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13 Scarily Good Brand Marketing Campaigns To Remember

Canny

Brand marketing campaigns are all the rage. They’ve always been happening, but lately, every brand and their parent company are getting in on the show. Traditional sales marketing is dying. People want to buy into things they believe in or believe (rightly or wrongly) they have a connection with. Companies like MailChimp and Wistia are setting up their own content production studios.

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Kenny Brandenberger’s fluid typographic design is made with machine-like precision

Its Nice That

Inspired by typographic Swiss posters from the 60s and 70s, the Lausanne-based designer wanted to add another dimension to modernise that tradition: motion. Kenny’s work turns simple ideas into complex, eye-catching animations that anyone can admire. Read more.

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#FridayFive with Shillington Design Teacher Nick Smith

Shillington

Inspiration can come from anywhere. So, on the first Friday of each month, we’re sharing some of our Shillington team’s favourite things from the past four weeks. This month, Shillington Manchester Teacher Nick Smith tells us what was on his radar in October. 1. To Follow: Birmingham Design. Being a Brummie in Manchester there is a constant struggle to defend good ol’ Brum as the second city.

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Fontsmith launches nine variable fonts, marking a turning point in digital typography

Its Nice That

Type foundry Fontsmith has released a collection of nine variable fonts, which are available to download and trial for free via a dedicated microsite. Variable fonts have become a hot topic among graphic designers tackling type for digital formats, as the technology allows for entire font families to be condensed within one file, as opposed to multiple files for each style (weight, width, etc), hence speeding up load times.

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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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Flyer Templates: 26 Professional Business Flyer Templates

Graphic Design Junction

A highly corporate Business Flyer Templates suitable for startup business industry and promotions. Professional leaflet design with amazing workflow and very easy to edit templates. Use these multipurpose flyer templates to create traditional print advertising such as magazine advert, newspaper ads placement, promotional posters and all other ways you can think of. .

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Andrew Rae’s latest project imagines our devices as sinister, slimy monsters

Its Nice That

The illustrator and his friend, the photographer Ruskin Kyle, have worked together on a spooky Halloween collaboration, Phone Buddies, that takes a lighthearted (yet darkly sinister) look at our dependence on our devices. With slime and tentacles thrown in for good measure. Read more.

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How to Start Your Own Pet Blog

Noupe

Virtual pet websites are popular on the Internet. Creating such a website is not an easy task. With this in mind, let’s take a look at a list of things to do if you want to create your own one! Steps. 1. Learn several web programming languages. A good website cannot be made out of thin air. Although your website may only contain pictures that people can download and use in their profiles, you may want to create an interactive website.

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Dan Tobin Smith and NYX reveal the etherial physicality of gemstones in new collaborative track

Its Nice That

Formed in London at the end of 2017, NYX is a collective of vocalists that make otherworldly, often wordless music inspired by drone and the layering of voices. Some of the all-female choir are classically trained while others come from performance or visual arts backgrounds, and together they use a mix of acoustic and digital experimentations to create their haunting sound.

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Hidden: Exploring Connections Between Form and Elemental Forces

Trendland

Inspired by the debut couture collection of fashion designer Vincent Lapp, DBLG’s film, “Hidden” who won Nick Knight’s SHOWStudio Fashion Film Award, explores the connection between form and elemental forces, taking the viewer on an arresting visual journey. To mark the start of London Fashion week 2019 the film was designed to be shown simultaneously across three huge portrait screens immersing the audience in colored light and surround sound. www.dblg.co.uk.

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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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Noted: New Logo and Identity for Seyfarth by Carbone Smolan Agency

Under Consideration / Brand

“As Far as the Eye can Sey”. (Est. 1945) "With more than 900 lawyers across 16 offices, Seyfarth Shaw LLP provides advisory, litigation, and transactional legal services to clients worldwide. Our high-caliber legal representation and advanced delivery capabilities allow us to take on our clients' unique challenges and opportunities?no matter the scale or complexity.

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Cat Lovers Rejoice: these illustrations from Lingvistov will make your day

Abduzeedo

Cat Lovers Rejoice: these illustrations from Lingvistov will make your day. GisMullr Oct 31, 2019 Illustration are a endless source of inspiration. And I love the different styles of illustrations we find out there. You don't need to browse too much to find something to match your mood. A few weeks ago I was telling a good friend of mine that I needed some wine.

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Ten years of Preston is my Paris

Creative Review

The north of England has long captured the fascination of the wider nation and beyond. Liverpool and Manchester are both heralded as cultural epicentres, having collectively spawned some of music’s most iconic bands and left a lasting impression on club culture. Meanwhile, photographers, filmmakers and fashion designers from the past and present have been inspired by, and have in turn inspired, the image of the north.

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T-Shirt Express Case Study: Logo and Icon Designed by The Logo Smith

The Logo Smith

The post T-Shirt Express Case Study: Logo and Icon Designed by The Logo Smith appeared first on The Logo Smith. Case Study: T-Shirt Express Logo and Icon Design This illustrative style logo design that I drew is one of my all-time favourite logo designs, which was in itself a logo redesign for a US custom t-shirt screen printer, T-Shirt Express. I drew this steam train from scratch using numerous period photographs of working locomotives to […].

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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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Mexico Day Of The Dead Parade 2019

Design You Trust

Claudio Cruz/AFP Photo Mexicans get ready to celebrate the Day of the Dead highlighting the character of La Catrina which was created by cartoonist Jose Guadalupe Posada, famous for his drawings of typical local, folkloric scenes, socio-political criticism and for his illustrations of “skeletons” or skulls, including La Catrina. Ginnette Riquelme/AP Photo Ginnette Riquelme/.

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Reviewed: New Logo and Identity for Vonage by Wolff Olins

Under Consideration / Brand

“Bon Vonage!”. Established in 2001, Vonage began as a consumer-facing, residential VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) provider -- which seems like such a thing of the past now that home landlines are nearly inexistent -- that, if I remember correctly, was the primary choice at the time. After a botched IPO in 2006, some patent infringement lawsuits from Verizon, and a major marketplace shift, Vonage has been reinventing itself over recent years to evolve into a business-to-business, service as

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Pet Photographer Cat Race Is Taking Beautiful Photos Of Canines All Over The World

Design You Trust

These photos were snapped at just the right moment – leading to some truly unusual images. Some of the pups are sticking out their tongue, while others are just looking at the camera – and the results are hilarious. Cat Race, a dog photographer from Preston, Lancashire, in the U.K., captured the funny moments in the northwest of England over the past two years.

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NASA creative team shares its “out of this world” design secrets

Design Week

Beyond ground breaking research and scientific endeavours, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration – otherwise known as NASA – boasts a rich history of graphic design. From James Modarelli’s 1959 logo, which became the affectionately named “meatball”, to the modernist NASA “worm” of the 1970s and 1980s by Richard Danne and Bruce Blackburn, and all manner of mission patches and marks through the years, creatives at NASA have been branding the or

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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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Forest Creatures Gather Together to Perform a Moonlit Rendition of an Opera

Colossal

A songbird soloist accompanied by choruses of toads, turtles, and hedgehogs are conducted by a squirrel in Maestro , a delightful new animated short by Illogic. Set in a moonlit forest, the wild symphony performs a war anthem from Vincenzo Bellini’s opera Norma. In an interview with Vimeo , the team explained that they sought to balance imaginativeness with believability within the confines of their realistic universe.

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Spectacular Winning Photos From The 2019 Weather Photographer Of The Year

Design You Trust

The Royal Meteorological Society (RMS) has announced the winner of its Weather Photographer of the Year award, with lightning strikes and billowing storms among the top entries. Gareth Mon Jones won the overall prize for his image of a cloud inversion filling the valley beneath him in Snowdonia. “Above My Expectations”. The overall winning image was taken by Gareth Mon Jones at dawn in Snowdonia.

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Motion Design for Ordinary Folk

Abduzeedo

Motion Design for Ordinary Folk. abduzeedo Oct 31, 2019 Gabriel Silveira was invited by the very cool people at Ordinary Folk to help them design their video for SAP along with Stephen Kelleher, Nuria Boj and Haewon Shin. In this kind of project it's always interesting to see what animators come up with using your designs, and in this case he was BLOWN AWAY by what those incredible designers and motion designers did.

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Iconic Brands and Seasonal Branding

The Die Line

Happy Halloween! We love limited edition ideas and this halloween inspired cans brings creativity on iconic brands.

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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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Jean Jullien and Mrzyk & Moriceau play a game of illustration ping pong

Creative Review

Illustrators Jean Jullien and Mrzyk & Moriceau have collaborated to create a limited edition zine called Ping Pong. Published by Switzerland-based Nieves, the zine is a “mix between a game of exquisite corpse and a visual conversation” between the illustrators. The project came about from Mrzyk & Moriceau, aka Petra Mrzyk and Jean-François Moriceau, who often exchange their own drawings in a similar manner already.

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“Hub City” by Photographer Casey Bennett

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Monarch Butterfly Arriving for the Day Of The Dead in Michoacán [México]

Trendland

Every year, for so long, the arrival of millions of monarchs butterfly arrives at the same time as the day of dead in Michoacán México, is it accidental? In this stunning video clip ‘Day Of The Dead Michoacán México‘, from National Geographic awesome Netflix show One Strange Rock – Will Smith is narrating us this moving story – Hope you will enjoy as much as we did!

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“Big Sky” by Photographer Caroline Tompkins

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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.