Tue.Jul 12, 2022

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Whether she's sad, happy, excited or mad, Katrina Romulo uses design to express her emotions

Creative Boom

100 Days of Branding, an ongoing side project © Katrina Romulo. Katrina Romulo didn't always know she'd become a designer. Born in the Philippines, she's been based around the Bay Area for the past 18 years; here, she studied at university and attended a student-run class called Intro to Illustrator and Photoshop. Sparking inspiration, Katrina went to UC Berkeley and majored in Sustainable Environment Design.

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15+ Best Procreate Brushes For Pro Designers

Graphic Design Junction

The Procreate is best for drawing, illustration and painting and realistic artwork. The best Procreate brushes are the main ingredient of this amazing app. You don’t need to customize anything, everything is already set. Just open the file in your Procreate app and start illustration, drawing and painting. You don’t need hundreds of brushes, their brushes are just awesome and will help you to make realistic illustrations and paintings.

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Clever forms meet function in the graphic design work of Sumangla Bishnoi

Creative Boom

Sumangla Bishnoi. For Sumangla Bishnoi , one particular moment in her past made her realise that graphic design was for her. Just 14 at the time, Sumangla – born in a historical Indian town named Meerut – received the creativity award at school for the fourth year running. "That was the first time I envisioned what it would be like to pursue creativity for the rest of my life," she explains.

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The Cimento Collection Is Giving Life to a New Poetry of Living

Design Milk

CIMENTO made its debut at this years Salone del Mobile with new collaborations and the art direction of Aldo Parisotto P+F Architetti. It was an architectural display of volumes and geometries that perfectly complemented the work being showcased. The collaborations with designers and architects featured in the Cimento Collection were all created with the compound, which includes over 90% mineral aggregates mixed with a cement binder.

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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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Six ways artists can set up a successful stall at an art fair

Creative Boom

Glasgow Print Fair. Photography by Peter Byrne. As more of us get back to live events, in-person markets are returning as another brilliant place to meet people and showcase and sell your work. If you're participating in art fairs for the first time or just feel a bit rusty, we've put together a guide on how to set up a stall with the help of Glasgow Print Fair and some of the printmakers it works with.

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Claire Ellis Makes Vessels From Waste Clay, Eggshells, Glass, and More

Design Milk

Claire Ellis is a Canadian-born ceramic artist and designer based in Naarm (Melbourne). While working as a chef at one of the world’s best restaurants in Naarm, Attica, Claire began making tableware for the tasting menu and created a ceramics studio within the restaurant. Claire left Attica to focus on ceramics full-time in April 2021. Tell me a little bit about your childhood, education, and background in terms of how you first became interested in creativity, design, and sustainability. .

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Call for Entries: The L A M P 2022 International Lighting Design Competition

Design Milk

We’re excited to announce that the 2022 L A M P International Lighting Design competition has officially kicked off! Design Milk is again the media partner of this competition because every year, we are blown away by the emerging designers who get to showcase their innovative creativity in lighting design. Now in its 8th year, L A M P is calling for designers worldwide to submit their lighting design for the competition, which will be juried by an esteemed panel consisting of Anna Karlin, Ionna

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The Big Plastic Count: Greenpeace lifts the lid on the state of the UK's recycling

Creative Boom

Greenpeace UK and Everyday Plastic have collaborated with creative agency Enviral to launch The Big Plastic Count, which asked households to keep track of their plastic use. Now the results are in, and they've found that the government is talking trash about our plastic problem. How much plastic do you think you go through in a week? The odd bottle cap here, a bit of shrink wrap there.

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An Image from the Inside — Posters by Democràcia Estudi

We And The Color

When imagination emerges as an alternative to fiction and images that govern us. Created in 2021 by Democràcia Estudi for Cielo Drive, ‘An Image from the Inside’ plays the idea of reality. The posters function as metamessages because each main poster includes another wrinkled poster. Below you can see a few images representing three pieces.

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Best Graphic Design Software: What The Professionals Use

Inkbot Design

Best Graphic Design Software: What The Professionals Use. The graphic design software industry is changing as designers go mobile and create content for all platforms. And with that shift comes a shift in the workflow—but what tools are best suited for every type of designer? You've probably heard about the power of graphic design—and for a good reason.

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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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A Modern & Minimalist Creative Presentation Template for Adobe InDesign

We And The Color

This fully customizable Adobe InDesign presentation template includes 21 individual pages. Created by Adobe Stock contributor @GraphicArtist for the creative industry, this high-quality Adobe InDesign presentation template is based on a modern and minimalist layout. Made particularly for screen presentation in the size of 1920 x 1080 px, you can use it for a wide range of topics.

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Why Community Is Essential for Freelance Web Designers

SpeckyBoy

Web design is a career path that lends itself well to working solo. You don’t necessarily need a huge office or a team of colleagues. A resourceful designer can usually find ways to effectively manage their business. That’s probably why so many of us have chosen to work as freelancers. The opportunity to take on projects that appeal to us and do so on our terms is attractive.

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10 Tips to Make WFH (Working From Home) Work

HONGKIAT

Much like how freelancing isn’t for everyone, the idea of remote working , or working from home is not really everyone’s cup of tea either. Sure, you get to work in your bunny slippers, and if you hate office politics and traffic jams, it’s actually a godsend to be able to work from home. But that doesn’t mean that life’s going to be a bed of roses.

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These Hilarious 19th-Century Photos Illustrate Different Levels of Drunkenness, 1860s

Design You Trust

Stage 1: You’ve had a couple and can hold your own. Conversation is flowing and people are interested in what you have to say. State Library of New South Wales/Wikimedia Commons. These interesting photos, captured by photographer Charles Percy Pickering between 1863 and 1868, illustrate the ability of alcohol to transform a fine upstanding citizen into a staggering wreck.

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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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Building UI animations with Lottie and ProtoPie

UX Collective

Prototyping user interfaces is an important step in the design process. It allows designers and stakeholders to test the feasibility of… Continue reading on UX Collective ».

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Pet Bots: Studio Created Retro Characters from Classic Gaming Gadgets

Design You Trust

POKEDSTUDIO is a Cardiff based creative agency focusing on illustration, brand design and animation. Founded by illustrator Jonathan Ball who has built a reputation for wacky and non-conformist character designs, intricate worlds and video graphics. We have a passion for low brow art forms and popular surrealism styles. More: Pokedstudio , Tumblr , Facebook.

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Design feedback at a startup

UX Collective

Feedback is one of the most critical parts of company life. It’s important to incorporate proper design feedback processes to ensure that the organization can learn and improve during debates and discussions. Use the “same language” As a designer, you deal with feedback on an everyday basis. One day, you may receive feedback on your solutions from your design colleagues or product managers.

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Illustrators reflect on the earth and environment for Vintage’s new collection

Creative Review

The Vintage Earth series brings together a collection of titles exploring the relationship between humanity and the environment. Composed of eight reissued books, the set seeks to connect readers with writing and stories linked to the natural world. Eight artists, drawn from around the world, have created covers for the collection – which features a range of notable authors spanning the literary.

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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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Brand Equity: How to Build and Maintain A Strong Brand That People Love

Graphic Mama

You can measure the success of your company easily by financial statements, customer satisfaction, new and returning customers, employee performance reviews, and staying current on the market. Your brand’s value, however, depends on the public perception of your brand and its recognition compared to its generic equivalents. With this in mind, today we’re going to talk about brand equity.

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40 Lightroom Tutorials to Master Post Processing

Vandelay Design

40+ Lightroom Tutorials, tips and tricks from a variety of different sources that will help you to learn more about Lightroom and enhance your skills. The post 40 Lightroom Tutorials to Master Post Processing appeared first on Vandelay Design.

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Towards a greater emphasis on accessibility within the trust & safety industry

UX Collective

TL;DR | Research highlights that people with disabilities report greater exposure to harm online but that products designed to prevent or remediate online harm suffer from accessibility issues. In this article, I outline the T&S Accessibility Action Plan which is a straightforward process that can be used to improve the accessibility of front-end products.

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Photographer Spotlight: Joseph Bui

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Joseph Bui. Joseph Bui’s Website. Joseph Bui on Instagram.

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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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Branding and visual identity project for Atelier Assali

Abduzeedo

Branding and visual identity project for Atelier Assali. abduzeedo 0712—22 Hannes Ahremark shared a branding and visual identity project for Atelier Assali. There is not much information available besides the images shared by Hannes, but if you’re looking for visual inspiration, look no further, this project is simple and super elegant. For more information make sure to check out Hannes work on: Behance.

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Vivid Contours Conjure Hope and Resilience in Yulia Brodskaya’s Quilled Paper Compositions

Colossal

“Phoenix” (2022). All images © Yulia Brodskaya, shared with permission. In Greek mythology, the sacred phoenix, with its characteristically striking plumage in flaming yellow, orange, and red, is known for its ability to resurrect. When the bird’s long life is nearing an end, flames engulf its body, and the being is reborn as a chick in the ashes of its predecessor, giving it the distinction of resilience, regeneration, and immortality.

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OVO M+ collection by Paulina Shacalis for Omnires

This is Paper

The OVO M+ collection designed by Paulina Shacalis for Omnires is inspired by the passion for geometry and colour – the organic, minimalist shapes and the original tones with a modern matt finish allow for a wide range of implementations.

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The Superb Anamorphic 3D Street Art Murals by Truly

Design You Trust

Italian art collective Truly are back with their amazing anamorphic 3D artworks. Their impressive trompe-l’œil technique is as impressive as ever, with applications ranging from private offices to building façades. More: Behance , Instagram. Truly ’s artwork arises from the encounter between its four founders, who meet in the late 90’s amid train yards, abandoned factories and suburbs, experimenting at first with graffiti.

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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.

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Kalamajka

Mindsparkle Mag

Kalamajka, or Glorious mess, is a special edition wine label made for Glug Wine Club Scotland. Their concept is to feature small-batch wines from new countries every month, with modern and exciting labels. For the Hungarian edition, Kira was assigned to design a label for Vojtek, a tiny, inventive family winery from Villány, best known for its big reds.

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iPad Prime Day deals live blog: cheapest prices on Apple's tablets

Creative Bloq

All the best iPad Prime Day deals as they happen.

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Half Human Half Elf: The Superb Fantasy Post-Design 3D Art Works of Andrei Sigarev

Design You Trust

A selection of very high quality works in the post-design style from Andrei Sigarev. “Art of being yourself is a hardest form of art that truly gives the best view on existence. I hope I’m on a right track of getting there. I think chaoticism is the best way i can explain my own self at the moment. What do you think about this one?” More: Instagram , Foundation , OpenSea , Patreon.

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Mobile App Development Workflow: 15 Steps to Success

Inkbot Design

Mobile App Development Workflow: 15 Steps to Success. Whether your app idea is based on some existing market or you plan on creating something brand new, this checklist will help you get started and give you insights on where to focus first. The mobile app development workflow is a bit more complex than designing a website. You need to go through multiple stages to complete the process.

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Web Design for All: Accessibility, Inclusivity and Beyond

Speaker: Eden Spivak, Design Expert and Editor at Wix & Nir Horesh, Accessibility Lead and Senior Product Manager at Wix

When we design products or websites for people like ourselves, there are many others who are, as a result, left out. From visually impaired users who rely on assistive technology, to people with a temporary injury such as a broken arm, tech users are forever diverse and beautifully unique. The products we design can, and should, reflect the extremely wide range of human experiences and needs.