Tue.Nov 19, 2019

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What You Need to Know Before Using Trademarked Colors

Design Roast

It might seem shocking that someone could trademark a color, but big companies often do so for specific combinations. It keeps smaller competitors from tricking consumers into thinking they’re doing business with a trusted name when they are not. Because large organizations have legal teams, it’s a good idea to know what shades are protected, [.].

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Share is a rare exhibition on graphic design

Creative Review

The exhibition, at the Crypt Gallery in Norwich, features the work of five design agencies – Spin , A Practice for Everyday Life , North , Muir McNeil and Graphic Thought Facility – that have each contributed a poster design for the show, as well as a piece of graphic design work that best illustrates each agency’s individual practice. The exhibition was organised by Andy Campbell of Norwich School, which will play host to a handful of talks running alongside the exhibition.

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LogoArchive ExtraIssue – Letters As Symbols

BP&O

LogoArchive in print was conceived, designed and sent to print in a day. It was inspired by a panel discussion at Somerset House as part of the exhibition Print! Now on to its seventh release, LogoArchive continues to reconfigure itself with each new issue with the intention of surprising, graphically and materially, within the context […]. The post LogoArchive ExtraIssue – Letters As Symbols appeared first on BP&O - Branding, Packaging and Opinion.

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Reviewed: Follow-up: New Identity for BioWare by Tolleson and In-house

Under Consideration / Brand

Established in 1995 in Edmonton, AB, Canada, BioWare is a video game company specializing in role-playing games and its variation, massively multiplayer online role-playing games. After some initial success, BioWare was acquired by Electronic Arts in 2007 and continued its rise with multiple franchise titles that did very well, leading to the opening of two additional offices, one in Austin, TX, and another in Montréal, Québec.

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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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The Creator Class: On Set With Photographer Tonje Thilesen

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Brooklyn-based photographer Tonje Thilesen shares her fascination with suburban American and how she approaches her work in this lovey profile for The Creator Class’s Canon Creator Lab series. #canoncreatorlab is a collaborative campaign from TCC and Canon, aimed at empowering the next generation of photographers, filmmakers, and social storytellers through online and offline programming.

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Zooba Electrifies Egyptian Street Food in New York

Azure Magazine

When they were hired to design the first international outpost of Zooba , Ahmed El Husseiny of architecture firm AE Superlab and Jessica Walsh of graphics studio &Walsh went right back to the beginning. They traveled to Cairo, where the street food restaurant was founded in 2012, before expanding to six other Egyptian locations from its original home in the upscale neighbourhood of Zamalek.

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Selected works by Greta Ilieva

This is Paper

19.11.2019Selected works by Greta IlievaResearch, Photography. ©Greta Ilieva An honesty and intimacy draws you in to the work of Bulgaria-born photographer Greta Ilieva. She learnt her craft from her mother, also a photographer. From a young age she acted as her assistant, changing film and working in the dark room. She went on to study graphic design at London’s Camberwell before studying for a masters in communication, art and design at the Royal College of Art.

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Polish graphic designer Natalia Pawlak on bad taste and reinterpreting Polish kitsch

Its Nice That

With a portfolio that spans colourful beer branding and a lot of nostalgic music posters, Polish designer Natalia Pawlak draws on the kitsch of 70s and 90s aesthetics to create a style that clashes type, hazy gradients, and cut and pasted cartoons. Read more.

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12 Animated Infographics That Will Engage Your Mind from Start to Finish

Graphic Mama

A collection of animated infographic videos that will nail your attention from beginning to end! It’s a long-known fact that the motion engages times more than a static image. This is why people are more attracted to animated infographics rather than static ones. Today, we’ll show you 12 great animated infographic videos that will impress you and will probably convince you to try out this engaging technique with your audience.

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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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Sophie Williams shares intimate behind-the-scenes footage from Mura Masa's latest music videos

Its Nice That

Capturing the five year long creative partnership between director Yoni Lappin and Guernsey-born musician Mura Masa, Sophie Williams shares photography from the sets of No Hope Generation as well as never-before-seen images from Deal Wiv It featuring rising rap star Slowthai. Read more.

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Lightly ‘Second Nature’ Homeware Collection Celebrates Sensitivity

Trendland

Lightly is an Australian homeware brand celebrating its 14 years of design craft with a limited “Second Nature” collection. Highlighting basic colors and forms, the range consists of geometrical vases, goblets, holders and trays. All were inspired by brand’s core values such as considered living, timelessness and hospitality. “Celebrating the lifelong give-and-take between consistency and change, the brand’s latest collection Second Nature embraces the comfort and sensi

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Wide-eyed and scratchy-haired, read the twisted diaries of Irene Montemurro

Its Nice That

The London-based Italian illustrator is fascinated with the shocking and grotesque, filing her sketchbooks with the imaginative narratives of people she sees. Read more.

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Web Design: Aunited - United States History

Abduzeedo

Web Design: Aunited - United States History. AoiroStudio Nov 20, 2019 Kulik Oleg is a graphic designer and a UI/UX designer based from Kharkiv, Ukraine. We are sharing his web design concept for the United States history. It's an interesting approach especially with his colours, bright orange! Do you think it does compliment the images well? I do love his choice of typography and the text layouts are intuitive plus easy to read.

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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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“Continu-um” by Photographers Lola Thomas and Alex Catt

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Lazy Susan, the mother of all inventions, comes to life in Terri Timely's short film

Its Nice That

What if most inventions started out as some kind of inspired laziness to get out of work? The LA and Oakland-based directing duo, comprised of Ian Kibbey and Corey Creasy, explores this question in their short film that fictionalises the origins of a number of our favourite effort-saving inventions. Read more.

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Celebrating the Timeless Art of Beauty Salon Photography

Feature Shoot

Long before the Internet made nearly everything instantly accessible, beauty salons used photography to advertise and promote the styles of the day. Part headshot, part beauty photo, these photographs fell squarely into the realm of commercial photography. Utilizing studio lighting and a basic backdrop, women became mannequins in the truest sense of the word.

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Logo Process: The Auto Network Logo Redesigned by The Logo Smith

The Logo Smith

The post Logo Process: The Auto Network Logo Redesigned by The Logo Smith appeared first on The Logo Smith. Logo Process: The Auto Network Logo Redesigned by The Logo Smith The Logo Smith was tasked with updating, and redesigning, the previous The Auto Network Car Lead Generation Company logo, with one that relies more on bold stylised typography for both the brand name, and the logo mark.

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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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Meet Emerging Photography Awards Juror Toby Kaufmann, Creative Director at Facebook

Feature Shoot

Toby Kaufmann © Erin Yamagata . Toby Kaufmann is an Award-Winning Creative Director, currently at Facebook, and one of the judges for Feature Shoot’s Emerging Photography Awards. Most recently she had launched a small creative studio in Brooklyn where she worked with brands such as Apple, Netflix, and NBC. She is also the Creative Director of Pur·suit , a digital archive and deck of playing cards re-imagining Catherine Opie’s seminal work from the 90s, in collaboration with artist Na

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Why creatives are jumping on TikTok

Creative Review

We speak to an illustrator, a filmmaker and a lettering artist who are making waves on TikTok about what it offers creatively that its competitors don’t already, and their advice for other creatives thinking about getting on the app. The post Why creatives are jumping on TikTok appeared first on Creative Review.

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A Figma Plugin that Allows you to Search Colors by Name

Designer Daily

If you are a Figma user, you already enjoy the simplicity of use of the collaborative design tool for regular design tasks. Using plugins, it’s possible to even take Figma a step further and add cool features. The color search plugin programmed by Joel Califa is one of these nifty additions that make the experience awesome. It allows you to search for colors more intuitively by entering any name and suggesting five colors.

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That 90s Graphic Design Look is Coming Back - Pitchfork Music Festival

Abduzeedo

That 90s Graphic Design Look is Coming Back - Pitchfork Music Festival. abduzeedo Nov 19, 2019 It’s been quite a while since the last time I posted about my favorite decade in graphic design. Yes, I am talking about the 90s and the series of posts we have been publishing titled “that 90s graphic design look is coming back” - I think that’s the name.

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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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Now Available — SOLIDS, LIQUIDS, GASES & PLASMA

Anna Raff Illustration

The latest science picture book collaboration by David A. Adler and me is now available wherever books are sold ! The fifth book in the series from Holiday House, SOLIDS, LIQUIDS, GASES, & PLASMA follows the adventures of a twin sisters, their wise yet gassy dog, and their much-harried dad as all prepare for a birthday feast for Grandma. As usual, the book is chock full of easy-to-follow concepts and experiments for kids to try out at home.

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Glug Manchester #14

Shillington

The global design phenomenon Glug returns to Manchester for its fourteenth instalment! The time has come for another epic instalment of GlugMCR. GlugMCR are big fans of creative storytelling, passion, the underdog and seeing ideas come to life. For this reason, they are bringing you inspirational speakers who are willing to share their experiences and showcase a new way of thinking.

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Upcoming AMA: Illustrator and Podcaster Andy J. Pizza

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LATE - American IPA Beer Art Direction & Graphic Design

Abduzeedo

LATE - American IPA Beer Art Direction & Graphic Design. abduzeedo Nov 19, 2019 Benoit Hody , Anthéa Ferreira , and Atelier Minuit shared a beautiful art direction and graphic design on their Behance profile. The project is not super recent, but for some reason, I simply missed it so, better late than never. Basically, they were asked to design the label for LATE - American IPA beer.

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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.