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APRIL 7, 2020

“B Still my Beating ♥”. Established in 1960 and known as Bloodwise since 2015 (it was previously "Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research" and originally "Leukaemia Research Fund"), Blood Cancer UK is a charity dedicated to funding research for and supporting people affected by blood cancers including leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma -- combined the third biggest cancer killers in the UK, claiming more lives than breast or prostate cancer.

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Graphic Design USA

APRIL 7, 2020

A first cut on how graphic designers are dealing with the coronavirus crisis in real time. Send your thoughts and experiences for publication to editorial@gdusa.com.

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Under Consideration / Brand

APRIL 7, 2020

“Blind as a BAT”. (Est. 1902) " British American Tobacco plc (BAT) is a cigarette and tobacco manufacturing company headquartered in London, England. It is the second-largest cigarette maker in the world as of 2012. BAT has a market-leading position in over 50 countries and operations in around 180 countries. Its four largest-selling brands are its native brand Dunhill and US brands Lucky Strike, Kent and Pall Mall.

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Marketing Marketing Brand Branding 143

Identity Designed

APRIL 7, 2020

When this home decor brand speaks, it says “let’s decorate.”. Just launched, we have been working with an ambitious duo to craft a brand experience and identity that is educational and inclusive. An industry disrupter, Lick Home came to us poised to take traditional home decorating online. Being a direct-to-consumer brand, it was imperative that the outcome was built with a personality that could connect with the end-user from the beginning of brand engagement.

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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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Colossal

APRIL 7, 2020

All images © Filippo and Marianna. Stay-home orders around the world have inspired people to fill their time creatively—think the recreations of well-known artworks and “Coronavirus Tourism Bureau” posters we mentioned last week. But rather than fashion a mock art exhibition for themselves, this London couple thought a little bit smaller.

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Design Roast

APRIL 7, 2020

Is your site a flat, boring color without a lot to attract the eye? If so, it might be a good time to add some color gradients to your pages. A gradient gradually blends a hue from light to dark or vice versa or from one shade into another. The blending can be horizontal, vertical, diagonal [.]. The post How to Design Color Gradients and Creat Epic Designs appeared first on Design Roast.

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Booooooom

APRIL 7, 2020

Sam Alden. Sam Alden’s Website. Sam Alden on Instagram.

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Creative Review

APRIL 7, 2020

Dan Crowe and Matt Willey’s relationship dates back to the early noughties, when Crowe launched literary magazine Zembla, and Willey was working at Frost Design. Zembla was particularly significant in that it marked Willey’s first entry into magazines – a world which he has been fully immersed in ever since – as well the beginning of a 15-year friendship with Crowe.

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Colossal

APRIL 7, 2020

All images © United States Postal Service. Soon you’ll be able to mail a letter to a friend—or realistically, pay a bill—with a hint of art history. The United States Postal Service announced this week that it’ll be releasing 10 stamps inspired by renowned sculptor Ruth Asawa. The neutral-toned collection contains mostly her bulbous hanging pieces that appear to swell and contract in vertical lines.

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Creative Review

APRIL 7, 2020

As coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on all our daily lives, there has been a renewed emphasis on the importance of kindness in our communities, whether it’s individuals offering to buy groceries for a vulnerable neighbour, or everyone coming together (at a safe distance, of course) every Thursday at 8pm for the Clap for our Carers campaign.

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Noupe

APRIL 7, 2020

Recessions are nothing new in the U.S. We’ve experienced three over the last three decades. And on Friday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) declared that the global economy had just entered a new recession as a result of the spread of the coronavirus. This economic downturn might be the toughest we’ve undergone yet. But while millions are applying for unemployment, there’s also a ray of hope because certain businesses are actually hiring right now.

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Brown Paper Bag

APRIL 7, 2020

This post is sponsored by Sony Pictures, but the embroidery, photographs, words, and opinions are my own. Thanks for supporting the brands that support Brown Paper Bag! Did you grow up obsessing over the story of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott? Many of us have a fond association with the novel and its characters; we see ourselves in the March sisters!

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Patterns Inspiration Print Color 86

Booooooom

APRIL 7, 2020

Tess Roby. Tess Roby’s Website. Tess Roby on Instagram.

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Photography 125

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.

Graphic Design

Abduzeedo

APRIL 7, 2020

Typography 36 days of chrome type. abduzeedo Apr 07, 2020 Martin Naumann shared an awesome project for the 36 Days of Type is a project that invites Designers, Illustrators and Graphic Artists to express their particular view on letters and numbers of our alphabet. 36 days of restless creativity, where participants are challenged to design a letter or number each day, resulting in an outcome of the ability to represent the same symbol from many different perspectives.

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Typography Print Graphic Art 63

High on Design by Wix

APRIL 7, 2020

With early signs of musical instruments dating back 40,000 years, it seems music has always been a core part of humanity. This powerful art form can deeply impact our emotional state, often making us feel free, happy, relaxed or even euphoric. It can help us release our anger, burst out in tears, or want to move our body to the beat. But there’s more to music than that.

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Inspiration Feed

APRIL 7, 2020

How high up a website ranks on search engines comes down to two primary elements – the content and graphics.

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Digital Publishing Publishing Graphic 69

Design You Trust

APRIL 7, 2020

Smoggy waterfront skyline of New York City as seen from the shores of New Jersey, 1946. French-born photographer Andreas Feininger moved to the United States in 1939 and started to work at LIFE magazine in 1943. One of America’s greatest photographers of the 20th century, Feininger was well-known for his photographs of New York City, which was also his favorite subject.

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Magazine Photography 79

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Creative Review

APRIL 7, 2020

Dutch illustrator Ellis van der Does started on her creative journey when she was just 16 after deciding to enrol in a foundation course at the HKU University of the Arts Utrecht. At the time van der Does was in the Dutch equivalent of sixth form, and as the course was taught on Saturdays she could combine it with her regular studies easily. “I started the course without a plan,” she says. “But I just knew I really enjoyed making things.” At the time, her understanding of

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Textures Illustration Illustrator Animation 63

Its Nice That

APRIL 7, 2020

The Kindness Will Keep Us Together campaign sees 11 brilliant illustrators and designers create artworks to share the charity’s message and raise funds.

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Illustration Illustrator 75

Colossal

APRIL 7, 2020

If you’re on the internet these days—since you’re reading this, we’ll guess you are—you’ve seen countless lists outlining shows to watch, books to read, and craft projects to undertake to distract yourself for an hour. You probably saw our Skillshare picks , too. Today, we’re inspired by Jackie Buddie over at Etsy to gather activities that require no internet connection because we know how it goes: you mean to listen to that audiobook you just downloaded, but all of

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Creative Review

APRIL 7, 2020

The writer and curator is diving into the breadth of photography coming out of the continent in his new book Africa State of Mind. He discusses the “troubled relationship” between photography and Africa, and what sets this new generation apart. The post Ekow Eshun on a new era of photography from Africa appeared first on Creative Review.

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Photography 68

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Under Consideration / Brand

APRIL 7, 2020

Visit Link. A really great online exhibit by Kontrapunkt -- based on a physical exhibit in 2019 at the Ginza Graphic Gallery in Tokyo -- to showcase their bespoke typography work for clients like Asics, Shiseido, and Carlsberg.

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Design Week

APRIL 7, 2020

It was only back in February that home secretary Priti Patel labelled any person earning less than £25,000 a year a “low skilled” or “unskilled” worker. Now, amid the chaos of the coronavirus pandemic, it is those workers who are helping to prop up the country in lockdown. As much of the country adjusts to life in lockdown, nurses, carers, delivery drivers, supermarket workers and more have, for the last few weeks, been performing their vital roles under a new monike

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Arts and Crafts Publication Graphic Exhibition 63

Booooooom

APRIL 7, 2020

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Photography 105

Just Creative

APRIL 7, 2020

Today people inform, educate and entertain themselves with a swipe, tap, and click, you need more than just an ebook to stand out. The solution to this is in the form of Interactive Content. And it is definitely worth exploring. As per a study, 88% of people said that interactive content differentiates them from competitors as they help educate buyers.

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Marketing Marketing Layout Education 247

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