Creative Boom
AUGUST 18, 2022
Image licensed via Adobe Stock. If there's one thing for certain in life, it's that we all suffer from the same inner critic. It's part of being human, telling ourselves negative things that are most likely untrue. These voices can hold us back, trample our confidence and stifle creativity. So what to do? We asked our creative community for some advice.
Graphic Design Junction
AUGUST 18, 2022
Fonts are the backbone of a poster and a good poster effect depends on it. Remember that the font you choose should be legible, regardless of size, and should complement the theme or title of the poster. A good font can be an iconic element of your branding and can tie your poster together. However, finding the right font requires experimentation. Here you can find the 50 best fonts for posters.
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Creative Boom
AUGUST 18, 2022
A hit at Canada's recent Mural Festival, we profile Hanna Barczyk, whose talents seem to know no bounds. Everyone loves a nice mural. And we particularly love this one Hanna Barczyk created for clothing company Frank And Oak during the recent 11-day Mural Festival in Montréal, Canada. In Harmony captures the essence of better living while portraying the mindfulness that results from a sustainable lifestyle.
Design Milk
AUGUST 18, 2022
One of the most unique pieces of modular furniture we’ve seen yet, Piscina’s abstract Ledoux shelving system can be effortlessly rearranged over and over again. (We first talked abut it back in our Best of ICFF 2022 post.) The “spine” of the shelving is a boxy column with grooves – inspired by French Neoclassical architect Claud Nicolas Ledoux – that holds the shelves in place.
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
Creative Boom
AUGUST 18, 2022
The stunning artwork of Granollers-based illustrator Montse Galbany is impossible to miss. Thanks to her clever use of bold colours and stylish design - which harnesses the power of "kind shapes" - she has created a distinctive, vibrant world that appears to leap off the screen. A life-long drawer, Montse claims she first picked up the scribbling habit as soon as she was physically able to hold a pencil.
Design Milk
AUGUST 18, 2022
Celebrating her eponymous studio’s 10th anniversary, designer Kristina Dam collaborates with Danish paper artist Amanda Betz and Danish manufacturer ELVO (known for their cardboard boxes) on the Edo Side Table , a piece of furniture that’s durable and steady despite being made of just cardboard, fabric, and a few pins. Dam, who studied at The Royal Danish School of Fine Arts, Architecture, and Design in Copenhagen, was taught that if a product is durable as a paper prototype, then it will be dur
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BP&O
AUGUST 18, 2022
Panettone has origins as far back as ancient Rome, but its connection to Christmas was first established in the eighteenth century. This sweet bread – originally from Milan – has earned its place across the globe as a staple of the festive season. However, earlier this summer, Barcelona-based twins Chiara and Francesca Pavolucci opened a bakery to bring panettone to.
Canny
AUGUST 18, 2022
If you’re looking to broaden your skills, keep on top of trends, gain fresh perspectives, or just communicate with other like-minded people , then you’re missing a trick if you aren’t a member of the marketing communities mentioned in this post. You’re almost spoilt for choice given how many marketing communities there are out there, which can make finding the right one’s for you somewhat difficult – especially if you’re new to the ever-expanding world of online communities.
Inkbot Design
AUGUST 18, 2022
How to do Online Reputation Management Without Hiring a PR Firm. Most online reputation management companies charge high rates to protect your brand online. Have you ever wanted to do online reputation management without hiring a PR firm? With new content marketing tools, this is becoming easier and easier to do. As someone who has spent years doing online reputation management, I'm here to tell you that it can be done.
Booooooom
AUGUST 18, 2022
Natthawut Taeja. Every stage of my life has gone with many unwelcome conditions. I felt like I was frozen in a narrow place. All the time, I could not live the life I wanted to have. Until the story unfolds little by little, it takes a lot of effort, struggle, and energy. Getting what you wish to sometimes seems too late. See what is wrong, in the wrong place, at the wrong time, for the rest of your life.
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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.
Inkbot Design
AUGUST 18, 2022
The 5 Steps To Creating an eCommerce Store. Whether you're a web designer or not, creating an eCommerce store has never been easier. Many small businesses have found that the benefits of running an eCommerce site are too great to ignore. As eCommerce becomes more common, the benefits and ease of selling online become better understood. You'll often find a strong interest in opening an eCommerce site when many of your friends are successful in this endeavour.
UX Collective
AUGUST 18, 2022
Source: Dinos & Teacups on Dribbble The context of a designer and their roles in a team have evolved over the past few years. With designers getting a central role in the decision-making, the responsibilities have also inflated. Designers are no longer just pushing pixels to get them approved for the next but also researching various ways to solve problems, creating and testing their hypotheses.
The Die Line
AUGUST 18, 2022
Brami's packaging, designed by Wedge, features bright yellow hues reminiscent of pasta, bold typography, and lovely pasta illustrations.
Creative Nerds
AUGUST 18, 2022
A great collection of authentic fog brushes, which is a great way to add authentic fogs effect to your photography or digital designs. The set of brushes includes 12 unique brushes for you to choose from to use in your projects. Preview Download (Premium members). The post Premium Members: Authentic fog photoshop brush set first appeared on Creative Nerds.
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.
Moo
AUGUST 18, 2022
Commonly, Postcards are used for casual correspondence, as a souvenir and to mark and share your adventures of travel. But did you know that you can use those creative formats for a whole host of things? They can become invitations, frame-worthy art, food and drink menus and much more. But that’s not all either – explore a range of shapes, sizes and finishes, including Gold and Silver Foil, as demonstrated by a few of our favorite postcard design ideas from the MOO community.
UX Collective
AUGUST 18, 2022
What can you learn from these redesigns? Football (hey ??) or soccer (sup ????)?—?is the worlds’ most played sport. All you need is a ball, 4 shirts to mark the goal posts and you’re good to go. Maybe because football is so popular, many teams opt to redesign their teams crest into a more global logo. With mixed results. 1 | The army of crests that are just initials or capital letters For a personal brand, a freelance, a small agency, logo’s with just a word mark or their initials can work fine.
Colossal
AUGUST 18, 2022
“Where the Wild Things Are” (1963), tempera on paper, 9 ¾ x 11 inches. All images ©The Maurice Sendak Foundation, courtesy of Columbus Museum of Art, shared with permission. The late artist and author Maurice Sendak is responsible for bringing us some of the most beloved, iconic childhood stories, and his distinctive style and fantastical beasts defined classics like In the Night Kitchen , Outside Over There , and of course, the ever-popular Where the Wild Things Are.
Abduzeedo
AUGUST 18, 2022
WGD/PT — Women in Graphic Design / Portugal. abduzeedo 0818—22 Ana Lisboa shared a graphic and web design project for WGD/PT as part of the master's thesis project «As Mulheres no Design Gráfico em Portugal. Preservação da Memória Coletiva de Alda Rosa e Cristina Reis». This project is dedicated to the contributions of women in Portuguese Design History, more precisely, in the preservation of the memory and archive of works carried out by women designers, who established themselves during the 19
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Its Nice That
AUGUST 18, 2022
Created on a limited budget – like the product it’s designed for – the typeface offers a fresh alternative to typical food and drink packaging.
UX Collective
AUGUST 18, 2022
Raising the awareness of teams with internal and simple in order to develop more accessible products and services Image by Unsplash The great challenge of creating accessible products and services goes beyond technical difficulties and budgets: one must first focus on creating a more mature mentality about user experience in the collaborators of the product/project.
Noupe
AUGUST 18, 2022
The world works much different than it did a few years ago. In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, there are many options for making employment more flexible. Whether your employees are remote or in the office five days a week, fostering a positive environment is critical. In fact, statistics show that happy employees are 12% more productive than the average worker. .
Creative Review
AUGUST 18, 2022
Inspired by her own experiences of chronic illness, Olivia Spring founded Sick magazine during her studies at Goldsmiths University in London. Originally from New York, she had come to the UK to pursue a degree in journalism when – suffering from fluctuating health and unemployment as a result – she had the idea of creating a platform to support herself and others in her situation.
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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.
Inkbot Design
AUGUST 18, 2022
Freelance Graphic Design Rates: Pricing Guide. Freelance graphic design rates are determined by the project's complexity, the freelancer's experience, and the skills and time the freelancer puts into the project. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics , graphic designers typically make between $29,000 to $98,000 per year. However, with the cost of living in cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York City, this number will likely increase substantially in coming years.
Its Nice That
AUGUST 18, 2022
In collaboration with Amna, Blast aims to shift the focus from the “negatives of trauma” to the initiative’s transformative work.
Inkbot Design
AUGUST 18, 2022
7 Design Tools to Create Shareable Social Media Visual Content. Just like written content, visual content on social media is also essential. It gives people a reason to follow you, share your posts, and eventually buy from you. On average: Facebook post with image gets 2.3 times more engagement Visual content in tweets generates three times more engagement.
Design You Trust
AUGUST 18, 2022
A worker hangs pasta to dry in a factory in Italy. 1932. Bettmann/Getty Images/Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis. Pasta is an integral part of Italy’s food history. Wherever Italians immigrated they have brought their pasta along, so much so that today it can be considered a staple of international cuisine. h/t: vintag.es , rarehistoricalphotos. Preparing the dough. 1932.
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Mindsparkle Mag
AUGUST 18, 2022
The visual identity for a boutique publisher Visteria combines timeless elegance with contemporary design trends. A decorative serif font was used to draft the logo that represents company’s commitment to beauty, art & design. Complemented with a modern sans-serif, the branding was designed to reflect subtlety and modern sophistication. It was essential that it also links with the publisher’s other ventures including a small literary house – Osnova Publishing – and Vi
Vandelay Design
AUGUST 18, 2022
Here are the best heavy metal fonts for use in band logos, posters, album covers, t-shirt designs, merchandise, stickers, and more. The post 35+ Heavy Metal Fonts for Headbanging Designs appeared first on Vandelay Design.
Creative Bloq
AUGUST 18, 2022
Developers have listed a catalogue of basic UI blunders.
Design Milk
AUGUST 18, 2022
Situated between the Santa Barbara foothills and the Santa Ynez mountains in a rock quarry in Montecito, California, the Quarry House went from being a humble 1950s wood cabin to a modern, retreat-like residence designed by AB design studio in collaboration with House of Honey. The property houses two structures, a single-story home and a new guesthouse by the pool – both black and boxy with large expanses of windows.
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.
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