Just Creative

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

While many of us fully believe that we have good penmanship, the truth is that when it comes to using it in the world of graphic design, we might as well have the penmanship of a doctor. Not exactly the best choice when you’re working on the branding or a logo for a new client. To help, we thought that giving your wrist a break from trying to perfect your skills by offering our choices for the Best Handwritten Fonts for graphic design, logos & branding.

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Creative Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

French illustrator Ludwick Hernandez initially studied fine arts at university as he thought he’d eventually become a painter, but little by little his passions turned towards illustration. “I didn’t grow up in a creative environment at all, my mother was a housekeeper and my father worked on construction sites,” Hernandez explains. “I remember when I was a child in the doctor’s waiting room I was fascinated by a poster for an anti-smoking campaign, it was a b

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Just Creative

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

This article has been contributed by Andy Day. Making your brand’s photos stand out on social media is a constant challenge, as is creating attractive imagery for your blog and website. This guide will provide you with a wealth of ideas for making your photos cinematic and engaging, tapping into the vibe of the silver screen to give your work a polished and professional feel.

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Juxapoz Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

S Clay Wilson was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, the Heartland, the Amber Waves of Grain, son of a machinist and stenographer (look it up, kids.) He got thrown out of the armed services for illegally dispensing drugs as a medic, graduated from the state university and went on to illustrate everything you’ve ever refused to admit you imagined. As Chuck Berry sang, “It goes to show you never can tell.”.

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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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Just Creative

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Lisa Hasting is an independent Creative Director, a brand strategist and an unorthodox solver of problems. She’s experienced working all over the world including the far east. In this episode, we dig into coming up with ideas and being brave. Lisa shares her techniques and ideas in this space and shows how asking the right questions and digging into problems in a deeper way can lead to the solutions that add real value.

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Colossal

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

All images © Roadsworth, shared with permission. Crosswalks become perches and bike lanes morph into a monkey’s ropes in Roadsworth ’s lively street interventions. For decades, the Montréal-based artist ( previously ) has been altering sidewalks, alleyways, and other public spots with largely nature-based projects that are informed by social issues and environmental crises.

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Its Nice That

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Transport yourself back to the dusky skies and rippling dunes of summer with the London-based illustrator’s deeply evocative works.

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Brown Paper Bag

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Ojima Abalaka never intended to become an illustrator. Nigerian born, she attended school in the UK to study European and international law. Illustration was her hobby, which began as a “ meditation ,” but then picked up pace once she got a commission with The New York Times. Since then, Ojima has created work for a variety of editorial clients with primarily a focus on portraiture.

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Fotor

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Wondering how to keep your videos from being flushed do […].

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Feature Shoot

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Bam Ramli, 33, founder of the GPSM (Gibbon Protection Society of Malaysia) holds 9 month-old Cinta at an undisclosed location in Pahang, Malaysia. Cinta was rescued from online traders during a sting operation. Bam is currently using her own house for the infants because they need constant care and GPSM doesn’t have the proper facilities yet. She says, “infants need a warm environment at night and need to be given milk every 4 hours.” Bam is working tirelessly with the governme

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Abduzeedo

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Summer Scenes inspired by Hayao Miyazaki's 'My Neighbor Totoro'. AoiroStudio 02.09.21 Summer days are shortly coming in a few months. It's hard to believe that some of us are reliving the same scenarios from the past year. Seeing those 'social highlights' on how confinement was last year. On the bright side, YAllenRa Shaw is giving us a glimpse of his take on the beauty of summer in the countryside.

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Design You Trust

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Voronezh, nuclear plant. Moscow photographer Lana Sator visualizes down coats inspired by all those Russian nuclear plants, abandoned houses and panel buildings. The similar idea had come to the designer of Louis Vuiton in January 2021 who presented the man’s architectural collection. “The creative director of the Loius Vuitton men’s line, Virgil Abloh, created down jackets with three-dimensional architectural landmarks of Paris for the new men’s collection (example from the ca

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Booooooom

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

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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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Design You Trust

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

This account will please film photography lovers. Through the young artist’s lens, America seems calmer. Removed from the rhythm of the tumultuous life in big cities, Melchi Dompreh invites us to wander in peace and silence. More: Instagram.

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Abduzeedo

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Gradient Studies in Illustrator — Encore. abduzeedo 02.09.21 Following on from the first Gradient Studies series created back in 2017 [covered in Case Study: Gradients in Illustrator: [link] ], Evgeniya Righini-Brand wanted to see how her style and approach had developed over the past few years, so she was excited to undertake the same challenge which this time she extended to 36 days of experimenting daily with a range of gradient-related techniques (which she subsequently covered in a new edit

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Design Week

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

We are excited to announce the first wave of judges for the Design Week Awards who will form part of our largest ever panel, made up of experts from all sectors across the industry. Design Bridge chief creative officer Emma Follett Design Bridge chief creative officer Emma Follett will be joined by Landor & Fitch executive creative director Shaun Loftman, Supple Studio creative director Jamie Ellul, Templo creative director Pali Palavathanan, Collins head of strategy Taamrat Amaize and many

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Design You Trust

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Pestrý týden was a Czech illustrated weekly magazine published November 2, 1926 to April 28, 1945, during the First and Second Czechoslovak Republics and during the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The magazine helped establish top photo-reporters of the 1930s, such as Karel Hájek, Václav Jír? and Ladislav Sitenský. Published and printed by Grafické závody (‘Graphic Works’) by Václav Neubert and Sons, based in Smíchov, Prague it was issued in 963 numbers. h/t: vintag.es.

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Design Week

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Max & Benito burrito bar, by Studio Alt Shift. Located in Vienna’s newly developed Austria Campus – a finance and tech hub comparable to London’s Canary Wharf – the latest restaurant in the Max & Benito chain needed to provide a respite from daily business life. London-based Studio Alt Shift was brought in to provide what it calls “a slice of the weekend squeezed into the middle of the working day” With the burrito bar offering Californian-style Mexica

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Design You Trust

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

“Sometimes blue and cold, sometimes hot and intense”, writes the mysterious photographer from South Korea on her Instagram account. Playing with light and shadows, she creates theatrical works, where still lifes and portraits intersect. A collection of most captivating stagings. More: Instagram.

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Its Nice That

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

As a response to panic buying frenzy that swept the globe, the New York-based illustrator’s series highlights the toxicity of these long standing pantry items.

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Abduzeedo

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Architexture Geometric Patterns Photography. abduzeedo 02.09.21 I spend a lot of time just browsing through sites like Pinterest, Savee, Behance and others. I love seeing what people have been doing or exploring. I always find some incredible work which end up here on the blog. Work like what Tom Leighton shared on his Behance profile, more specifically, a project titled Architexture, a photography series devoted to the geometric patterns and textures found in contemporary architecture. .

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Design Week

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Max & Benito burrito bar, by Studio Alt Shift. Located in Vienna’s newly developed Austria Campus – a finance and tech hub comparable to London’s Canary Wharf – the latest restaurant in the Max & Benito chain needed to provide a respite from daily business life. London-based Studio Alt Shift was brought in to provide what it calls “a slice of the weekend squeezed into the middle of the working day” With the burrito bar offering Californian-style Mexica

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Just Creative

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

For many people, a keyboard is a keyboard. Those who feel that way may have never experienced the joy of using a mechanical keyboard that can offer best-in-class typing. Unlike a regular keyboard, a mechanical keyboard can provide a user with a level of feel and feedback that cannot be matched. The trouble is, knowing not only the experience that a mechanical keyboard can provide but knowing the right one to buy can be difficult and that’s why we’re here.

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Communication Arts

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Bold stripes and minimalistic typography echo the process of musical creation in the identity for the Union des Librairies Musicales.

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The Die Line

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

According to mothership PepsiCo, Aunt Jemima will now be the Pearl Milling Company, offering the same product lineup under a new brand with less of a racist charge.

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