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Reviewed: New Logo and Identity for Pleo by Koto

Under Consideration / Brand

“Power to the Pleople”. Established in 2015, Pleo is a financial services company that offers smart payment cards with a system optimized to manage a company's employee expenses. Company managers can issue both virtual or traditional Prepaid Mastercard cards through Pleo and then its app (and desktop dashboard) tracks purchases by capturing the receipt and categorizing the expense so that there is no need for employees to fill out expense reports.

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Best Dune Fan and Concept Art Collection

Noupe

Dune has been growing in popularity in recent years. Therefore, Dune Art is becoming more popular. Dune is a science-fiction saga, written by Frank Herbert. Dune, the first book, is cited as the best selling science-fiction novel in history. With Dune, Frank Herbert won the 1966 Huge Award, and the Nebula Award for the Best Novel. It was adapted into a movie in 1984 and into a mini-series in 2000.

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20 Free Nature Brushes for Photoshop

Speckyboy Design Magazine

When creating nature-inspired designs, it’s vital to have a variety of tools in your toolbox. And when you’re working with Photoshop, a major toolset comes in the form of brushes. Not to fret, however. You don’t need to go hunting around for brushes that suit your next project. We’ve compiled a collection of free nature brushes for Photoshop.

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#FridayFive with Shillington Design Teacher Hilary Archer

Shillington

Inspiration can come from anywhere. So, on the first Friday of each month, we’re sharing some of our Shillington team’s favourite things from the past four weeks. This month, Shillington London Teacher Hilary Archer tells us what was on her radar in February. 1. To Follow: Vivianne Sassen. By now a household name across various industries, Vivianne Sassen is a Dutch photographer working across fashion, fine art and photojournalism.

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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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River Cousin’s surrealist airbrushed worlds are borne from a mathematical approach

Its Nice That

The London-based illustrator creates his vivid, dreamy scapes digitally, inspired by artists such as Magritte and Robert Beatty.

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2 Shillington Students Named GDUSA Students to Watch 2020

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Congratulations to New York graduates Jess Di Scipio and Christopher Calmeyer for the GDUSA Students to Watch in 2020 feature! We are so proud when the work of our students gets recognized by the design industry. . Jess Di Scipio. “I am Jess; I am a bit of this and a bit of that. A conceptual and critical thinker. An introvert-extrovert. A designer and marketer.

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A 3D Artist Imagines the Realistic Fossilized Skulls of Endearing Cartoon Characters

Colossal

“Canis Goofus – USA, 1932.” All images © Filip Hodas. A Prague-based artist is memorializing some of his favorite cartoons with a series of convincing fossils that provide an unconventional look at the skeletons of animated characters. Filip Hodas ’s Cartoon Fossils series features preserved skulls of Spongebob, Tweety Bird, and other familiar characters, accompanied by the years they first were spotted on television and their zoological names like Anas Scroogius, Homo Popoculi

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Illustrating the Beauty of US National Parks

Abduzeedo

Illustrating the Beauty of US National Parks. abduzeedo Mar 04, 2020 Trey Ingram shared a collection of beautiful illustrations he created inspired by national parks in the US. The vector illustrations have a low-poly style (for lack of better term) and highlight the beauties of each one of the parks including Yellowstone, Acadia, Zion, Everglades and others.

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A folklore-inspired rum brand with “hidden” design details

Design Week

A new range of rum has been branded by London-based design consultancy B&B Studio. The Duppy Share Spiced is the first new line from The Duppy Share, a rum brand that was established in 2015. The latest variant is infused with new flavours — pineapple, kola nut and Caribbean spices — and is intended to be used for cocktails and in mixed drinks.

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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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Towering Skyscrapers Reflect New York City’s Density in Navid Baraty’s Photographs

Colossal

All images © Navid Baraty, shared with permission. Utilizing the reflections on soaring buildings, Seattle-based photographer Navid Baraty ( previously ) frames New York City in sections of just a few blocks. Although the traffic-packed streets and countless windows on high-rises can be seen from the ground, Baraty’s aerial shots in his ongoing Hidden City II series provide a distinct look at the area’s density and compactedness. “Most of our perceptions of cities involve us wa

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Tragic and titillating: the life and work of illustrator Aubrey Beardsley

Creative Review

Despite dying from tuberculosis at the tender age of 25, Aubrey Beardsley was able to cement his position as one of the enfants terribles of fin-de-siècle London in just a few short years, thanks to his reputation for creating opulent and erotic illustrations that typically sent shockwaves through Victorian era Britain. A new exhibition at Tate Britain in London is celebrating the brief but hugely successful career of the illustrator, who produced hundreds of drawings for books, periodicals

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Selected works by Dimitri Guedes

This is Paper

04.03.2020 Selected works by Dimitri Guedes Research, Photography ©Dimitri Guedes. A photographic exploration of the unconscious mind by Montréal-based artist Dimitri Guedes.Dimitri Guedes’s images enhance clothing brands, but it is their dreamy quality that immerse us into a hallucinated fantasy. “I love when aesthetics flirt with dream and reality.

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Impasto-Style Brushstrokes Hover Mid-Air in Illustrative Murals by Sean Yoro

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All images © Sean Yoro. Hawaii-born artist Sean Yoro ( previously ), aka Hula, pairs his illustrative murals of partial figures with bold brushstrokes that hover along building walls. Part of his Undertones series, the monochromatic pieces often feature singular hands and torsos as they reach toward or attempt to grasp the impasto-style strokes. One especially illusory piece forgoes the bodily element and instead focuses on a singular blue stroke that seems to float through the air and cast a sh

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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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Gregory Reid Tells Stories Through his Photography, Featured in Graphis Journal #363

Graphis

United States photographer, Gregory Reid, specializes in conceptual photography in many areas such as still life images, fashion, and animation. Reid opened his own company Gregory Reid Photo in Brooklyn, where he also does commissioned client work for brands such as American Eagle, Cosmopolitan, and Esquire among many others. In our Journal #363, we present […].

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Punk Princess: ‘Devastatingly Sexy’ Portraits Of Debbie Harry 1977 To 1988

Design You Trust

Debbie Harry, New York Studio, 1981 In 1977 photographer Brian Aris met Debbie Harry for the first time. After the shoot he filed her in his diary under the heading “punk princess”. “Nobody could have been more surprised than I was when Debbie finally walked into my studio for that initial shoot,” Aris recalls. “No band, no heavy American management presence – just a quietly-spoken.

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Dominic Kesterton squishes, stretches and slices things in his repetitive illustrations

Its Nice That

The London-based illustrator recently completed a master’s where he began exploring “volume, repetition and variation with drawing,” producing hundreds of works at a time.

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Apple Reveals The Best Night Mode Photos Shot On iPhone

Design You Trust

iPhone photographers around the world answered the call to participate in the Night mode photo challenge, sharing their captivating Night mode images shot on iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max. A curated panel of judges selected six winning photos from thousands of submissions worldwide. Konstantin Chalabov (Moscow, Russia), iPhone 11 Pro @chalabov “Konstantin’s photo is a.

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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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Fact or fiction: why some photographers stage their work

Creative Review

Photography that’s been staged, set-up or manipulated in some way has been a part of the medium since it was first created, but some practitioners go out of their way to make their fake shots seem real – why? The post Fact or fiction: why some photographers stage their work appeared first on Creative Review.

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Aubrey Beardsley: depicting decadence and the grotesque in 1890s Britain

Design Week

Depicting decadence, erotica and the grotesque, illustrator Aubrey Beardsley’s work was enough to both shock and delight late-Victorian Britain. Active for only a few years before an untimely death aged 25, he found inspiration in everything from traditional Japanese print work, ancient Greek vases and Rococo engravings, to contemporary creatives like James Abbott McNeil Whistler and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

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“Masc” by Photographer Craig Waddell

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Formes des Luttes is a graphic design platform created in protest

Its Nice That

Over 140 posters from 100 artists are currently free for anyone to use.

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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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Aint–Bad No. 15: Call For Entry

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This New Collection of Creative Tools is a Great Deal at Just $29

Spoon Graphics

Get your hands on this incredible collection of best-selling creative products, equipping you for any project! Inside you’ll discover a range of fonts, graphics, effects packs, brush sets and more. Be prepared to cater for a variety of design styles your clients might require, create charming works available for sale, supported by the extended license, or produce stunning original works of art.

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Feed: Selected works by Dimitri Guedes

This is Paper

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Noted: New Logo for BMW

Under Consideration / Brand

“Propelling Laterally”. (Est. 1916) "Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, translated in English as Bavarian Motor Works, commonly referred to as BMW , is a German multinational company which produces automobiles and motorcycles. The company was founded in 1916 as a manufacturer of aircraft engines, which it produced from 1917 until 1918 and again from 1933 to 1945.

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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.