Fri.Aug 28, 2020

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Who made the objects in your house? Ivy Li explores the vernacular visual language of Chinese migrant workers

Its Nice That

Toeing the lines between graphic design and fine art, Ivy Li explores the disparity between migrant workers and its end-users in her thought-provoking practice.

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Weekly News for Designers ? 555

Speckyboy Design Magazine

Thumbnail to Full Width Image Animation – Utilize this stunning effect to introduce new content to your readers. Slate – A tool that helps you create beautiful, intelligent, responsive API documentation. Volt – Create something beautiful with this free Bootstrap 5 dashboard theme. Omatsuri – A set of browser tools to fit your everyday workflow. All design projects should start in a Google Doc – The benefits of collaboration before starting up those UI tools.

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Step Inside Petrit Halilaj’s Monumental Nest of Oversized Flowers Within Reina Sofia’s Palacio de Cristal

Colossal

“To a raven and hurricanes that from unknown places bring back smells of humans in love,” 2020. Exhibition view at Palacio de Cristal. All photos courtesy Petrit Halilaj and © Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid. Photo by ImagenSubliminal (Miguel de Guzmán and Rocío Romero). Shared with permisison. Bowerbirds are renowned for one of the most unusual courtship behaviors in the animal kingdom, where males build elaborately decorated nests—called bowers—in an attempt to co

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DeadHungry also known as Alex Paganelli

Trendland

Words Claire Granlund. The chef, photographer, and filmmaker Alex Paganelli also known as DEADHUNGRY was born in the picturesque French Alps. During his upbringing, he was surrounded by the beauty of mountains and cultural diversity, which came natural with Italian-British parents.

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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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Pets navigate long distance romance in Groove Armada video

Creative Review

The new music video for Groove Armada’s track Lover 4 Now reimagines a cat and dog romance for current times, where life and love are increasingly experienced through virtual means. Director, designer and artist Fons Scheidon worked on the project from a makeshift studio in the corner of his bedroom, and while the world seemed to be crumbling around him, he chose to take a “joyous approach” to visualising dating in the age of coronavirus by telling the story through the eyes of

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How to showcase your work and grow your profile

Creative Review

You’ve done the work, but now what? We speak to illustrator Olimpia Zagnoli and Julie Cook, head of art at Mother London, to get the freelancer and commissioner perspective on how best to get your work and name out there. The post How to showcase your work and grow your profile appeared first on Creative Review.

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Playing with Shadows in SwiftUI

Abduzeedo

Playing with Shadows in SwiftUI. abduzeedo 08.28.20 This was the most recent SwiftUI experiment. Nothing fancy just trying to understand how to work with shadows. I’ve done similar effects using CSS if you remember here on the blog. But as I am learning this new language, I thought it would be fun to try to design a poster like image using typography and shadows.

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Gradwatch 2020: Photographer Noé Warren, University of Brighton

Creative Review

“I’m not an experimental photographer in the slightest,” University of Brighton graduate Noé Warren freely admits. “I like people. I like to write them little love letters and photography is the best way of doing that I found so far.” Warren’s photography slides between sensitivity and celebration, with care and collaboration woven throughout the image-making process. “A friend of mine once described my theme as ‘Stories and People’ and

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Branding for Misimi Maternity & Nursing Clothing

Abduzeedo

Branding for Misimi Maternity & Nursing Clothing. abduzeedo 08.28.20 Fromsquare Studio , Kuba Piechota and Huge Dayz shared a branding and visual identity project for Misimi, a Polish clothing brand for pregnant women, which has quickly become one of the most recognizable brands in the country. Rebranding aimed at fundamental change of the brand's image and way of communication.

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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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The Whidbey Island Farm Retreat by MW Works

Trendland

Words Mariana Bettinelli. American studio MW Works , founded by Steve Mongillo and Eric Walter , designed a quiet holiday home on a rural site on Whidbey Island.

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FKA twigs and Hiro Murai team up on martial arts epic for Sad Day video

Creative Review

FKA twigs is well known for her creative and experimental approach to her self-directed music videos, but she has also attracted the attention of a number of high profile collaborators over the years, from Andrew Thomas Huang on recent video Cellophane to Spike Jonze for Apple’s 2018 Homepod ad. The musician’s latest collaboration is with director Hiro Murai, best known for his work with Donald Glover on TV series Atlanta and Childish Gambino music video This is America.

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Cristina Celestino signs a seven room capsule collection for Palazzo Avino hotel

Trendland

Words Mariana Bettinelli. Palazzo Avino is a five stars hotel situated in Ravello on the Amalfi Coast in Italy. It was originally built in the 12th century as a noble residence and has undergone many transformations over the centuries.

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ACDF Unveils Colour-Blocked Office For Montreal’s FlightHub

Azure Magazine

Travel may be a precarious business at the moment, but this hasn’t stopped online travel agency FlightHub from inaugurating its bold new office expansion in Montreal. Conceived by local studio ACDF Architecture and occupying the entire sixth floor of an octagonal tower not far from the city’s Trudeau International Airport, the 1,189-square-metre-design — featuring bold bursts of colour and a striking mix of materials — accommodates not only the site’s challenging geometries, but the growing orga

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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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Two Jewish Women is a website designed to unpack the nuances of Orthodox Judaism

Its Nice That

Created by two women – one a designer, the other a poet – the site seeks to upend common ideas about the religion through “startling and confusing” its viewers.

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Center Stage – Help the User Focus on What’s Important

Interaction Design Foundation

An important task for you as a designer is to help the user carry out tasks as efficiently as possible. Software companies such as Adobe and Microsoft are experts at this. They frequently use a design pattern called ‘center stage’ to help the user focus on what’s important. Center stage is one of the design elements involved in establishing visual hierarchy; so, check out this user interface design pattern to see how you can assist the user with the overall layout of your graphical display.

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Busch Creates A Special 'Beer' For Dogs, Because Fido's Earned A Cold One

The Die Line

OK, so it's not really beer, but now you and your best friend can kick back and enjoy a cold one together.

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LG reveals battery-powered face mask with built-in air purifier

Design Week

LG has revealed a battery-powered face mask with a built-in air purifier, which seeks to resolve issues of “inconsistent quality” and make “breathing effortless” The PuriCare Wearable Air Purifier has two H13 HEPA filters, the same kind that are used in the brand’s home purifying products. HEPA filters are also used in aircraft to clean the air inside cabins.

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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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“Interstice” — Artist Cara Guri Residency Exhibition at BAF

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More intuitive than conceptual, Dunja Jankovic’s work is created to be felt rather than understood

Its Nice That

The artist talks us through her stylistic obsessions and the experimental process behind the colourful works.

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How to start your own business

Creative Review

Setting up shop can be a daunting prospect even for the most experienced creatives. Here, Ollie Olanipekun of Superimpose – and new venture Futurimpose – and ISSTUDIO co-founders Imogen Snell and Riccardo Castano discuss making your business idea a reality. The post How to start your own business appeared first on Creative Review.

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COGNOS: Chocolate For Happiness

The Die Line

The name of this chocolate "COGNOS" arises, paying tribute to this ability to recognize.

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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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Crack Magazine announces Three Minutes, an incubator scheme for young directors

Its Nice That

Offering five young directors the chance to create a fully-funded music video, the scheme hopes to offer an entry point into the industry.

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Lego and Ikea partner on a playful storage solution for kids and adults

Design Week

Lego and Ikea have unveiled a storage solution, which hopes to offer a playful experience to children and also appeal to adults’ organisational tendencies. The Bygglek collection is a range of organisational storage boxes which have Lego studs on the top, thereby creating a canvas for play. In this way, the solutions are “just as playable as they are functional”, Lego says. “They can store their stories inside” The product hopes to boost children’s creativity

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Nina Chanel Abney releases her first AR artwork in a global public exhibition

Its Nice That

Titled Imaginary Friend, the artwork aims to be a supportive piece across the globe.

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Take A Gulp With Iglup By Moruba

The Die Line

With Igulp you'll be ready for summer!

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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.