Its Nice That
JANUARY 21, 2021
The Germany-based photographer gives us the details behind his latest offering, in collaboration with designer Maximillian Mauracher from Pool Publishing.
Colossal
JANUARY 21, 2021
All images © Isabelle Simler, shared with permission. French illustrator and author Isabelle Simler deftly renders the liminal time surrounding dusk through a poetic exploration of Earth’s rarest color. The Blue Hour winds through the natural world on a journey to spot the pigment, from a bluejay resting on ice-coated branches to robin’s eggs to midnight skies and ocean depths.
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Creative Review
JANUARY 21, 2021
The Sydney arm of DesignStudio has created a fresh look for ExpressVPN, a virtual private network service that offers encryption and can masks users’ IP addresses. The use of VPNs is becoming more prevalent as a greater portion of our lives play out online, combined with growing scepticism towards the security offered by big tech (not to mention a desire to access Netflix streams available in other countries).
Its Nice That
JANUARY 21, 2021
Somerset-based illustrator Natasha Durley has brought her playful, vibrant style to the non-fiction children's series exploring nature through the seasons.
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
Abduzeedo
JANUARY 21, 2021
Mynstur a Collection of Icelandic Patterns. abduzeedo 01.21.21 Guillaume Flandre is a London-based photographer with a passion for beautiful images. He shared a stunning photo collection titled Mynstur. In this collection Guillaume captures the Icelandic patterns from aerial photography to landscape. Iceland is one of the places I want to go once we can travel again, for now, these photos will take me there, even if just for a little bit.
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Design You Trust
JANUARY 21, 2021
Ben Lee, was determined to have an engagement photo shoot that kept his manliness in tact, so he decided his moment of undying love with Juliana Park, needed a violent zombie attack. Because couples who slay together stay together. Juliana and Ben are now officially engaged after surviving an afternoon battling the walking dead while sharing a glass of wine in Santa Clarita.
The Die Line
JANUARY 21, 2021
A wine grown and bottled in Paso Robles that’s faithfully crafted with righteous quality and high-devotion.
Design You Trust
JANUARY 21, 2021
People are weird. They cook and eat the strangest things. This time it’s an octopus stuffed inside a turkey, sitting on top of crab legs, and (optionally) garnished with bacon strips. This monstrous culinary invention was inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos, and honestly… it looks like a crime against culinary art. h/t: sadanduseless.
Its Nice That
JANUARY 21, 2021
The rebrand by Jessica Walsh’s design agency looks to convey flavour, veering away from typical health brand tropes.
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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.
The Die Line
JANUARY 21, 2021
The bright and cheery game will come to life in the form of makeup with ColourPop’s first collaboration of 2021. .
Colossal
JANUARY 21, 2021
Last year, researchers released records from nearly two years of analysis of Johannes Vermeer’s most-recognized artwork, “Girl With a Pearl Earring.” While their findings didn’t include the subject’s highly sought-after identity, they did reveal that the gray backdrop is actually a dark green curtain and that the figure has eyelashes only visible with magnification.
Abduzeedo
JANUARY 21, 2021
Humphreys Branding and Visual Identity. abduzeedo 01.21.21 Jason Little , Dash O'Brien-Georgeson , Kimberly Luo , Georgia Urie , Olivia King , Atsaya Gabiryalpillai , Pete Conforto and Daniel St. Vincent shared a very elegant branding and visual identity project for the commercial real estate business, Ben Humphreys. The new identity is inspired (and shaped) by the local neighborhood, championing the people and places that make up the community.
Design You Trust
JANUARY 21, 2021
Co-existing with its unique topography, climate and splendid scenery; Hyperloop Desert Campus is an iconic campus in one of the most sublime and reminiscent places on earth: The Mojave Desert. Surrounded by reddish rocks and buffered in a palimpsest of mankind, to design a campus requires a series of redoubtable decisions in which the functions in the campus and these geomorphological conditions bring an indivisible combination.
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.
Design Week
JANUARY 21, 2021
PriestmanGoode has revealed its New Car concept, an autonomous vehicle that hopes to fit alongside London’s transport system and meet the changing demands of passengers. The concept vehicle is 3.6 meters in length and can take four passengers at a time, with two pairs of seats. Included in the project is an app which would allow people to book and customise the vehicle in advance.
Design You Trust
JANUARY 21, 2021
Influenced by artists like René Magritte and Chema Madoz, Swiss-born photographer Monica Carvalho began to see the possibilities that photography presented. Not satisfied with taking a normal image, she has combined her two passions of photography and surrealism. More: Instagram h/t: petapixel.
Design You Trust
JANUARY 21, 2021
BEST OF SHOW: “Reflection” by Lily Laramie, Lenoir NC. Photographers from Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, and Catawba counties in North Carolina were invited to enter the Exposures Photography Competition, a program of the Caldwell Arts Council. Judge Lynn Willis of Valle Crucis judged the competition entries, and has selected the following award-winning photographs.
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Its Nice That
JANUARY 21, 2021
Incorporating queer symbology and genderless identities, Chen’s reality-kicking work incorporates a medley of techniques including costume design, drawing, installation and animation.
Trendland
JANUARY 21, 2021
Words Marta Knas. A 340-square meter apartment in Moscow takes cues from the 1970s eclecticism. Designed by Agnes Rudzite interiors, it follows a nude color scheme and the calming effect of organic shapes & textures. Plaster walls meet lacquered parquet and oak wood, sizable columns were balanced with a lot of air in between the rooms and natural light.
The Die Line
JANUARY 21, 2021
The dynamic logo boasts a variable height letterform treatment that "grows"—reflecting that the product itself is actually living bacteria—as well as a journey with peaks and valleys that are ever-evolving.
Designmodo
JANUARY 21, 2021
This post is originally published on Designmodo: Important Email Marketing Trends for 2021. The way we conduct business and how we communicate with clients undergoes constant changes. A decade ago, people preferred face-to-face meetings in the office; today, even serious issues are easily addressed through Zoom. More and more people choose digital. However, … For more information please contact Designmodo.
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Noupe
JANUARY 21, 2021
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Creative Review
JANUARY 21, 2021
As Bicep’s Andy Ferguson and Matt McBriar release their second album, Isles, the duo discuss the process of creating the artwork in tandem with the record itself, and how their muscle-flexing emblem has become one of dance music’s most recognisable symbols. The post Building the musical world of Bicep appeared first on Creative Review.
The Die Line
JANUARY 21, 2021
Now, you can add Huy Fong's beloved hot sauce Sriracha to Spiceology's periodic table of elements.
Guild News Blog
JANUARY 21, 2021
AD+D Culture’s online platform and article hub addresses the lack of diversity in advertising. The post AD+D Culture: Addressing Diversity and Appropriation in appeared first on The Graphic Artist Guild.
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