Fri.Jul 09, 2021

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Ask ILT: Grotesque & Neo-Grotesque

I Love Typography

Read the book, Typographic Firsts. For the first in my brand new series of reader questions, I begin with two common type classifications. They sound pretty much the same and they do have a lot in common, but their differences are significant, and that makes them suitable for different applications. It’s also worth emphasizing that this is not about pedantry. […].

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Moodboard Series: Academia Aesthetic

Creative Market

The Academia Aesthetic revolves around a deep love for paper, letters, and stories. This visual theme celebrates focused study and the gift of great writing. By extension, it also gathers inspiration from reading, stationery, and books in general. The academia aesthetic is the answer to questions like what kind of environment supports a writer’s creative flow?

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Don’t neglect the numbers

UX Collective

A brief guide on using the right style of numerical for your use case. Typography plays a vital role when laying the visual foundation of any brand. The brand fonts are carefully chosen to be not only legible but also to represent the brand’s personality and be relevant to the industry that the brand exists within. It would be unusual to typeset a comic book in Times New Roman or use Comic Sans in an important government document (despite being on-brand for some governments).

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Weekly News for Designers ? 600

SpeckyBoy

Schema API for the Semantic Web – Use this tool to view the web just like Google does, by fetching the structured data of any webpage. How to Help Your Clients Overcome Fear of Commitment – Tips for keeping both your clients and projects on task. Glassmorphism CSS Generator – Create a beautiful glass effect with the help of this handy tool. BidHeap – Download customizable web design proposal templates for free.

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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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Alexander Isley: A designer with nonconventional thinking

UX Collective

Source Design has a tendency to touch every aspect of our lives, and this ubiquitous nature that design has, can get anyone thinking about where all this started, who initiated the first push? To answer this there are many names that one can cite, but today our focus is on one inimitable graphic designer from Durham, North Carolina. Alexander Isley, one of the few pioneering designers globally, has had a significant hand in bringing design to where it is today.

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How graphic design is helping areas recover after a “lost year”

Design Week

While Los Angeles was planning the reopening of its museums and theme parks, Shepard Fairey was working on a new logo for the Californian city. A collaboration between Fairey’s Studio Number One and House Industries, the sun-soaked design for the Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board is part of the city’s post-COVID comeback, hoping to inspire residents and tourists alike. “When you say ‘Los Angeles’ it doesn’t necessarily mean just a city,” Fairey

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Azulinda Branding by Anagrama Studio

We And The Color

Brand and packaging design by Anagrama Studio for Azulinda. Azulinda is a specialty breakfast cafe of Canopy, a project of the Hilton hotel chain in Cancun, Mexico. Anagrama Studio was commissioned to generate a modern and friendly brand name and visual identity that reflects a fresh and relaxed personality. Anagrama Studio came up with a brand concept based on the idea of starting the day in front of the beach at sunrise.

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How to Create a Scratches Photoshop Brush

Vandelay Design

Grunge effects like textures and scratches can be used create backgrounds, to distress text, or just to add a subtle texture to an element in a design. One of the easiest ways to add texture and scratches is through the use of Photoshop brushes. In this tutorial we'll show how you can create a custom scratched surface brush that will be highly useful in your own design work.

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Will 2021 See the End of the "Colorful Splotches" Trend?

Spine Magazine

No cover design is 100% new. Even the most seasoned designers will echo, mimic, and borrow from popular design trends when they stumble across something that works. And who can blame them? Designing book covers is so notoriously difficult that we have an entire idiom warning us not to dismiss a book just because it’s wearing an ugly jacket. The trends that designers pull from constantly shift, evolve, and re-emerge after long periods of hibernation.

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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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In his debut book, John Cei Douglas illustrates the plights of anxiety and depression

Its Nice That

With inspirations from Tove Jansson to Legend of Zelda, comic book artist John Cei Douglas' latest work takes on a beautiful life of its own.

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Chefchaouen: The Blue Pearl of Morocco

Richard Bernabe

Nestled into the rugged Rif Mountains of Morocco is the brightly-painted blue city of Chefchaouen, a photographer's paradise. The post Chefchaouen: The Blue Pearl of Morocco appeared first on Richard Bernabe.

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Sneakers, unboxed

UX Collective

Iconic models, cultural relevance, special editions, performance and sustainability. All walks of life covered at the Design Museum. Sneakers Unboxed: Studio to Street exhibition space For some people shoes are just something to wear to walk. You pick a colour you like. Maybe they’re comfy. Perhaps you fasten them with laces or velcro. Or even easier; just slip them on.

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3D Pixel Retro Electronics by Joanna Ngai

Abduzeedo

3D Pixel Retro Electronics by Joanna Ngai. AoiroStudio 07.09.21 From Seattle, Johanna Ngai is an illustrator and UX designer at Microsoft. She proved to us that you can be filled with skills, and it definitely shows in her artwork. These pixel 3D illustrations are just hit right in the spot, and they are nostalgic too. Most of the electronics from that era are dated but were very appreciated and most loved by our generation but also to the generation to come.

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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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The Illustrations On Luave Tea's Packaging Allows The Flavors Within To Come Alive

The Die Line

Comma Media designed the specialty packaging for Luave Commercial Tea that isn't shy in any way.

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Grafikmagazin

Mindsparkle Mag

Today’s design post is related to editorial, once again. As the name proposes, Grafikmagazin initiated by Tobias Holzmann is a print magazine focussing on all things graphic design. Primarily, it’s aimed at professional creatives and design students from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and beyond. The intriguing factor? Grafikmagazin’s 03.21 edition consists of a total black print over a colored paper.

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Camille Deschiens draws soft scenes of love, connection and intimacy

Its Nice That

The illustrator artfully employs her pencil to create hazy scenes of people embracing, relaxing and being in love.

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D&AD Announces 186 Pencil Winners for 2021 New Blood Awards

Dexigner

D&AD has revealed the Pencil winners for the 2021 New Blood Awards. This year, emerging creatives were invited to respond to a series of briefs set by leading global brands and agencies including: 21GRAMS, Audible, BBC, Burger King, Connect4Climate & World Bank Group, Coors Light, The Walt Disney Company, Duolingo, Fossil & MSL, giffgaff, Grey Poupon, Key4Life & Landor, Penguin, Rare & Xbox, Spotify, Tesco, and The Case for Her & Refinery29.

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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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D&AD awards three Black Pencils for New Blood Awards 2021

Design Week

D&AD has unveiled the winners of this year’s New Blood Awards, with winning projects taking on a range of social issues, from healthcare to race. The annual awards seeks to champion emerging and young talent with a series of industry-set briefs across design and advertising disciplines. This year’s festival, which comprised a series of talks and workshops, was once again held digitally.

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Websites We Love — Showcasing The Best in Web Design #webdesign #web #website #ui #best #minimal #typography #design #agency #portfolio

Designspiration

Websites We Love — Showcasing The Best in Web Design #webdesign #web #website #ui #best #minimal #typography #design #agency #portfolio

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Get better at drawing with ImagineFX's illustration issue

Creative Bloq

Get better at drawing with ImagineFX issue 203, out now!

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Toy Stories by Aled Lewis | Abduzeedo | Graphic Design Inspiration and Photoshop Tutorials #poster

Designspiration

Toy Stories by Aled Lewis | Abduzeedo | Graphic Design Inspiration and Photoshop Tutorials #poster

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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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7 of the Best Creative Products to Illustrate Your Life This Week

Brown Paper Bag

This post contains some affiliate links. If you make a purchase, Brown Paper Bag may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more here. 1. Needle Felted Ice Cream by Woool Forest. 2. It’s in the Bag! Tote by Jacqueline Colley. 3. Lion Planter by Two Hold Studios. 4. June Sunflowers PDF Embroidery Pattern by Sarah K. Benning. 5. Mini Strawberry Handbag by Martania Bags. 6.

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Burnt - Russian Carpet: Daily inspiration. Mood board. Architecture, art, design, fashion, photography. #design

Designspiration

Burnt - Russian Carpet: Daily inspiration. Mood board. Architecture, art, design, fashion, photography.

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Artwork Auction & Collaboration With United World Schools

Ohn Mar Win

If you don't know part of my early history, I emigrated from Burma with my family when I was 5. I can only imagine it was a tough decision as we left almost all of our family behind, the many aunts, cousins and both sets of grandparents. But we also left behind a ruling dictatorship which couldn't understand the harsh economic realities for normal people, with little investment in healthcare or education (instead spending most of their revenue on arming the military) If my father hadn’t made tha

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Russian Carpet: Daily inspiration, trends, mood board. Architecture, art, design, fashion, photography. #pencil #white

Designspiration

Russian Carpet: Daily inspiration, trends, mood board. Architecture, art, design, fashion, photography.

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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.