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Hanzi & Alphabet Project by Rui Ma

We And The Color

Type design inspired by Chinese and English language culture. Rui Ma is a designer & art director living and working in LA. With a passion for illustration and fashion, she mostly focuses on graphic design and art direction. This is a set of type designs inspired by Chinese and English language culture. The design combines Hanzi character strokes mixed with English letters.

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Quick tips to create a modern app UI

UX Collective

Recently I was given the task to “Modernize” my current companies app UI on Android. The terms modern, young, cool, etc., are all quite vague. What makes a design modern or old? The meaning changes from person to person. But I couldn’t just say that and leave it ??. So I spent an entire day looking at various examples of apps that we commonly perceive as modern, young, and cool.

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Fresh Resources for Web Designers and Developers (October 2021)

HONGKIAT

We’ve been running this series for several years now and feels like we are never running out of great new resources for designers and developers. In this round of the series, we have tools, articles and tutorials that both backend PHP developers and front-end developers. We have got a resource to get dummy logo, a tool to generate image mockups, a GUI tool to scaffold your next cool application with Laravel, and a lot more.

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Best of the web for Design and Web Development October 2021

Creative Nerds

The end of October means we are rounding up the past month in our traditional fashion by rounding up all the best design tutorials, web development and design articles published through out the month of October. The round up features a great mixture of design tutorials including InDesign, illustrator and photoshop. There’s a range of […].

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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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Swiss Legacy | Swiss Legacy, by the initiative of Art Director Xavier Encinas, is a blog focused on typography, graphic design and inspirational matte #design #graphic #editorial

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Swiss Legacy | Swiss Legacy, by the initiative of Art Director Xavier Encinas, is a blog focused on typography, graphic design and inspirational matte #design #graphic #editorial

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ON ADORAMA TV…LIGHTING AN UNDEAD WEDDING!

Joe McNally

Zombie wedding! Seth and Marisa get hitched! They go for a walk in the… cemetery! As one does on a wedding day. It debuts over on Adorama TV. Had a wonderfully fun day in the field with Seth Miranda and Marisa Roper , and of course a great team assembled by producer Lynn DelMastro. Catrina Grieco and her team of talented SFX artists, Shannon Rae Mulligan and Mikayla Bailey transformed these normally quite lovely people into attractively demonic characters.

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Spooky, Scary Halloween Typeface! Oh my!

Thinking Design

I’ve been intrigued by the “Alphabet of Death” ever since I first discovered it in a history of Typography book. The typeface was composed by Hans Holbein the Younger between 1523 and 1525 and is the companion to his “The Dance of Death” created in the same period. Holbein was working out some issues obviously, amongst them plague — with which we can ALL identify, and the Reformation, which was taking root all around him.

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The Conceptual Portraits of Kyiv’s Youth by GORSAD Collective

Design You Trust

Essentially, it’s become so simple and direct that youth subcultures from all over the world are getting their message out. Ukraine is one of the countries in the Eastern bloc that has become exciting and fascinating and these guys are offering us an intimate insider’s perspective on it, a type of grassroots media approach that the rest of Europe would otherwise have had to do without.

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The Back to the Future Project by Irina Werning | Abduzeedo | Graphic Design Inspiration and Photoshop Tutorials #photography

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The Back to the Future Project by Irina Werning | Abduzeedo | Graphic Design Inspiration and Photoshop Tutorials #photography

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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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Rosalind Fox Solomon Traces the Scars of War

Feature Shoot

Rosalind Fox Solomon. The Forgotten (MACK, 2021). Rosalind Fox Solomon. ‘Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 1992’ from The Forgotten (MACK, 2021). Courtesy the artist and MACK. Rosalind Fox Solomon went to Cambodia in the early 1990s. Journalists and travelers weren’t allowed into the country at that time, so she used false papers, identifying her as a UN peace observer.

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Jazz. Musical collage - vector illustration with musical instruments and inscription "Jazz Music". Design with fonts. #graffiti #song #illustration #violin #music #ve #concert #abstract #guitar #background #trumpet #jazz #design #color #poster #wallpaper #party #banner #piano #collection #band #gramophone #sax #vector #pop #graphic #art #cocktail

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Jazz. Musical collage - vector illustration with musical instruments and inscription "Jazz Music". Design with fonts.

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Marilyn Monroe Hanging Out in a Pumpkin Patch, 1945

Design You Trust

In 1945, fashion photographer Andre de Dienes developed a relationship with an aspiring young model named Norma Jean Dougherty resulting in a brief engagement and a huge portfolio of stunning photographs which helped to launch her career as Marilyn Monroe. h/t: vintag.es. Taken in October 1945, the original blonde bombshell is barely recognizable at a first glance.

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Sincelo ice cream from Porto Portugal colorful branding graphic design inspiration designblog www.mindsparklemag.com

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Sincelo ice cream from Porto Portugal colorful branding graphic design inspiration designblog www.mindsparklemag.

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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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Aurum Bloom 79 Branding

Mindsparkle Mag

Get your fancier outfit for today’s branding design worth it of current influencer queens like Chiara Ferragni’s aesthetics. Today, to know a little more about this luxurious project, we’re taking you to beautiful Poland. Here to you, Aurum Bloom 79, a gemstone branding design created by Halo creative studio. . The Aurum Bloom jewelry has exceptionally high-quality thanks to its manufacturing process crafted to combine with nature.

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design work life » cataloging inspiration daily #ampersand #yellow #retro #typography

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design work life » cataloging inspiration daily #ampersand #yellow #retro #typography

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Meet Sarah Mayer, a Digital Fashion Artist and AR Creator

Design You Trust

“Hi! My Name is Sarah Mayer! I am a Digital Artist and Creative Director for Popul-AR. I have been traditionally trained in Fashion & Design with experience in Costume Design, on Film Sets and Event Manager. I now use those skills to contribute in the development of exciting XR projects for Popul-AR and for my personal brand. While still in school, I was fortunate to intern at Walter Van Beirendonck, a Belgian Designer, who continues to be an inspiring and motivating figure.” Mo

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Ty Derk's Drawings of Fearsome Alien Specimens | Hi-Fructose Magazine #alien #white #grotesque #black #illustration #and #monster #drawing

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Ty Derk's Drawings of Fearsome Alien Specimens | Hi-Fructose Magazine #alien #white #grotesque #black #illustration #and #monster #drawing

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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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Captivating Vintage Photos of People in Encampment, Wyoming From Between the 1920s and 1930s

Design You Trust

When her youngest child reached 4 years of age and the Nichols family committed to remaining in Encampment after the last of the mining and railroad work left town, Lora Webb Nichols (1883-1962) purchased a storefront and established the Rocky Mountain Studio in the center of Encampment, Wyoming. More: Lora Webb Nichols Photography Archive h/t: vintag.es.

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Animal illustrations on the Behance Network #dinosaur #polygon

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Animal illustrations on the Behance Network #dinosaur #polygon

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10 Free WordPress Plugins for Extending BuddyPress and bbPress

SpeckyBoy

BuddyPress is a powerful, free plugin that adds community features to your WordPress website. Install it on your site, and you’ll have access to handy features like activity streams, user profiles, notifications, groups, and private messaging. But that’s just the base layer of what BuddyPress can do. bbPress is a forums plugin that is often used in conjunction with BuddyPress.

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Ben Sherman David Burns | Graphic Design Portfolio #modular #sherman #website #grid #block #ecommerce #fashion #ben

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Ben Sherman David Burns | Graphic Design Portfolio #modular #sherman #website #grid #block #ecommerce #fashion #ben

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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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Six Most Popular Branded Corporate Gifts for Employees and Clients

Design Beep

In this increasingly competitive world, when everyone is looking to stand out from the crowd, it becomes especially important for a company to have its own identity and branding, differentiating it from others. For decades companies have been using branded corporate gifts for employees and clients as a medium of creating brand awareness. Branded corporate gift ideas are a great way to get a business or a company noticed by customers and potential clients.

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Looking for lighter than air camping tents? Here's a tree tent which leaves no foot prints and mimics spider webs. #design #travel #product #industrial #outdoor #fun

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Looking for lighter than air camping tents? Here's a tree tent which leaves no foot prints and mimics spider webs.

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Seven reasons people are ready to dump Instagram

UX Collective

If you’re getting frustrated with Instagram, you’re not alone. Many people are fed up with the changes and they have reasons to leave. Continue reading on UX Collective ».

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New Logo, Identity, and Packaging for Blue Goose Pure Foods by Sid Lee #packaging #blue #illustration #cow

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New Logo, Identity, and Packaging for Blue Goose Pure Foods by Sid Lee #packaging #blue #illustration #cow

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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.