Wed.Jul 20, 2022

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Graphic Design: Your Ultimate List of Tools and Resources

Noupe

We can’t do what we want to do without the aid of tools. Chefs employ fire to conjure up gastronomic wonders in the kitchen. Playing an instrument is an essential part of the music. A bridge that allows people to travel between two points in suspended space must be built using the correct tools and materials. Visual art designers, such as graphic artists, require more than natural aptitude and skill to produce their work.

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The winners of the 2022 V&A Illustration Awards have been revealed

Creative Boom

Book Illustration Winner 2022 – Gérard DuBois. The judges have had their say. The votes have been counted. And the winners of the 2022 V&A Illustration Awards have been revealed. Find out who has come out on top. The V&A Illustration Awards made a triumphant return in 2022 after taking two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, and nearly 1,500 applicants submitted their work to be considered for this year's award.

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Photoshop Gold Text Effect Tutorial

Spoon Graphics

In today’s Adobe Photoshop tutorial I’m going to show you how to create a lovely gold text effect. It’s made using a combination of Photoshop layer styles, plus a couple of my own secret ingredients that really brings the effect to life with a nice shiny finish. What really makes this gold effect look so realistic compared to some other basic gold text effects is the layering of Photoshop’s layer styles.

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Find and take home a beautiful piece of art in Manchester to remember 'you are not alone'

Creative Boom

Throughout July, ceramicist Rachel Ho and artist and designer Micah Purnell are leaving 240 beautiful gifts dotted around Manchester for people to find and keep. Called Gift to the City , the massive art trail by Passion Art hopes to remind us to embrace our stories of loss and self-worth. The two local artists will leave over £4,500 worth of free art dotted around Manchester city centre from today until the end of July.

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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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23 Best Handwritten Fonts For Graphic Designers

Graphic Design Junction

Beautiful hand-picked collection of best handwritten fonts. Modern calligraphy makes it appear wonderfully, readable, and incredibly versatile. The handwritten fonts will look outstanding in any context, whether it’s being used on busy backgrounds or as a standalone headline! Fonts are suitable for use in title design. Such as apparel, invitations, books tittle, stationery design, quotes, branding, logos, greeting card, t-shirt, packaging design, poster and more.

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Sinc & Magoz—A Journey of Discovery Into the World of NFTs

We And The Color

Over the past few months, Amsterdam-based creative agency Sinc teamed up with renowned digital artist Magoz to create a series of NFTs focusing on the relationship between humans and the organizations they work for. Magoz is a digital artist based in Malmö, Sweden. Using bold colors, metaphors, and simplicity, he specializes in illustration, animation, and coding.

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Peter Saville has redrawn the Aston Martin wings

Creative Review

The original Aston Martin wing logo was introduced in 1927 – when it was more of a wing-shaped wordmark – and has undergone various adjustments since then. In 1930 it was adapted to appear more speedy, and tightened into more of a v shape, and in 1932 it was updated again to the scarab beetle-inspired wing shape it’s retained ever since.

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Design Principles: why a design works

UX Collective

Cognitive ease happens when there is no cognitive strain. When a design works, people experience cognitive ease. When it doesn’t, we experience an interruption to our state of flow (more about this later) that throws us into cognitive strain, and the design has failed. This can easily happen when basic design principles have been ignored, resulting in a design that doesn’t “hang together.

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Plasto Sans Serif Family of 54 Fonts - only $12!Plasto is a.

The Design Blog

Plasto Sans Serif Family of 54 Fonts - only $12! Plasto Sans Serif Family of 54 Fonts - only $12! Plasto Sans Serif Family of 54 Fonts - only $12! Plasto Sans Serif Family of 54 Fonts - only $12! Plasto Sans Serif Family of 54 Fonts - only $12! Plasto is a welcome addition to anyone looking for a highly legible, unique, grotesque sans serif typeface.

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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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Anthony Burrill shares his creative inspirations in new online archive

Creative Review

Graphic artist, print-maker and designer Anthony Burrill has launched an online archive that reveals the graphic ephemera that inspires his process and works, and makes them available for anyone to download. Burrill first created an archive site back in 2016, which he explains was lost due to an unfortunate internet glitch. The onset of lockdown gave him the time and motivation to reimagine it.

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Minimal, Clean Presentation Template with Infographics for Adobe InDesign

We And The Color

Currently available for free download with an Adobe Stock trial subscription, this presentation template by PixWork comes with plenty of customizable infographics. Studio @PixWork created this minimalist presentation template with 15 customizable pages. Based on the standard size of 1920 x 1080 px, it is perfect for screen presentations. The clean layout comes with plenty of infographics.

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These Modern Clocks Are Inspired by Jewelry + Furniture Design

Design Milk

In the age of smart phones, some might argue that wall clocks have (sadly) lost a bit of their luster. But what if we considered clocks as more than purely mechanisms for telling time – what if clocks were as central to home decor, as say, furniture to a room or a necklace to an outfit? Then you’d get a Nomon clock. Space Lighting’s Nomon clock brand is giving indoor wall clocks a well-deserved rebrand.

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Photographer Spotlight: Tony Westman

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Tony Westman. Tony Westman’s Website.

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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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BBC’s Commonwealth Games spot celebrates the spirit of Brum

Creative Review

Ahead of this year’s Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, the BBC is putting the host city front and centre of its spot promoting coverage of the tournament. Named It’s A Brum Ting, the animated ad references sports stars like Dina Asher-Smith, Adam Peaty and Laura Kenny, alongside nods to famous faces outside of sport who hail from Birmingham, such as Lenny Henry, Cat Deeley, Guz Khan.

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Five creatives inspired by early gaming nostalgia

Its Nice That

From the fantasy realms of RPG graphics to sheer 8-bit pixelation, video game visuals don’t mean any one thing, as these brilliant creatives prove.

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These Dogs Were Once Trapped in the Dog Meat Trade. Today, They’re Loved. 

Feature Shoot

“ABBY was a mom with puppies, and a large scar across her shoulder. When Abby first arrived in her adoptive home, she feared rugs and stairs, and was quite timid. Over time, she’s become more confident, and will now let her family know when she’d like to go on walks and if it’s time for her treat. Abby enjoys hiking, wading in water, and running around off-leash.” “WILF was a young pup on Farm 15, sharing a cage with his sibling and mother.

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Hyunmin Ryu captures the brilliance of childhood imagination with a photo series on his closest companion, his young nephew

Its Nice That

Inspired by his nephew’s quirks and driven by their close bond, the Kim Sae-hyun series is an homage to the innocent creativity and unsuspecting humour of children.

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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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The CORALIA Collection Is Inspired by the Magical Island of Capri

Design Milk

There’s something special about the combination of concrete and resin, the juxtaposition of hard and opaque paired with light and translucent is difficult to match. Draga & Aurel , a multidisciplinary design studio, together with the Rossana Orlandi Gallery , give proof as to why the materials work so well together in CORALIA. Making its debut earlier in July 2022 at NOMAD Capri, the collection is inspired by the magical island itself – specifically the sea.

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Top 10 Luxury Brand Logos for Design Inspiration

Inkbot Design

Top 10 Luxury Brand Logos for Design Inspiration. Luxury brands are often associated with expensive goods, but there are ways to design products with a luxury feel without breaking the bank. Whether you're looking for a logo design for your brand or simply a refresher on some of the most well-known logos, there are few things as satisfying as a well-designed logo.

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The Kinn Outdoor Furniture Family Is Growing

Design Milk

We love it when an already great collection branches out further! Vestre recently introduced a few new pieces to the Kinn family of outdoor furniture. Designed by Anderssen & Voll , the fresh chairs and tables were natural extensions of the collection. “The vision with the new pieces in the series is to provide even more opportunities for furnishing outdoor environments and thereby expand the functionality for the Kinn family, regardless of the purpose of creating places for social gat

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Heinz Announces Chef-Inspired '57 Collection'

The Die Line

Feeling the foodie FOMO, Heinz gets into the hot honey and chili crisp business.

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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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The Clamor of Ornament: Exchange, Power, and Joy from the Fifteenth Century to the Present

Juxapoz Magazine

Bringing together more than 200 objects produced over the past five centuries, The Clamor of Ornament: Exchange, Power, and Joy from the Fifteenth Century to the Present explores ornament in architecture, art, and design through the lens of drawing. The exhibition foregrounds ornament’s potential as a mode of communication, a form of currency, and a means of exchange across geographies and cultures.

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This Guy Makes Honest And Funny Charts That Sum Up Our Lives

Design You Trust

Matt Shirley is a legend, a visual genius, and a master of social insight. Odds are that you know of his work even if you aren’t aware of his name. His creative and hilarious charts have been gracing social media sites for years, and you’re bound to have stumbled upon one of his creations. They’re as quirky as they are funny. And they’re incredibly relatable (even if some of us won’t say it aloud).

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Design and typography for Shanghai Jiao Tong Top 200 Research Universities book

Abduzeedo

Design and typography for Shanghai Jiao Tong Top 200 Research Universities book. abduzeedo 0720—22 Sawdust is the work of London based duo Rob Gonzalez and Jonathan Quainton. They have been working together since 2006, which is the same time when we started Abduzeedo. It’s fair to say we are fans of Sawdust since then! For this post I’d love to share the design and typography work Sawdust created for the global university guide book Shanghai Jiao Tong Top 200 Research Universities.

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This Instagram Account Shares Pictures From The ’60s and ’70s, Shows Why It Was An Era Like No Other

Design You Trust

Cher walking around Beverly Hills, 1978. The 1970s are often associated with Vietnam and Watergate, but there was also plenty of glamor between the wild fashion, TV stars like Farrah Fawcett, and the disco era. So to get a better image of the decade, let’s take a look at the aptly-titled Instagram account, 70s Archives. It shares photos that show not only how people looked in the period, but also what they were passionate about and how they spent their days.

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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.