Wed.Oct 28, 2020

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Metaphorical Editorial Illustrations by Eleni Debo Incite Reflections on Contemporary Life

Colossal

All images © Eleni Debo, shared with permission. Belgian illustrator Eleni Debo works within subdued color palettes rendering curious scenes that illuminate the human condition and modern life. Often supporting magazine articles or other editorial endeavors, Debo’s drawings generally focus on a moving figure, whether a woman attempting to work while she whorls around a red tornado or a single biker speeding along—her piece “The Road” was included as part of Colossal’s 201

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Neue’s Norwegian passport designs feature landscape illustrations on every page

Its Nice That

Released this week after winning the contract in 2014, the concept celebrates the connective power of nature – and transforms under UV light.

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Graphic Artist Turns One-Star Reviews Of National Parks Into Great Posters

Design You Trust

Acadia National Park Graphic artist Amber Share has heard your cries of boredom and used them as inspiration to create brand new tourism ads for America’s National Parks. Here are a few of her posters that are sure to make anyone comfortable settling on a staycation instead of camping this year. More: Instagram h/t: boredpanda North Cascades National Park Washington State “I’m an illustrator and I.

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Tyler Mitchell Shows Us A Vision Of Black Utopia

Trendland

Words Emily Sandiford. Brooklyn-based Tyler Mitchell emerged into the limelight as the first black photographer to shoot an American Vogue cover. He has since been diligently compiling images for his book I Can Make You Feel Good.

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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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What Makes A Great Long-Term Home Business?

Noupe

2020 has introduced many of us to the idea of working from home. While it’s absolutely not for everyone, this extended period of remote working has got the gears turning in some people’s heads. They’re considering doing this full time, or perhaps even starting their own business they can run from home. Home businesses are nothing new, but there’s never been a better time to start your own.

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Get “a visual hug” from the work of illustrator Scotty Gillespie where “the odd meets the cute”

Its Nice That

Scotty tells about working with bright and optimistic imagery to pack wholesomeness, tenderness and nostalgic feelings into his multimedia artworks.

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Gendhis Goods Catalog 2020 - Editorial Design

Abduzeedo

Gendhis Goods Catalog 2020 - Editorial Design. abduzeedo 10.28.20 Fraktal , Anas Kautsar , Adji Herdanto and Akronim shared an editorial project they created for Gendhis Goods, a local Surabaya brand that sells kitchen utensils and tableware products that are made from teak root in Indonesia (I believe). - In 2020, they want to refresh their look by producing a new catalog with a new photo direction.

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Pentagram-Designed Dally Inspires Taking A Handwashing Break

The Die Line

Finally, some whimsical soap packaging that scrapes away the serious, more medical tone we've seen in recent months.

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Political satire in the age of social media

Creative Review

CR speaks to a cartoonist, illustrator and collage-based satirist to find out how depictions of political figures can change, specifically Boris Johnson, and the impact of social media on political satire. The post Political satire in the age of social media appeared first on Creative Review.

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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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Halloween Comes Around Again, 2020

Joe McNally

As we enter a very different, 2020 version of Halloween upcoming, I hark back to Halloween pictures past with the blog below. Fun memories and an amazing shoot day. And, teasing this, as we are about to launch Chapter Three of The Pointe Shoe Mysteries on Adorama TV. A Halloween edition! What dastardly deed might occur in the world of ballet, as we celebrate this spooky holiday?

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Bioplastic made from lobster shells leads wave of material innovation

Design Week

London-based Shellworks, which has created a plastic alternative derived from waste crustacean shells, is a finalist in the Arts Foundation’s 2021 Materials Innovation awards. The remaining three finalists include Elissa Brunato and her bio-iridescent sequins, Julian Ellis-Brown and his fabrics made from saltwater plants and Shneel Malik who has worked on a waste-filtering wall tile.

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How I Got Here: Illustrator Serge Bloch

Creative Review

The French illustrator and author talks to us about why he entered the world of illustration at just the right time and why humour is more important than ever. The post How I Got Here: Illustrator Serge Bloch appeared first on Creative Review.

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How Fortnite and Farmville prompted the digital clothing revolution

Design Week

It’s a hard to imagine the next fashion frontier having its roots in the likes of Farmville and Fortnite. But as James Gaubert tells Design Week, it was seeing how much money his son was willing to spend dressing his Fortnite avatar that got him thinking about his next step in the fashion world. Gaubert is the founder of Republiqe, a digital fashion house which launched last year.

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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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Enhance! Explore the Orion Constellation in Astounding Detail with This 2.5 Gigapixel Image That Took Five Years to Complete

Colossal

Full image of “Project Orion.” All images © Matt Harbison, shared with permission. For the past five years, Chattanooga-based astrophotographer Matt Harbison has poured more than 500 hours into capturing the minute details of the Orion constellation, an immense undertaking that’s culminated in a stunning 2.5 gigapixel image. In its entirety, “ Project Orion ” is composed of 2,508 individual shots meticulously stitched together into a fiery, star-studded mosaic.

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Photographer Spotlight: András Ladocsi

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A Tranquil Ravine Setting Shapes the Design for a Tech Firm’s New Toronto Office

Azure Magazine

When Toronto tech firm Volaris moved its headquarters from the fifth floor of a building with unenvious views to the city’s airport and surrounding traffic-clogged roadways to a ground-floor, window-wrapped office looking onto a forested ravine, it recognized an opportunity to embrace a more relaxed and comfortable pace. To help turn this idea into reality, the company called on local interior and architectural design firm Bartlett & Associates (B|A), who has long taken a biophilic and holis

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This Instagram Account Creates Sinister Parodies Of Vintage Album Covers

Design You Trust

While growing up you almost certainly encountered vintage album covers, so you are probably familiar with their cover art styles. These albums featured awkwardly staged scenes that were practically begging to be parodied, and the folks at @obscurestvinyl did just that. Don’t scroll down if you are easily offended! More: Instagram h/. Source.

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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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UX for Shipby Global Delivery Platform

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UX for Shipby Global Delivery Platform. abduzeedo 10.28.20 Shipby is a global delivery platform for different kinds of transportation. Alya Prigotska and Stas Aristov goal in this project was to rethink and build ecosystem interaction with users through the web site, mobile application & customer platform in another way, more intuitive and consistent. .

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Have an Idea for a Custom Pet Portrait? I Wanna Hear It! [Brown Paper Stitch Dispatch]

Brown Paper Bag

This article is brought to you by Brown Paper Stitch , my business that makes your wardrobe pawesome by embroidering your pets on clothing. I am an illustrator at heart. I have my undergrad and graduate degrees in illustration , and it’s why I love creating custom embroidered pet portraits. Collaboration with a client—a cornerstone of illustration—is when I am at my best, and I get a lot of joy from the process.

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Blue Haze: Beautiful Desert Photographs By Mariyan Atanasov

Design You Trust

“The project Blue Haze is from the Sahara desert and more specifically Merzouga, Morocco. I couldn’t have a chance to travel abroad this year because of the COVID and the idea of this project was born while I was checking my photo archive – those pictures are from my trip to that destination 2 years ago,” Mariyan says. More: Instagram, Flickr, Behance h/t: 123clicks “I spent a couple of days in.

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Set Against Lavishly Patterned Backdrops, Photographer Cecilia Paredes Disguises Herself in Stunning Self-Portraits

Colossal

“Zanzibar” (2019). All images © Cecilia Paredes, shared with permission. Whether immersing herself in swathes of ornamental textiles or against paisley-style backdrops, Cecilia Paredes is adept at camouflaging herself in the most elaborate settings. The Peruvian artist disguises her figure by painting her exposed skin and draping her torso in lavishly patterned clothing, leaving just her hair and eyes untouched as she snaps a photograph.

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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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Stunning Vintage Photos of the Panther 6, a Crazy 6-Wheeled UK Sports Car From 1977

Design You Trust

The Panther 6 was a British six-wheel convertible produced by Panther in 1977. The car is powered by a mid-mounted 8.2 L (500 cu in) Cadillac V8 engine with twin turbochargers paired to a three-speed automatic transmission. Only two cars were made (one in black, one in white), both of which are known to still exist. h/t: vintag.es The six-wheel configuration was inspired by the Tyrrell P34 racing.

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How to Optimize your Higher Education Content Strategy

Noupe

If you work in higher education marketing, you understand just how integral your content strategy is for reaching your target audience. Your content strategy includes any marketing material that you create, including your website, email communications, and more. It’s what promotes your school to prospective students, delivers relevant updates, presents campus opportunities to current students and employees, and provides resources to alumni.

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This Dog Muzzle Is Perfect To Scare The Hell Out Of Neighbors On Halloween

Design You Trust

This dog muzzle makes your nice and friendly dog look like a snarling werewolf that’s about to take a chomp out of your neighbor’s butt, when in reality your dog is sitting calmly with it’s mouth shut, wondering why everyone around them is freaking out. Designed to fit loosely around the dog’s muzzle, enabling your dog to open their mouth for panting and easy breathing.

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A Simple Guide To Writing Project Descriptions

The Die Line

You went to art school to be a designer, not a writer. We feel you. But, it's essential for any student or working designer to communicate the intention behind their work.

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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.