Creative Market
JUNE 15, 2021
Trends give us a hint of the underlying patterns inspiring creative professionals around the globe. Rather than taken literally, design trends are meant to serve as starting points to kickstart your own creative process. A set of insights to spark a design that is still uniquely yours. Inspire your perspective as we go over some of this summer’s most popular design themes.
SpeckyBoy
JUNE 15, 2021
Several years ago, I worked as an in-house copywriter and designer for a prominent marketing firm. When I first applied for the job I didn’t have any of the credentials my employers were looking for, and yet I got the job anyway, out of a pool of more qualified competitors. Why did I get chosen? The boss liked my story. I had no experience with working at a firm, nor was I technical enough to get deeply involved in the backend work.
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Noupe
JUNE 15, 2021
Need a beautiful website? But notice just how quickly the costs, not only from hosting and development but design, photography, fonts, and animations can spiral out of control? When building a website, the costs pile up. Whether you are a web designer, developer, or simply have a web project in mind, it helps to know where to go to cut costs without forfeiting style.
SpeckyBoy
JUNE 15, 2021
Pagination is one of those little design necessities that often gets overlooked. But for blogs and other content-heavy sites , it provides an important means of navigating between pages. A well-crafted paginated website can encourage users to explore further what you have to offer. Some designers dare to take pagination to the next level. Here’s a look at some very creative CSS and JavaScript code snippets that you can use for free to improve the pagination on your own website.
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
Template Monster
JUNE 15, 2021
If you're looking for consulting WordPress themes , this compilation can be just what you need. Here, we'd like to showcase some of the best solutions that can boost your business and increase chances for your successful online presence. When building a consulting business there are a lot of factors that come into play. One of them is choosing the right design and platform for your website.
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Creative Review
JUNE 15, 2021
Photographer Simon Norfolk used to photograph conflict zones and spent ten years in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Iraq to capture ruined landscapes and the impact military invasion had on daily lives. A couple of years ago the charity Project Pressure approached Norfolk to take what he knew about conflict and apply it to glaciers. “On the surface it seemed like a huge leap, but when I started to research different locations, I realised that this is ‘ruin photography’,” Norfolk
SpyreStudios
JUNE 15, 2021
There is no denying the popularity of Apple’s iOS App Store. There are more developers joining and publishing their apps every week. And the process is moving so quickly that smaller apps with amazing features can get pushed underneath the rug. This showcase is dedicated to amazing iPhone and iPad app icons worth checking out. Dribbble members have often been designing these formatted icons for inspiring developers to build upon.
We And The Color
JUNE 15, 2021
Lynx, a fully customizable brochure template made for use in Adobe InDesign. Created by Adobe Stock contributor @GraphicArtist , this high-quality brochure template is equipped with 20 fully customizable pages. Using Adobe InDesign, you can change every detail according to your own needs. As always, these sample texts and images are for display only and may not be included in the end-use.
Abduzeedo
JUNE 15, 2021
Stylish Fashion Illustrations — The Sartorial Painting Collection?. AoiroStudio 06.15.21 I stumbled across the work of Seungwon Hong and thought it would be cool to feature on abdz. Seungwon is an illustrator and graphic designer based in Seoul, Korea. His series? It's titled: 'The Sartorial Painting Collection' and it's basically a series of digitally drawn paintings of portraits and people in general that he founds through social media.
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Creative Review
JUNE 15, 2021
To promote the new initiative, Oslo-based ad agency Try has created a striking ad campaign which features a TV spot and posters showing Ikea feature in trash piles across Norway. The ads highlight the Ikea products within the piles of junk and then label them with where they were found, what work needed doing to bring them back into use, and what the secondhand price is versus the original.
We And The Color
JUNE 15, 2021
Silver Pine, SAOTA’s first completed architectural project in Russia. Our frequent readers may be familiar with the outstanding work of Cape Town, South Africa-based architecture firm SAOTA. In partnership with ARRCC, Max Kasymov & OKHA who worked together to create the interiors and bespoke furniture, SAOTA designed a modern yet traditional Russian home.
Azure Magazine
JUNE 15, 2021
After a year’s delay due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the 20th Serpentine Pavilion has finally opened in London’s Hyde Park. Designed by 31-year-old South African architect Sumayya Vally, founder and principal of Johannesburg practice Counterspace , the new structure is bold and majestic. Standing more than six metres tall in Kensington Gardens, almost meeting the height of the trees surrounding it, the two-tone, open-air edifice – pale pink rendered cement mix for the interior and da
Design Milk
JUNE 15, 2021
San Francisco-based Zai Divecha is an artist transforming plain white paper into geometric works made by repetitive folds and pleats. She makes the intricate works by folding or pleating paper to form patterns of light and shadow. From tiny paper star tutorials to massive wall installations , Divecha’s pieces visually delight the eye making you almost forget that they began as paper.
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.
Spine Magazine
JUNE 15, 2021
Laywan Kwan lives and works as a graphic designer in New York City. Her work has been featured in The Huffington Post , Casual Optimist , Paste Magazine and other publications. Here she takes us through her process for designing The Missing Treasures of Amy Ashton. Designing the cover for The Missing Treasures of Amy Ashton was actually one of my easier projects.
Design Milk
JUNE 15, 2021
Kelly Wearstler launches a 2021 collection – Transcendence – full of furniture, décor and lighting that explore materiality and challenge scale in every piece. It’s a celebration of the unexpected that captures the energy of Southern California through elegance and whimsy. I look to find the tension in each piece, balancing the familiar with the unexpected to create something that is both inviting and provides a new perspective. – Kelly Wearstler.
Colossal
JUNE 15, 2021
All images © Panna Eszenyi, shared with permission. Graphic designer Panna Eszenyi shifts her practice to a more tactile medium in a series that deftly merges embroidery and typography. Created as part of the 36 Days of Type challenge, the thread-based alphabet is Eszenyi’s foray into the craft and an exercise in utilizing a wide variety of stitches.
Design Milk
JUNE 15, 2021
Walking your dog twice a day, every day might seem like a chore when you don’t have the time for it or are scrambling around last minute for the leash. Setting up a routine and having all the pet essentials right at the door is key to making sure you and your furry family members are getting your steps in. Today we round up six pet essentials you should always have on hand for your next walk, whether it’s a trail hike or just a stroll around the neighborhood!
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Creative Review
JUNE 15, 2021
Described as both ‘the artbook for football fans’ and ‘the football book for art lovers’, Muddy Dance is a collection of vernacular photography compiled by artist and ad creative Erik Kessels. The book features photographs of footballers performing dives, jumps and leaps. With no footballs in sight, the emphasis is instead placed on the elegant forms that the players unconsciously form with one another during a match.
UX Collective
JUNE 15, 2021
Written with the hope that others will be inspired to download screen readers and learn to use them. Let’s learn together. Continue reading on UX Collective ».
Creative Review
JUNE 15, 2021
The Museum of the Home’s new displays put storytelling at the centre and illustrate how our homes are rich with design and cultural history. The post The stories embedded in the design of homes appeared first on Creative Review.
Designspiration
JUNE 15, 2021
The Passive House by Karawitz Architecture | Abduzeedo | Graphic Design Inspiration and Photoshop Tutorials #interior
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Designspiration
JUNE 15, 2021
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Graphis
JUNE 15, 2021
More unique packaging ideas have been shared with Graphis as entries for our Packaging 10 competition keep pouring in. This week’s submissions focus on liquor and how vital it is to have both a one-of-a-kind bottle and label design. In order to stick out from competing brands, a package needs to be striking and memorable, […].
Designspiration
JUNE 15, 2021
MagSpreads Editorial Design and Magazine Layout Inspiration: The Solar Annual Report #infographics #annual #report #layout #typography
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