BP&O
MAY 15, 2020
Text by Richard Baird. Atop of Croatia’s Istria peninsula, just where the land slips into the Adriatic sea sits the tiny small-batch gin distillery of Monachus. Stone shores, botanical covered hillsides, the smell of pine and scattered pin cones characterises the landscape. Drawing on this, the natural history of Istria and the name Monachus, borrowed from Monachus Monachus an endangered Mediterranean […].
Booooooom
MAY 15, 2020
Giorgiko (pronounced jee-OR-jee-koh) is the product of a collaborative experiment between Darren and Trisha Inouye melding minimal, expressive character illustration with large-scale classical painting. Giorgiko. Giorgiko’s Website. Giorgiko on Instagram.
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Speckyboy Design Magazine
MAY 15, 2020
A Complete Guide to CSS Functions – Yes, CSS has functions! Learn how they can benefit your projects with this in-depth guide. A case study of complex table design – A look at redesigning a feature for better usability. What to Do When a Web Design Client Leaves – Tips for making the best of an awkward situation and lost revenue. Creating an Accessible Range Slider with CSS – Use this tutorial to learn the finer points of form accessibility.
Graphic Mama
MAY 15, 2020
Web Design and Web Development Agencies often get confused and regularly are lumped together. Understandably given the fact that many Design Agencies also are Development Agencies and occasionally throw web marketing into the mix. It can all get a little confusing but there is a clear and obvious difference. Web design typically concentrates on the look of the site, the visuals, and the feeling they create.
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
Colossal
MAY 15, 2020
All images © Igor Verny. If Igor Verny ’s dragonflies and birds have difficulty taking flight, they may need a few squirts of WD-40 to get their metallic wings flapping. The Russian artist ( previously ) assembles steampunk-inspired sculptures that are fully articulated and can be shaped into realistic poses of daily activities. Merging the organic and industrial, each polished insect and animal is formed with scrap metal and other discarded objects.
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Design Week
MAY 15, 2020
“Objections to coronavirus tracing apps seem to be more expected in countries such as the UK and the USA, where fears around data misuse are more prevalent and political divisions have heightened mistrust in governments,” Fura Johannesdottir tells Design Week. Johannesdottir is Huge Inc’s chief design officer and is based in Iceland, where she says that the “small population has so far had faith in this use of technology” She believes that the apps’ popularity
Under Consideration / Brand
MAY 15, 2020
“From Olssøn Barbieri, behalf studio, and Mythology and Joe Doucet”. Two distillery products serve as elegant bookends for some crazy funkiness this week, with work from Oslo, Ho Chi Minh City, and New York. Gullmunn by Olssøn Barbieri. Gullmunn is a new, small brand of aquavit available in Norway, created by Marthe Bøhn, a cognac distiller, and produced at Oslo Craft Distillery.
Colossal
MAY 15, 2020
“MARA” (2017), pencil and black marker on paper. All images © Sofia Bonati. Argentinian artist Sofia Bonati ( previously ) illustrates arresting portraits that question the distinction between subject and backdrop. She poses her often unsmiling women against dense floral motifs or within dizzying, black-and-white stripes that conceal the bounds of their hair or clothing.
Design You Trust
MAY 15, 2020
Amina Arsakova A girl from Chechnya is admired for her unusual beauty, but Albinism is not the only thing that distinguishes her from others. h/t: mysteriesrunsolved This 11-year-old Chechen girl’s face is a piece of art. Her name is Amina Ependieva. She is diagnosed with two rare genetic conditions: Albinism in which she lacks the melanin pigment making her skin and hair extremely white.
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Design Week
MAY 15, 2020
Booklyn-based design studio Hyperakt has updated the visual identity for coding collective, Girls Who Code (GWC). The brand refresh includes a logo update, website redesign as well as new visuals for physical materials such as tote bags and badges. GWC was founded in 2012 in New York with the aim of teaching 20 girls to code. Since then, it has grown into an international movement and teaches 185,000 girls around the world to code through resources and content.
Fotor
MAY 15, 2020
Polaroids have been a classic staple amongst professional photographers and people taking photos just for fun ever since they shot into popularity in the 1970s! For a long time, you’d have to invest money into not only an expensive camera but also the pricey polaroid film that goes with it. But not any longer! Nowadays […].
Its Nice That
MAY 15, 2020
The design director at Chobani discusses the importance of personal projects and how they can influence commercial work too.
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
MAY 15, 2020
Bowiebranchia is a Tumblr account that compares pictures of Nudibranchia and other Opisthobranchia to David Bowie. And I know, at first, such a blog sounds a little random. After all, what do they have in common? However, once you start actually looking at the images, the answer becomes obvious. Their appearances. More: Tumblr h/t: boredpanda At times, the similarities work to such an uncanny.
Juxapoz Magazine
MAY 15, 2020
Many of the sci-fi artists that we love deserve a second view these days, especially in light of the complete overhaul of our daily lives over the past 10 or so months. When we think of contemporary masters that carry the torch of Moebius and Shusei Nagaoka, its Stockholm, Sweden-based, Kilian Eng. He has reimagined images related to Star Wars and Blade Runner, but his concept art feels so relevant today; isolated and regimented humanity under the guise of maximum technology.
Design You Trust
MAY 15, 2020
Daishi Luo and Zhipeng Tan are the members of a creative design duo which creates furniture inspired by the human body, including tall spinal chairs with pelvis seats and other stuff you might find odd. More: Mán-mán Studio, Instagram h/t: playjunkie The creators of Mán-Mán Studio explain that their art pieces are made of copper, “because of the charm of the material.
Graphis
MAY 15, 2020
David Chandi, a founding partner of the agency Groupo daDá, has had over 15 years of experience in photography and advertising. He has done work for corporate clients such as Coca-Cola, Herbalife, and Groupo La Favorita. He has also done many projects in the political sphere in his country of Ecuador, including government branding. He […].
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Design You Trust
MAY 15, 2020
French dentists have begun protesting the fact that they are being asked to go back to work without PPE (personal protective equipment like masks, gowns, etc). They are doing what the French do best – get naked. “These pics aren’t about a party in the office, neither a kind of ice bucket challenge. Why naked photos? In two weeks we go back to work. Facing COVID-19 concerns, the luck of PPE and the.
Brown Paper Bag
MAY 15, 2020
This post contains some affiliate links. If you make a purchase, Brown Paper Bag may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more here. 1. Floral Catchall Tray by Erika Christine. 2. Mushroom Hand Painted Wood Pins by Freya Hartas. 3. Flower Hair Clip Set by Quiet Clementine. 4. Sunset Embroidery Kit by Sunday Mornings Shop. 5. Hand Embroidered Clutch by Birch and Loon. 6.
Elumin
MAY 15, 2020
The post How to design a logo tutorial appeared first on Freelance Graphic Designer, Marketing Manager, Writer & Wordpress Techie.
Spoon Graphics
MAY 15, 2020
Access All Areas members have a brilliant collection of Affinity Designer brushes to download this week, courtesy of MiksKS. This handmade brush set contains 12 grainy brushes for shading and adding texture to your drawings. To use these brushes you will need Affinity Photo or Designer (these brushes work in the Pixel Persona of Affinity Designer), plus a pen tablet is recommended to enable the pressure-sensitive feature.
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Its Nice That
MAY 15, 2020
Discussing its new typeface for Nike's store at Chelsea Football Club, co-founder Martin discusses its long line of sports-based typographic ventures.
Under Consideration / Brand
MAY 15, 2020
“Saturday Night Without Fever Hopefully”. (Est. 2020) " Distance Disco is a digital matchmaking dance party: find the person dancing to your song! For Distance Disco you'll need: your best dance moves ???? a computer + webcam + internet ?? a cool outfit ?????????????????????? BYO drinks ??. Distance Disco (currently in beta version) is initiated and created by Amsterdam based independent and interactive artists as a quirky social experiment.
Azure Magazine
MAY 15, 2020
Known for his prismatic optic explorations, the Canada-born artist and designer has created a home in the German creative capital that is as much a visual feast as his work. The post Show Us Where You Live: Jordan Soderberg Mills’ Berlin Kaleidoscope appeared first on Azure Magazine.
Trendland
MAY 15, 2020
We recently interviewed the Vietnamese floral designer slash photographer Doan Ly a months few back. And for the flower lovers that we are, she.
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