Just Creative

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

If you’re a photographer, professional or amateur, having the right equipment means that your photos look their absolute best. Long gone are the days of photos being developed strictly in a darkroom, many photos these days are developed and processed digitally, more specifically, on a laptop. With that in mind, we wanted to spotlight the best choices of laptops for photography so that if you’re in the market to upgrade your tech, you know which ones you can choose to take your photography to the

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Creative Review

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The humble road trip has become a tempting option as we navigate travel in the current climate. With the open road and a bag of snacks, the main task for the passenger is to not fall asleep in order to keep the driver focused and entertained. But sometimes the hum of the engine and the blurring green landscape lulls any good companion into one of the most uncomfortable naps ever had.

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Colossal

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

?. “ Circulatory Systems ,” a mesmerizing short film by Worldgrapher and the Hong Kong-based production company Visual Suspect , deftly compares major highways to human arteries and veins. Made by simply cropping and duplicating real footage, the dizzying video twists and turns through complex interchanges that are repeated in patterns and emblazoned with headlights and the city’s glow.

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Creative Review

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Camille Walala and local art collective Wood Street Walls raised a total of £40k to install the piece – including a £25k donation from the Mayor of London – which stretches across several shops in Leyton. As well as contributing money to support the piece, Londoners were able to vote on their favourite design online, before the artwork was painted – using recycled and carbon-absorbing paint.

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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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Colossal

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

“The Wall Street Journal.” All images © Lisa Törner, shared with permission. Lisa Törner repurposes the front pages of The New York Times , Wall Street Journal , and the French weekly Le Canard Enchainé into inky canvases for her expressive creatures. For each edition, the Stockholm-based artist offers insightful commentary on the day’s events: a pensive monkey masks an article about bankers on Wall Street, a turquoise peacock adorns the coverage of Karl Lagerfield’s dea

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Creative Review

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The logo itself is relatively straightforward, featuring a chunky, sans serif typeface and a flat representation of the Olympic rings. The A is where it all comes to life, however. According to LA28’s chief marketing officer, Amy Gleeson, the emblem has been created with the digital age in mind. She told AdAge that it’s designed to reflect the spirit of the city, and remain “fresh” and “connected” in the eight-year lead up to the LA Olympics.

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Design Week

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Kit designs have been revealed for the Euro 2020 tournament, which draw on a range of inspiration, from 1990s music videos to original artwork. The 24-country tournament was supposed to take place this past summer, but has been postponed to the summer of 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic. Despite the date change, the event is still being styled as Euro 2020.

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Its Nice That

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

One of the best-known names in graphic design, the Dutch modernist master and teacher reflects on his work and career to date.

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Graphis

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Photographer Douglas Stratton captured the vibrant, bright colors of a bird in his work, “Rainbow Feathers” (above). Entered in the Photography 2021 awards, motion seems to be a signature in Stratton’s photography; capturing people, animals, and landscapes in exquisite, naturally familiar positions. Stratton captures what’s real. He says that when approaching this photo, he was, “Look[ing] […].

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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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Its Nice That

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Though the Seoul-based illustrator failed to get into art school, it didn’t stop her from pursuing a career in the arts.

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Design You Trust

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Milk products remain more than 22% of russian FMCG market but dairy branding has stuck in recent years. Competition is high and it’s hard to stand out on the shelf. Brand Milgrad by Bryansk Dairy Factory is known as the first trade mark which brings happiness. Marketing team came up with the idea to think of how the product can pierce the consumer’s heart.

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Press'd

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

We had the pleasure of creating six exclusive suites with our friend Heidi Daniels of Parchment Fine Papers in Nantucket and The Customs House in Wellfleet, Massachusetts – and now we can share them with you! Chadwick was imagined for a classic black tie wedding at The Wauwinet, a luxury hotel nestled on the shores of Nantucket Island. A timeless palette of black letterpress and gold foil is complemented by a custom, hand-drawn duogram and elegant vintage Nantucket artwork featuring ships

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Booooooom

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

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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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Design You Trust

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Minimalist Photographer Of The Year 2020 – George Byrne, Australia Minimalist Photography Awards announced the winners for 2020 in the categories of Abstract, Aerial, Architecture, Conceptual, Fine Art, Landscape, Long Exposure, Night, Open Theme, Photomanipulation, Portrait, and Street. Minimalist Photography Awards is a non-profit association, powered by black & white Minimalism magazine which.

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Communication Arts

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Insite Design’s packaging for Dillon’s cocktail syrup beautifully illustrates this Canadian distillery’s attention to craft.

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Design You Trust

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Surreal, geometric and figurative photographic shots assemble the latest series by the Italian artist Erika Zolli. In this new project, “Metamorphosis of Self”, the photographer shows a representation of herself made of symbolism that acts as a bridge towards a deep observation of conscious and unconscious feelings. More: Erika Zolli, Instagram, Facebook In these images.

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Abduzeedo

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Branding and Visual Identity for Waia Ushuaia. abduzeedo 09.02.20 Maribel Martel shared a beautiful branding and visual identity project for Waia Ushuaia. From my bad understanding of Spanish, it seems to be for an upscale real estate/housing business, probably in Ushuaia, which is the capital of Tierra del Fuego, in Argentina. It’s considered the end of the world because of being located at the southernmost tip of South America.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The international festival of photojournalism, Visa Pour l’Image, returns from 29 August 2020. This year, the festival welcomes visitors from around the world online, for a series of virtual exhibitions, roundtable discussions, screenings and award presentations. In addition, Canon will host an exclusive programme of events in its virtual lounge.

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Just Creative

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Although we all understand the value of hard work and doing everything you can to be successful no matter the creative field that you work in, sometimes, we all need to unwind and take a break and for many people, that break includes gaming which can provide a much-needed break from the rigors and stresses of professional life. We started to think about it and wondered what are the best monitors for gaming out there.

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Design You Trust

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Theodora van der Beek as Ram of God The cancellation of this year’s Edinburgh festival and fringe left many performers without a stage – so Richard Davenport shot the saucy sea witches and confused sheep closer to home instead. “Theatres were one of the first to close when Covid-19 hit and will likely be the last to reopen,” says photographer Richard Davenport More: Richard Davenport, Instagram.

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Interaction Design Foundation

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Understanding the obstacles that prevent teams from reaching innovative solutions that solve underlying problems is a very important aspect of the Design Thinking process. When we ignore a major influencing factor while trying to develop a solution, we are setting ourselves up for a potentially negative result, or may even be creating an even more problematic situation than the one we are trying to resolve.

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Its Nice That

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Athletes, pop stars, actors and artists including Steven Harrington, Billie Eilish and Simone Manuel added their own ‘A’ to the “collection of voices” identity.

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Interaction Design Foundation

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

When you want to purchase something on the internet, no matter what it is, or which e-commerce service you use, you don’t want to encounter any restrictions. Just imagine what your user experience would be like if a web shop presented you with a limited set of options to choose from when asking for your contact details. And what would you say if Firefox started to present input for an online complaint form based on what they predicted you to be disappointed with?

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The Die Line

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

"Our goal was to give Black Seed a new visual identity that is connected to the company’s core values and to its vision of the future of their brand, as it expands from simply bagels to all sorts of products.".

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Interaction Design Foundation

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Text-heavy websites, such as those of all the major newspapers that have embraced the web as an essential medium for the future, know the importance of using titled sections to reel the readers in. There’s a perfect art to the craft, and it stems from an exact science concerning how human beings process information. So, learn from The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, and find out how to translate their experiences to any website or application that conveys a lot of information to user

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