Wed.Nov 13, 2019

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Retro Design in Modern Times: An Ultra Inspiring Collection

Graphic Mama

Are you a fan of retro design? In this article, we’ve gathered amazing modern designs created in a retro style that pleases the senses. Retro design not only coveys the feeling of home but it also creates a specific connection with the viewer. The reason is simple but powerful – it provokes nostalgy. Designers take full advantage of this effect not only regarding a target audience who has lived through the original retro designs.

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Elegant Branding Work for Red Circle by Oddone

Abduzeedo

Elegant Branding Work for Red Circle by Oddone. abduzeedo Nov 13, 2019 My old friend Roger Oddone has been quiet for a long time and now I understand why, he’s been working on some killer branding projects and the latest one is for RedCircle, a platform designed to empower the podcaster community to grow, earn money and be heard through free podcast hosting and a cross-promotional marketplace.

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Reviewed: New Logo and Identity for 2019 Brand New Conference by UnderConsideration

Under Consideration / Brand

“Sensory Overload”. This past October 17 - 18 we celebrated the tenth anniversary of the Brand New Conference in Las Vegas, NV. It was a fun two days and, as usual, we enjoyed doing some crazy stuff for the applications especially with the challenge of channeling Las Vegas' frenetic energy. I don't go into the behind-the-scenes in this post so if you are interested in how we put together the stuff this video covers it.

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Design Bridge creates “dark and mysterious” packaging for Fortnum & Mason chocolates

Design Week

Design Bridge has unveiled its latest work with department store Fortnum & Mason, which this time involves a “wild and rebellious” line of chocolate pralines and caramels. The treats, which have been labelled the “less traditional cousin” of the brand’s other confectionery lines, feature flavours like yuzu and chili, black truffle, and oud.

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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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Photographer Spotlight: Ben Clement

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photographer Ben Clement (previously featured here ). If you think about Olympic Diving, with it’s precision, grace and minimal splash. Now think of the opposite. Bombing is part of the New Zealand DNA. People who bomb come in all shapes, sizes, ages and backgrounds. It’s a thing for everyone and can be done off jetties, bridges, trees, boats, riverbanks and basically anything that will give you access to a body of water.

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Rug Company Cold Picnic Crafted Awesome Dioramas to Showcase their latest Collection

Trendland

Instead of using 3D like almost everyone do nowadays, Brooklyn-based wool rugs company Cold Picnic founders Phoebe Sung and Peter Buer with the help Danya Li crafted these awesome dioramas to showcase their latest rug collection – A genius idea never seen before for a rug look book, and extremely fun where the viewers needs to double-check in order to see that their actually miniature models!

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Two old witches discover Tinder in Worthikids' hilarious animation

Its Nice That

With witty voice acting, excellent comedic timing and simple yet effective character design, the Michigan-based animator shows us a short film where two old witches discover the possibilities of online dating. The witches talk through the ethics of extracting youth potions and putting up younger pictures of themselves online in this amusing little gem.

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Alice In Wonderland Re-Imagined With Japanese Artwork: Gorgeous Watercolor

Design You Trust

Alice in Wonderland is beloved and celebrated for its surreal charm and dreamlike atmosphere. As it turns out, the fairy tale setting and characters translate very seamlessly (and awesomely!) into a world based on Japanese culture. More: Taupe Syuka, Twitter h/t: grapee Artist Taupe Syuka specializes in such fantastical art, and in a series of watercolor artwork has infused elements of Japanese.

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“Legacy meets contemporary”: Karl Anders on its campaign for Red Star FC

Its Nice That

The Paris-based creative studio talks us through its campaign design for the historic club’s latest season. Naming the project after Red Star FC’s old stadium, Bauer, the designers honour the venue and create a series of inspiring new visuals hoping to push the team back up to the second division. 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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Neal Grundy Floating Fabrics in ‘Transient Sculptures’

Trendland

British photographer Neal Grundy is specializing in Freeze Motion photography, for his “Transient Sculptures” series, the viewer may believe he is seeing a solid sculpture in the landscape, when in reality, the image captures a fabric form in ‘mid-flight’. Reminding us of the ‘Moulding’ Series by Honey Long & Prue Stent, Neal is playing with the shapes and movements where the sculpture exists for a split second in time; once photographed, it is otherwise lost forever, never to be re-created

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Medicine.com Logo & Brand Guidelines Designed by The Logo Smith

The Logo Smith

The post Medicine.com Logo & Brand Guidelines Designed by The Logo Smith appeared first on The Logo Smith. Medicine.com Logo & Brand Guidelines Designed by The Logo Smith Medicine.com hired The Logo Smith to develop and design a new logo for it’s upcoming US based website, dedicated to providing medical facts from established and revered medical professionals.

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Beautiful Vintage Color Photographs Of The Japanese Warriors Captured Over 150 Years Ago

Design You Trust

A group of officers in the service of a prince from the north of Japan, circa 1865. (Photo by Felice Beato/Spencer Arnold) Two Japanese samurai in fire dress, circa 1865. The one on the left wears a jingasa hat, and the one on the right wears the traditional indigo tabi socks of the samurai firefighter. (Photo by Felice Beato) A Samurai warrior in armour, 1867.

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Islands of Wood Float Amidst Sea of Glass in New ‘Archipelago’ Furniture by Greg Klassen

Colossal

We’ve long marveled at the masterful craftsmanship on display in furniture maker Greg Klassen’s wood and glass creations. The artist’s name has become synonymous with the elegant aesthetic of merged wood and glass that originates from his Pacific Northwest studio, one piece at a time. Since first launching his river table series back in 2014, Klassen has produced nearly 250 tables, desks, and art objects, refusing to grow beyond his one-man studio despite a waiting list that 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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40 Newspaper Headlines That Push The Limits Of Human Stupidity

Design You Trust

Creating a good headline for an article is an art within itself. Just think about it: you basically have to describe your whole text using just one sentence. Sometimes you succeed, sometimes you don’t, and sometimes you produce such a mind-bogglingly dumb headline, that people still remember it 20 years later. Stupid newspaper headlines are never truly forgotten.

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“Fool’s Gold” By Photographer Cory Harrison Smith

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Michel Gondry directs HP’s Christmas ad

Creative Review

Forget maids-a-milking and geese-a-laying. Michel Gondry’s charming ad for HP reimagines the well-known festive tune for the digital age, replacing traditional gifts with teens-a-texting, swipers swiping and lads-a-liking. Inspired by the finding that the average family spends 250 hours on their screens during the holidays, the spot shows children, parents, grandparents and even Father Christmas himself glued to their phones and tablets during festive occasions.

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The Surprising Beauty Of Microscopic Insects, Isopods And Crustaceans Illuminated With Polarized Light

Design You Trust

Biomedical scientist and microscopy enthusiast My Microscopic World created a really beautiful explanatory video that reveals the surprising beauty of various forms of tiny life as shown under a microscope that has been adapted with polarized life. These micro forms of life include insect larvae, isopods and crustaceans. More: Instagram h/t: laughingsquid View this post on Instagram This is.

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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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Thesis Beer Project branding

Communication Arts

Approachable and inclusive, the branding for this craft brewery flourishes with its colorful palettes and fun illustrations.

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Nature’s Dystopian Nature: An Artist Creates Images That Show Nature Taking Over Our Civilization

Design You Trust

According to Charlie Davoli: “I made this photo project by producing a series of imaginary pictures in which human beings are distractedly immersed in a reality that is likely to be possible, where the symbols of the modern civilization are inevitably swallowed by the spontaneous vegetation. The series is entitled “Nature’s Dystopian Nature” During my last year of travel.

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Add New Effects to Your Designs with This Library of Essential Tools (Was $2519. Now $29)

Spoon Graphics

Retro, Grunge, and Futuristic are three hot design styles that result in stunning artwork. If you’ve ever admired these kinds of effects and wished you could create them yourself, today I have the perfect collection of resources to show you. This Digital Designer’s Essential Library contains the best-selling products from the top creative resource sellers.

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Eden Mill’s Ceramic Gin Bottle Inspired By Distillery’s Location

The Die Line

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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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50 Free Presets & Templates for Final Cut Pro

SpeckyBoy

If you own an Apple computer, Final Cut Pro is one of the best solutions for editing and creating videos. The software has powerful tools that allow you to remove unwanted parts of your video, combine several videos into one, and adjust color, sound, and other properties of the final video or movie. You can use Final Cut Pro for movie production as well as for business purposes, whether you’re creating videos for your Youtube channel or for an online course.

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5 marketing trends to watch out for in 2020

Canva

Marketing is always evolving. And, if you want to continue to break through the clutter, connect with your audience, deliver key messaging, and drive sales, you need to keep your finger on the pulse of what’s going on in the world of marketing—and that includes staying on top of new trends. But what, exactly, are those trends going to be in 2020? We asked a few marketing experts for their insights into what trends are poised to make it big in the upcoming year—and how you can leverage those tren

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Maria Sole Ferragamo by Lundgren+Lindqvist

BP&O

Opinion by Richard Baird Maria Sole Ferragamo is one-of-a-kind jewellery designer using up-cycled premium leather; remnants of the Italian fashion industry. She has a degree in architecture at Politecnico, Milan and another in jewellery design from Central Saint Martins, London. This intersection of fashion and architecture can be seen throughout the designer’s collection and has gone on […].

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Feed: Thisispaper Editorial 011

This is Paper

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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.