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5 pieces of good news for freelance designers in 2022

Creative Boom

Illustrations by šaška , Animation by Maryia Dziadziulia. In the midst of global turmoil, massive changes are afoot in the world of freelancing. But it's difficult to get a bird's eye view when you're on the ground. So every year, 99designs by Vista surveys more than 10,000 designers in 144 countries to get their perspective on how the profession is evolving.

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5 Ways To Generate Income As A Graphics Design Student

Designer Daily

Due to the practical nature of their field of study, graphic design students have the ability to make an extra income while still going to University or College. Here’s how; Enter Graphic Design Competitions. Graphic design competitions typically offer cash prizes as benefits of winning or being a runner-up in any of their competitions. If you have practical experience designing logos and other forms of graphics then it would make sense for you to register for graphic design competitions in orde

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Seven of the best emerging photographers to follow in 2022

Creative Boom

© Elliott Verdier. Whatever kind of creative you are, there are times when you need an instant blast of visual inspiration. And what better way to get it than by following some of the best up-and-coming photographers? By definition, though, the most exciting new and emergent talents aren't yet that well known. So we've teamed up with MPB , the leading online platform for sourcing used photography and videography equipment, to uncover some true gems.

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40+ New Inspiring Website Design Examples

Graphic Design Junction

Fresh creative website design examples for inspiration. Big list of newly created websites with modern concepts, features and tools. In this website gallery we showcased only award winning website design with amazing user experience and interface. We hope that this article was able to help you understand some new 2022 web design trends too. You may be interested in tinhe following articles as well. 50 Creative Landing Page Design Templates.

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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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Yuri Suzuki celebrates 303 Day with digital reworking of classic Roland synthesizers

Creative Boom

Pentagram partner and sound designer Yuri Suzuki has collaborated with Counterpoint to celebrate #303 Day. And as part of the festivities, he has digitally reworked some of the most famous synthesizers made by the cult manufacturer, Roland. For the uninitiated, 303 Day is a series of monthly celebrations based around Roland, which appropriately kicked off on the third of March.

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Abbey Road Studios launches the world's first ever awards to recognise the art of music photography

Creative Boom

© Simon Wheatley. Abbey Road Studios in London is launching its own Music Photography Awards this year, the first-ever global competition celebrating "unforgettable, unique and unsung" music moments of the past 12 months and the photographers who captured them. The world's most famous recording studio aims to celebrate the spirit of music scenes across the globe with the launch of the inaugural Abbey Road Studios Music Photography Awards (MPAs).

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Green with Business Card envy

Moo

Green is the color of nature. It’s also a color of growth and rebirth and a symbol of luck. Or, if you’re Saint Patrick, a nod to the Emerald Isle – Ireland. Truth is, there are probably as many shades of green as there are meanings to it. For our greatest satisfaction. Thinking of going green? We selected some of our favorite green Business Card designs from the MOO community to inspire you.

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Shirou Sukiyaki Restaurant Branding by RONG Design

We And The Color

Chinese studio RONG Design created a unique restaurant brand identity for Shirou. Shirou is a Japanese-style sukiyaki all-you-can-eat restaurant located in Changsha, China. ‘Shi’ means number 10 in Chinese. It is often considered perfect and abundant. Furthermore, Shi has the same pronunciation as the Chinese word for ‘eat’ and Rou means meat, so Shi and rou together not only showed the specialty of the restaurant but also presented a brand image with quality and abundanc

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Meet the Women-Owned Brands That Are Fueling My Puzzle Addiction

Design Milk

Fun fact about me: since joining the Design Milk team last year, I’ve become something of a puzzle addict. I’m thrilled to have the privilege of discovering new wildly talented makers and designers, of course – but I admittedly wasn’t prepared for the hold that design-led puzzles would soon have on me. Not only do these drool-worthy jigsaw puzzles provide a welcome respite from my laptop and phone screen, but they’re essentially works of art you get to build yourself (they make a great gif

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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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Graphic design studio Káschem Büro takes an experimental approach to typography

Its Nice That

The Hamburg-based studio relies on close collaboration but also thrives off its two founders’ differing specialisms and areas of interest.

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A new sale of photography prints is raising money for Ukraine

Creative Review

As the horrifying events in Ukraine continue to unfold, the creative industries are coming together to support the country through a growing number of initiatives. Among the latest is Art4Ukraine, a charitable online art print sale from Theprintspace, which invites people to view and purchase works by a group of contemporary Ukrainian and international photographers.

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Metaverse: Behold the age of parodies

UX Collective

Unsplash Much is being published about Metaversian capabilities in terms of organization of space, foreshadowing a complete shift in the way we, in the Experience Design industry, think about interfaces, layout components, design, user’s flows, interactions, management of files, and so on. I argued, in my last publication, about the potential conceptual struggle User Experience Designers will face while starting to elaborate solutions, products, and experiences within this whole new dimension th

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Download a Unique Brand Guidelines Presentation Template for Adobe InDesign

We And The Color

This well-designed brand guidelines presentation template consists of 46 fully customizable pages. Adobe Stock contributor @PixWork created this unique brand guidelines presentation template. Based on an aspect ratio of 1920 x 1080px, it is particularly well suited for screen presentations. Using a modern and minimalist layout, all of the 46 pages are completely customizable.

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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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“Art not advertising”: Brindha Kumar on her otherworldly illustrations for Porsche

Its Nice That

Inspired by old Porsche models and vintage Japanese toys, we talk to the London-based illustrator about her research-led practice.

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iPhone SE 2022 Wallpaper in SwiftUI

Abduzeedo

iPhone SE 2022 Wallpaper in SwiftUI. abduzeedo 0314—22 Last week I wrote a tutorial on how to create the new Apple iPhone SE wallpaper using Photoshop. It was a really fun little tutorial and I also saw another designer making the same effect in Figma. It’s amazing to see so many talented people as well as incredible tools at our disposal. With the same image in mind I decided to try to recreate it in code using SwiftUI and it turns out to be a fun exercise with a quite beautiful result. .

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“A miniature world, frozen in time”: Martha Naranjo Sandoval reanimates the medium of stereoscopic photography

Its Nice That

In a four-year ongoing project, the artist has created a large collection of stereoscopic collages which explore the construction of memory and the illusion of 3D space.

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Kohler Rethinks the Shower As a Source of Holistic Wellness

Azure Magazine

A shower can be so much more than just another simple step in one’s daily morning routine. With the right design approach, it can also become a richly therapeutic experience. Think, for instance, of the lasting sense of calm that’s inspired by a soak at a serene Nordic spa, or the strong connection to nature that’s facilitated by an outdoor shower at a cabin in the woods.

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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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You're Not Hallucinating: Malafama Beer Can Takes Inspiration From Acid Tabs

The Dieline

Gabinete Exquisito and Manuel Puig designed the limited edition double sour beer can to mimic the look of acid tabs on the double-sided and perforated label.

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It’s a Touchy Subject: Hennepin Made’s New Touch-Activated Lamps

Design Milk

Hennepin Made launches their new Taku collection that reinvigorates the relationship we have with objects in a world where everything is activated automatically and distantly. Inspired by the Aladdin Lamps by Alladin Industries in the mid-1950s, the lighting series is activated by human touch. Taku consists of a small and large table lamp, a corded sconce, a concealed cord sconce, and a flush mount.

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The Art X Peace Print Sale Is Raising Money to Support People Fleeing Ukraine

Colossal

“Stand with Ukraine” by Lele Saa. All images courtesy of Art X Peach, shared with permission. It’s estimated that more than 2.8 million refugees have left Ukraine since Russia’s invasion less than three weeks ago, and an ongoing print sale is raising funds to help those fleeing the country. Art X Peace is offering dozens of limited-edition works from artists around the world, including Paola Ferrarotti ’s black-and-white photos, Masha Manapov ’s whimsically rendered lands

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Pantone Steps Into NFTs With the Creative Talents of Polygon1993

Design Milk

That’s right, the global authority on color, Pantone , is stepping into the world of NFTs. Through the initiative it hopes to better navigate the digital world and service its creative community by making art accessible to all. In collaboration with Paris-based multidisciplinary artist Polygon1993 , a limited number of nine unique NFTs, inspired by the brand’s Color of the Year 2022 – PANTONE 17-3938 Very Peri , will be given away with no purchase necessary.

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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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31 Reviews From Shillington Online Graduates

Shillington

Back in 2020, Shillington made the decision to move our innovative graphic design course online. In September of that year, our first online cohort logged into Zoom and Shillington’s Online course was born. Almost two years later, we’ve now had five graduating Online classes, with another six currently diving into the world of InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Figma.

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How Can Designers Build Interfaces That Avoid the “White Default?”

Eye on Design

In 2016, the artist Deborah Roberts created “ Pluralism Series, ” a series of prints that, borrowing the aesthetic of a Microsoft Word document, lists the names of Black people. Name after name has that jarring squiggly red line underneath it, as if it was a misspelling. I know this squiggly red line all too well. As a Black, Nigerian woman, design and technology often fail to acknowledge my middle name “Ogorchukwu” or my last name “Iyamah.

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20 Chip Packaging Designs

The Die Line

Inspired by National Chip Day, we've compiled 20 stunning chip packaging designs that you don't want to miss.

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Postit® designers, UX longtermism, skill maps, decolonizing type

UX Collective

Weekly curated resources for designers?—?thinkers and makers. “You have seen me around your office. I look smart, usually wearing shiny white trainers combined with dark trousers rolled up a bit so that you can see my expensive socks?—?casual and expensive T-Shirt of one Pantone® colour and Oliver People’s glasses to look smart.” I’m a PostIt® Note Designer ?

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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.