Creative Boom
APRIL 18, 2022
Image licensed via Adobe Stock. Portfolio templates have come a long way over the last decade. You can now create a professional website with minimal effort. But the best designs are ones that let your work stand out. They're clean, functional and professional. Here are some of our favourite templates for 2022. We're not dismissing the importance of web design when we talk of portfolio templates.
Graphic Design USA
APRIL 18, 2022
The winners of the Type Directors Club TDC68 Communication Design and 25TDC Typeface Design competitions have been announced. Pentagram and The New York Times Magazine were the most honored.
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Creative Boom
APRIL 18, 2022
Say Goodnight, 2021 © Holly Stapleton. Taking a photographer's favourite hour of the day, when a golden light bathes everything in a flattering warmth, Holly Stapleton 's illustrations are pleasingly soft, charming and tender. The Toronto-based artist masterfully mixes hand-painted gouache with digital art to achieve this unique style. "I would say my style focuses on merging analogue and digital illustration in a minimalistic way," Holly tells Creative Boom.
Graphic Design USA
APRIL 18, 2022
Kevin Grady is a Senior Partner in design at Lippincott, a global creative consultancy, where he spearheads programs out of the San Francisco office. He contends that motion design is the future of branding.
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
SpeckyBoy
APRIL 18, 2022
There’s no doubt as to the importance of building accessible websites. It’s a constant topic of discussion in the web design community. And, in my opinion, most designers want to get it right. Accessibility impacts all of us in one way or another. Whether it’s the particular words used in a blog post or the ability to navigate from page to page – it matters.
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Joe McNally
APRIL 18, 2022
Friend, fellow photog, and Nikon Ambassador Ami Vitale has always been immersed in making her pictures actually do more than just resonate with the viewer. Her wonderful talents behind the camera produce luminously beautiful images that always have powerful messages, and larger intent. From pandas to elephants to planetary conservation, she frames the world through the viewfinder with the intent of saving it.
Inkbot Design
APRIL 18, 2022
Top 10 Most Popular 3 Letter Logos That Attract Attention. In the world of marketing, people often overlook simple 3 letter logos. However, some fundamental changes can boost your company's popularity. Every business needs a visual identity in today's cluttered and crowded marketplace. To attract new customers, you need to build a brand that stands out from the crowd.
Design You Trust
APRIL 18, 2022
Before we had Pantone Color Guide, there was no universally recognized system to identify colors. But there were attempts to make it, and probably the most impressive one came from the artist known only as A. Boogert, who back in 1692 created an impressive piece of literature about mixing colors. h/t: vintag.es , boredpanda. Handwritten in Dutch, the “Traité des couleurs servant à la peinture à l’eau” (“Color qualities of watercolor paint”) was an 800-page long guide on color and paint that was
Inkbot Design
APRIL 18, 2022
Everything You Need To Kickstart A Freelancing Career At Home. Many people lost their jobs because of Covid-19, as most companies worldwide were forced to shut down or reduce employees when the Government implemented social restrictions. It was a big hit, especially to smaller businesses, since most of them did not have the capital to completely shift to a digital operation as most big corporations do.
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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.
Vandelay Design
APRIL 18, 2022
Figma templates for landing pages and full websites, as well as Figma UI kits can be extremely useful in your own design process. Here are the best options. The post 65+ Figma Templates, UI Kits, and Wireframes to Speed Up Your Design appeared first on Vandelay Design.
Inkbot Design
APRIL 18, 2022
Why Graphics are Important in Application Development. Imagine opening a newly downloaded app and seeing a hastily put-together UI, a basic logo, a simple home screen, hard to read buttons, and no visual cues. You have to think about which path to follow. On the other hand, you open an app with dazzling motion graphics, a striking colour palette, a beautifully designed home screen, an intuitive layout, and easy to follow commands with a minimal learning curve.
Azure Magazine
APRIL 18, 2022
Since the widespread introduction of indoor plumbing in the mid-1800s, relatively little has changed in the world of faucet design. Over the course of the 200 years since faucets were brought into our homes, we’ve seen technological developments but the design changes that we’ve witnessed have been relatively minor in comparison — changes in colours, finishes and styles — even though it is typically the most frequently used fixture in our homes.
Inkbot Design
APRIL 18, 2022
Professional Website Design: 10 Reasons you Need One. We all are curious about getting more information and online shopping in this digital age. In addition, in the past few years of the pandemic, people have started to buy online groceries and household items. However, if your business does not have an online presence with a good and professional website design, your business could face severe challenges with lead generation , sales, and conversions.
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 You Trust
APRIL 18, 2022
From migrant self-portraits to a wily vixen, this year’s prize-winning photographers cast a fresh eye on the world. The Fox’s Tale: Milan Radisics, Hungary (1st place, Wildlife & Nature). Radisics says: ‘Over eight months, I spent almost every night sitting at the window of my cottage in the middle of the forest. The young vixen appears in the village after dusk, circles an hour and a half, and appears in a courtyard several times.
Inkbot Design
APRIL 18, 2022
10+ Writing Tools for Designers Who Hate Writing. Most designers are not fond of writing. It happens because their talent is mainly based on using visual resources. That is why it is difficult for them to work with words. However, if you are a designer, you need to find a way to perfect your writing skills since designs often need to be accompanied by words.
Abduzeedo
APRIL 18, 2022
MSI 2021 | League of Legends — Design and Animation. abduzeedo 0418—22 Champ Panupong Techawongthawon worked with the super talented folks over at Massive Assembly for on Music Video and promotional video for BREAK OUT | MSI 2021 - League of Legends. Eleven regional champions are heading to Iceland for MSI 2021. Among them: reigning World Champions, MVPs, old winners searching for new glory and rising rookie stars.
Vandelay Design
APRIL 18, 2022
The best t-shirt fonts are essential if you want to design t-shirts (and other apparel) that will stand out. Here is a collection of our favorites you can start using today. The post 40+ of the Best T-Shirt Fonts for Beautiful Apparel Design appeared first on Vandelay Design.
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Colossal
APRIL 18, 2022
?. Each spring, a fledgling creature waddles, wriggles, or slithers across a Dutch beach. The sculptural animals are known as Strandbeests and are part of a growing menagerie by artist Theo Jansen ( previously ), who’s been constructing large-scale, kinetic beings powered entirely by the wind since 1990. Jansen unleashes the skeletal works—which weigh around 180 kilograms and use 2,000 to 3,000 meters of PVC pipe—in the early part of the year and uses the summer months to tweak their funct
Design You Trust
APRIL 18, 2022
Valeriia Potaichuk is an Ukrainian illustrator and a graphic designer currently based in Poland. She is using vivid colours and a great sense of humour to provide a tiny bit of a smile on your face. More: Instagram. Source.
The Die Line
APRIL 18, 2022
Ruuts is a stress-reducing, mind-boosting iced tea beverage with psychedelic-inspired packaging that instantly inspires. Each.
Abduzeedo
APRIL 18, 2022
Young Lions Design Entry for Pepsi. abduzeedo 0418—22 Mónica Ángel work as art director on a campaign that had the goal tol show the Colombians that Pepsi Black has as much flavor as its culture and customs. Inspired by one of the most famous icons of the Colombian coast: the picó; and also the cans of the product; we designed an interactive device that through a scanner identifies the colors present in the outfit of people to renders it into figures that are transmitted to the rhythm of the mus
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Colossal
APRIL 18, 2022
All images © Maria Lax, shared with permission. Known for experimenting with an assortment of in-camera techniques, photographer Maria Lax transforms quiet, nighttime vistas and frozen forests into fantastically colored dreamscapes. She’s always been fascinated by the interplay of light and color, she tells Colossal, and following formal training in cinematography, has developed a distinct style that vividly interprets the outside world.
Feature Shoot
APRIL 18, 2022
Urban Anomalies #4 , owned by @JNSilva_. Urban Anomalies #9 , owned by @loopsdigi. Urban Anomalies #48 , owned by @danexisaac. “I find fleeting moments in the city,” the New York-based photographer Ben Zank tells me. “It could be an opened hydrant on my block, an unattended sinkhole on the side of the road, or just some street cones.
The Dieline
APRIL 18, 2022
Designer Amy Pastre and Illustrator Lauren Hackmiller collaborated on the packaging design for Parchie, a children's watch brand.
Purple Rose Graphics
APRIL 18, 2022
There are a lot of phrases meant to inspire action. I’m part of the generation that grew up in the USA in the 1990s. During this era, a specific sportswear brand’s slogan was the inspirational catchphrase of the day. My personal favorite is one from my family that I heard a lot growing up “Talking is Easy, Doing is Hard.” This is meant to remind you to stop talking about something and get out there and make it happen.
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