Noupe

JANUARY 13, 2020

There are thousands of blogs on the internet and trying to get yours to stand out can be really difficult. While your blog should be inviting and interesting to start with, that is not enough to survive today. What you really need is a strong foundation in SEO or search engine optimization. If you aren’t familiar with SEO, it is essentially what websites use to guarantee that their pages will show up higher in a search engine results page.

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Its Nice That

JANUARY 13, 2020

Illustrators Jack Snelling and Lizzie Lomax’s illustrated magazine aims to inspire the next generation to care about the environment. Read more.

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Design Week

JANUARY 13, 2020

Ruth Wasserman, design director at Made.com What do you think 2020 will hold for furniture design? We have seen a resurgent popularity of natural materials and we see this growing next year. Timbers in natural finishes are joined by woven materials, cane, bamboo seagrass and we envisage the finish of these becoming more casual and less polished. The mid century look that has been popular for some years now is starting to make way for a new retro inspired by the bold shapes and finishes of the 19

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Azure Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2020

The winter blues never looked so good. When Pantone unveiled its colour of the year – Classic Blue – at the end of 2019 , we breathed a collective sigh of relief: here was a hue we could all agree on. It works in doses small and big, and it seems a number of brands were ready to embrace it from the get-go. Here are 10 products that make the most of Pantone’s Classic Blue. 1.

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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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I Love Typography

JANUARY 13, 2020

Printing was introduced into the Americas by the Italian Giovanni Paoli, better known as Juan Pablos. The first book issued from his press in Mexico City was Doctrina breve, a Spanish handbook of Christian doctrine, written by Juan de Zumárraga, Mexico’s first bishop, and printed in 1539 — making it the Western Hemisphere’s first printed […]. The post The Oldest Book in America appeared first on I Love Typography.

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Its Nice That

JANUARY 13, 2020

Made by Oscar-winning animation director Kunio Kat? and produced by Princess Mononoke’s Toshio Suzuki and Spirited Away assistant producer Tomohiko Ishii, there is some serious anime brawn behind this hand-drawn short. Read more.

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Brown Paper Bag

JANUARY 13, 2020

Enjoy the beauty of the ocean with Yuliya Kucherenko ’s sea-inspired embroideries. Using a combination of thread painting, needle felting, and beading, she creates dynamic jellyfish embroideries. Her painterly stitching style captures the fluidity of these creatures as their tendrils extend beyond the hoop. Because they are not tacked to any fabric, the embroideries evoke the same freedom as their inspirations.

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Its Nice That

JANUARY 13, 2020

As the Academy Awards 2020 shortlist is revealed and the Hollywood stars steal the headlines, in the categories for animation and short film exist a group of creatives leading their field, and slowly shifting a genre away from CGI. Read more.

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Trendland

JANUARY 13, 2020

Montgomery+Evelyn is a new supplement company offering a limited range of four products inspired by different human conditions and moods. Aiming to provide the nutrition market with greater clarity, Studio Makgill has designed minimalist visual identity and packaging for the brand. Distinguishable colors mark different product qualities while supplements’ names also suggest the practicality of the solution.

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Advertiser: Issuu

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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Its Nice That

JANUARY 13, 2020

Inspired wholeheartedly by the daily events of her surroundings, the British artist paints scenes of popular culture – more specifically, those found in Crufts, Royal Ascot and the British racecourse. Read more.

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Colossal

JANUARY 13, 2020

All images © Fabrice Wittner, shared with permission. Inspired by Inuit iconography, Fabrice Wittner ( previously ) describes his latest series as “an invitation to enter the polar night.” The Northern Lights , a project in which the artist superimposes figures onto the Arctic phenomenon, involves painting with a light source like a torch on an extended-exposure photograph, illuminating those he depicts.

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Under Consideration / Brand

JANUARY 13, 2020

“AT Long Last”. (Est. 1926, previously A.T. Kearney) " Kearney is an American global management consulting firm that focuses on strategic and operational CEO-agenda issues facing businesses, governments and institutions around the globe. Kearney maintains offices in more than 40 countries globally." ( Wikipedia ). Design by. Siegel+Gale. Related links.

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Graphic Mama

JANUARY 13, 2020

Nowadays, you don’t have to be a master designer to have a strong visual presence on social media. The Facebook cover image is one of the first things people notice when visiting your profile. Luckily, good free Facebook cover templates are not so hard to find any more. In this collection, we will show you 6 amazing sources of free Facebook cover templates – all editable and customizable according to your needs.

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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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Shillington

JANUARY 13, 2020

Shillington students from around the world share the work of creatives who inspire them in the #ILoveTheseGuys series. In this post, New York student Shannon Sarussi highlights projects from the Seoul-based graphic design studio, Ordinary People. Their aim is to maximise communication efficiency – makes a change from just calling themselves designers.

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Colossal

JANUARY 13, 2020

Artwork by Gabrielle Mazza. Spring 2020 Info Sessions . Courses begin January 27. School of Visual Arts, Division of Continuing Education. From one-day workshops to semester-long courses, take the opportunity to immerse yourself and be inspired. . Courses are available in the following areas: Advertising. Animation. Art & Activism. Design. Film and Video.

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Creative Review

JANUARY 13, 2020

German photographer Maximilian Mann describes his style as “poetic and calm”, aiming to show the beauty and fragility of nature, which is exactly what he portrays in his ongoing project called Fading Flamingos. Documenting the environmental changes happening in Lake Urmia in Iran, the series is a reminder of the ongoing impact our environmental misunderstandings have in every corner of the world. .

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Design Week

JANUARY 13, 2020

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has unveiled a new logo and slogan, as part of a wider brand identity for the country. As well as updating the country’s image, it is hoped that the brand identity will help unify the UAE’s seven sovereign constitutional monarchies, according to the newly-established website for the country’s “nation brand” The new logo Unusually, the logo has a time frame of fifty years.

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Under Consideration / Brand

JANUARY 13, 2020

“All that Glitters is not not Glitter”. Launched in the Summer of 2019, More Than Magic is a new brand of tween-focused lifestyle products available only at Target. Designed specifically for girls ages 8 to 12, the new product line has over 500 items that range from activewear to sleepwear to accessories to makeup and to then some, all with a healthy serving of glitter, happy colors, and soft textures.

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Colossal

JANUARY 13, 2020

All images © Rob Woodcox, shared with permission. Photographer Rob Woodcox is known for his images of bodies stalled in motion, from his conceptions of a human wave to his striped portraits. In the latest interview , our editor-in-chief Christopher Jobson sat down with the artist to to discuss his masterfully composed images of the human body, his deep commitment to social awareness in his practice, and his upcoming book Bodies of Light.

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Design You Trust

JANUARY 13, 2020

If, by chance, you happened to miss seeing the glorious first quarter Moon of 2020, astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy’s got you covered. In one of his most detailed images to date, the Moon enthusiast (previously) has managed to capture Earth’s only natural satellite in absolutely brilliant detail. All it took was a blend of 100,000 photos to cut through the fuzziness of our &#8220.

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Communication Arts

JANUARY 13, 2020

Designer and illustrator Verònica Fuerte is excited for designers to continue bringing their concepts to life in new ways.

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Just Creative

JANUARY 13, 2020

Creating a brand isn’t easy, so here’s a versatile branding bundle to get you started. On this occasion, our friends at Vexels created this Branding Bundle exclusively for JUST Creative readers, featuring PSD Mockups and AI Templates to help you bring your brand identity to life. This free Branding Bundle includes Logo Mockups, Business Card Mockups, Poster Mockups, Stationery Sets, and a fully editable.AI Branding Template Collection including logo, business and poster designs. » Do

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Communication Arts

JANUARY 13, 2020

Fresh Consulting’s site presents the main problem in UX design and takes visitors on an animated journey through its solutions.

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The Die Line

JANUARY 13, 2020

Even though Dieline started back in 2007, this is the first time we've been able to take a look back at the entirety of a decade. These are the 50 package designs with the most views over the last decade, and a compelling snapshot of the last ten years in package design and branding.

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Its Nice That

JANUARY 13, 2020

The Milan-based communication design studio Tomo Tomo talk us through its latest book design project Respect. Stop violence against women , a documentation of artist Alessandro Scotti’s recent work. Read more.

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