Fri.May 28, 2021

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Inclusive UX in an era of anxiety

UX Collective

It’s more important than ever to consider mental health while designing. Accessibility continues to be an important topic across multiple industries, yet mental health, and specifically anxiety, don’t often immediately come to mind as a piece of the puzzle. Considering the skyrocketing rates of mental illness throughout the course of the COVID-19 pandemic?

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Graphic designer Dan Polyak talks us through working with the visual world of drag queens in the “drag renaissance”

Its Nice That

Based in Chicago, Dan is a go-to name for drag queens looking to diversify their graphic art, logo design, art direction, photography, and more.

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Vinyl Cover Designs by Posters BluMoo

We And The Color

Take a look at this inspiring set of vinyl cover designs created by the skilled graphic designers of studio Posters BluMoo. Located in Lima, Peru, Posters BluMoo is a unique graphic design studio specializing in designs and illustrations for posters and vinyl cover artworks. Each of the following artworks offers a unique look achieved by a great variety of design techniques, patterns, shapes, and colors.

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Resume Templates: 25+ Best Simple, Clean CV / Resumes

Graphic Design Junction

Simple and clean Resume Templates , professional and high-quality resumes to help you make a great impression when applying for a job. All resume designs are easy to edit and fully customizable. You can easily change text style, color and layout as per your need. Each template created with a strong baseline/document grid which will allow you to edit or add to the layout very easily.

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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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F5: What Keeps Jesper Ståhl From His Cappuccino?

Design Milk

Swedish designer Jesper Ståhl is well-known for his distinct Scandinavian design. His meticulous attention to detail and care for the user can be seen in his creative process, as well as in his own twist in the results. His work spans from furniture to lighting to cutlery to tools and accessories. Jesper has designed furniture for Design House Stockholm, bathrooms for Vedum, smartphone cases for Nudient, a bicycle for Skeppshult, and lighting fixtures for Lystra.

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Fresh Resources for Web Designers and Developers (May 2021)

HONGKIAT

One of the things that I like being a web developer is that you never stop learning. There’s always something you could learn every day despite being in the industry for a decade. In this round of the series, we’ve gathered a couple of references to help you get better at testing web performance and a handful of new tools that can help you in being more productive.

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D&AD has revealed the winners of its 2021 Awards

Creative Review

In what has been an all-round difficult year for awards in the wake of the pandemic, D&AD has announced the winners of the 59th edition of its annual awards scheme. The winners, which were announced in two digital ceremonies over two nights, saw three Black Pencils – the award scheme’s highest accolade – given out, alongside 19 Yellow, 58 Graphite, 149 Wood and 5 Future Pencils.

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Weekly News for Designers ? 594

SpeckyBoy

daisyUI – Level up your layouts with this set of components for Tailwind CSS. Create Figma Plugin – Want to create your own Figma plugins? This comprehensive toolkit will get you off to a fast start. Learn CSS – Brush up on the fundamentals of CSS with this evergreen course and reference. Signflow Free WordPress Theme – A free startup & technology WordPress theme that could be used for building startup web sites, web services, businesses, internet services, and so much more.

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D&AD Awards 2021 winners showcase work with “social purpose”

Design Week

D&AD has revealed its 2021 award winners, including three Black Pencils, in a year which celebrated social issue-based projects. This year, the judges awarded three Black Pencils, the highest level of award. A further 19 Yellow Pencils were handed out, the second tier of recognition. AMV BBDO was awarded a Black Pencil in art direction for #wombstories, a project which featured women animators from around the world exposing the narratives and taboos around the experiences of people with womb

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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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Upbeat animation points out there’s no shame in periods

Creative Review

We are in the midst of something of a revolution in the way that society talks about periods. Since Libresse released its award-winning Blood Normal spot in 2017, which binned the use of blue liquid in advertising for period products, we’ve seen a plethora of campaigns that aim to widen the conversation and tackle taboos. Libresse has led the way in this field, extending its exploration of women’s health with ads celebrating the vulva and, most recently, looking at how our relationsh

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Catalog & Lookbook InDesign Template

We And The Color

This high-quality catalog and lookbook template is fully customizable in Adobe InDesign. Graphic designer and Adobe Stock contributor @Tom Sarraipo just created this beautiful and easy-to-use catalog and lookbook InDesign template. Developed in two standard sizes: A4 and US Letter, this high-quality template is equipped with 30 fully editable pages.

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Shelter reveals activism-inspired rebrand from Superunion

Design Week

Shelter has revealed a “determined and brave” rebrand which seeks to embrace the spirit of activism. Superunion has designed the new branding, which launches alongside a campaign by ad agency Who Wot Why. [link]. Shelter was established in 1966 with the aim of ending homelessness and bad housing in the UK. The campaign charity provides advice and assistance to those in housing need.

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Philip Beesley Brings a Living Galaxy to Venice

Azure Magazine

Within the Venetian Arsenale, a delicate and seemingly weightless crystalline canopy of clouds floats from the ceiling of the sprawling Corderie. The ethereal array is joined by a cluster of tall mechanical columns, which have speakers embedded into their jagged, steampunk crowns. At the heart of the room, a soft and mesmerizing pool-shaped screen displays a film by the London-based duo of Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones.

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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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Yichin Chen creates a 50s fictional shopping catalogue confronting beauty norms

Its Nice That

The Brooklyn-based illustrator discusses her creative journey thus far and her latest project which sees her address biases through creative social commentary.

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Emotion Collector by CODE STUDIO Turns Your Feelings Into Colorful Lighting

Design Milk

Merge a mood light, mirror and some Internet of Things connectivity and you’ve got the gist of the concept behind the mood prognosticating, “ Emotion Collector “, a laser cut and 3D printed prototype that purports to reflect the mood of its users right back in the colorful feedback form of colored lighting. All photos: Ratchanok Srichan.

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Round Up 216 Lizards in a Psychedelic Infinity Puzzle from Nervous System

Colossal

All images © Nervous System, shared with permission. Can you tame the Lizard Infinity Puzzle ? New from the brilliant designers at Nervous System is a vibrant gradient jigsaw made of 216 reptile pieces that tile in thousands of combinations. Because each individual lizard varies in shape and color and only pairs with specific mates, assembling even the wonkiest reptile shape is an impressive feat.

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Out Of Character Star Wars Paintings by Kyle Hagey

Design You Trust

See your favorite intergalactic personalities like never before by gazing at these out of character Star Wars art prints! They depicts iconic characters like Darth Vader, Boba Fett, and C-3PO lounging in flower filled meadows. These hilariously weird artworks are created and sold on Etsy by Kyle Hagey who describes his creative process as follows: “Once I have some stuff thought up, I merge it into a scene, hate it, delete half and tell myself I’ll just live in the woods instead.”.

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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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How to Create Minimalist Posters for Summer 2021

Pixlr

Whether you have noticed it or not, minimalism is the current dominating trend within the design world. What is it exactly and what has made minimalism become so popular? Minimalism, at its core, is designing in the most basic form. Unnecessary texture, colors or pattern is usually excluded to give the design a sleek and [.].

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How Do Artists Use SEO Tools in 2021?

Noupe

In the modern world, the main challenge for contemporary artists is getting noticed. Many paint great pictures, but not many achieve real success and recognition. To become a famous artist and start selling paintings, you need to promote yourself. Due to the pandemic, traditional exhibitions of young artists in galleries remain in question and attract only a limited circle of people interested in art.

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Color Propaganda Editorial - Marco Oggian #events #branding #illustration #postcard #flyer #color #identity #pen #poster #logo #party #draw #photo #photography #bauhaus #pencil #life #rgb #night #art #still

Designspiration

Color Propaganda Editorial - Marco Oggian #events #branding #illustration #postcard #flyer #color #identity #pen #poster #logo #party #draw #photo #photography #bauhaus #pencil #life #rgb #night #art #still

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Chrissa Amuah Designs Textiles for Bernhardt Designs Inspired by Ghanaian Symbology

Design Milk

Designer Chrissa Amuah has always lived with “a sense of duality.” The daughter of Ghanaian parents, she was born in London but considers herself “a daughter of Ghana.” Her trips back to her parent’s motherland have inspired her latest collection of textiles, which she has fittingly named the Duality Collection , for Bernhardt Design. Ghanaian culture is rich with layers, colors, meanings, textures and symbolism.

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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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Spectacular Winning Images from The Milky Way Photographer of the Year 2021

Design You Trust

The annual Milky Way photographer of the year competition features the best photos of our galaxy as selected by Capture the Atlas. This year’s images were taken from around the world by 25 photographers of 14 different nationalities. The best time to see and photograph the Milky Way is usually between May and June with maximum hours of visibility on both hemispheres.

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Illustrator alternatives: 6 of the best

Creative Bloq

Excellent alternatives to Adobe Illustrator.

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grain edit · modern graphic design inspiration blog + vintage graphics resource #cover #illustration #book

Designspiration

grain edit · modern graphic design inspiration blog + vintage graphics resource #cover #illustration #book

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“Slow Down and Draw”: The Colorful Graphic Design Works of Ailish Beadle

Design You Trust

Ailish is a Norwich based illustrator who creates light-hearted drawings packed with small details and bold colours that provide an original, playful and considered twist on a concept. Ailish wishes to create work based around events and advertising where colour can thrive. More: Ailish Beadle , Instagram.

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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.