Graphic Design USA

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

DJ Haddad, graphic designer and successful entrepreneur two-times over, recounts the story about what motivated him to start his own agency.

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Creative Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Chateau Marmont is a part of Hollywood legend. Frequented by celebrities from F Scott Fitzgerald to Dorothy Parker, Courtney Love to Quentin Tarantino, it has also appeared in multiple movies and works of literature, plus is notorious for the deaths of both John Belusi, who died of a drug overdose in Bungalow 3, and Helmet Newton, who was killed in a car crash leaving the hotel’s driveway.

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SpeckyBoy

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

One of the truly great aspects of the web design community is its willingness to share solutions and ideas. As such, many people choose to post tutorials and helpful code snippets on their blogs. When displaying code, it’s a good idea to make snippets look as clean and easy to read as possible. You’ll also want to make sure that it’s easy for users to copy and paste for their own use.

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Design Week

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Studio Sutherland has created a shape-shifting typographic identity for social change organisation Perspectiva. The work includes the organisation’s new visual identity, icons and typography, and a range of book covers for Perspectiva titles. The charitable organisation emerged in 2015 from conversations between Scottish philosopher and chess Grandmaster Dr.

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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

Graphic Design

Azure Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Until the last decade, Montreal’s Griffintown was an industrial, sparsely inhabited area that felt slightly isolated to the rest of the city. Now, several years into a municipally-led revitalization project, the neighbourhood is becoming known for its vibrant culinary scene. Most recently, Ivy Studio , a design firm behind some of Montreal’s most celebrated new eateries, revealed their latest local project: Shay, a wine bar and tea house serving up Lebanese fusion cuisine in an intimate space in

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Design You Trust

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

It can sometimes sound silly to pass through a place in Japan and remark that “it looks like an anime”, because after all, many anime feature intricately researched and illustrated recreations of real locations in Japan. Talented photographer Akine Coco proves that at just the right moment, the saying has a lot of truth in it. In what appear to be particularly countryside settings in Japan, Akine writes in their Twitter profile that they “show the anime-esque world through phot

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Colossal

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

“Blouse an skirt!,” oil on linen, 40 x 50 inches. All images © Amy Laskin, shared with permission. Through ethereal oil paintings, artist Amy Laskin juxtaposes decorative fashions and organic beauty. Thick bunches of hydrangeas, lilies, and wispy ferns spring from elaborate, beaded dresses and corsets, which swell into fully formed garments and shroud the works with an unearthly and enchanting aura.

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Communication Arts

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

We’re excited to open our 2021 Photography competition! We’re looking for the best commercial and experimental photography to celebrate and publish in our 2021 Photography Annual. The deadline to submit is Friday, March 5th.

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Vectips

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

In this tutorial we’ll be making a nautical scene with underwater elements. We’ll be using basic geometric shapes as well as creating our own brushes and doing some freehand drawing to create a unique ocean design. Let’s get started! Tutorial Details. Program: Adobe Illustrator CS6 – CC Difficulty: Intermediate Topics Covered: Shape Building, Paintbrush Tool, Blob Brush Tool, Pencil Tool Estimated Completion Time: 20 minutes.

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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.

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The Die Line

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

What the customer sees is associated with the taste of the product and the feeling during and after its consumption.

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Design You Trust

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Disney characters are distinct and special. They have their own style, aesthetic, and personal traits, which is why they’re so memorable. But let’s take a detour from the canon and ask ourselves “what if something was a little different about them?” What if, for example, Bambi was a human being, and Cruella de Vil was a dog herself?

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Abduzeedo

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Aghata Valendolf Branding and Visual Identity. abduzeedo 02.02.21 Rafael Cardoso shared a beautiful branding and visual identity project for Aghata Valendolf, an architect and interior designer from Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. In the search for inspirations with minimalist features, which had geometric elements and were still part of the universe of interior design and decoration, the Maria chair was chosen to be the biggest source of inspiration for building the brand.

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Design You Trust

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Carlos Alberto GH, a Mexican artist based in Guadalajara, specializes in anamorphic street art representing all sorts of surrealistic scenes that come to life when seen from just the right angle. More: Instagram h/t: odditycentral. From birds and reptiles seemingly coming out of walls, to whales floating above urban sidewalks, street artist Carlos Alberto GH seems capable of turning anything he can think of into a stunning optical illusion.

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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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Its Nice That

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Exploring ‘the importance of humour in the creative industry’ with Blink’s head of comedy Charlie Perkins and illustrator Min Heo.

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Design You Trust

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Susan Joice, 16, arrested for stealing money from a gas meter. 1903. Tyne and Wear Archives & Museum / Juvenile delinquency and the evolution of the British juvenile courts by Kate Bradley, University of Kent. These mugshots of Edwardian Britain depict minors arrested for petty crimes and are part of a wide photographic collection of Tyne Wear Archives.

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Press'd

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

We’ve warmed up the Novella design with rich autumnal tones of rust and rose. Inspired by old world romance, this customization feels perfectly suited for a wedding set in Italy’s countryside. letterpress ink: nutmeg | digital ink: tea rose | fonts: didot | paper: ivory | invite size: F-8 | liner: novella in nutmeg + rust | original design + customization by Lindsy Talarico.

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Design You Trust

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

A recent heavy snowstorm in Lithuania inspired dozens of residents to build unexpected snow sculptures. Lithuanians don’t get heavy snowfall every winter, but when they do—they get really creative. After the country was hit by a snowstorm, causing traffic disruptions, sunken roofs, and a snow cover of 30 cm, people quickly started sculpting. More: Instagram , Facebook h/t: boredpanda.

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Abduzeedo

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The Growth of Influencer Marketing. AoiroStudio 02.02.21 As we kicking ourselves into the year 2021, I truly believe that Covid-19 has been part of our discussion topics on a daily basis for the past year. Our habits have changed, we had to adapt ourselves to new ways of living. And we are not the only ones that had to adapt as well, brands have been shifting their strategy in regards to the situation thoroughly.

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Booooooom

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

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Its Nice That

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

After moving back to her hometown of Milan, the artist now spends her time painting the sun-drenched compositions that the city provides.

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Abduzeedo

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

SkyFill Animation. abduzeedo 02.02.21 SkyFill is an internal project made by the amazing folks at Trinetix Creative Studio. Based in Ukraine, they’re living with the consequences of the nuclear plant disaster at Chernobyl. So ecological problems, pollution and consumption – things that’s always on their minds. Garbage is the main subject for their video: “we wanted to show how everyone is responsible for polluting the environment, how a daily neglect to the issue on individual level causes a rip

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Design You Trust

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The man behind these comics is RandoWis from Singapore. He bases all of his characters on real people and gathers the inspiration for the comics from his daily life and funny situations. Take a look at some of his best comics below. “Thank you for watching my art and comics, I’m really grateful for that! If you like them comics, then stick around and tell your friends to share the love!

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Speckyboy Design Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

As a Designer, Is Failure a Necessary Part of Success? We all go through it at one time or another. You’re working on a project and no matter how hard you try, you just can’t seem to get it to “work.” The colors are wrong, the type is inappropriate, the composition is hideous – it’s just a mess, and you eventually write it off as a failure.

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Design You Trust

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

“Maternity” by Xare Bejos Fotografia, Mexico. The Birth and Beyond Photography Contest is a Dutch-based brand new international competition in the wonderful and (still) growing field of Birth and Beyond Photography. It is a photo competition aimed at family photographers and celebrate motherhood, children and family in the broadest sense of the word.

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Noupe

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Whether you’re new to the world of iPhone app development or you’re an experienced developer with a history of successful projects, you can always expand your toolkit with some of the top resources for mobile app developers. New apps, blogs, courses, subscriptions, and more are being released every year, giving developers more tools than ever to turn their ideas into a reality.

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