Designer Daily
DECEMBER 2, 2020
The interesting news of the past week if you are a graphic designer, web designer, product designer, or pretty much anyone that has an interest in design. A new home for Ivan Chermayeff’s design archives. 700 collages, paintings, prints, book covers, promotional posters, and drawings of the iconic designer have recently been donated to the School of Visual Arts’s Milton Glaser Design Study Center and Archives.
Just Creative
DECEMBER 2, 2020
This article has been contributed by Jack Leo. A logo is an important mark that represents the story and meaning of your business. Although designing an attractive and effective logo sounds easy, in actuality, it isn’t. Whether you are a designer or not, you can still design your logo. To make an iconic logo , you should possess enough knowledge about the things that matter the most to make a unique logo.
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Spoon Graphics
DECEMBER 2, 2020
In today’s video tutorial I’ll show you how to create a vintage movie title text effect with the help of Photoshop’s 3D tools. This style of classic film titles is reminiscent of old black and white movies from the 20s, 30s and 40s. Most of the hard work is done by Photoshop’s 3D functionality. Just some configuration of the settings is all that’s required to produce the three-dimensional effects and the chamfered text face, along with low key lighting and shadows. ?
Creative Review
DECEMBER 2, 2020
Jonny Trunk has spent the last three decades digging through his past. His record company Trunk Records specialises in esoteric, strange and lost music, while his infatuation with historic graphic design and packaging has led him to publish books on everything from Sainsbury’s Own Label archives to 20th century sweet wrappers. It was the often overlooked art form of car brochure design, however, that first piqued Trunk’s interest in collecting ephemera as a young boy growing up in th
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
Its Nice That
DECEMBER 2, 2020
Tré Seals, the founder of diversity driven foundry Vocal Type, details how a broader design industry can only lead to a more inclusive field for creativity.
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Its Nice That
DECEMBER 2, 2020
The Basque country TV writer and comedian tells us why he started collecting hundreds of background images from the American golden age animation series.
Creative Review
DECEMBER 2, 2020
Kelly Anne London BBH creative duo Olivia Shortland and Steph Flynn set up the initiative , which was prompted by breast cancer awareness month in October. The pair hosted an online life drawing workshop on Zoom, and invited men and women that had been affected by the disease to show attendees how to check their breasts. Shortland and Flynn also brought in 12 illustrators to take part – Kelly Anna London, Marylou Faure, Stina Persson, Alva Skog, Genie Espinosa, Alex Grigg, Hayley Wall, Jas
Colossal
DECEMBER 2, 2020
All images via Marie-Claire Thomas/Wild Blue Media/Channel 4. Archaeologists have discovered an enormous collection of prehistoric art that spreads across a nearly eight-mile-long cliff within the Amazon rainforest. Now dubbed as the “Sistine Chapel of the ancients,” tens of thousands of paintings depict humans and animals like sloths, horses, and the now-extinct palaeolama and mastodon.
Design You Trust
DECEMBER 2, 2020
There’s a mystery in each of these intriguing paintings, pulling you into their depths. The figure of Anubis seems to be an outsider waiting to participate in each painting’s story – like yourself as an observer of the image. There’s an entire narrative waiting for the viewer in every picture, and the strangeness of each scene provokes questions in your mind as to what is (or could be) unfolding.
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Colossal
DECEMBER 2, 2020
?. Siqi Song reminds us that the simple traditions of home stick with us no matter how far we travel. The Los Angeles-based director and writer, who created the highly regarded animation “ SISTER ” about China’s one-child policy, released a new stop-motion short about a girl who struggles to hold on to the remnants of a prized holiday ritual. “ THE COIN ” opens with a felt character hand-making dumplings to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
Shillington
DECEMBER 2, 2020
While the genesis of every passion project is as unique as the designer themselves, there are some projects that have a touch of kismet to them. For Shillington Sydney teacher Tim King , The Wheelers came to life with an unlikely discovery during a family working bee. While he was sorting out some cupboards at his Nan’s house, Tim was stopped in his tracks when he unearthed a box full of long sequestered family photographs.
Design You Trust
DECEMBER 2, 2020
When it feels like we know the world around us all too well, and there are few things that can surprise us, the wonders of history and nature prove us wrong. Just recently, the British-Colombian team of archaeologists led by José Iriarte announced the bombshell news. h/t: boredpanda Tens of thousands of cave paintings created up to 12,500 years ago were discovered in Serranía La Lindosa.
Shillington
DECEMBER 2, 2020
2020 has definitely, as they say, been a year for the history books. The world—and our lives—has been overwhelmed by the continuing Covid-19 pandemic. While we continue to navigate these remarkably tumultuous times, Shillington graduates around the world continue to produce incredible for their portfolios. Many of these students transitioned into online learning with us when “Stay Home” orders were given in our campus countries.
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 Week
DECEMBER 2, 2020
German car manufacturer Opel has unveiled a “young-minded” rebrand which incorporates a neon yellow colour to match its electric ambitions. The new identity is a collaboration between Opel and Velocity McCann, a McCann-run agency that works on Vauxhall’s marketing. In the UK, Opel vehicles are sold under the Vauxhall brand (which also unveiled a new flat design logo recently).
Shillington
DECEMBER 2, 2020
The shameful statistic that only 11% of creative directors in the design industry are female should never take away from the fact that there are a lot of incredibly talented women working in the industry —from those who have just graduated to industry leaders. We asked twelve well-respected female industry leaders for one piece of advice for fresh graduates.
Its Nice That
DECEMBER 2, 2020
What would your signature style look like in another medium? Two top illustrators Charlotte Mei and Olivia Twist discuss the importance of creative experimentation.
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Design You Trust
DECEMBER 2, 2020
Dog ID tags have a very practical use and we encourage every owner to get one for their pet. If they ever get lost, the first thing a stranger will check is the pet’s collar for an ID tag. Now once you’ve provided a way for someone to contact you, there’s plenty of real estate to brighten someone’s day and put a smile on their face!
Abduzeedo
DECEMBER 2, 2020
Tylko Organise effortlessly -3D & Motion Design. abduzeedo 12.02.20 Reisinger Studio with Facu Labo and Aimar Molero Music & Sou were briefed to create four ideas to promote Tylko's "Organise effortlessly" mantra. Using Maxon Cinema 4D they created some abstract 3D work and here’s a set of work in progress & 3D explorations. Stills. Credits. Client, Tylko.
BP&O
DECEMBER 2, 2020
Shot in and around London The Billboard Landscape series is a collection of colour photographs taken by Richard Baird, BP&O, in and around London. The project attempts to see and present the billboard and its layering of adverts as an interrelated topology. Only in their degradation, persistent weathering and a lack of human intervention, does a […].
The Die Line
DECEMBER 2, 2020
Rule of Three , designed in collaboration with Art of Play’s director of puzzles and games Adam Rubin and agency Landscape, is both modern and a visual-forward take on the quick and intricate strategy of Gin-type games.
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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.
Colossal
DECEMBER 2, 2020
All images © Jon Foreman, shared with permission. A scroll through Jon Foreman ’s Instagram proves just how prolific the Wales-based artist has been this year—he’s collaborated with artist James Brunt ( previously ) on a few projects , too. From coils arranged in gradients to whirling patterns embedded in the sand, Foreman’s land art sprawls across beaches and grassy patches in an impressive number of locations.
The Die Line
DECEMBER 2, 2020
The creation of additional logo variations to support the brand across various platforms and a color palette which is a reinterpretation of the original suffragette colors used in the early 1900s, round out the brand identity.
Design You Trust
DECEMBER 2, 2020
Cookies come in all shapes and sizes, but few look as exquisite as those of Costa Rican confectioner Lorena Rodriguez, founder of Lorena’s Sweets. Looking at the edible works of art created by Lorena Rodriguez, once doesn’t know if to eat them or hang them up on a wall somewhere, for everyone to see. Some of the experienced confectioner’s cookies certainly don’t look like the variety you find in.
Design Week
DECEMBER 2, 2020
A new plastic-free, lidless coffee cup is launching in the UK with the aim of being “the world’s most environmentally friendly disposable cup” The ButterflyCup is the invention of a start-up business of the same name. Company founder Tommy McLoughlin hopes the design will “lift the lid on the eco disaster” in which disposable cups plays a increasing role.
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