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Café no Tom — Branding by Firmorama

We And The Color

Brazilian studio Firmorama created this beautiful brand identity for Café no Tom. Café no Tom is a gastronomic space located on the premises of SCAR, the cultural center of Jaraguá do Sul. The place is open to the public and offers a wide menu of coffees, sweets, and snacks in addition to all the artistic atmosphere that surrounds the environment. Graphic design studio Firmorama was commissioned to work on the brand identity.

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Weekly News for Designers ? 649

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The World’s Most Satisfying Checkbox – A behind-the-scenes look at turning a mundane element into something much more compelling. Fun CSS-only scrolling effects for Matterday – Learn how to add some scrolling flair to your site. Tailbuild – This app lets you build, save, edit, and download components for use with Tailwind CSS. The Keys to Building Stable & Sustainable WordPress Websites – Tips for crafting WordPress websites that are more resilient and easier to maintain.

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Learn Content Creation and Editing for Instagram Stories

We And The Color

With this online course by Mina Barrio, you can learn content creation and editing for Instagram stories from scratch. Focused specifically on photography and video, in this online course by Mina Barrio, you will learn various techniques for creating and editing eye-catching Instagram content in a professional way. Mina will also explain the difference between Instagram feed posts and Instagram Stories and why it’s important to use this tool to get more and better reach with followers.

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9 Web Design Mistakes that Harm your SEO

Noupe

Your website is the virtual front door to your business, and for that reason having a website that manages to engage and retain customers is vital. But what about attracting customers? That’s where SEO comes in. Even though you may have a well-designed website, that’s not enough. If it’s not optimised for SEO, you’ll fail to attract high quality traffic.

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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: Mary Ann Schicketanz Shares the Things She Finds Most Inspiring

Design Milk

Austrian-born, founding principal architect of Studio Schicketanz , Mary Ann Schicketanz has been a practicing architect for more than 30 years. Her portfolio features the Western United States as well as Europe, with a practice of sustainable building and design. Mary Ann is known for designing classic simplicity with natural elegance, efficient floor plans, and easy flow.

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Finding Humor In Life’s (Many) Challenges

Feature Shoot

Marooned. Mirage. Deep End. When Susan Borowitz was growing up, she saw a commercial for Wind Song perfume: “a beautiful woman’s face seen through a misty window of a steam train, her handsome suitor looking on from the platform longingly, while a tenor sang, ‘I can’t seem to forget you; your Wind Song stays on my mind…’” Looking back, she describes herself as a “love-sick adolescent.” At the time, she wanted to be the woman in the ad.

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Prem Krishnamurthy on Design as a “Generous Discipline”

Eye on Design

This story is part of our Weekend Reads series, where we highlight a story we love from the archives. It was originally published on September 19, 2019. When I arrived to Berlin at the start of this year, Prem Krishnamurthy’s collaborative residency had just come to a close, but I still heard about it everywhere. A procession of designers had made their way to the city over the course of the year to take part in a new workshop/exhibition space supported by KW Institute for Contemporary Art — Na

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MDW22: Alcova Returns With Emerging Design + Experimental Projects

Design Milk

Now in its fifth year, Alcova is going some way towards filling a hole left in the hearts of regular Milan Design Week goers by the demise of Ventura Lambrate. Described by its founders, Valentina Ciuffi and Joseph Grima, as “a platform for independent design,” it combines unusual venues (this year’s military base boasted soaring pine trees and a former psychiatric hospital) with emerging design talent, experimental projects, and a good supply of shaded tables served by food an

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Top 10 Pillars of Branding to Build Your Business On

Inkbot Design

Top 10 Pillars of Branding to Build Your Business On. When it comes to branding, one size does not fit all. Each business will have the branding style that works best for it. However, common elements can help build a brand that will stick with your audience. It's important to understand that branding is not about how pretty your logo is. It's not about the colour schemes you choose.

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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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Lose yourself in the dreamlike pencil drawings of Meicheng Chi

Its Nice That

Find out how the illustrator uses drawing to explore the feelings evoked by the passing of the seasons, and why she has such an intense infatuation with chairs.

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WantedDesign Manhattan 2022: Best of Students and Schools Winners

Design Milk

Closing out the WantedDesign Manhattan 2022 Launch Pad program , we’re excited to share the final winners, this time for the Best of Students and Schools , a showcase that was sponsored by Alessi and presented with Design Milk this year. . Taking home the Best of Schools prize, the School of Visual Arts MFA in Products of Design (PoD) wowed the jury with RE-ACTORS , a series of five installations designed to create “re-physicalizing” and “re-socializing” experiences that trigger specific emotio

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7 Ways To Create A Profitable Retail Marketing Strategy

Inkbot Design

7 Ways To Create A Profitable Retail Marketing Strategy. We are constantly bombarded with data on customer purchasing habits, but what about the other end of the equation—how to generate more sales for your business? Many retailers believe that reducing prices is the only way to increase profits. While this may be true in certain situations, it can backfire when done in a way that alienates your current customer base.

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Tobias Bolliger merges rhythm and distorted typography in his experimental music posters

Its Nice That

Working under the name Bollo, the Bern-based designer tells us how working with musicians helps him to break conventional design rules and restrictions.

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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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Royal Mail’s new stamp collection celebrates the 50th anniversary of UK Pride

Design Week

London-based studio NB has designed the stamps for Royal Mail’s Pride-themed collection, working with British illustrator Sofie Birkin. The project marks the 50th anniversary of the UK’s first Pride rally. The stamps follow a central theme – A March Through Time – which aims to pay homage to each decade of Pride. Animation studio Animade has also crafted a video for the collection.

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Minimal Portraits by Luke Stephenson Frame the Elegant Plumage of Show Birds

Colossal

Spereo Starling (2019). All images © Luke Stephenson, shared with permission. For the better part of a decade, U.K.-born, Stockholm-based photographer Luke Stephenson has been fascinated by show birds, their impeccably groomed feathers, and undeniably unique personalities. Whether centering on a white-eyed Zosterop or confrontational Spereo Starling, his portraits are minimal with monochromatic backdrops that accentuate the distinct colors and patterns of each plume.

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Zora J Murff’s series asks how much we control our own image

Creative Review

Before his career in photography flourished, US-based artist and activist Zora J Murff was a social worker in the criminal justice system in the US, specifically helping young people avoid incarceration. The two facets of his working life – social work and visual art – first came together in his early project, Corrections, and his background has continued to inform his photography practice.

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Logomark or Logotype: Differences and which should you choose?

Inkbot Design

Logomark or Logotype: Differences and which should you choose? The difference between a logomark and a logotype ultimately comes down to format. A logomark is an image, whereas a logotype is text-based. That doesn't mean the two are mutually exclusive. You can easily incorporate the two to make a logo that grabs and keeps people's attention. But is it the best way forward?

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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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NB Studio designs Royal Mail’s Pride stamp series

Creative Review

NB Studio and illustrator Sofie Birkin have created a new Pride-theme special stamp series for Royal Mail to mark the 50th anniversary of the UK’s first Pride rally in 1972 – a march organised by members of the Gay Liberation Front to protest homophobia and transphobia. The designs are based around the idea of ‘a march through time’, and were brought to life by animation studio Animade.

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Non-human and non-user personas for life-centred design

UX Collective

Tools to represent the animals, environments, and invisible humans impacted by design Continue reading on UX Collective ».

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Chinese Artist Uses Illustrations To Inspire People To Love And Care For Themselves

Design You Trust

According to Cheng Chi Sing aka Soolooka: “Hi~ I’m Cheng Chi Sing, Jessey, who is behind Soolooka, from Hong Kong. Thank you so much for having me on your self-love journey. Although self-love contains the word “self”, I believe we don’t need to walk this journey alone. And Soolooka is here to accompany you (don’t forget your heart is always with you too.).

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UX for Augment - Crypto Assets Trading Apps

Abduzeedo

UX for Augment - Crypto Assets Trading Apps. abduzeedo 0624—22 Maxim Semyanov shared a UX and visual design project for Augment - Crypto Assets Trading Apps. Augment is an app that helps you easily invest in crypto. Maxim’s design is simple with great typography where content is truly the king. . For more information make sure to check out: Behance.

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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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“Southern Fiction” by Photographer Tema Stauffer

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Identity & Online Shop for Jeroen Ottens Design

Abduzeedo

Identity & Online Shop for Jeroen Ottens Design. abduzeedo 0624—22 Humana Studio shared the design project for the visual identity and online shop for Jeroen Ottens Design. For the past 40 years, Lego Technic has been challenging Lego Builders and for Jeroen Ottens it was time to create its own brand. Working closely with the founder - a former LEGO Technic senior designer at LEGO Company - Humana Studio clarified the brand’s future and path into it by developing the brand identity and online sh

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Artist Creates Whimsical Fantasy Sculptures With Polymer Clay

Design You Trust

According to Michelle Petersen: “I sculpt whimsical fantasy sculptures, figurines, and, depending on the season, holiday ornaments with polymer clay and acrylic paint. All of my work is inspired by nature, with a mythical fairytale style. I like to incorporate things I find in nature in my art; stones, wood, acorns, pinecones. If you’d like, you can purchase everything on my Etsy page.” More: Etsy h/t: boredpanda.

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Visual identity and UX for Galeria Index

Abduzeedo

Visual identity and UX for Galeria Index. abduzeedo 0624—22 Studio Twoo shared a visual identity, UX design and UX development project for Index Gallery. Index aims to document, promote and exhibit artistic production in Brasília. Proposing curatorial strategies that create a dialogue between different generations with different cultural perspectives, having as main focus the stimulus to artistic practices characterized by conceptualism with an emphasis on the process. .

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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.