I Love Typography
AUGUST 20, 2020
Decorated or illuminated initials were an important part of medieval manuscripts for a thousand years. From luxurious gold and silver letters to plain drop capitals, they functioned to illustrate, commentate, and adorn the text. Learn their history and purpose, why they eventually went out of fashion, and what replaced them. The post Make the Letter Bigger appeared first on I Love Typography.
Just Creative
AUGUST 20, 2020
Since its introduction in 2011, the Chromebook has taken a firm place in the laptop market and has offered professionals and graphic designers alike a laptop that is built to handle any of the daily tasks that they need to accomplish. Choosing the best one for your needs, however, can be a difficult proposition with all the choices out there. To help, we wanted to narrow our focus to help you pick the best Chromebook you can use as a graphic designer.
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Speckyboy Design Magazine
AUGUST 20, 2020
Great typography can elevate any project and make it look more polished. But when you take text and apply creative and unique text effects, you create a completely different work of art. In this roundup, we’ve gathered the best Adobe Illustrator tutorials for designing highly creative text effects. By following these tutorials, you’ll take your Illustrator skills to a whole new level and be able to make your design projects more interesting.
The Die Line
AUGUST 20, 2020
Not only do botany artist Maria Sibylla Merianher's beautiful depictions of plants and bugs continue to influence naturalist illustrators, but they also serve as one of the inspirations for the bottle design of distiller Marthe Bøhn’s latest spirit, the cask-aged aquavit Gullmunn Spritfabrikk.
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
Noupe
AUGUST 20, 2020
Getting inked has become a lot more popular recently, but tattoos are not something recent. In fact, tattoos are deeply embedded in human history and play an important role in many cultures and traditions. The oldest evidence that tattooing existed comes from the Upper Paleolithic period in Europe, where there are tools that signal people got inked 40,000 years ago.
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Noupe
AUGUST 20, 2020
Content-based marketing has become the gold standard for boosting brand awareness, reaching customers, driving web traffic, and increasing the bottom line. But there’s one area of content marketing that’s still in its infancy: video marketing. Interest in video content marketing has grown as people’s preferences shift toward this dynamic medium. Businesses have naturally responded by allocating a greater portion of their marketing budgets to exploring and taking advantage of video, using it acro
Inspiration Feed
AUGUST 20, 2020
Digital resources are everywhere nowadays. Whether it’s a stock photo or an animated illustration, you don’t need to look far (or for hours) to find what you need. But this can be a double-edged sword, too.
Design Week
AUGUST 20, 2020
Dalziel & Pow has redesigned Twinings’ flagship store in an attempt to move the focus from a traditional retail store to a more experience-led journey, based on principles such as wellness and lifestyle. The store is based in London’s Strand thoroughfare and was opened by Thomas Twining in 1706. It is the capital’s oldest tea shop.
Abduzeedo
AUGUST 20, 2020
Beautiful Editorial Look Web Design by Anthony Goodwin. abduzeedo 08.20.20 I love the direction web design is heading. It more and more resembles editorial design with focus on great typography and beautiful imagery. A good example of this is the web site created by Anthony Goodwin for Dan J Wills. The attention to details and the clever way to showcase the photographer’s work, everything is really well-thought out.
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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.
Creative Review
AUGUST 20, 2020
Matilda White draws on the Art Deco and Art Nouveau movements to depict mysterious characters that question our assumptions about, and understanding of, femininity and sexuality. She describes herself as a printmaker and artist, working digitally as well as on paper, and recently branched out into textiles. For her final degree project White created a woven piece entitled A Gender Circus, which uses symbols and tropes from the world of performance to explore themes of gender and identity.
Brown Paper Bag
AUGUST 20, 2020
This post contains some affiliate links. If you make a purchase, Brown Paper Bag may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more here. Have you ever looked at something and thought, “That. Now that is a mood.” The sentiment is how I felt upon seeing the ceramic sculptures by Nastia Calaca. She creates animal characters giving the perfect side-eyes, grimaces, and exasperated sighs.
Colossal
AUGUST 20, 2020
“Spontaneous City in the Tree of Heaven.” All images © London Fieldworks. In London Fieldworks ’ delicate creations, architecture meets nature. Its installations feature pine-colored clusters of minuscule wooden forms that appear to grow upon vast tree trunks. Founded by artists Bruce Gilchrist and Jo Joelson, London Fieldworks is a collaborative and multidisciplinary arts practice with projects at the intersection of architecture, sculpture, installation, and film. .
The Die Line
AUGUST 20, 2020
The design for the label was inspired by the intricate motifs and flavourful botanicals found in this magical country.
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.
Creative Review
AUGUST 20, 2020
Despite having only just graduated from the graphic design course at Falmouth University, Shona Speres has already proven herself to be a multihyphenate in the making. Her visual storytelling takes various forms, whether using sculpture to inform brand visuals, bringing her personal photography and graphics to life through editorial design, or creating short films to enhance her projects.
Shillington
AUGUST 20, 2020
When lockdown came in March 2020 and we had to move all our classes online, we were hit with a new, unique opportunity. We were able to offer our regular guest lectures to students on multiple campuses! For the first of these global, online talks we looked to Stockholm and we were joined by Fredrik Öst, Founder and Creative Director of Snask. Speaking to our London, New York and Manchester students, Fredrik talked through some of Snask’s incredible projects—from banks to festivals.
Design Week
AUGUST 20, 2020
Seymourpowell has designed the new identity and packaging for fortified milk-based drink brand Nurishment, in a bid to appeal to a wider contemporary audience. Launched in 1981, the protein-rich drink was initially intended as a “handy pick-me-up” Recognisable for its ring-pull can packaging, it quickly became “corner shop favourite for neighbourhoods across the UK”, the company says.
Creative Review
AUGUST 20, 2020
As the world of work is turned upside down and the economy officially enters a recession, the prospect of finding a job looks rather bleak for graduates and emerging creatives. However, all is not lost. While the process will require being strategic, patient and, crucially, persistent, there are opportunities out there, even if it doesn’t mean landing your dream role from day one.
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Shillington
AUGUST 20, 2020
Nothing stops It’s Nice That’s monthly talk series Nicer Tuesdays —they’ve moved online to keep delivering you talks from the best in the business. Providing you with a much-needed break from the blazing August weather, this month’s Nicer Tuesdays is here to offer you some creative relief. Taking place on their online events platform , Nicer Tuesdays August will feature Grilli Type’s Noël Leu, illustrator Marylou Faure, designer Jerome Harris and photographer Denisse Ariana Pé
Design You Trust
AUGUST 20, 2020
Korea is widely known for its diverse culture, magnificent skyscrapers, delicious food, and highly developed technology. But South Korean photographer Sim Kyu-Dong shows us the other side of the coin by telling us about “Goshiwon” — a tiny, cramped, cheap housing unit where South Korea’s poorest people live. Turns out, it also serves as a home for people who end up living on the streets or who are.
Its Nice That
AUGUST 20, 2020
The project by producer Fraser T Smith features collaborations with Stormzy, Dave, Bastille, Es Devlin and Idris Elba, with the artwork interlacing a dozen stories into one tableau.
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Its Nice That
AUGUST 20, 2020
Originally from Nigeria and now based in London, KK’s experience in the fashion industry inspired him to start his own magazine.
The Die Line
AUGUST 20, 2020
"Sexual wellness products are an essential need for most people but the drug store aisle, filled with neon colors and unhealthy messages of hyper-virality, doesn't reflect that.".
Its Nice That
AUGUST 20, 2020
With his feet firmly in two creative fields, Mark finds that his dual practices only enhance one another, rather than fight for attention.
The Die Line
AUGUST 20, 2020
Rice Creative's branding for Rooster Beers eschews much of the attitude and aggressive flair commonly associated with the craft beer scene, opting for something that feels both local and deeply rooted in Vietnamese culture.
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