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Winners of Indigo Design Awards 2022 announced at special event in Istanbul

Creative Boom

Graphic Design of the Year 2022: Festival FILMAR en América Latina 2020 by WePlayDesign. The Indigo Design Awards celebrate "trail-blazers, risk-takers and all those on the cutting edge of the visual design world" across the fields of graphic, digital, mobile design, design for social change, branding and freelance. And they've just announced their 2022 winners at a special in-person event in Istanbul.

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6 Free Starter & Barebone Themes for WordPress Development

SpeckyBoy

If you’re interested in developing WordPress themes, you could start by building from scratch. While a noble pursuit, it can also be quite inefficient. That’s especially so if you plan on creating multiple themes over time. The repetitive nature of a theme’s structure means that you’ll be doing a lot of the same things over and over.

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Geometric Calendar Posters for 2022

We And The Color

Check out these unique calendar posters by Nick Barclay. Nick Barclay is a Sydney, Australia-based graphic designer and art director. For 2022, he came up with a quite unique calendar idea. Nick created this calendar based on only geometric shapes. No type or numbers were used. You can check out all individual calendar poster designs below. For those who want to see more of Nick Barclay’s creative work, feel free to take a look at his website or follow him on Behance.

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Netflix’s Movies Secret Codes You Probably Don’t Know

HONGKIAT

What makes Netflix one of the most popular streaming services in the world? Well, there are dozens of reasons for that, but one of the top reasons is that users can access a huge variety of TV shows and movies categorized into different genres, making it easy to find something to watch according to your mood. But did you know that Netflix has a special series of codes that you can use to access even more specific genres of movies?

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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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Animated NFT Card Token Maker for Adobe Premiere Pro

We And The Color

Using this Adobe Premiere Pro template, you can easily create NFTs in the style of animated cards. Adobe Stock contributor @Ed Effects just produced this easy-to-use NFT card maker. The Adobe Premiere Pro template comes with three styles as well as media replacement controls, effects controls, and custom color controls. Using this template, you can easily transform your artworks and images into fully animated non-fungible tokens.

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Brand Awareness Strategy: How to Increase and Keep It for Life?

Inkbot Design

Brand Awareness Strategy: How to Increase and Keep It for Life? A brand awareness strategy is a long-term effort that involves building brand equity over time through brand awareness, brand loyalty, and brand advocacy. It is a process of building your brand over time. It is about building a long term brand strategy that will be sustainable. Brands have to work hard to become the household name of their consumers, which means they need to ensure their brand awareness remains high. 1 – Build

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The five conflict styles of creative teams

UX Collective

Conflict, in its many shades and forms, is an inevitable and necessary ingredient of any team. If everyone is on the same page, it can be challenging to push boundaries and explore new ideas. Meanwhile, different opinions clashing can lead to fruitless friction over growth. Image by storyset on Freepik Productivity and efficiency are the poster children of success in a traditional business context, and the notion of conflict seems like a dreaded side-effect of their bickering.

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Notion: What Is It and How do you Create a Template there?

Noupe

Modern people are constantly in a race, trying to match the rhythm of our frenzied lives. In this cycle of affairs and events, it’s very difficult to concentrate, which leads to stress and lack of coordination. Smart thoughts, which are so important for our work, study, and creativity, as a rule, come suddenly and, most often, at the wrong moment. For a long time, an ordinary notebook, or a piece of paper helped to not miss great thoughts.

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Nienkämper’s Rowan Collection Imbues Commercial Spaces with Understated Elegance

Azure Magazine

From interiors and landscapes to lighting and product design , George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg’s repertoire has solidified the design duo amongst the industry’s most prolific names. The common denominator across their studio’s expansive portfolio is an affinity for sculptural, organic forms. A long-time collaborator of contract furniture specialist Nienkämper , the brand enlisted Yabu Pushelberg to impart their unmistakable penchant for curves to their new Rowan Collection, slated to debut at N

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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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Ant Graphics is a design studio with the strength and diligence of its six-legged namesake

Its Nice That

Founded by Eunji Kim, the Seoul-based designer applies clean methodologies and fun illustration across projects in the art and cultural sectors.

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Tradeswomen Was the Magazine for Women in Blue-Collar Work During the ’80s and ’90s

Eye on Design

When the first issue of Tradeswomen first appeared in subscribers’ mailboxes in 1980, they were “delighted,” said Molly Martin, its founder and editor. Women in blue-collar work “had never seen themselves represented before” — and now here they were, photographs of hard-hatted women in plumbing, carpentry, construction, iron-work, industrial machine work, and more gracing the cover of a magazine. .

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Designing meaningful choices to protect user privacy

UX Collective

The key elements that designers should take into consideration when building privacy-aware interfaces and experiences Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash Continuing last post’s conversation, in which I presented Transparency by Design? —?one of the frameworks I am proposing in my Ph.D.?—?today I would like to discuss the design of meaningful choices in the context of online data protection.

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Isola Design Week Returns Under the Theme “Together As One”

Design Milk

Tomorrow, the Isola Design Festival kicks off with a week of design events to inspire and connect designers and studios from all over the world. This year’s theme, “Together As One,” highlights the fact that design isn’t about one singular end product. It’s about the process, relations, and connections amongst designers, manufacturers, architects, and consumers.

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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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Illustrator Kris Andrew Small reworks the rainbow for his joyful Adidas Pride collection

Its Nice That

The expansive range features his signature, energetic aesthetic, and aims to visualise “the many ways to celebrate being queer”.

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Fuoripista Bike Looks Like You’re Pedaling on Air

Design Milk

We’d never feign the belief we’d ever describe a piece of exercise equipment as resembling Pablo Picasso’s Le Taureau , yet it’s hard to shake off the evocation the Fuoripista Bike inspires at quick glance. Launched by Italian cycling brand Elite with the art direction of Italian studio Adriano Design at Salone del Mobile 2022, the bullish interactive indoor training bike rendered in ash wood, tempered glass, and steel is a striking example proving functional sporting equ

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A Silk in the Sky

Joe McNally

Summer is upon us, quite wonderfully, bringing beach time, vacations, and barbecues. For photographers, it also means doing battle with bleached skies, harsh shadows, blazing highlights and that uncompromising superheated orb in the sky that is capricious, unforgiving, and all powerful. How do we befriend light that seeks no accommodation, and takes no prisoners?

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Let’s Talk Terrazzo – 12 Ways To Try the Trend at Home + Beyond

Design Milk

Originally created in the 16th century as a means to repurpose excess stone chippings, terrazzo has remained a fixture in the design world ever since. You know it when you see it of course, but what makes terrazzo, terrazzo? The composite material is defined by the multicolored pieces of material set into cement (though today terrazzo patterns can be achieved with a variety of materials), that come together to create a confetti-like display of colors and textures that feels retro, playful, and c

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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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Immense innovation for Character Creator 4 and iClone 8 from Reallusion

Creative Bloq

Reallusion launches a new impactful character pipeline that's set to redefine design to animation working.

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Vivid Contours and Bold Colors Illuminate Empowering Portraits by Naledi Tshegofatso Modupi

Colossal

“Colours.” All images © Naledi Tshegofatso Modupi, shared with permission. In vibrant and expressive digital portraits, Cape Town-based artist Naledi Tshegofatso Modupi captures the essence of individual style, confidence, and joy. Pools of color highlight eyelids, cheekbones, chins, or ears while continuous lines define the contours of the subjects’ features and profiles.

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How you can grow your small business with WordPress?

Noupe

WordPress is the most desirable platform. It is widely used by businesses worldwide, all for good reasons like marketing tools, reliability, etc. Almost 42.9% of sites use WordPress. . W3Tech. Leading businesses like The Home Depot , and The New York Times use WordPress. In fact, millions of SMEs choose WordPress because of its versatility. Top reasons to choose WordPress.

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Branding for UpFresh: from nostalgic family holding to innovative fresh food experts

Abduzeedo

Branding for UpFresh: from nostalgic family holding to innovative fresh food experts. abduzeedo 0606—22 Skinning Branding Agency shared a branding and visual identity project for UpFresh. The UpFresh identity is progressive, dynamic, and distinctly positive, which is emphasized by the bright magenta. Challenge. What should we serve? A clear brand story and brand architecture for UpFresh.

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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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Front of House Collaborates With Restaurants To Create An NFT-Inspired Experience

The Dieline

Your favorite restaurant just got into NFTs. .

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The Benefits of Outsourcing Web Development Services

Design Beep

Outsourcing web development services offers several benefits. Companies can focus on their core competencies, without the added cost and hassle of hiring in-house project managers and specialists. They can also avoid the costly trial-and-error process. Dedicated team members can handle more than just your website development needs. If you need support, you can contact them for assistance.

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Vancouver’s “Mothpocalypse” Highlights the Fragility of Our Planet

Feature Shoot

This Too Shall Pass. Rise and Shine. “Some people called in a moth outbreak,” Shira Gold tells me. “Others, a pandemic.” She’s talking about a smaller, local event that took place at roughly the same time as the Covid pandemic: in the summer of 2020, the population of Western hemlock looper moths in Vancouver soared as part of a natural, three-year “outbreak cycle.” The cycle repeats every eleven to fifteen years, depending on environmental conditions.

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In Real Life

Design Everywhere

In Real Life.

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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.