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These CPG Brands Will Take Over the World (You Won’t Believe Their Success)

Canny

The market for consumer packaged goods is oversaturated as new CPG brands pop up day in day out, so it can be hard to differentiate from the growing pool of competitors. Therefore, in order to reach their target audience, CPG brands have to be more and more specific with their offering, goals, and what customers can expect from them exactly. It may be the products that have already been released but a new brand decides to offer efficiency that exceeds others on the market when it comes to delive

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Celia D. Luna's photo series celebrates the defiance of indigenous Bolivian women

Creative Boom

© Celia D. Luna The Peruvian photographer discusses her latest subjects: women skateboarding in Bolivia while wearing indigenous dress. Traditional clothing and hanging 10 aren't generally two things that go together. So photographer Celia D. Luna 's series really grabbed our attention. It focuses on Bolivian women wearing indigenous clothing while skateboarding.

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26 Best WordPress Themes For Professional Portfolio Websites

Graphic Design Junction

A portfolio website is a great way to showcase your work and attract new clients. There are many WordPress themes available that are specifically designed for portfolios. When choosing a theme, be sure to select one that is responsive, easy to navigate, and features a clean design. Your portfolio should be easy to update, so consider using a content management system such as WordPress.

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Circus school gets fired up by We Make's explosive new identity

Creative Boom

Founded in 2004, Ell Circo D'ell Fuego had become a successful circus school, but its branding looked a little dated. Local studio We Make stepped in to craft a dynamic new visual identity for the studio. Based in Antwerp, Belgium, Ell Circo D'ell Fuego (which literally means 'The Fire Circus' in Spanish) is a circus school for children and teenagers.

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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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ILT’s Favorite Fonts of 2022

I Love Typography

Read the book, Typographic Firsts It’s that time of year again. Join us as we look back at some of our favorite fonts published on ILT in 2022. The post ILT’s Favorite Fonts of 2022 appeared first on I Love Typography.

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Sports stars, stand aside: these new sneakers celebrate creatives instead

Creative Boom

Previously managing director at Wieden + Kennedy, Paulo Ribeiro's new agency has a sneaker branding project that pays unexpected tribute to the creative world. Ever thought you'd have a sneaker named after you? If you're a creative, probably not. It generally tends to be sports stars who get this kind of honour, and even then, only if you're at the very top of your game.

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ADAGIO + OUVERT Reflect Today’s Work/Home Environments

Design Milk

It’s all about the flow, according to Scandinavian design cooperative NOTE Design Studio , which is made up of the talents of Malin Engvall and Kristoffer Fagerström. Routines and boundaries between home and work are constantly shifting, and today’s designs should reflect these new environments. That’s the overall inspiration behind ADAGIO and OUVERT , flexible seating and other objects designed by NOTE for a first-time collaboration with Austrian manufacturer Wittmann.

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30+ Best Apps for Designers: Enhance Your Creativity and Productivity

Inkbot Design

30+ Best Apps for Designers: Enhance Your Creativity and Productivity Are you a designer looking to stay productive while unleashing your creativity? The right apps can make all the difference. Knowing which apps to choose for your specific design needs can take time and effort with many options. That's why we've created a comprehensive list of the 30+ best apps for designers.

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Now You Can Add Even More Cold Picnic to Your Bathroom

Design Milk

It’s no secret that we’re big fans of Brooklyn-based home goods company Cold Picnic. The brand has carved out a niche spot for itself in the design world by becoming synonymous with an aesthetic characterized by a certain style of abstract designs and punchy colors. Today, the company is expanding its bath mat collection making it even harder to pass up adding Cold Picnic to your own home.

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30 Tutorials for Creating Stunning Photo Effects in Photoshop

SpeckyBoy

Photoshop is a powerful tool for creating a range of stunning photo effects that can take your images to the next level. With the help of these tutorials, you will learn how to recreate various effects, including glitch, sepia tone, watercolor, tilt-shift, HDR, cinematic, bokeh, sketch, and many more. By mastering these techniques, you can add an artistic touch to your photos and make them truly memorable.

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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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SIX.TWO Editions Earthquake Relief Print Fundraiser

Booooooom

A group of U.S.-based artists and creatives have teamed up to launch the print sale fundraiser in support of earthquake recovery in Turkey and Syria. Featuring images by over 200 photographers, including some of the most notable names in the world of photography, SIX.TWO Editions encourages photography enthusiasts and the general public to donate to ongoing earthquake relief efforts and obtain original photographic prints at the same time.

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Why Is Microsoft Edge Adding Its Own UI to Websites?

SpeckyBoy

I’ll readily admit that I’m not a regular user of Microsoft Edge. The browser works just fine. But I’ve been a diehard fan of Firefox for years. The Chromium-based successor to Internet Explorer never gave me a compelling reason to switch. Thus, I was greatly surprised by a recent question from a client. They wondered why, when hovering over an image on their website, a small icon appeared.

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“River of No Return” by Photographer Laura McPhee

Booooooom

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Sketchy, energetic and disorderly: Junwoo Park’s illustrations appear plucked from the world of underground comics

Its Nice That

Inspired by DIY aesthetics, the illustrator takes cues from publications produced in the 60s and 70s.

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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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The Uncharted and Surreal Worlds of Japanese Artist Yuni Yoshida

Design You Trust

Yuni Yoshida is a force to be reckoned with. A creative mastermind, she has taken the advertising world by storm with her innovative and surreal ideas. Her ability to blend fantasy and reality is unparalleled, and her campaigns are a testament to her talent and vision. More: Instagram With an eye for the unexpected and a willingness to take risks, she has created some of the most captivating campaigns in Japan and beyond.

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BC2 Branding by Paprika Design

We And The Color

Creative studio Paprika Design updated the existing brand identity of BC2. BC2’s identity and platform update should convey their wide-reaching knowledge. The letters of the typography are purposefully grounded with sturdiness and confidence. Its interplay between curves and straight lines reflects both hardworking attitudes while still remaining flexible to changes.

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Neri&Hu’s Bold New Addition to a Chinese Art Museum

Azure Magazine

In Xi’an, China, the Qujiang Museum of Fine Arts is focused on the restoration and exhibition of ancient Chinese murals. Illustrating a comprehensive history of Chinese painting, its permanent collection of 88 panels spans the Neolithic period to the Qing Dynasty. Located just south of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, a World Heritage site, the museum sought to become an architectural landmark in its own right.

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It’s a product-led world

UX Collective

It’s a Product-led World Product-led is currently the shiniest of companies’ growth strategies. And for a good reason (among others): it is shaking up the old dusty B2B world! In a B2B product, the person buying it isn’t typically the one who uses it. And the truth is that the buyer’s happiness has been historically more impactful. There’s been a sales team to moderate the conversation with buyers, and the strategy has been mostly sales-led.

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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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Artist Creates Dreamy Installations and Sculptures Made From Secondhand Books

Design You Trust

Su Blackwell has always been a lover of language. The written word, to her, was more than just ink on paper; it was a tapestry of meaning, woven together to tell a story. But it wasn’t until she journeyed to the exotic lands of Asia that her art took on a new dimension. More: Su Blackwell , Instagram It was in a humble bookshop in Thailand that Su stumbled upon a copy of The Quiet American.

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Speculative interfaces

UX Collective

Thoughts on possible interaction scenarios of the future Symbiosis of the real and digital world / made in Midjourney by Timo Wagner “The next generation of design will become less about screens and things, and more about scripts and cues” (User friendly by Cliff Kuang, Robert Fabricant) Users become protagonists, user journeys become dramaturgical plots, interfaces become transitions between two film scenes, and the dramaturgy of the personal user journey becomes the emotional narrative.

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Isabella Grand Typeface by Nicky Laatz

We And The Color

Take a look at Isabella Grand, a stylish serif typeface for elegant typographic designs. Designed by Nicky Laatz, Isabella Grand is the very epitome of style and grace. The typeface has two distinct styles, Regular and Italic, that can be used together or separately for maximum versatility. Its serif features a unique ‘f’ that makes it stand out from other fonts… as Isabella Grand always seeks to excel above its peers!

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9 Creative Career Paths to Consider When Making a Career Change at 40

Shillington

Looking to make a creative career change at 40? There’s no time like now. It may seem like a daunting decision, but we’re here to tell you it’s not—as a graphic design bootcamp that has been helping people change careers for the better since 1997, we’ve seen plenty of 40 year olds come through our doors in search of a new creative career. At 40, you’ve still got a good few decades of work left so it’s a great age to make the change over to a career you really want—a few months of patience and le

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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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Aerial Photographs by Kevin Krautgartner Capture the Magnificent Power of Crashing Waves Above Hawaii’s Banzai Pipeline

Colossal

All images © Kevin Krautgartner, shared with permission Nothing puts the enormous power of nature into perspective quite like the energy of our planet’s oceans. On a reef off of the North Short of O’ahu, Hawaii, some of the world’s most famously thrilling and dangerous waves present enticing conditions for surfing in an area known as the Banzai Pipeline.

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Seoul Artists’ Platform

Design Everywhere

Seoul Artists’ Platform

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Websites We Love — Showcasing The Best in Web Design #agency #portfolio #design #best #website #ui #minimal #webdesign #web #typography

Designspiration

Websites We Love — Showcasing The Best in Web Design #agency #portfolio #design #best #website #ui #minimal #webdesign #web #typography

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Seoul Artists’ Platform

Design Everywhere

Seoul Artists’ Platform

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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.

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Graphic design inspiration #card #business

Designspiration

Graphic design inspiration #card #business

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do it

Design Everywhere

do it

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Evolution – Animate and the inanimate

Creative Applications

“Evolution” is an immersive audio-visual installation and performance that celebrates the vitality of inorganic materials. The project takes its inspiration from the physics phenomenon of Cymatics, which has demonstrated that certain substances can autonomously form complex patterns in response to vibrations. Category: Member Submissions Tags: Ableton Live / acrylic / algorithm / analog / audiovisual / behaviour / Cymatics / Digital / HD Live Moving Image / immersive / Infinite Duration / LED st

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Matter

Design Everywhere

Matter

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Web Design for All: Accessibility, Inclusivity and Beyond

Speaker: Eden Spivak, Design Expert and Editor at Wix & Nir Horesh, Accessibility Lead and Senior Product Manager at Wix

When we design products or websites for people like ourselves, there are many others who are, as a result, left out. From visually impaired users who rely on assistive technology, to people with a temporary injury such as a broken arm, tech users are forever diverse and beautifully unique. The products we design can, and should, reflect the extremely wide range of human experiences and needs.