Just Creative

MAY 13, 2020

This post has been contributed by Nick Kanter. The history of the old cliche “a picture is worth a thousand words” is a murky and, honestly, boring one. However, this does not make it any less true. Journalists know it. Politicians know it. Comic book artists know it. Marketers definitely know it. When we are talking about landing pages , most of us still believe that copy almost exclusively drives conversions.

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BP&O

MAY 13, 2020

Words by Richard Baird Both Sides Now, a title borrowed from Joni Mitchell’s famous song, is a solo exhibition of Argentinian contemporary artist Leandro Erlich’s work that took place at the Seoul Museum of Art between December 2019 and March 2020. Erlich’s installations, often receiving international acclaim, mirrors, reflective surfaces, water and other various materials to create optical […].

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Just Creative

MAY 13, 2020

This article has been contributed by Vartika Kashyap. The coronavirus pandemic shows us how something microscopic can have such a humongous impact on the world. The ripples have reached us all, and it’s time to adapt your teams to the telecommuting or remote work regime. Managing a remote team isn’t easy and the transition can take a while. This feat is even harder for marketing teams, who need constant communication and work primarily on feedback.

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Creative Review

MAY 13, 2020

From donation initiatives thriving on social media to a wealth of eye-catching posters from leading designers, the Covid-19 pandemic has seen a great number of charitable efforts and creative responses. Graphic designer Raissa Pardini – known for her energetic designs seen across the music industry – is bringing the two together in a new project that puts the fun in fundraising.

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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

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Just Creative

MAY 13, 2020

This article has been contributed by Nate Shivar. So you’ve found a brilliant, catchy new domain name for your project. The domain is available. It’s actually pretty cheap. But there’s a potentially big problem. You see, the internet has been around for more than a quarter-century now. And a lot of websites have come and gone. And the domain name that you thought represented green open pastures for your digital home is really more like a minefield.

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Just Creative

MAY 13, 2020

This articles has been contributed by Romy Toma-Catauta. People often think that user experience (UX) website design is optional, when actually it is a must-have for companies that want to thrive. Generally, the biggest challenges that UX designers face are imposed by company culture, organization, workflow or methodology. Others are related to low access to data and poor internal communication, which leads to a lack of vision around the products and services they are working on.

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MAY 13, 2020

“Practical Makes Perfect”. Established in 1965 by influential economist and philosopher, E. F. Schumacher, Practical Action is an international development organization that helps people in poverty find solutions to some of the world's toughest problems. A registered charity in the UK, Practical Action works with communities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America to develop "ingenious, lasting, and locally owned solutions" for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean ene

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Creative Review

MAY 13, 2020

Joe Wicks has inspired millions of people to keep active during lockdowns with his live workout videos. We talk to Nikki Wicks, Head of Content at The Body Coach, and Studio Koto, which is behind its branding, about creating PE With Joe. The post How Joe Wicks became the nation’s PE teacher appeared first on Creative Review.

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Noupe

MAY 13, 2020

As smartphones are becoming ubiquitous, it’s no wonder that new businesses strive to create a mobile app. Avoid going haywire by having a solid reference to the steps that are involved in successful mobile app development. There are two basic approaches in regards to creating a mobile app. You can either club a few lines of code in a virtual studio, run a quick test, and submit an application to the app store; Or, take the long road, invest time and resources in design, usability testing, and de

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Trendland

MAY 13, 2020

Australian photographer Tom Blachford is back again with his stunning vintage cars and Palm Springs Villas taken with long exposure solely under the full moon light.

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MAY 13, 2020

Are you itching for some new embroidery? (Who isn’t?) Well, look no further as I’ve created a downloadable embroidery pattern called Calathea Kitty that’s free when you subscribe to my (new) email newsletter ! I won’t spam you, and you’ll learn more about me and see some inspiring embroidery, too. Subscribe and download the free Calathea Kitty embroidery pattern here!

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Colossal

MAY 13, 2020

“ Vienna is like… ,” a new animated short by Fernando Livschitz ( previously ), brings a heavy dose of the absurd to the Austrian capital. The director, who’s from Argentina and heads Black Sheep Films , captures an imagined Vienna in which historic buildings float in the air and a massive, multicolored slinky connects public transit cars.

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Design You Trust

MAY 13, 2020

Jenny Boot Being stuck at home for prolonged periods of time has inspired some people to get creative. While some are cutting their own hair and trying out high-fashion looks, others are recreating famous paintings – and you’d be surprised how good they are at it. Tussen Kunst & Quarantaine (Between Art and Quarantine) is a Dutch Instagram page that challenges people to recreate famous artwork.

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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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Noupe

MAY 13, 2020

Most small businesses can’t afford to throw money at productivity problems. Besides, this doesn’t actually work. The best way to improve productivity is to develop and implement small, consistent improvements which make your employees and processes more efficient. Improved productivity almost always results in increased profits for a business, especially if you don’t have to spend much to achieve it.

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Under Consideration / Brand

MAY 13, 2020

“Making a Dent”. (Est. 2015) " Getsafe is a fully digital insurance company that helps people cover themselves and their universe simply from their smartphone. Using technology and machine learning, the company offers digital insurance products in all lines of business - property, health and life. The Getsafe app is available to customers 24/7 and 365 days a year, allowing them to file claims or change their coverage in real time.".

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Creative Review

MAY 13, 2020

Despite the mass confusion surrounding the UK government’s latest announcement, which saw it switch its coronavirus messaging from ‘stay home’ to ‘stay alert’, what is clear is that things won’t be going back to normal anytime soon. While coronavirus has spawned a whole raft of creative projects that tackle the pandemic head on , other creatives have been using lockdown as an opportunity to seek a bit of escapism.

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Design Week

MAY 13, 2020

While details are still unclear , the government’s announcement about an easing of lockdown measures has inevitably made companies think about the return to work. Some industries which cannot work remotely have already returned to work. We talk to designers – from a mix of international and smaller studios – about what they’ve learned from lockdown, if it’s changed any working practices for good, and what a return to work might look like for their studios.

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Its Nice That

MAY 13, 2020

Having previously studied fashion, the illustrator tells us about her delectable work and how she landed on her chosen discipline.

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Inspiration Feed

MAY 13, 2020

There was a time when you would have to hire a designer to create your website, and that could get quite costly.

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Azure Magazine

MAY 13, 2020

Simply look up and you’ll soon notice there’s no shortage of striking ceilings. From the iconic Sistine Chapel to Rococo flair of the Pilgrimage Church of Wies in Bavaria, architects have put as much emphasis on what happens above your head as below your feet. Stereoscope — a new coffee shop in Los Angeles’ Newport Beach — riffs on such historical opulence for a bold cafe that’s as much as contemporary cathedral as it is a high-designed grab-and-go.

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Design You Trust

MAY 13, 2020

Designer and artist Manami Sasaki has taken up quite the creative and delicious project in terms of dealing with stay and work from home protocol. More: Instagram, Twitter h/t: grapee Sasaki recently started a series she calls “Stay at home asagohan” (Stay at home breakfast), which allows her to flex her artistic sense from home, but also provide some inspiration and entertainment for other people.

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MAY 13, 2020

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Design You Trust

MAY 13, 2020

The handsome 4-year-old English Bulldog comes from Gråsten, Denmark and his name is Bogart. Bogart’s owner, Ranveig Bjørklid Levinsen, decided to brighten everyone’s mood during the Coronavirus pandemic, and came up with a brilliant idea to paint costumes on the fence for her dog. More: Facebook h/t: boredpanda Well… actually she has two dogs: Winston and Bogart.

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Design Week

MAY 13, 2020

NB Studio and Michael Wolff have created the visual identity for health start-up mPharma and its people-facing brand, Mutti. The project includes a logomark, strapline, website design as well as brand guidelines. The identity also rolls out across a wide range of physical products, from lapel pins to shop fronts. mPharma was started by Gregory Rockson.

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Design You Trust

MAY 13, 2020

In one of the weirdest Internet art projects we’ve ever seen, French graphic artist Arthur Coulet has created a Tumblr called the Gluten-Free Museum that removes everything containing gluten from famous classical paintings. Some of the changes are subtle, while others are huge, but they all share one common vision – a world without gluten. Gluten is a protein that forms when proteins in wheat and.

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