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Is the future of TV & film interactive?

Creative Review

While interactive TV shows have been talked about for years, limited examples have actually made it to the screen, in part due to the complexity of creating them. But a new software tool, Stornaway.io, signals how this might get a whole lot simpler. The post Is the future of TV & film interactive? appeared first on Creative Review.

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Save 34% off the Nostalgic Font and Label Collection

Spoon Graphics

My friends at Heritage Type Co. recently launched a magnificent new collection of vintage fonts and ready-made label designs. If you love the detailed design style of vintage branding with ornate embellishments, this extensive set of tools and resources may be just what you’re looking for to create nostalgic logos, packaging designs, posters, wedding invitations, and much more!

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Design Manchester 2020 aims to go global while staying local

Creative Review

All images courtesy of Design Manchester This year, Design Manchester’s annual celebration of creativity and design is going online and is set to feature virtual reality events and 3D exhibitions as well as some in-person activities for those based in the city. DM20 has embraced the challenges lockdown and the pandemic has brought on and decided to collaborate with partners all over the world to help bring the festival to life.

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Stunning Photographs Capture the International Space Station Traveling Across the Sun and Moon

Colossal

All images © Andrew McCarthy, shared with permission. Back in October, Sacramento-based photographer Andrew McCarthy staked out in his backyard to document the International Space Station on one of its trips across the sun. Using two scopes, he successfully captured the image, which frames the station in the upper left corner of the fiery mass. Two weeks later, he repeated that process: “Yesterday morning after spending hours scouting for the right location, I set up my gear on the side of

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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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What everyday life looked like in the Soviet Union

Creative Review

Born in Moscow at the turn of the century, Varia Bortsova was too young to remember the collapse of the USSR in 1991 after 70 years of existence. Once the largest country in the world, it was swiftly replaced with 15 different nations, along with a complex and muddled jigsaw puzzle of shared identities, cultures and visual artefacts that were left behind.

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How State of Play is bringing a new kind of craft to games

Creative Review

The studio’s founders discuss how screen-printing inspired its latest release, South of the Circle, and why games should move beyond glossy photo-real graphics. The post How State of Play is bringing a new kind of craft to games appeared first on Creative Review.

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Film Poster Illustration by Cristian Eres

Abduzeedo

Film Poster Illustration by Cristian Eres. abduzeedo 11.06.20 Cristian Eres is a fantasy and sci-fi illustrator from Valencia, Spain. His illustration style is influenced by numerous European sci-fi artists, although his main reference is the master of masters, Moebius. And one shouldn’t forget to mention the Japanese Katsuhiro Otomo, Miyazaki and Roger Dean.

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Sunderland Future Living Expo identity is a “window into the future”

Design Week

Studio Blackburn has designed the identity for the Sunderland Future Living Expo to represent “the city’s determination to look to the future” The Sunderland Future Living Expo will take place in 2023. The event aims to explore how the world will be living in the future, with a focus on greener and smarter housing area development.

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New York Cyberpunk Mood Photography

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New York Cyberpunk Mood Photography. abduzeedo 11.06.20 Thibault Bunoust is an incredibly talented photographer based in Paris, France. He shared this set of photos titled New York that it’s simply stunning. The first time I saw I thought it was 3D. The lights, reflections, composition plus the cyberpunk style with night photography, neons and wet floors with volumetric lights.

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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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1990s Teenagers and Their Bedrooms Walls – Your Memories and Photographs of Being a Teenager

Design You Trust

In the 1980s a cousin’s bedroom was covered in pictures of Duran Duran. No. Not exactly. Rewind. Simon Le Bon was there by committee. It was more covered in just one member of the four-strong band, bassist John Taylor, who before he circled the plughole of popular youth culture sometime between marrying posho TV presenter Amanda De Cadenet and embarking on a solo music career was a popular aide to.

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Curitiba Coral Branding and Visual Identity

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Curitiba Coral Branding and Visual Identity. abduzeedo 11.06.20 Massimo.studio shared a beautiful branding and visual identity for Curitiba Coral. In an environment where communication materials tend to be outdated and little inventive, Curitiba Choir sought a new identity designed towards a young audience (15-35) that would be bold, contemporary and relevant.

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The Calvert Journal Have Announced the Finalists of The New East Photo Prize 2020

Design You Trust

Marina Istomina (Russia) – Suffocation Suffocation confronts the media’s erasure of human tampering that led to the disaster: the legislators, ministers, hunters, foresters, firefighters and criminal groups leaders involved in the event. This year marks the third edition of the competition, which celebrates contemporary photography from eastern Europe, the Balkans, Russia, and central Asia.

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Zuno Tea Branding and Visual Identity

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Zuno Tea Branding and Visual Identity. abduzeedo 11.06.20 Odecraft Studio shared a new branding and visual identity project on their Behance. Featuring bold typography and color the work for Zuno Tea is fresh but not trendy. I especially love the take on the Swiss style with some different treatments for the start/geometric look. . For more information make sure to follow @ODECRAFT .

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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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From Mothers and Brothers to Imagined Lives Both Past and Future, This Year’s Edition of The 2020 Photo Vogue Festival Explores the Theme ‘All in This Together’

Design You Trust

Julia Fullerton-Batten: Zewdi, Yabsra and Ehiopia, Lockdown Day 57, from the series Looking Out From Within Fullerton-Batten says: “It is a sensitive time, we all feel vulnerable and anxious. I chose to capture people in their lockdown isolation, effectively imprisoned behind the windows of their homes, looking out on to a different, desolate world.” More: Vogue h/t: guardian Alice Zoo: Untitled.

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“EVENT” by Photographer Matthew Beck

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Illustrator Jhon Boy conveys the oddities of everyday life through “clean lines and sober environments”

Its Nice That

Based in Tenerife, the illustrator tries to understand reality through his work, while creating a dialogue between image and viewer.

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Rosso Coffee Understands Everyone Has A Story

The Die Line

By bringing these characters to life, Russo establishes itself as a coffee brand with heart, and the self-awareness to care about the people who drink their coffee. .

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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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Wieden+Kennedy London and Intuit Quickbooks partner to support small Scottish businesses through five animated spots

Its Nice That

Five Blink animators highlight five stories through animation in a bid to support small Scottish businesses.

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You'll Want To Crack Open A Good One Soda

The Die Line

The visual style is slightly retro with a vintage glamour, it’s bold and eye catching and doesn't follow the template set out by their competitors.

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Vertical Cities Soar Into the Sky in Otherworldly Digital Paintings by Artist Raphael Vanhomwegen

Colossal

All images © Raphael Vanhomwegen, shared with permission. Raphael Vanhomwegen describes his process as “visual brainstorming,” a technique that involves rendering his digital paintings quickly “to keep a spontaneous going-with-the-flow feeling.” The Belgium-based artist depicts vertically built cities with houses, shops, and stairwells that spring up from a hillside or body of water.

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Agnieszka Sejud reflects on fake news in Poland in her frenzied collages

Its Nice That

The Wroc?aw-based artist puts a mirror on Polish society by repeating the visual gestures of mystification created by the media industry.

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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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Good Vodka Is Looking Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Good

The Die Line

Can you make a vodka with repurposed coffee fruit waste? Indeed you can.

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Olivia Sterling paints nostalgia-filled pieces to deconstruct complex issues of othering

Its Nice That

Utilising painting as a way to process her own emotions, the recent RCA graduate’s practice is multifaceted in its uses of references.

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How to Create a Music Poster Using Bitmap Mode in Photoshop

Envato Tuts+

What You'll Be Creating In this tutorial, you will learn how to use Bitmap mode in Photoshop. We'll look at a couple of different patterns you can use on a photo to create a screen-printed effect. . What You Will Need. You'll need access to Adobe Photoshop—if you don't have the software, you can download a trial from the Adobe website. We'll also be using the following resources: DJ Vintage Disco Lady.

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This educational app creates AR statues of black figures from history

Design Week

An educational app has been launched which aims to teach young people about black narratives by creating Augmented Reality (AR) statues of black figures and plaques honouring them. History Bites has been initiated by UK charity Black Learning Achievement and Mental Health (BLAM) as a way to “teach young people about the individuals who fought for the freedom of black people”, the charity says.

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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.