Creative Review

JANUARY 25, 2022

Flexible visual identities are nothing new: in an age where pretty much any identity is as prominent on digital platforms as physical or static ones (if not more), identity design has become a living, breathing discipline rather than a fixed set of rules around logo usage. Graphic designer and educator Martin Lorenz has long been fascinated by such systems: so much so that he’s spent the past two decades developing them as founder of the studio TwoPoints.Net , and the past ten years resear

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Creative Market

JANUARY 25, 2022

In a time where rebrands are starting to embrace safe and oversimplified styles, consider making your creative brand pop by getting inspiration from the pop art movement! With bold colors and chic shapes, one of the most iconic contemporary art styles from the ’60s is a recognizable modern art style that can elevate a growing brand. But what exactly is pop art?

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Creative Review

JANUARY 25, 2022

OpenWeb’s mission is to build an ‘open, healthier web’ by providing publishers with a framework for productive – and moderated – commenting and conversation. Or, as Collins describe it, to “de-troll digital discourse” The platform, which launched in 2012 and was previously known as Spot.IM, is used by the likes of Hearst, News Corp and Yahoo!

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Its Nice That

JANUARY 25, 2022

Comprised of organic shapes and structures, the Berlin-based illustrator looks to nature, communication and solitude as inspiration for her charming work.

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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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Creative Review

JANUARY 25, 2022

We’ve come to expect the BBC to deliver its Olympics trails with a mix of epic drama and innovative craft, and its latest offering for the Winter Olympics in Beijing, which start on February 4, is no exception. Devised by BBC Creative, the trailer is directed by Balázs Simon through Blinkink production company. And while no actual ice and snow is featured, it manages to convey all the challenges of the Winter Olympics via the use of elaborate animation, with entire scenes 3D printed,

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Creative Market

JANUARY 25, 2022

You’ve just earned a college degree. Now, you need to put your best foot forward to start your career. Job hunting is stressful, not to mention creating a one-page resume that’s supposed to sum up your skills, accomplishments and what you can offer. All these are not easy and don’t even get us started on resume design, too. While that introduction gives you pressure in hunting jobs, it’s good news — if you take the time to look through our various resume and CV design examples.

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Envato Tuts+

JANUARY 25, 2022

In this article, we dive into trendy color block illustrations and templates to show you what color blocking is. Color blocking is not a new technique—it came around in the 1960s inspired by an even older art movement, De Stijl. Who would've known that this movement would still be inspiring designers to create color block prints that can be applied anywhere from branding to presentations and even packaging?

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The Die Line

JANUARY 25, 2022

Dolly Parton has partnered with Duncan Hines to create a new line of “Southern-Style” cake mixes and frostings inspired by her family recipes.

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Its Nice That

JANUARY 25, 2022

Mixing marshmallow hues with surrealistic undertones, you won’t be surprised to hear that the photographer is inspired by Tim Walker.

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We And The Color

JANUARY 25, 2022

Studio Copper Reed created this fresh brand identity for lifestyle and fitness destination, Matchbox Fitness. Matchbox is a new lifestyle and fitness destination, offering an unparalleled experience for members. They approached Copper Reed to become a vital member of the branding and brand development team to create a unique brand for their club and manage the roll-out of the brand across every touchpoint.

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Its Nice That

JANUARY 25, 2022

The founders demonstrate their impressive roster of skills by talking us through four diverse projects: an animation film, a visual identity, an interactive workshop and an “audio-visual experience.”.

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We And The Color

JANUARY 25, 2022

With this online course by design studio the branding people (tbpmx), you will learn how to build a narrative to show your creative work in an optimal and effective manner. It’s not just about creating an eye-catching project, you also need to know how to present it the right way. Studio the branding people (tbpmx) specializes in creating brands and their visual communication.

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Colossal

JANUARY 25, 2022

All images © Dmitry Kokh, shared with permission. Set against a backdrop of dried grass, rusted tanks, and debris, a photo series by Dmitry Kokh centers on a small group of polar bears that had taken over an abandoned meteorological station last fall. The dilapidated structures are located between Russia and Alaska on Kolyuchin Island in the Chukchi Sea, a remote tundra the Moscow-based photographer visited on a 1,200-mile expedition in September 2021. “We expected to meet (the polar bears

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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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Azure Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2022

Whether online or in real life , attending architecture and design events is an important way of keeping up on the big conversations and of stimulating our own creativity, especially during the cold winter months. Here, we’ve selected 10 exhibitions and talks around the world – on subjects as varied as the Bouroullec brothers’ latest products, Forensic Architecture’s human rights investigations and architecture’s role in creating Black spaces – that we are excited for.

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Design You Trust

JANUARY 25, 2022

Ryota is a Japanese illustrator who draws anime girls. It’s possible that some people might find the number of anime girls on DYT excessive, but we can’t help it – they make us feel incredibly warm. Every time we’re smitten with these big-eyed plushies, we’re smiling ruddy for half a day afterwards. More: Instagram.

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Abduzeedo

JANUARY 25, 2022

Feodora — Cyberpunk Art Direction and 3D Illustration. abduzeedo 0125—22 Thomas Dubois shared an incredible art direction, illustration and motion design project titled Feodora. There’s not much information about it besides the beautiful cyperpunk theme and the quote by Italo Calvino: “You take delight not in a city’s seven or seventy wonders but in the answer it gives to a question of yours.” — we also know that Thomas used Maxon Cinema 4D with Corona Renderer, as well as Photoshop to make the

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Mindsparkle Mag

JANUARY 25, 2022

Tino Nyman has made a complete rebrand and art direction for TeeMaa, a Helsinki-based tea house with a retail boutique shop, as well as a cozy tea room for customers. The Teemaa brand combines a Nordic lifestyle with a version of tea culture that is contemporary and approachable. Besides refreshing their visual identity, TeeMaa also wanted to renew their shop.

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Its Nice That

JANUARY 25, 2022

Celestial Peach, the Chinese food and identity platform, is celebrating its 100th story with a delectable platter of food illustration.

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Design Milk

JANUARY 25, 2022

On this episode of Clever podcast , Amy Devers talks to industrial designer and founding partner of Barber Osgerby, Jay Osgerby. He grew up in a small town in England, with a close-knit multi-generational family and the backdrop of his grandparents’ experiences of WWII. Jay’s childhood was filled with making things, inspired by his Swiss ancestors’ stories of watch and camera making.

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Swiss Miss

JANUARY 25, 2022

This what’s inside a pen illustration made me giggle. By the talented Mattias Adolfson.

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Design You Trust

JANUARY 25, 2022

Victoria Semykina is an artist based in Italy who draws pretty illustrations for books, magazines and just for fun. Often Victoria manages to hit very subtle nuances of landscapes and characters with a couple of simple strokes and create the most pleasant pictures. More: Instagram , Patreon.

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UX Collective

JANUARY 25, 2022

Beyond amazing experiments, generative AI is gradually making its way into video production. Basic videos can now be created synthetically without shooting. Over time, Video Producers and Editors will gain superpowers with AI that will significantly alter their jobs. Photo by Kyle Loftus. Edited by author with MediaPipe Pose Estimation. Disruptive innovations begin at the bottom of a market with simple applications, then move up until they displace established ways of working.

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Its Nice That

JANUARY 25, 2022

Influenced by 19th-century typography and newspaper headlines, the design refresh emphasises quality content.

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Mindsparkle Mag

JANUARY 25, 2022

Mid-week already, and we have dinner plans for tonight. We cannot think of a better way to make the rest of the week smoother. Ordering your favorite kind of food and sharing some time and a table with friends sounds like a plan for Wednesdays! In continuation with this thought, we're featuring Top 10: Restaurant Identities. Excited with our plans, we came up with a stunning selection of the restaurant's branding designs.

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Creative Review

JANUARY 25, 2022

If the dictionary definition of the word ‘deem’ is to consider something in a certain way, the ambitious mission of US-based indie mag Deem Journal is to reframe our consideration of what design is – and ought to be – today. “The idea for Deem is based in the reality that the design industry has a limited scope regarding the issues that it engages with, and we felt a need to create a platform that could help to democratise design and create space for voices that are

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