboration between sensitive data for growth and innovation. I particularly love their work on branding where dealing with 'sensitive' in other words 'boring' to transform it into a dynamic brand direction.
Mindsparkle Mag
AUGUST 23, 2021
Black is the new black. We’re starting today’s design post with a well-known phrase, used with many colors depending on fashion trends. However, there’s nothing to argue black is timeless and iconic. And La Rosa is no exception. It’s the brand of a promising young fashion designer from Genk, Belgium, with ambitions far beyond Antwerp.
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