Thu.Aug 22, 2019

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Boozy Brilliance: Beer Packaging Explored

Canny

When you think of beer packaging you either think of your standard beers that grace your local’s shiny polished t-bar, something like Strongbow, Guinness or Carling, which do have some nice brands and packaging. Or you think of craft beers with weird and wonderful designs. From illustrations to striking typography they really push the boat out when it comes to design and packaging.

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Dr. Aysha Akhtar on Developing Her Book, Our Symphony with Animals

Spine Magazine

Courtesy Photo. Dr. Aysha Akhtar made her first foray into non-academic writing with Our Symphony with Animals: On Health, Empathy, and Our Shared Destinies (Pegasus Books, May 2019). Throughout her book, Dr. Akhtar weaves stories of interactions between humans and animals with science, human experience, and social history to draw assertions about the connection between humans and animals: how we interact, develop empathy from, and benefit from relationships with animals.

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40 of the Coolest Web Designs with Pattern Backgrounds + Freebies

Graphic Mama

Design is a field of ever-streaming inspiration. Today, we’ve prepared for you a collection of amazing website designs with pattern backgrounds that are very creative and trendy in 2019. Pattern backgrounds are very popular in website design, usually used as a supportive element or the last designer touch. But often, without them, the design simply won’t look finished.

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Grace Han on Designing Brandon Taylor's Real Life

Spine Magazine

Grace Han is an Associate Art Director at Riverhead Books. Here she tells us how she created the cover for Real Life by Brandon Taylor. I’m always excited to read the work of Riverhead’s debut authors, and this was no exception. Brandon Taylor’s voice is smart and electric and I am truly enamored by his ability to navigate us through a range of emotions in such an elegant, profound way.

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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 Untapped Power of Vulnerability & Transparency in Content Strategy

A List Apart

In marketing, transparency and vulnerability are unjustly stigmatized. The words conjure illusions of being frightened, imperfect, and powerless. And for companies that shove carefully curated personas in front of users, little is more terrifying than losing control of how people perceive the brand. Let’s shatter this illusioned stigma. Authentic vulnerability and transparency are strengths masquerading as weaknesses.