Thu.Jan 09, 2020

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Design in 2020 – what will editorial design look like?

Design Week

What do you think 2020 will hold for product design? Primarily, our collective environmental consciousness will drive innovation in sustainable editorial formats — encouraging the industry to think wider about the impact a product has on our environment, and drive necessary, and welcomed scrutiny over the relevance of existing publications. This will see quality publications deservedly flourish, and intently drive innovation beyond ink on paper, and into the broader landscape that editoria

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Dreams are On Display in the Ethereal Illustrations of Clemence Monnet

Brown Paper Bag

Artist Clemence Monnet has a way of making you feel like you’re in another world. Her colorful and ethereal illustrations tell tales of mermaids, jesters, and people wearing masks as they interact with one another in places that feel neither here nor there. Rather, they are in space where the characters have their dreams and desires on display and let them play out in a satisfying way.

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6 DIY Design Tools for Non-Designers

Designer Daily

As someone who loves design but who has admittedly little artistic ability, I’m always looking for new design tools that let me create beautiful visuals without needing to ask for help. To save you some of the work, I’m sharing some of my favorite DIY tools for creating custom-made logos, Instagram posts, infographics, and more. 1. Tailor Brands – for Logo Design.

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Artist Spotlight: Manon Molesti

Booooooom

Manon Molesti. Manon Molesti, a talented young artist trained at the Emile Cohl art school in Lyon, composes summer scenes with pens and markers. The precision of the details, the careful choice of the colors condense each theme addressed to make us feel the lightness and depth of wanderings summers compounds. Between fluidity and light, we immerse ourselves in the softness of the undulating forms of water, the movements of nature.

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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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25 Procreate Tutorials for Drawings, Illustrations, Paintings, and More

SpeckyBoy

Procreate is a fantastic mobile app that makes it easy to draw on your iPad. But it’s really so much more than that. Not only can you create drawings from scratch, but you can also make detailed illustrations, paintings, graphic designs, and more. There are tons of tools included within Procreate that make the task of creating art more streamlined and just overall easier.

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National Children’s Bureau

Identity Designed

UK children’s charity, the National Children’s Bureau (NCB) has launched their first rebrand in 12 years. The charity, which works across the issues affecting children to influence policy and deliver a better childhood for the UK, approached us to help tell its story with renewed clarity. NCB’s role has never been more important. Years of austerity have seen funding for children’s services and education cut by local authorities and central government while the demand for support has increased.

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“I love books!”: How Japanese graphic designer Ikuya Shigezane keeps traditional techniques alive

Its Nice That

A true devotee to craftsmanship, the Tokyo-based graphic designer is drawn to both digital and analogue techniques – whether it’s an event poster, exhibition identity or book design. Read more.

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Uv-Zhu Envisioned Future Clothing & Material Concepts

Trendland

Chinese freelance digital artist Uv-Zhu has envisioned some pretty fun and fashion outfits in her em>Exploration – Anthropomorphism series. She’s able to express all her strange ideas through her quirky 3D illustrations made with Maxon Cinema 4D. The series centers around a future clothing and material concept theme; where she explores forms, shapes, colors and textures, showing off not just a sense of style but amazing technics and expertise.

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Hazy and hypnagogic, Fee-Gloria Grönemeyer turns a dreamy lens on the world

Its Nice That

Working from New York, Paris, and currently based in Berlin, the Fee-Gloria flits between art, portrait and fashion photography with a characteristically dreamy and documentary-style manner. 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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Reviewed: New Logo and Identity for Sloy done In-house

Under Consideration / Brand

“Oy Vey”. Launched at the end of 2019, Sloy is a new "augmented reality short video" mobile app (in a similar vein to Tik Tok) created by Yandex, a large Russian tech company (that runs Yandex Search, the leading search engine in the country). Aimed at a 12- to 25-year-old demographic, the app has its slew of video editing tools, filters, masks, special effects, and music tracks that are all the rage now.

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Surrealism, Bjork and alcohol felts collide in Jimy De Haese’s dreamy illustrations

Its Nice That

The Strasbourg-based illustrator thinks back to an unsettling recurring dream he had as a child to inform his illusory illustrations. Read more.

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The Neverlands

Communication Arts

Reflecting the exploratory nature and magical experiences of exploring The Neverlands’ venues, ActiveColor’s site design incites the senses through animated illustrations.

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Hans Eijkelboom’s snapshot of Bristol

Creative Review

Street photography often does one of two things: either it highlights singular moments and figures, or it illustrates the indistinguishable flow of the masses. Hans Eijkelboom does both by doing neither – he draws out the homogeneity in us all through a stream of individual images. Eijkelboom’s new exhibition, Street Fusion: Bristol in 2019, knits together individual images of the public by highlighting common characteristics that we might otherwise think of as being unique.

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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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Georgia Grinter’s Biro-based drawings are inspired by overheard conversations

Its Nice That

A move away from painting led Georgia Grinter to discover the “underrated utilitarian quality” of Biro. Read more.

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Brutalist Silence by Annabell Kutucu

This is Paper

09.01.2020Brutalist Silence by Annabell KutucuResearch, Interiors. The interior designer and stylist Annabell Kutucu has designed a brutalist creative hub, the Brutalist Silence, for thought leaders, rule breakers and innovators. Photography: Ana Santl The hub is located in the newest of Berlin’s community space Marina Marina, a re-positioning of 1950’s architecture at the waterfront, a home to talented and intelligent entrepreneurs.

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Side Project Sessions with Madeleine Dore

Shillington

Side Project Sessions is a regular event series designed to help people put their labour of love – and themselves – first. Personal projects can define our careers – but so often it can be difficult to find the time, motivation and confidence to get something started or keep up momentum. Whatever the block, our “peer-pressured productivity” format helps you create focus for the important work that can easily fall to the bottom of the to-do list.

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Byun Young Geun exemplifies his command over the brush in an illustrative ode to Ladakh

Its Nice That

The Korean illustrator demonstrates his painterly prowess in this most recent work of art, taking us on a tour of breathtaking views of India’s Ladakh. Read more.

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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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Side Project Sessions with Madeline Dore

Shillington

Side Project Sessions is a regular event series designed to help people put their labour of love – and themselves – first. Personal projects can define our careers – but so often it can be difficult to find the time, motivation and confidence to get something started or keep up momentum. Whatever the block, our “peer-pressured productivity” format helps you create focus for the important work that can easily fall to the bottom of the to-do list.

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Web Design Concept for Balenciaga

Abduzeedo

Web Design Concept for Balenciaga. abduzeedo Jan 09, 2020 Damir Peric and Oksana Ochoa Sierra shared a web design project inspired by the master of precision, Cristobal Balenciaga. This concept pays tribute to his legacy and opens a new chapter by reimagining the digital world of Balenciaga. Challenging the limits and never failing in line have raised Balenciaga to its current glory.

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Artist Spent Over 4 Years Illustrating Dante’s Inferno On Violins

Design You Trust

According to Leonardo Frigo: “Hello, my name is Leonardo Frigo and I am a London-based artist. I illustrate biographies and stories on musical instruments such as violins and cellos. “Dante Alighieri – Inferno” is a project in progress for more than four years, conceived and developed by me.” More: Leonardo Frigo h/t: boredpanda “I had managed to bring together music, poetry.

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Fundraiser: Buy This Artwork and Support the Bushfire Crisis in Australia

Colossal

Earlier this week we were sent this heartbreaking new animation from Oh Yeah Wow ( previously ) that was created in direct response to the horrific Bushfire Crisis currently unfolding across Australia. Titled “ Tomorrow’s on Fire ,” the short addresses the collective hopelessness felt in the face of political inaction, and the loss of 28 lives, thousands of homes, and potentially hundreds of millions of animals, in a fire season greatly exacerbated by the effects of global warm

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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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Engaging Public Discourse on Climate Change Through Photography

Feature Shoot

After being discharged from the Navy in 1968, native Los Angeleno Wayne Levin moved to Hawaii, where he has continued to live over the past half century. He began to pursue his studies of photography in earnest, eventually receiving his MFA from the Pratt Institute in 1982. After completing his studies, Levin returned to his adopted home to teach photography at the University of Hawaii.

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Lightroom VS Photoshop – Presets Or Actions What Is Better?

Pixel 77

Because we know it’s hard to decide which photo enhancing tools to use, here’s a Lightroom VS Photoshop study, ready to help your decision-making process. 1. Learning is easy Let’s start with the very beginning. Let’s say that you are new to the trade and want to learn photo editing, but do not know what.

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Flags of the Solar System – A Vexillology Design Project by Weslii

The Logo Smith

The post Flags of the Solar System – A Vexillology Design Project by Weslii appeared first on The Logo Smith. Flags of the Solar System – A Vexillology Design Project by Weslii Reddit user Weslii AKA Derek, tried his hand at designing minimalist flags of the Solar System and its planets, as part of a Vexillology project. He decided to make a flag for the Pluto-Charon binary system to appease the Pluto lovers out there […].

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AN ERA OF KISSING

Illustration Art

In the decade following World War II, illustrators faced an unprecedented challenge: painting more kisses, with more adjectives and adverbs attached to them, than any time in history. Alex Ross distinguishes between a light, medium or heavy kiss. ("Heavy, please," she said.) Al Parker, one of the preeminent illustrators of the day, described the great relief after the war when interrupted lovers could reunite and continue where they'd left off.

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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.