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Design lessons from guitar pedals

UX Collective

What we can learn from technology that’s designed to be stepped on Continue reading on UX Collective ยป.

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Clean Magazine Template with Big Image Placeholders

We And The Color

This Adobe InDesign magazine template offers a clean but friendly look. Created by Adobe Stock contributor @PixWork , this high-quality magazine template consists of 18 customizable pages. Equipped with lots of space for large images, the Adobe InDesign file is also well suited for lookbooks or portfolios. Editing these pages is quite simple. With just a few clicks, you can add your text or images to the layout.

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Plug into Ardhira Putraโ€™s immersive, 80s-soaked Super Nintendo simulations

Its Nice That

The Jakarta-based illustrator and motion designer demonstrates what joys can unfurl when a creative receives โ€œfull freedomโ€ on a commercial project.

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Peloton: Bicycle Art #51 by 100copies

We And The Color

Inspired by the 109th Tour de France that starts today, Thomas Yang of 100copies just created his bicycle art number 51 named ‘Peloton’ Right in time for the start of the 109th Tour de France, Thomas Yang of 100copies just shared with us his 51st bicycle print edition titled: Peloton. A peloton is a group of cyclists riding together in a race.

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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 theyโ€™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, weโ€™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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Inรจs Davodeauโ€™s typography practice expertly revives fonts from over 100 years ago

Its Nice That

Inspired by old references in books and magazines, the Marseille-based designers elegant typeface Holise expertly revives a 130-year-old font.

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Keeping it short & simple: a guide to microcopy

UX Collective

Whether itโ€™s long-form content or short-form writing, words wield power all the same. The humble microcopy carries an equal but more flexible impact, adjusting to the context with snappy phrasings to guide users along the journey. By now it seems common knowledge that using these small, informational bits of text can lead to an improved flow and a more effective user experience.

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UX and web design inspiration โ€” nothing

Abduzeedo

UX and web design inspiration โ€” nothing. abduzeedo 0701โ€”22 The Web has become so much richer and editorial. The UX has also improved drastically not only from the functionality but also the visual and motion point of view. I love visiting websites, especially for design studios and agencies. They remind me of when I used to spend hours flipping through design magazines like HOW.

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Turtles, Ducklings, and Pheasants Comprise an Adorable Menagerie of Miniatures by Fanni Sandor

Colossal

All images ยฉ Fanni Sandor, shared with permission. Hungary-based artist Fanni Sandor ( previously ) expands her already minuscule menagerie with even tinier creatures. Using polymer clay, feathers, fur, and other materials, Sandor sculpts biologically accurate miniatures at a 1:12 scale, and many of her recent pieces include newborns and adolescents: a trio of joeys cling to their mother’s back, a chick slurps a worm, and a duckling grasps a monarch in its bill.

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10 Ways to Level up Your Summer at Home

Design Milk

If the non-stop barrage of vacation posts on your social feed is giving you a serious case of FOMO, we’re here to tell you that you neednโ€™t book a trip to the Amalfi Coast or stay at a bougie beachside hotel to make the most of your summer. Whether your summer plans involve working on a 2,000-piece puzzle with friends, experimenting with craft cocktail recipes in your kitchen, or turning your backyard into your own personal pool club, you can make this summer one to remember.

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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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Netflix gears up for Stranger Things finale with Goosebumps-style posters

Its Nice That

Commissioned by Netflix to visualise each episode thus far, illustrator Butcher Billy is ringing in the nail-biting finale with spoiler-free posters.

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Illustrator Creates Mildly Amusing Doodles That Are Surreal At Times And Frequently Silly

Design You Trust

Meet Nadia Tolstoy, an illustrator and cartoonist from Stockholm, Sweden that might change the way you look at some words. As she describes on her Instagram, she creates “mildly amusing doodles” that are “surreal at times and frequently silly” Nadia has made a series of illustrations showing a word as a combination of different things, which makes it look kind of absurd and funny.

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Desktop Wallpaper: July 2022

Design Milk

Weโ€™re excited to share an exclusive for this monthโ€™s Designer Desktop featuring Backdrop , the DTC brand founded by Natalie Ebel and her husband Caleb that has changed the way we shop for paint. While Backdrop is known for their paints, theyโ€™ve also expanded into wallcoverings with one collection already under their belt. Today, weโ€™re giving you a sneak peek into their not-yet-released Backdrop II, a collection of five new vibrant and maximalist designs that will launch on July 11, 2022!

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Love Is: This Couple Illustrates Their Ups And Downs In Sweet And Relatable Comics

Design You Trust

Every relationship has its ups and downs. As clichรฉ as this sounds, there are no highs without the lows. Thanks to all the hardships and challenges, we can appreciate small things being with that special someone even more, and that’s what Pibubear comics are all about – sweet little moments shared with your loved one. Pi (she) and Bu (he) have been together for over nine years now and love to share their life adventures through comics.

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From Visualization to Execution: Exploring Our Strengths as Designers

Speaker: Sean Adams, ArtCenter College of Design

Thomas Edison once said โ€œVision without execution is hallucination.โ€ 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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Monaro naming and visual Identity

Abduzeedo

Monaro naming and visual Identity. abduzeedo 0701โ€”22 Caio Costa shared a branding project for Monaro including naming and visual identity. Monaro is an architecture firm based in Sรฃo Luรญs (MA), Brazil, originated from the partnership between Ingrid and Victor, a duo of architects driven by the pleasure of materializing dreams through their projects.

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Captivating Photographs From This Yearโ€™s WildArt Photographer Of The Year Contest

Design You Trust

Amy Marques – Eyes Category. โ€œNature and wildlife photography has the power to change lives for the better, not only by making the wonder of nature accessible to so many, but by improving awareness of conservation issues across the globe,โ€ says Rob Read, the founder of WildArt Photographer of the Year contest. The contest has 4 categories (Wet, Light, Silhouettes, and Eyes) and is a great platform for talented photographers to get recognition for their work.

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The Gucci Pet Collection is ridiculous.

Creative Bloq

but this is pet photography at its finest.

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Photographer Takes Aerial Photos Of Daily Commuters Around Mexico In His Series โ€œCarpoolersโ€

Design You Trust

The journey of daily commuters around Mexico is captured in the photo series “Carpoolers” by Alex Cartagena. Looking down at the picture, we take in each scene as it appears, eventually lulled into a pattern that resembles the haze of a prolonged road trip; eventually, the landscape blurs into nothing. Cartagena deliberately uses this strategy to highlight how the working class is invisible in a society that prioritizes material wealth more and more and is led by officials who keep g

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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 todayโ€™sโ€”and tomorrowโ€™sโ€”unique design challenges. In this e-book, youโ€™ll learn how to establish your creative workflow and leverage the power of CorelDRAWยฎ Graphics Suite to streamline the entire design process, from start to finish.

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Book Art

Design Everywhere

Book Art.

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Free Wallpaper for July 2022

Six Leaf Design

Happy July, my friends! To be honest, the last week leading up to July has been very hard for so many people here in the States, including many of my friends, clients, and myself. Unfortunately, Iโ€™m not feeling very patriotic at all with the Independence Day coming up. So, instead of stars and stripes this month, for the free wallpaper for July Iโ€™ve got a black design for you to reflect what weโ€™re feeling on the inside.

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Analysis of compound curse words used on Reddit

FlowingData

As you know, Reddit is typically a sophisticated place of kind and pleasant conversation. So Colin Morris analyzed the usage of compound pejoratives in Reddit comments : The full “matrix” of combinations is surprisingly dense. Of the ~4,800 possible compounds, more than half occurred in at least one comment. The most frequent compound, dumbass , appears in 3.6 million comments, but thereโ€™s also a long tail of many rare terms, including 444 hapax legomena (terms which appear only once

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The business power of design: understanding Airbnbโ€™s redesign

UX Collective

In software, design can be one of the most important levers of growth. Image by Lili Kovac. On May 11th, 2022, Airbnb announced a redesign that, according to CEO Brian Chesky, was the appโ€™s โ€œbiggest change in a decadeโ€.  —  @bchesky It was met with mixed emotions: some people loved it while others didnโ€™t even understand what changed.

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Creative Insights: Data-Backed Trends to Help You Design Successful Content

In todayโ€™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? Shutterstockโ€™s Creative Insights Report (Q3) is your window into the hottest trends that are transforming the creative world.

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How to Use AI to Detect and Avoid Fake Influencers?

Noupe

Are you looking to locate social media influencers for your marketing campaigns? Youโ€™re not the only one! Influencer marketing is a growing industry whose market value has more than doubled over the past two years. But fake influencers are still an issue for marketers. How can you tell if the people who follow an influencer are genuine people and not bots?

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Artist Spotlight: Evan Weselmann

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Evan Weselmann. Evan Weselmann’s Website. Evan Weselmann on Instagram.

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How to rebrand Venezia FC, the โ€œworldโ€™s most fashionable clubโ€? Call in Bureau Borsch

Its Nice That

The new look โ€“ encompassing logo and pre-match shirts โ€“ returns Veneziaโ€™s lion to gold from its previous white, producing a fiercer, more โ€œstylishโ€ emblem.

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Should designers PM?

UX Collective

Designers probably remember the headlines and edutech companies in the 2010s practically pleading us to learn to code. Fortunately, thatโ€™s over, but it really does help us designers to at least get a feel for coding so we can work more smoothly and empathetically with our engineering teammates. As a designer, I still code a little myself both at work and as a hobby.

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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.