Just Creative

JUNE 1, 2020

As designers, it’s always difficult to design for one’s self. “You can’t read the label from inside the bottle”. For this reason, Primitive (formally Primitive Social), a large digital solutions agency based in Texas, commissioned me for the rebranding of their agency. The brief in short, was to create an identity that conveyed “old school character, dependability, durability, grit and endurance but with a modern mid-west vibe”.

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Canva

JUNE 1, 2020

Blurred images: a photography mistake? In some cases, yes, but also a useful design tool. Now, we’re not talking about salvaging a bad photo by slapping a blur effect on it and calling it good enough. Instead, we’re going to look at intentionally choosing or creating different types of blurred images to enhance our designs in specific ways. If you pay attention to web and graphic design styles, you may have noticed that this has been something of a trend in recent years.

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Graphic Design USA

JUNE 1, 2020

Though it may seem difficult, this pandemic may be the right time to establish or pivot to re-establish a distinctive position in a potential customer’s mind.

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Canva

JUNE 1, 2020

These days, patterns are everywhere. You’ll commonly find them on great pieces of packaging, inside the covers of several awesome publications, and printed on beautiful rolls of fabric. If you’ve been poking around online lately, chances are you’ve seen patterns being used in web design as well. While they’re used in many different sections of websites, they’ve become an especially popular choice for backgrounds.

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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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Trendland

JUNE 1, 2020

They always have such a great selection photography collection at the International Photography Award. Today, the IPA announced the winners for its special themed photography competition One-Shot “MOVEMENT”. One-Shot “MOVEMENT” Photography Competition Winners.

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Speckyboy Design Magazine

JUNE 1, 2020

In many ways, web designers are quite fortunate. If that wasn’t already evident before the COVID-19 pandemic, it certainly is now. First, we’re part of an industry that embraces remote work. That’s allowed us to practice social distancing without massive disruptions to daily life. Second, the work we do is essential to many businesses and organizations.

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Canva

JUNE 1, 2020

Creating great designs just got a little easier! We’ve created an infographic of Canva shortcuts for you to enjoy and use as a design resource. We hope these tricks will help you design some amazing graphics for your blog, small business, classroom, or wherever you need a little bling. We know that you don’t have a lot of time – who does? So working smarter with keyboard shortcuts will help you get more done and maybe help improve your graphic design skills a little as well.

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Creative Review

JUNE 1, 2020

Montreal-based illustrator Melanie Lambrick fell into an illustration career accidentally, so much so that she’d never even considered it an option. “I have a double major in art and political science, and I always had a lot of overt messaging in the artwork I made in school but at that time I was doing a lot of painting and photography.

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Canva

JUNE 1, 2020

When I started my first company, Fusion Yearbooks, with my co-founder Cliff Obrecht we wanted to look like a much bigger company than we were. One day when I was out of our “office” (read: my mum’s living room), Cliff was there by himself and answered the phone. An annoyed customer asked to speak to Cliff’s manager. Cliff put the phone down and picked it up again with a slightly deeper voice.

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Advertiser: Issuu

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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Design Week

JUNE 1, 2020

Online class: Alexa, Siri and Google: Let’s Have a Conversation. At Design Week, we’ve covered the increasingly relevant and omnipresent force of voice-assistants, from their unconscious bias to the role of smart homes during the coronavirus. But to many, the voices of Alexa, Siri and Google Home remain a mystery. General Assembly is hosting an online class, via Zoom, which aims to demystify some of these aspects and explore how voice assistants will change UX and UI.

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Canva

JUNE 1, 2020

Why should you contribute images to Canva? Here are a few top-of-the-head reasons we could think of: 01. It’s easy. Becoming a contributor at Canva is a fairly simple process: you sign up (for free), apply to contribute, and if accepted, upload your images. After a quick review process, you can start earning money. 02. You work on your own terms. You can upload your images anytime, anywhere, and we’ll do the rest for you.

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Colossal

JUNE 1, 2020

Designers Jason and Kristal Allemann, of JK Brickworks ( previously ), understand that prairie dogs have a tendency to scramble into their burrows at first sight of a threat, so the two LEGO enthusiasts have designed a kinetic sculpture that captures the rodents’ most endearing actions while above ground. The articulate animals are shown popping out of their holes, checking for predators in the distance, and wagging their black-tipped tails on a grassy platform constructed with the iconic

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Canva

JUNE 1, 2020

They say that, “ if everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself,” and here at Canva, we couldn’t agree more—which is why we make it easy to collaborate and share your designs. Below, we will give you a step-by-step guide to the new Collaborating tool on Canva 2.0, and some of the benefits you can experience from collaborating with your team.

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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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Colossal

JUNE 1, 2020

Six lamps designed by Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey students. A 2019 study notes that 1.8 million residents of Mexico live without electricity, while some sources say an additional five million have limited access. In an effort to provide affordable, sustainable solar power, six students from the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey have designed lamps that can be constructed easily with materials commonly found throughout Mexico’s rural areas.

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Canva

JUNE 1, 2020

Recently, in a survey of 500 small and medium-sized businesses we asked if they had people who weren’t professional graphic designers but were creating customer-facing marketing materials. 78% of companies said “Yes”. How do we make this easy for them? Simple. Canva Pro. . The reality is this: Now more than ever, B2B and B2C marketers are facing increased pressure to create a wide range of visuals to convey their marketing messages.

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Creative Review

JUNE 1, 2020

The Nationwide Degree show was set up by designers Charlotte Weyer, India Pearce and Anoushka Schellekens to help creative graduates whose degree shows have been cancelled or postponed due to coronavirus. Thanks to a partnership with Ocean Outdoor – which has donated £49,000 worth of ad space – the project is providing some much-needed exposure to graduates from UK art and design schools by displaying their work on large-scale billboards in four cities.

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Graphic Mama

JUNE 1, 2020

Working with freelancers is not always a flawless experience. In fact, it may turn into quite a challenge, especially if it is new to you. A smooth working process with a freelancer starts way before the actual first contact with them. In this article, we’ve included 10 tips on hiring and working with freelancers that will help you set a good start with your new partner, and will ensure you a seamless experience that leads to the desired results.

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Under Consideration / Brand

JUNE 1, 2020

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Richard Bernabe

JUNE 1, 2020

Traveling with photo equipment can be difficult and tricky. Getting your gear to its locational safely is essential to any succesful photography expedition. The post Traveling With Photo Equipment: How To Keep It Safe appeared first on Richard Bernabe.

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Designs.Ai

JUNE 1, 2020

Kick off the summer with these 6 colorful and eye-catching summer-themed smartphone wallpapers from Designs.ai ! Each design utilizes graphics from our very own Logomaker and Graphicmaker tools. The colors used are also based on summer-themed color palettes which you can find on Color Matcher. Download the full set now and use our wallpapers on your phone or use them for inspiration to create your own summer-themed wallpapers!

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Purple Rose Graphics

JUNE 1, 2020

The number one mistake that I struggle to fix as a designer: poorly written text. I love talking about graphic design and the different elements that make up a good design, like the colors, fonts and more. Here’s the thing, that’s not all graphic design is. Under the pretty parts, design has a job to do. It’s main job: communicate your value and explain your business to potential clients.

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Graphis

JUNE 1, 2020

Graphis Masters, photographer Athena Azevedo and IF Studio won Gold in the Photography Annual 2020 for their luxurious and sophisticated photography campaign. Led by Creative Director Toshiaki Ide, and Design Director Hisa Ide, the “19 Dutch Luxury Collection” is a 4-part series made in order to promote the 19 Dutch apartments that have been newly […].

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Abduzeedo

JUNE 1, 2020

Personal Digital Explorations in Cinema 4D by Danny Ivan. AoiroStudio 06.01.20 I am a fan of Danny Ivan 's work, following his experiments on Instagram. It's always inspiring and giving me enough boost to learn more Cinema 4D. Danny is a visual 3D artist based in Porto, Portugal and he recently released what he titled: 'Q2 2020 Personal Series'. A dedicated series of experiments with new gradients and forms; simple as that.

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Illustration Art

JUNE 1, 2020

In the 1960s illustration exploded with energy. The '60s were a decade of revolution and free love, of rock n' roll and civil rights protests. After decades working on careful, skilled images, illustrators were unleashed to experiment with bolder, more innovative styles. Some tried an uncontrolled look, with spasmodic, convulsive lines and spattered, loose washes.

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Design You Trust

JUNE 1, 2020

Like most travelers, Dallas resident Andy Luten has been grounded since March. Normally averaging around 150,000 miles of flying each year for work and pleasure, Luten has been forced to watch from the ground as the airline industry slowly dwindles to a shell of its former self. More: Andy Luten, Instagram h/t: businessinsider One April day, Luten approached a local helicopter company with what.

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