Spoon Graphics

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Samurai warriors are one of the coolest icons of Japanese pop culture! These legendary warriors are a popular subject for artists and designers, who not only feature fearsome Samurai in stunning illustrative work and character concept art, but the iconic battledress is also commonly used within logo designs too. In today’s inspiration showcase I present 40 amazing designs and illustrations of Samurai Warriors, including incredible digital paintings, detailed vector art, and mashups of Samurai wi

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Its Nice That

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Acting as a “form of therapy”, Until One Sunday We Didn’t is a deeply personal story of the illustrator’s memories and emotions growing up with a father “who becomes a different person from one day to the next”.

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Illustration Illustrator 139

Trendland

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Words Marta Knas. Shikoba Therapies is an Australian wellness brand of essential oils & natural cosmetics was inspired by reflexology. Its natural-scented, powerful oil blends make a perfect daily ritual elevated with a.

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Old Brand New

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Sponsored by The Home Depot With my living room already starting to feel like home, the next space to tackle in our New Orleans abode is the bedroom. Since winter is on its way, I wanted the bedroom to feel especially warm and welcoming, so I’m grateful to partner with The Home Depot to create a dreamy vibe in my new space. I’ve been on a floral kick lately.

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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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Creative Review

DECEMBER 7, 2020

On the outskirts of Johannesburg is Daleside, a small industrial suburb home to a primarily Afrikaner population. It was where photographer Lindokuhle Sobekwa’s mother had a job as a domestic worker, and also a place that was closed off to him as a child. “I felt that this place took a lot from me, my mother being the first,” he tells us.

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Colossal

DECEMBER 7, 2020

“Uve” (2020), bronze, 17 7/10 × 15 2/5 × 9 1/10 inches. The bronze sculptures of Spanish artist Jesús Curiá are intentionally ambiguous. Evoking ancient relics, the patina-covered works denote no explicit gender or ethnicity. Instead, the sculptures center on nondescript figures severed by an abstract element or negative space. Whether signaling to another, marching downstairs, or grasping a skirted gown, the slim personas are often in motion.

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Its Nice That

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The Berlin-based designer has a knack for modernising the visual language found in museums, exhibitions and publications. She tells us more about her practice.

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Creative Review

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Illustration: Harry Haysom The humble QR code has been a longstanding joke in the creative industries. But the resurgence we see today of this simple and clever innovation only goes to show that it sometimes takes time (or a global pandemic) for the true benefits of a technology to come to light. A recent survey by Statista found that almost 32% of respondents had scanned a QR code in the past week, and more than 8% scanning in the last 24 hours.

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The Die Line

DECEMBER 7, 2020

All the vibrant colors and comic-book style illustrations make Juicy leap off the can and into your hand. .

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Design You Trust

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Got lots of free time during the Coronavirus lockdown? Got a cat? Got a scanner? The choice is clear! h/. Source.

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Animation 101

Design Week

DECEMBER 7, 2020

A new exhibition is opening in Japan this week celebrating the work of legendary German designer Dieter Rams. Less But Better will focus on Rams’ work for electronics company Braun and furniture outfit Vitsoe during the 1960s. The curated collection will feature a number of well-known and well-loved pieces, alongside some lesser-known samples of work.

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Its Nice That

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Dogs, horses, landscapes and personal anecdotes – all feature prominently in the work of the Paris-based illustrator.

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Booooooom

DECEMBER 7, 2020

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Photography 136

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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Design You Trust

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The series “Collectives” reveals a contemporary look of life stories from a globalized world seen through mosaics of constructed images. The observer is faced with large panels of aerial photos if seen from afar appear to be textures or geometric forms that if inspected closely, surprise the viewer with a richness of details that compose a daily urban lifestyle in consumption patterns.

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Textures Patterns Photography 68

Spine Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Every seasonal edition of They Call Us features a new adjective. Fall, “They Call Us Witches.” Winter, “They Call Us Bossy.” Year-round, They Call Us empowers. View fullsize. Cover Designs: Arran Bowen. View fullsize. View fullsize. This literary magazine is spellbinding—particularly the Fall edition. Magic happens when womxn gather, bewitching all with creative storytelling mediums of media, art, and literature.

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Design You Trust

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Reuters Artist Sayna Soleimanpour performs a photoshoot in protest against the mistreatment and alienation of Turkish women based on their clothing, during a two-day curfew amid the spread of the coronavirus disease, on a deserted street in Istanbul, Turkey, December, 2020. More: Instagram h/t: girlsareawesome Reuters For most of us, the COVID lockdowns represented a time of confinement and.

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Abduzeedo

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Skillshare Spotlight: Colorful & Energetic Illustrations in Adobe Illustrator. AoiroStudio 12.07.20 Our good pal Bram Vanhaeren has shared a new Skillshare class and it's about 'How to create a colorful & energetic portraits in Adobe Illustrator'. Bram is an awesome visual artist based in Antwerp, Belgium, I am pretty sure you will recognize his unique style as we have featured his work many times on abdz.

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Design You Trust

DECEMBER 7, 2020

American comics first came to Glasgow as ships’ ballast. In the sixties it seemed every other corner shop had a stash of these glossy-covered comics displayed on carousels or placed beside their tamer British counterparts like Beano, Topper, or Dandy. With comics like Thor, Hulk, Superman and co. it was difficult to keep collecting consecutive numbers as it was pot luck as to what arrived in the.

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Abduzeedo

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Branding and Packaging Design for LABONE. abduzeedo 12.07.20 Matias Funes shared a branding and packaging design for LABONE. For the variety and minimalist design lovers the design inspired by the famous brand "Pantone" offers us a colorful, handmade and 100% organic experience. This design contains a colorful collection made up of three categories of five soaps each.

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Communication Arts

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Efesto’s latest site for cycling brand Brooks showcases its travel bag line with a design sense that inspires wanderlust.

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Abduzeedo

DECEMBER 7, 2020

3D High Polygon Sliced Geometry with Specular Depth. abduzeedo 12.07.20 Somehow, by some absolute Christmas miracle, Stu Ballinger managed to secure an RTX 3090 for his computer. Naturally, with his new-found power, he’s now rendering all the stuff that his old card couldn't, such as super high polygon sliced geometry with a ridiculous specular depth.

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Its Nice That

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Dylan Mulvaney, head of design at Gretel, explores how art and design played a part in communicating vital information during the influenza, polio and HIV/AIDS epidemics.

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Creative Review

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Hosted at MK Gallery in the UK until 25 April 2021 , Memphis: Plastic Field features more than 150 objects created by the collective – which was founded by Italian designer Ettore Sottsass in 1980 – including work by Nathalie Du Pasquier, George Sowden, Michael Graves, Marco Zanini and Shiro Kuramata, among others. The Memphis group showed its first designs in 1981, raising eyebrows for its use of materials not usually associated with ‘high end’ furniture, such as laminat

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Its Nice That

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The historic brand has received a beautiful visual revamp by the studio, honouring its heritage while firming up its place in this century.

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The Die Line

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Space Coyote co-founder Libby Cooper breaks down the five types of cannabis consumers and why brands shouldn't be everything to everyone.

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Brand Branding 121

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