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The 5 Types of Fonts | A Go-To Guide for Your Designs

Design Wizard

Discover the five types of fonts and how you can use their inherent symbolism for your designs. Learn about their history, popular typefaces in Design Wizard and which types pair well for an effective text layout. Find out how various industries and brands use typefaces to convey and underline their brand identity. Explore our downloadable and editable templates below to get inspired and craft unique designs.

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20+ Free T-Shirt Mockups PSD

Graphic Design Junction

Free t-shirt mockups allow you to present your designs on a shirt in a realistic way. All t-shirt mockups are easily edited via smart-object in Photoshop (detailed step by step help is included). Just place your artwork and it will be automatically transformed to a realistic mock-up with all lighting, shadows, highlights and effects. In every scene you can adjust your own light and select an appropriate background.

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Kinfolk Made a Magazine for Parents, and Yes, It Looks Really Nice

Eye on Design

When you read the words “ Kinfolk made a parenting magazine”, a certain image might come to mind: A mom and baby, both dressed in gauzy white, laying on a blanket in the middle of a field. A nuclear family making crafts around a vintage Quaker table. A photoshoot of a nursery filled with wooden toys. Since Kinfolk published its first issue in 2011, the magazine quickly established a visual shorthand for a very specific kind of tastefulness (minimalist, orderly, heritage) for a very specific life

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SNEAKRS Brand & Packaging Design by Brada

We And The Color

SNEAKRS, a limited edition sneakers, clothing, and accessories marketplace. The skilled team of graphic design studio Brada was commissioned to work on a distinctive brand and packaging design for SNEAKRS, a limited edition sneakers, clothing, and accessories marketplace. Actually, it’s way more than this. SNEAKRS is a community where members have access to news, content, and amazing products.

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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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45 Amazingly Well-Designed Emoji Iconsets

SpyreStudios

Emoticons have a long history on the world wide web. They got started back in the day of chatrooms and AOL Instant Messenger but have since grown to all chat programs. Even smartphones have them in the form of emojis. The purpose of an emoticon is to display an emotion or facial expression using a smiley face or a similar graphical design. Emoticons and emojis often come in sets with a matching design style.

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Six Great Alternatives to Adobe After Effects: Check Out the Competition

Graphic Design Junction

For many, the idea of looking for an alternative to Adobe After Effects is less a value judgement on the product, which is well revered, and more about other competing issues that may not be a direct slight on what it can do. Some find that it can take quite a while to become proficient in what After Effects has to offer and this is due, in the main, to the service being more rewarding to those with a great deal of knowledge of the video editing world.

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21 Men’s Health Websites With Good Design

SpyreStudios

Men’s health websites are a great way to be inspired by and celebrate Father’s day. These websites could give you an idea of what to give your significant other and your dad for father’s day. The designs of these websites are also something to be inspired by. Even if most designs are simple, the topics discussed are surely enriching.

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36 Days of Type by Rafael Serra

Abduzeedo

36 Days of Type by Rafael Serra. abduzeedo 06.16.21 Rafael Serra shared an inspiring take on the 36 days of type challenge. Rafael created a series of cards with a retro look that reminds me of badges as well as the work of the incredible Draplin. This is a solid example of simple illustration and graphic design. For more information make sure to check out Rafa on: Behance.

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Fine+Rare’s new journal celebrates stories from the world of wine

Creative Review

Founded in 1994, London-based Fine+Rare has established itself as one of the leading online platforms for buying and selling fine wine and spirits. Writer and editor Gavin Lucas and creative director Alan Aboud first worked with the business on its rebrand several years ago. Publisher Patrick O’Connor has now brought the duo on board again to work on a new editorial platform designed to stand alongside the brand’s core work.

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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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First look: V&A’s 1900-Now gallery brings “the history of design to life”

Design Week

“We have sought to bring the history of design to life,” V&A senior curator of design and digital Corinna Gardner says of the museum’s latest gallery, 1900-Now. The space brings together an eclectic mix of some 250 objects – around 40 are new acquisitions – to tell the story of the past century through design. While some familiar pieces are present, others may surprise: a Wi-Fi Barbie or Spanx for men, for instance.

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Interface® Considers Design + Sustainability at Every Step

Design Milk

The following post is brought to you by Interface ®. Our partners are hand-picked by the Design Milk team because they represent the best in design. Design is bigger than aesthetics alone; it’s about great design existing in harmony with nature. That’s the philosophy that led global commercial flooring brand Interface to embark on its journey towards sustainability.

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A Magical Series Captures the Gnarled Branches of Socotra’s Dragon Blood Trees

Colossal

All images © Daniel Kordan, shared with permission. Russian photographer Daniel Kordan ( previously ) is adept at locating extraordinary environments around the world—he captured this dazzling series of Japan’s firefly mating season a few months ago—and his recent excursion to the Socotra archipelago is similarly enchanting. Situated between the Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Sea, the remote island is populated by dragon blood trees, an evergreen species with upturned branches that spla

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Summer Outdoor Games + Activities That Guarantee a Good Time

Design Milk

Do you have big plans made for this summer? A road trip or a week at the beach, perhaps? Or, maybe you’ll be staying close to home for one more season. No matter where the fun takes you, it helps to have a few things around guaranteed to get the good times started. We’ve rounded up some of our favorite outdoor games and activities perfect for hot summer days and nights!

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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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What could a better Goodreads look like?

UX Collective

In the previous post , I tried answering why no one has been able to build a better Goodreads yet. We learned about the growth loop driving Goodreads dominance and defensibility. If you haven’t already read it, it would be helpful to do so. You will be able to understand this essay better. This post will unpack what the seemingly elusive better-than-Goodreads (or a more desirable social network for book-lovers) could be like.

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SNEAKRS

Mindsparkle Mag

2021 came up with many trends from the past. One of them is related to the fashion world: the vintage-limited sneaker’s edition. GenZ is now buying retro kicks, while others are just checking the back of their closets to bring back to life their beaters. SNEAKRS — a limited-edition sneaker, clothing, and accessories marketplace is a community where members have access to news, content, and the best products in the world.

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These clever zoo logos are inspiring people on Reddit

Creative Bloq

An abundance of animal-themed negative space.

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? How to Make Alluvial Diagrams

FlowingData

An alluvial diagram is a type of flow chart that is useful to show change over time. You see how individual categories and how the composition of the categories shift. Incorporate ranking into the mix at each time segment, and you get a good idea of how order changes over time too. The geometry is like a combination of a stacked bar chart and a bump chart.

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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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The best computer for graphic design in 2021

Creative Bloq

Choose the best graphic design computer with our guide.

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Posterheroes 2021

Dexigner

The 10th edition of Posterheroes, an international contest about social communication that calls for posters about social and environmental issues, is open for submissions for one more week.

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Design lessons from the National Football League (NFL)

UX Collective

While growing up in Western PA, like most kids, I grew up loving and playing football and becoming a Pittsburgh Steelers fan. As NFL devotees, we endured a surreal 2020 football season with the pandemic from empty stands replaced by cardboard fans to injury reports containing COVID19 infections. Yet, with all its quirks, I’m grateful for the season; it was one of the few activities that provided us a bit of comfort and a sense of normalcy.

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Nikko Gary on how he places the personal inside design

Its Nice That

Born in New Jersey and now based out of Brooklyn, multidisciplinary designer Nikko Gary has a lot to offer for the world of graphic design.

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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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Advice for Aspiring Designers: Brad Bartlett Featured in Journal #369

Graphis

When it comes to shaping the next generation of aspiring graphic designers, few professors give great advice like Graphis Master Brad Bartlett. A designer, artist, author, and educator, Bartlett earned a Bachelor’s degree in graphic design from North Carolina State University, and later earned his Masters’s degree in design from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. […].

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First look: V&A’s 1900-Now gallery brings “the history of design to life”

Design Week

“We have sought to bring the history of design to life,” V&A senior curator of design and digital Corinna Gardner says of the museum’s latest gallery, 1900-Now. The space brings together an eclectic mix of some 250 objects – around 40 are new acquisitions – to tell the story of the past century through design. While some familiar pieces are present, others may surprise: a Wi-Fi Barbie or Spanx for men, for instance.

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How brands and photography are expanding sport

Creative Review

In the past, sport ads and photography were largely focused on men and competitiveness. But recent campaigns and projects have seen a more nuanced way of approaching the subject emerge, with space for women to shine too (with sweat). The post How brands and photography are expanding sport appeared first on Creative Review.

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HAND TYPE – The New Vintage #inspiration #lettering #white #black #and #hand #typography

Designspiration

HAND TYPE – The New Vintage #inspiration #lettering #white #black #and #hand #typography

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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.