How to be Creative | 16 Ideas to Kickstart Your Imagination
Design Wizard
JULY 6, 2021
Envato Tuts+
JULY 6, 2021
What You'll Be Creating. In this tutorial, you will learn how to create an event poster design in Photoshop using an event poster template from Envato Elements. What You Will Learn in This Music Event Poster Design Tutorial. How to select an event poster template in Envato Elements. How to insert your content into a Photoshop design. How to create an event poster format.
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We And The Color
JULY 6, 2021
Available for download on Adobe Stock as templates, these stock illustrations by Natalia Maca can be used for plenty of art and design projects. Natalia Maca is a freelance illustrator. As an Adobe Stock contributor, her creative process involves working with digital and traditional media, using various colors, compositions, and storytelling to express different key messages.
Creative Review
JULY 6, 2021
Cover by Ella Garrett Art directors from across the publishing company helped judge the award, which is now in its 15th year. They were joined by author Meera Syal – whose 1999 novel Life Isn’t All Ha Ha Hee Hee was one of the covers the students worked on – alongside a jury of creative directors, illustrators and graphic designers.
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
The Die Line
JULY 6, 2021
So instead, Date of Birth designed this tube with funky, proud, and exciting packaging through the typography and color system that'll inspire you to keep this tube on your bathroom counter.
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Shillington
JULY 6, 2021
Talk about a match made in design heaven! Strategist Lauren Wong and designer Gabby Lord have joined forces to launch Super Keen , a New York-based studio named for their “intense enthusiasm to help folks launch ideas that create equitable, ecological futures for us all” Female-founded and independently owned, we know Super Keen’s approach and outcomes will inspire our Shillington students, graduates and all creatives around the world.
Design Week
JULY 6, 2021
On 1 October 1964, Japan’s Shinkansen – colloquially known as the bullet train in English – opened for service between Tokyo and Osaka, shortening a six-hour trip to around just four. Less than two weeks later, visitors arrived in the country for the most international-facing Olympics in history. This impressive (though admittedly tight) turnaround is emblematic of the “new Japan” presented at the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games, according to Japan House London director of
Colossal
JULY 6, 2021
All images © Stephen Doyle, shared with permission. Stephen Doyle describes his interconnected book sculptures as “miniature monuments, testaments to the power of language and metaphors of imagination.” Featuring angled scaffolding and interlocking constructions that appear to grow directly from the bound pages, the sprawling sculptural forms that comprise his Hypertexts series are unruly and enchanting reimaginings of how information is communicated.
Its Nice That
JULY 6, 2021
Designed under the guise of MHTL – a studio founded with Lucky Park – Mat-Kkal's latest project is inspired by sci-fi, astronauts and spaceships.
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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.
Noupe
JULY 6, 2021
Being a solopreneur is not an easy job. You’ve to handle a dozen things yourself and take care of important decisions. Hiring and managing a software development team as a solopreneur may seem like an even more daunting task, to put it subtly. But, if need be, you must be able to handle things well so that your software development process goes hand in hand with your key business milestones. .
UX Collective
JULY 6, 2021
Illustrated and animated for clarity Continue reading on UX Collective ».
We And The Color
JULY 6, 2021
Take a look at this beautiful summer residence in Imerovigli, Santorini, Greece. Greece architecture firm, Kapsimalis , designed this outstanding summer residence in the village of Imerovigli on the island of Santorini. In contrast to the straight, angular architecture of the exterior of the house, all interior areas are characterized by round shapes, which conveys a cozy living experience.
Abduzeedo
JULY 6, 2021
Illustrations & Album Cover for Abo Sahar. AoiroStudio 07.06.21 Keeping with my inspirational search of visual delight, I stumbled across the work of Gamal Assy , a graphic designer based in Mansoura, Egypt. He worked with a music artist named Abo Sahar to conceptualize its new album cover and visual direction for his brand. Inspired by Abo's unique music style, Gamal came up with this very cool, playful, and colorful series of illustrations.
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 Milk
JULY 6, 2021
Designed by Pierre Cabrera , the Tulip Lamp has been recreated into a pendant version that brings a natural warmth for cozy spaces. The pendant is available in two sizes (Tulip30 and Tulip40) and styles, including a full-grain, mineral-tanned aniline leather version created in collaboration with leather goods designer Amalvi Pimenta. Each one is made by hand and uses LG Hausys’ HI-MACS® natural acrylic stone, a durable material with a unique feel and finish.
Its Nice That
JULY 6, 2021
Where do we belong? Taking place on 27 July 2021, this month’s Nicer Tuesdays Online examines exactly that, with photographer Jamie Hawkesworth and illustrator Hannah Buckman. .
Design Milk
JULY 6, 2021
To celebrate Design Milk’s 15th anniversary (which is officially today!), Design Milk founder and Clever co-creator Jaime Derringer took to the mic with Clever host Amy Devers. Jaime grew up in New Jersey, fiercely independent with an artistic streak, drawing inspiration from her quirky Nana. During college, she fell in love with Japanese and Asian culture, which still influences the artwork she does today , ranging from digital art to painting to tufted art.
Its Nice That
JULY 6, 2021
After throwing caution to the wind and starting a business during lockdown in Paris, friends and long-time collaborators Anthony Vernerey and Hugo Dumont have built an abundance of beautiful work.
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Abduzeedo
JULY 6, 2021
Rebranding Illustrations for Scout. AoiroStudio 07.06.21 Continuing my search for a client visual style, I stumbled on another amazing series of illustrations by Febin Raj , an illustrator & designer based in Bangalore, India. He worked on a rebranding project illustrating the different landscapes of the beautiful country of Australia. Based and inspired by a concept by 'Jean Louise - To Kill a Mockingbird', we follow the journey of the protagonist into the wild of the wilderness.
Design You Trust
JULY 6, 2021
Charles Schridde was born in 1926 and grew up in rural Illinois. He was an artist from an early age and received a scholarship to the Chicago Art Institute when he was age 17. He began at the institute, but was then enlisted in the Navy for two years. When he returned from the Navy, Charles began his career as a free-lance commercial illustrator. His major clients included The Saturday Evening Post, Life magazine, Motorola and Chevrolet. h/t: vintag.es.
Canny
JULY 6, 2021
To set your website live and get it out there, you’ll need to host it somewhere. Hosting a website means to give a website some space on a web server so that it can be served to users when they try to access your site. The world of hosting is ever developing, and there are a lot of different hosting options available. Shared hosting, virtual private server (VPS) hosting, dedicated hosting, cloud hosting… the list goes on!
Design Week
JULY 6, 2021
When news broke in May that the government had plans to slash university arts funding in half, the decision drew a familiar ire from the creative industry. Design leaders called the idea “destructive” and “short-sighted” Design courses have been threatened with budget cuts many times before. Design Week has regularly reported on government funding cuts taking aim at school and university education over the last 10 years.
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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.
Its Nice That
JULY 6, 2021
Part of a campaign created by Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam, the posters champion a reimagining of the sport, encouraging a more accessible game.
Design You Trust
JULY 6, 2021
According to Jiayi Li, a Chinese illustrator based in Paris, France: “Hi, my name is Jiayi Li. I’m an Illustrator currently drawing in my free time. I was born and raised in China. I lived in different cities (Chongqing, Guangzhou, Huizhou, Shanghai) and have now been living in Paris for 8 years.” More: Instagram , Behance. “I don’t consider my work art since I have trouble defining this word.
Creative Bloq
JULY 6, 2021
Get creative with these brilliant free Photoshop brushes.
Design You Trust
JULY 6, 2021
Bella No. Though there are many cats on the internet, there are a few as memorable and impactful as Grumpy Cat, the internet phenomenon who dominated the internet with her hilarious disdain in 2012 and onwards. Sadly, the cat left us in May of 2019, and she was mourned not only by her family, but seemingly the whole internet. More: Instagram , DeviantArt h/t: boredpanda.
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