Fri.Oct 18, 2019

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The Evolution of the FIFA World Cup Logos

Designer Daily

After the Olympic Games, the FIFA World Cup that takes place every four years in a different country every time is probably the largest international sport event in the world. With the recent release of the next World Cup’s logo, which was as usual heavily criticized by both designers and non-designers, we thought it would be a good idea to take a look at the evolution of the World Cup’s logos since 1930.

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Freadman White by Studio Hi Ho

BP&O

Opinion by Richard Baird Freadman White is a Melbourne-based architectural practice, led by Ilana Freadman and Michael White, that seeks to embed a curiosity-driven and experientially charged tension into their architectural work, reveal beauty in simple and overlooked settings, and design contextually informed structures with a disciplined whimsy. Further, rather than responding literally to physical surroundings, […].

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Illustration Pricing Survey 2019: THE RESPONSE. A realistic look at illustration fees

Lisa Maltby

Back in July I opened a big can of worms and conducted a survey about pricing illustration. Money is notoriously difficult to discuss and so I offered both illustrators and commissioners the opportunity to contribute anonymous insight into their experiences. The data was eye-opening and revealed that, while illustration proved extremely lucrative for some, many experienced illustrators weren’t making a sustainable living from their work.

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19 Popular Online Photo Filters to Make Your Shots Stunning

Fotor

While sites like Facebook and Instagram have their own built-in filters and photo effects available, the filters they offer are far from the best. That is because online editors can not only offer many more varieties; they can also offer more in terms of customization and fine-tuning. Online selfie filters like Fotor.com has all the […].

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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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Denisse Ariana Pérez’s photography shows us the tender potential of masculinity

Its Nice That

Instead of straightforward portraits of individuals highlighting their individual attributes, the Dominican photographer takes a different approach. She finds beauty in the interactions of her subjects with others, human or not – whether its the roosters they hold, other men they pose with, the water they’re immersed in or the plants that obscure their faces.

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Camille Walala creates maze-inspired poster campaign for End Youth Homelessness

Its Nice That

Finding its way on to 120 billboards across the country, Walala’s design is inspired by a maze in reflection of the challenges young people face when trying to escape from life on the streets. Read more.

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The Beauty of the Absent

Trendland

Rodrigo Chapa is a Mexican artist who has been working with photography for the past 12 years. His background in design is revealed in his work because of his impeccable use of an undeniable grid. In his series “Ausentes” (Absents), he makes reference to abstract expressionism by composing images with color field backgrounds and a dancer as the subject.

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Alone in the Night Photography Series

Abduzeedo

Alone in the Night Photography Series. AoiroStudio Oct 18, 2019 I would like to share the work from Axel Corjon , a creative director by day and a wanderer by night. You must recognize some of his design projects like jetlag.photos or fontface.ninja/. We are featuring his Alone in the Night Photography Series where it's a series of photos taken at night.

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Lucas Zanotto on his seamless animation loops and his journey into the digital

Its Nice That

The Italian designer, director and animator, now signed to Nexus Studios, discusses how his practice has developed from the analogue to the digital. Read more.

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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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Reebok #BeMoreHuman Hand-Drawn Typeface

Abduzeedo

Reebok #BeMoreHuman Hand-Drawn Typeface. AoiroStudio Oct 18, 2019 I was surfing on Behance for an inspiration related to fonts for ABDZ. I stumbled across the work of Simon Stratford who is a designer based in London, UK. He published a project for Reebok #BeMoreHuman Typeface fully hand-drawed. It's just a beautiful and yet powerful campaign featuring popular celebrities like Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman, Danai Gurira (from Black Panther) and more.

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Fox’s rebrand features a chunky new animated logo

Creative Review

It’s been interesting times for the entertainment company this year, with Disney acquiring 20th Century Fox in March – a move to reclaim the missing Marvel characters – and Fox Broadcasting spinning off, becoming independent, and renaming itself Fox Entertainment. So it’s understandable that a rebrand was in order. The Fox logo has undergone a subtle redesign, with a chunky new version also created for animations, which show the original logo morphing into the geometric version.

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Feel like you’re floating with Takanari Tazaki’s velvety illustrations

Its Nice That

Be wowed by the Yokohama-based illustrator’s attention to detail. He creates an airy feeling of floating through his velvety technique, oozing colour palettes with an exaggerating sense of perspective from above and below. Read more.

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Pure Inspiration: A roundup Yi Li, Michal Kme? and more

Abduzeedo

Pure Inspiration: A roundup Yi Li, Michal Kme? and more. AoiroStudio Oct 18, 2019 We are almost at the end of the week, let's share one burst of inspiration roundup, calling it: Pure Inspiration. We have our UI Inspiration but this one is more scattered. We are not trying to be focused but sharing a series of images from UI interactions, photography, illustration, graphic design and so on.

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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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Outlaw Triathlon IronMan Typographic Posters Designed by Andrianna Curtis

The Logo Smith

The post Outlaw Triathlon IronMan Typographic Posters Designed by Andrianna Curtis appeared first on The Logo Smith. Outlaw Triathlon IronMan Typographic Posters Designed by Andrianna Curtis These Outlaw Triathlon IronMan typographic posters, designed by Andrianna Curtis, are far too cool to be kept to a FaceBook Group page, which is where I found them.

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Complex Societal Issues Conveyed in Minimalist Editorial Illustrations by Eiko Ojala

Colossal

Illustrator Eiko Ojala ( previously ) tackles complex topics with masterfully simple images. Though his work often appears to be made with layered paper, the artist clarifies on his website that he works digitally, building each image from scratch. Cleverly using negative space, mirroring, and raking angles, Ojala conveys nuances of the human experience within tight creative constraints.

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Modernist Brand Identity for Beat School

Abduzeedo

Modernist Brand Identity for Beat School. abduzeedo Oct 18, 2019 Alex Townsend shared a brand identity project create for Beat School, a Houston based music publishing company comprised of music producers from around the US. The identity needed to be music related, simple and slightly urban. The result is a modernist mark with bold typography and a contrasting color palette.

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My Happiest Project: Anna Ginsburg

Creative Review

Throughout October, we’re looking at the subject of happiness, and asking creatives to tell us about the projects they’ve most enjoyed working on. Here, filmmaker and animator Anna Ginsburg talks to CR about her first self-initiated film, Private Parts. The post My Happiest Project: Anna Ginsburg appeared first on Creative Review.

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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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Selected works by Vincenzo De Cotiis

This is Paper

18.10.2019Selected works by Vincenzo De CotiisResearch, Design. Pools of metal and glass form Vincenzo De Cotiis' Baroquisme furniture.Photography: Vincenzo de Cotiis Gallery De Cotiis finds inspiration in classical art movements, from the Italian Baroque to the French Impressionists and their transition en plein air. Interpreting these movements using a contemporary lens, De Cotiis approaches his work as a painter would, considering the light, colour and materials.

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We Love The Spicy Illustrated Label for This Craft Beer Concept

The Die Line

Lung-Hao Chiang designed this captivating packaging concept for ?-?N Craft Beer. The label features dynamic and spicy-looking illustrations that allow for this craft beer to stand out with a distinct look.

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Beautiful 3D Rendered of Maserati Boomerang

Abduzeedo

Beautiful 3D Rendered of Maserati Boomerang. abduzeedo Oct 18, 2019 If there is one thing that gets me really inspired is retro sports car. I posted about this before, but who doesn’t remember those amazing Lamborghini Countach posters that were all over kids walls in the 80s? Well, perhaps no one, but that’s okay because Marcin Karkowski came to the rescue with an amazing project he shared on Behance.

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Get a Taste of the Dragon With This Boldly Colored Tea Packaging

The Die Line

Get a taste of the dragon with this packaging for High Mountain Tea. With an ultra bold look and playfully illustrated dragon, the overall design for this tea brand has caught our attention and captivated us.

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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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Graphis Master Robert Tardio Personifies Objects Through Still Life Photography

Graphis

Robert Tardio is an influential photographer of commercial products with an eye for crafting a still image that evokes emotion. He discovered a passion for the art of photography at an early age and moved to New York to pursue it as a career. Striving to be a working professional photographer, Tardio launched his studio […].

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10 Abstract Spots Seamless Patterns for Premium Members

Spoon Graphics

Access All Areas members have a collection of colourful block print patterns to download this week, courtesy of EGrayPrints. These Abstract Spots patterns began as hand-drawn ink-pen doodles and have been converted into seamless block print pattern with 10 colour options. This collection could be perfect for printing, textiles, or any fun digital projects!

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The Paper Sculptures of Rogan Brown

Hi-Fructose

Rogan Brown’s paper sculptures depict complex scientific processes and organisms. The artist, as what he calls a "non-scientist" or “outsider,” attempts to reconcile and recreate the life of bacteria, the effects of quantum physics, and other true-to-life research, through his own singular creative sensibility. More.

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Let Salvador Dalí tell your future in a new edition of tarot cards

Its Nice That

German author Johannes Fiebig, a writer with a particular interest in tarot decks and other similar symbolic imagery, has a new book with a dream collaborator of his: Salvador Dalí. Read more.

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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.