Tue.Nov 07, 2023

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Sunset colours inspire a new identity for a beloved seaside theatre in the Netherlands

Creative Boom

There is arguably nothing more spectacular than watching the sun sink below the horizon from a pretty beach. And it's this scene that sparked the fresh identity for the Theatre De Muze , a beloved cultural icon nestled close to the sea in The Netherlands. The team at JUST is behind the brand overhaul for the popular venue in Noordwijk, known for its blend of live performances and cinema.

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GUT by &Walsh

BP&O

Guts aren’t exactly glamorous. And the connotations of the word ‘gut’ are multifarious: there’s the gory (‘blood and guts’); the Germanic ‘good’; the straightforwardly corporeal; or for those with an interest in newer psychological findings, it’s a wondrous ‘second brain’. Ad agency folk, however, have long taken the word ‘guts’ far outside of the bodily.

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PangPang Pusher: Sour beers for the 'non-bearded' reveal their delicious identity and packaging

Creative Boom

Can we all just take a moment to appreciate this seriously tasty packaging design for Swedish microbrewery PangPang and its new range of sour beers? Full of juicy type, bright colours, and fruity nods to the '90s and early noughties, it's the latest creative output from Swedish art director and designer Jens Nilsson. If you're longing for Friday, this branding for PangPang Pusher, a fruity sour beer series made for PangPang, will have you willing away the rest of the week.

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Christmas Room Decor: A Festive Guide with 50+ Inspiring Images

Graphic Design Junction

The Christmas holiday season is upon us, and there’s no better time to transform your home into a winter wonderland of festive cheer. Christmas room decor has the power to infuse warmth, joy, and a sense of togetherness into your living space. Whether you’re a seasoned decorator or a newbie looking for inspiration, this guide will help you create a magical Christmas atmosphere in your home.

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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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'Say High': Gotham's new campaign aims to celebrate and destigmatise cannabis

Creative Boom

New York's leading cannabis dispensary, Gotham , is rolling out (forgive the unintended pun) a new campaign that hopes to redefine how we think of marijuana today. Hitting street and subway posters plus digital screens this week, the ads are centred around how it greets customers at its flagship store in Lower Manhattan's East Village. 'Say High' is the message plastered across the series of posters, which feature photography by up-and-coming artist Eddie Salinas, chosen for his "unjaded approac

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Paul Catherall's illustrations spark a new series of modernist matchboxes

Creative Boom

Lighting up our screens today is a new collection of luxury matchboxes celebrating modernist architecture in all its illuminated glory. Illustrated by London printmaker and artist Paul Catherall , the packaging design strikes a happy balance between our love of Brutalism and bold linocuts. Under a new brand called London Strike, the first of six matchboxes has been released today by Blue Crow Media , an award-winning publisher of distinctive city guide maps and more, including an ongoing celebra

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Logo Design Brief: A Guide to Creating an Impactful Visual Identity

Inkbot Design

Logo Design Brief: A Guide to Creating an Impactful Visual Identity A logo is often the first impression your company makes on potential customers. It's an iconic representation of your brand and conveys what you stand for in a simple, memorable way. However, creating an effective logo requires thought and planning. You can't just throw some ideas together and hope it works.

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'Say High': Gotham's new campaign aims to celebrate and destigmatise cannabis

Creative Boom

New York's leading cannabis dispensary, Gotham , is rolling out (forgive the unintended pun) a new campaign that hopes to redefine how we think of marijuana today. Hitting street and subway posters plus digital screens this week, the ads are centred around how it greets customers at its flagship store in Lower Manhattan's East Village. 'Say High' is the message plastered across the series of posters, which feature photography by up-and-coming artist Eddie Salinas, chosen for his "unjaded approac

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Casa Galeria: A Modernist, Pavilion-Style Home That Doubles as a Gallery

Design Milk

BLOCO Architects designed the 600-square-meter (approx. 6,458 square feet) Casa Galeria as a gallery concept that allows the residents to live immersed within a piece of art that also houses their collection of art. One of the most unique features of the house is its roof structure. Five massive inverted beams gracefully span a 12-meter-wide roof, creating the central area of the house known as “the gallery.” This space, which effortlessly blurs the boundaries between art and daily l

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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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Type foundry Dinamo creates riveting new dot font based on furniture screws

Creative Boom

German type foundry Dinamo has collaborated with art and design studio BNAG to create a new dot matrix font that works hand-in-hand with their new line of spontaneous metal furniture brackets. Most furniture is specially designed to carefully hide its inner workings. Smooth surfaces and sharp corners cleverly hide the screws working away beneath the surface, keeping the whole structure together.

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DDW23: Kazerne Is Intertwining Hope and Design

Design Milk

Kazerne is a 2,500-square-meter combined meeting, exhibition, and hospitality space housed in a former military police barracks (and adjoining warehouses) dating back to the early 19th century. When Design Milk last visited in 2015, the renovation was only a year in – now it is complete and diners can eat surrounded by powerful design installations.

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The Back of Pack Comeback

The Die Line

Dieline is a global package design community and showcase of package design inspiration. We cover industry news, sustainable packaging news, design trends, and host our own packaging conferences, package design events, and Dieline packaging design awards.

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Lock + Keyhole: Fyrn Expands Their Portfolio With New Collection

Design Milk

Furniture maker Fyrn builds on a unique heritage of craft with The Keyhole Collection – expanding their current range of seating to include a dining table and bench. Deceptively simple in aesthetic, the inimitable design is an expansion and scaling of the proprietary hardware used in their previous seating options. At the helm are designer and fourth generation woodworker, Ros Broughton, and Fyrn’s Co-Founder David Charne who have spent over a decade testing the elasticity of these limits.

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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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Learn Contemporary Printmaking with Linoleum: Online Course

We And The Color

Exploring Contemporary Printmaking with Linoleum: Unleash Your Creativity. Contemporary printmaking has seen a remarkable evolution in recent years, making it an exciting medium for artists and creators to explore. One artist who has harnessed the versatility of linoleum to create stunning prints is none other than Don Kilpatrick III. With an illustrious career that includes clients like Fortune, The L.A.

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Dilmah Elixir Of Ceylon Tea's Packaging System Pays Homage To Its Rich Heritage

The Die Line

Dieline is a global package design community and showcase of package design inspiration. We cover industry news, sustainable packaging news, design trends, and host our own packaging conferences, package design events, and Dieline packaging design awards.

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Holiday Christmas Card Templates with Cute Illustrations

We And The Color

Spread Joy with Adorable Christmas Cards: A Review of Orangeberry’s Adobe Illustrator Templates. The holiday season is just around the corner, and what better way to spread some much-needed cheer than with a heartfelt Christmas card? This year, we’re thrilled to introduce you to a delightful set of holiday card templates designed by Adobe Stock contributor Orangeberry using Adobe Illustrator.

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Ultimate Guide to Instagram Stories Analytics

Inkbot Design

Ultimate Guide to Instagram Stories Analytics Instagram Stories have become a platform pillar ever since they launched in 2016. These ephemeral photos and videos that disappear after 24 hours provide a casual, authentic look into users' lives. For businesses and influencers, Instagram Stories represent a valuable opportunity to engage with your audience.

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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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Early Bird Pricing Is Here

The Die Line

Dieline is a global package design community and showcase of package design inspiration. We cover industry news, sustainable packaging news, design trends, and host our own packaging conferences, package design events, and Dieline packaging design awards.

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Unsettlingly brilliant Lolita book cover goes viral on Reddit

Creative Bloq

"It's incredibly well thought and executed.

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In Meticulous Paper Portraits, Yulia Brodskaya Coaxes Visions of a Compassionate Future

Colossal

“Northern Lines.” All images © Yulia Brodskaya, shared with permission For millennia, cultures across the globe have venerated mother goddesses who embody maternal roles and symbolize fertility and cosmological creation. For the Inuit, Nerrivik is known as the sea mother and provider, and another deity associated with the sky, Pinga, watches over the hunt.

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Why I think this new AI motion-capture app has been worth the wait

Creative Bloq

Move One, the latest in AI motion-capture apps that converts videos into mocap data, impresses.

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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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Blobs' Playful Packaging Is Worth Celebrating

The Dieline

Dieline is a global package design community and showcase of package design inspiration. We cover industry news, sustainable packaging news, design trends, and host our own packaging conferences, package design events, and Dieline packaging design awards.

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Why I'm glad the Corporate Memphis art style is dead

Creative Bloq

It represents everyone and speaks to no one.

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Oito Barbearia's Branding and Visual Identity Revamp

Abduzeedo

Oito Barbearia's Branding and Visual Identity Revamp abduzeedo 1107—23 Explore how Oito Barbearia's branding and visual identity merge classic and underground aesthetics to mark its 8th anniversary with style and unity. The visual identity of Oito Barbearia, crafted by Estúdio Faixa 2, marks a celebratory reinvention as the brand commemorates its eight-year journey.

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Our favourite office chair has 25% off in a Black Friday deal (and it’s an icon)

Creative Bloq

Get the Herman Miller Aeron from $956.25.

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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.