Tue.Sep 06, 2022

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What’s next for design? Pentawards first in-person festival looks into the future of the industry

Its Nice That

From 22-23 September, the Pentawards Festival will take place at London’s Science Museum for two days packed with creative solutions and insightful talks.

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Is social media for self-promotion over? Creatives reveal their honest thoughts

Creative Boom

Image licensed via Adobe Stock. No, you're not imagining it. In 2022, social media increasingly sucks for sharing content and finding work. Creatives share their views on the way forward. Have you noticed how different social media feels at the moment? More ads. More videos. More Stories and Reels. But fewer posts you want to click on. And less engagement on any content you post yourself.

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Clutch Automotive by Parker Studio

BP&O

From à la mode Lick paint to gramable Aokka coffee, everything comes in a tin these days. The rise of metal packaging solutions in food and beverages, healthcare, household and consumer is expected to accelerate by 3.1% year-on-year from 2021 to 2030, driven by the demand for sustainable alternatives to plastic and lightweight substitutes for glass.

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Natalie Wadlington's wide-eyed charming characters paint a picture of our love of pets

Creative Boom

Front Yard with Crepe Myrtle, 2022. Image courtesy the artist, Library Street Collective, Detroit; and albertz benda, New York and Los Angeles. Photo by Thomas Dubrock. With big bug eyes, curved lines and an unusual colour palette influenced by Texan skies and sunsets, the American artist captures the essence of human-animal relationships beautifully in her latest series of paintings.

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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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Graphic Design Skills You Need to Start a Career in Design

Inkbot Design

Graphic Design Skills You Need to Start a Career in Design. A graphic designer needs the skills to understand various design processes and tools. They are responsible for working with content to create visual images and layouts. This includes creating print and web designs and user interface designs for websites and mobile apps. In addition, graphic designers must be familiar with typography, illustration, and page layout.

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Feel the allure of slow living with Morgane Fadanelli’s thoughtful illustrations

Its Nice That

With a background in textile and graphic design, the French illustrator has now settled firmly into illustration, depicting hobbies, simple objects and lakeside serenity.

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Maddow: Clean Portfolio Web TemplateMaddow is a clean and.

The Design Blog

Maddow: Clean Portfolio Web Template for Architects & Interior Designers Maddow: Clean Portfolio Web Template for Architects & Interior Designers Maddow: Clean Portfolio Web Template for Architects & Interior Designers Maddow: Clean Portfolio Web Template for Architects & Interior Designers Maddow: Clean Portfolio Web Template for Architects & Interior Designers Maddow: Clean Portfolio Web Template Maddow is a clean and thoughtfully designed portfolio template kit for architects, interior design

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If Willy Wonka Opened Up a Med Spa in Bangkok…

Design Milk

Most med spas are white and clinical, simply utilitarian to get the job, or jab, done. Hyper-Haus has taken a different route when designing the Doctor Mek Clinic in Bangkok, Thailand. Dubbed the “Home of Filler,” this beauty clinic will have you thinking you got lost somewhere between Wonderland and the Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory. The colorful, whimsical design is bound to keep patients visually enthralled while waiting for their procedures.

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12 Proven Ways to Drive Sales With Content Marketing

Inkbot Design

12 Proven Ways to Drive Sales With Content Marketing. Every business's goal is to increase sales and generate more revenue. However, unlike in the past, when brands could easily entice customers with flashy billboard advertisements, people are now more knowledgeable and looking for added value before making a purchase. Businesses need a solid marketing strategy to increase brand awareness and drive sales.

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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 Chromalis Series Is Inspired by Gardening, Art, and Physics

Design Milk

Bradley L Bowers is the latest creative to join Wolf-Gordon’s designer-created Curated Collection with his new wallcovering and three textile patterns. Bowers , known for his sense of color and explorative forms, took inspiration from his personal interests – gardening, art, and physics – and translated them into an exploration of color, shape, and moment using a digital modeling software.

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What is SEO Marketing and How Does it Work?

Inkbot Design

What is SEO Marketing and How Does it Work? SEO marketing is optimising your website and content for your target audience. It is an essential component of a comprehensive digital marketing strategy. SEO Marketing includes a combination of SEO practices, including content creation, link building , social media, PPC and more. SEO marketing is an effective strategy businesses use to increase their search engine rankings.

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Strange Beast’s string cheese ads brim with “winks” to adult humour

Its Nice That

The traditional 2D ads, directed by Laura Jayne Hodkin, demonstrates the rise of serial, Adventure Time-style animation in campaigns and kid-friendly ads at large.

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Grey Goose's 'The Honey Deuce' US Open Cocktail Now Available In RTD Form

The Die Line

Serena Williams is the only one turning heads at the US Open, but you can also score this fun tennis-inspired RTD cocktail from Grey Goose.

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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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21 Money Fonts for Financial Designs (Banknotes, Currency)

Vandelay Design

The best money fonts are perfect for book covers, money posters, official documents, and other designs inspired by banknotes and currency. The post 21 Money Fonts for Financial Designs (Banknotes, Currency) appeared first on Vandelay Design.

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More Than 100 Photographers Are Raising Funds to Protect 30 Million Hectares of African Parks

Colossal

Scott Ramsay, Mbeli Bai, Nouabale-Ndoki National Park, Republic of Congo, western lowland gorilla. All images courtesy of Prints for Wildlife, shared with permission. African Parks , a nonprofit focused on conservation and protecting endangered species, is behind several efforts to address the loss of biodiversity across the continent, and its latest initiative is to preserve 30 million hectares of parkland by 2030.

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Tiktok is not a spaceship: on the confusion over Tiktok and Jacob’s Law

UX Collective

Introduction Hello everyone, nice to meet you. My name is Haruki Ishiamru, and I usually work as a UI/UX designer in Tokyo, while translating great articles from overseas into Japanese in my personal non-profit blog “ ??????????????????? ( About Experience, Design and Startups )”. Also, my unfamiliar English may cause you some inconvenience. If I were a native speaker, I would probably say something like “Thank you for your patience” (maybe not?).

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Colorful Digital Illustrations by Calvin Sprague Balance Order and Chaos

Colossal

All images © Calvin Sprague, shared with permission. A patchwork of geometric shapes and clean, black lines comprise the bold, dynamic illustrations of Rotterdam-based artist Calvin Sprague ( previously ). Digitally rendered in retro color palettes, animals, foliage, and facial features layer into compositions dense with abstract details. Monochromatic backdrops tend to frame a central figure or scenario, which sometimes camouflage additional figures and elements within their structural forms.

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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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Beyond UI/UX: 4 ways to engage your users in the long term

UX Collective

There are many applications on your mobile phone, but only a few you use every day. Why do we feel more engaged in some applications than… Continue reading on UX Collective ».

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Preserving generational Black narratives through print: Meet graphic designer Zoë Pulley

Its Nice That

Finding inspiration almost anywhere she looks, the multi-disciplinary designer sees the broad potential in weaving visual narratives through print design.

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Thompson, Gordon and Charlton: holiday cards transformed into wedding invitations

Press'd

Even holiday cards can provide wedding invitation inspiration when some small but impactful updates are made to the design. Since all of our designs are customizable for any event, browse any of our galleries to find motifs, fonts, ink and foil pairings and more to build your own invitations for your celebration. The Thompson holiday card features a rustic wreath and monogram and a stylish diecut shape.

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London in November… Concept to Completion Workshop!

Joe McNally

London…one of my favorite places. Wonderful friends and colleagues, and a trip that I don’t take for granted (or any trip for that matter) given the rollercoaster of the past three years. Excited to be working once again with Nikon School UK this November 24th, and introducing a brand new, two-day portrait intensive workshop. We’ll be at a terrific location in London, with terrific talent, such as the globe trotting Amber Tutton , above, in the banner photo.

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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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Branding and visual identity for Waste Management Association

Abduzeedo

Branding and visual identity for Waste Management Association. abduzeedo 0906—22 Studio 20four shared a branding and visual identity for AWVO. As they describe the project, our everyday actions are associated with the generation of waste and yet we often lack the understanding of correct ways to deal with waste. The Waste Management Association of East Tyrol has made it its goal not only to properly collect, dispose of and, in the best case, recycle waste, but also to educate us about the pote

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“Solemn August” by Photographer Whitney Hayes

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Book Suggestions — The Innovator's Handbook by Hussain Almossawi

Abduzeedo

Book Suggestions — The Innovator's Handbook by Hussain Almossawi. AoiroStudio 0906—22 Our good friend Hussain Almossawi has launched his new book titled: ' The Innovator's Handbook '. A book that we can call a guide to unleash your creative mindset. To explain somehow what is the book is about — "It often has a lot to do with the way the corporate world is set-up.

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11 Tips for an Omnichannel Marketing Strategy

Inkbot Design

11 Tips for an Omnichannel Marketing Strategy. Approximately 42% of physical store shoppers look for information about specific products on the internet while searching in-store—most customers even look up more than ten information sources before purchasing. This shows that it is critical to implement an effective omnichannel marketing strategy to enable customers to transition across your marketing channels seamlessly.

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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.