Designer Daily
APRIL 15, 2025
Graphic design is critically imperative for most successful marketing campaigns. In fact, it’s one of the most important ingredients, depending on the mediums you’re using. But if your graphic design is flat, uninspired, or otherwise ineffective, it’s not going to carry its weight. How can you tell if your graphic design isnt sufficient to support your campaign?
Creative Boom
APRIL 14, 2025
Image licensed via Adobe Stock As creatives, we all know boundaries matter. But enforcing them is a different story. Here's how to go about it. As creatives, our time and mental energy are our most precious resources. So why do we so often let others plunder them mercilessly? In truth, it's because we're people-pleasers. And that in itself, of course, is a good thing.
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Colossal
APRIL 1, 2025
Every month, we share opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. Make sure you never miss out by joining our monthly Opportunities Newsletter. 2025 Booooooom Art & Photo Book Award Featured Booooooomand Bookmobile are teaming up for this popular open call supporting artist publishing. Nine artists, illustrators, or photographers will be selected to create a book or zine featuring a cohesive body of work at no cost.
Swiss Miss
APRIL 24, 2025
Tina on the transformative power of enthusiasm When I was eight, I made a big, hand-drawn poster that said, Do you want to join my fan club? and put it up in the small Swiss town where I grew up. Neighbors would ask me, What are we going to be fans of? and Id say, It doesnt matterits just about being excited. Eight year old Tina. Decades later, Im still convinced that being a fan is a state of mind.
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
We And The Color
APRIL 24, 2025
Imagine stepping into a space where the walls pulse with color and stories unfold before your eyes, not on screens, but through the ancient, tactile craft of woodcut printing. This art show is an invitation into the mind of Roman Klonek , a Polish-born artist based in Germany, whose work dances playfully between the aesthetics of mid-century cartoons and the bold impact of traditional printmaking.
Design Milk
APRIL 1, 2025
On the third floor of a building in the heart of Paris’ 9th arrondissement, the compact 344-square-foot BERGRE – Paris IX apartment has undergone a remarkable transformation, thanks to the work of Emilie Magdelaine Interiors. Drawing inspiration from the elegance and comfort of a high-end hotel suite, the designer has reimagined the space, balancing sophistication with practicality while ensuring that every inch is thoughtfully utilized.
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Creative Boom
APRIL 8, 2025
To stand out in China's crowded RTD market, Marks has given Starbucks' fan-favourite Refreshers a striking new look, complete with a dynamic bottle shape and vivid visuals. Starbucks is reintroducing its much-loved Refreshers drink to Chinese consumers with a major glow-up, including an innovative bottle design and bold graphic identity crafted by global design agency Marks.
Abduzeedo
APRIL 13, 2025
Overnice Squeezy Posters: Variable Font Graphic Design abduzeedo 04/13 2025 Explore Overnice's Squeezy variable font posters. Awesome graphic design merging digital flexibility with print for your next project. Hey design friends! Let's talk type. For the longest time, fonts felt pretty fixed, right? You picked a weight, and that was that. But things are shifting, literally.
Design Week
APRIL 7, 2025
A university tutor is producing a daily design zine to encourage his students to engage with the big ideas underpinning the discipline. Darren Raven, a senior lecturer in graphic design, art direction and illustration at Manchester Metropolitan University, publishes his “lecture-zines” every day on Instagram and LinkedIn.
We And The Color
APRIL 25, 2025
Geometric Poster Design Templates: Instantly Access 80 Stunning Vector Graphics Do you need a powerful visual but feel short on time or inspiration? Creating truly eye-catching posters often demands significant effort. That’s where high-quality geometric poster design templates can be a game-changer. Imagine having a collection of 80 professionally crafted, modern designs right at your fingertips, ready to adapt for your next project.
Advertiser: Issuu
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.
Design Milk
APRIL 7, 2025
Situated high above Newport Beach in Sydney, Australia, LA Cool is a outdoor living space that completes the original vision of Newport House, a 2015 project by Carter Williamson Architects. This addition transforms the property into a seamless blend of indoor and outdoor luxury, creating an environment that feels equally inviting throughout all seasons.
Design Beep
APRIL 1, 2025
In modern web development, animation plays a crucial role in enhancing user experience, making websites more engaging and interactive. CSS and JavaScript animation libraries provide a convenient and efficient way to add smooth, dynamic animations to web pages without requiring complex code. While CSS is great for simple animations, JavaScript animation libraries offer more flexibility and control over complex animations.
Creative Boom
APRIL 8, 2025
Inspired by comic books, horror and Victorian etching, Ben Duchene's intensively hand-rendered imagery reveals his passion for myth, magic and macabre visual storytelling. Just a few short years ago, the creative world was abuzz with talk of craft and authenticity. Today, all the positivity we had about honing creative expression and human connection seems to live in the shadow of artificial intelligence.
Booooooom
APRIL 7, 2025
Brief Bio: Im a designer and illustrator from Istanbul, creating work that lives somewhere between nature and abstraction. Im drawn to simple shapes, soft rhythms, and the emotional weight they can quietly carry. Artist Statement: These works are inspired by organic life plants, fungi, growth patterns reinterpreted through a minimalist and playful lens.
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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.
Abduzeedo
APRIL 24, 2025
Solitone: Trading Waves Inspire Fresh Visual Identity abduzeedo 04/24 2025 Explore Solitone's branding by Obrazur Brands. See how waves & data shape a unique financial visual identity. Hey design friends! Let's check out something cool today the branding and visual identity for Solitone, a proprietary trading firm. Now, branding for finance can be tricky, right?
We And The Color
APRIL 11, 2025
Sometimes change is subtle, other times it’s a bold transformation. Introducing major changes to long-established cultural events or institutions cherished by the public can often seem like a risky move. How do you evolve without losing the essence of what people cherished? Its a fascinating challenge, isn’t it? Balancing history with a vision for the future requires careful thought and a clear understanding of identity.
Design Milk
APRIL 7, 2025
As one of the oldest games, chess has enchanted generations of players for thousands of years. Said to be a concoction of multiple different games of the time, chaturanga (an Indian precursor) was said to have two essential features found in all later chess variations different pieces having different powers, and victory depending on the fate of one piece, the king of modern chess.
Design Beep
APRIL 22, 2025
InDesign magazine templates are a game-changer for anyone looking to create polished, professional-looking publications without starting from scratch. Whether you’re designing for print or digital, these templates offer a solid foundation that helps you stay focused on the creative aspectslike storytelling, layout, and imageryrather than spending hours building pages from the ground up.
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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.
Creative Boom
APRIL 30, 2025
Photo credit: Fiona Finchett. We meet the Manchester muralist, who is on a mission to bring people together, start conversations, and make a difference in the community through graffiti. "What's great about murals is they're large-scale and often outdoors," says Oskar Walin AKA Oskar With a K. "People stumble upon them, which creates a unique opportunity to communicate with the public that most artists don't get.
Creative Market
APRIL 7, 2025
It’s the color of sun-faded diner menus, mixtape covers, and hand-painted signage that still hums with the energy of generations past. Meet Retro Chili (#E8431E), our new Color of the Season. This fiery orange-red tone evokes mid-century prints, delicore aesthetics, and analog photography vibes. Retro Chili brings the heat—unapologetic, loud, and alive.
Designer Daily
APRIL 8, 2025
Web design, at its heart, is a marriage of technology and creativity. The field is one that combines creative and artistic skills with the technical expertise needed to imagine, build, and maintain amazing websites and apps. More than that, web design is a field expected to keep growing at a healthy pace. Whether you want to build websites for small businesses or create user experiences for innovation companies, an online degree in web design could be just the thing youre looking for.
We And The Color
APRIL 6, 2025
Have you ever sketched an idea, designed a font, or created a piece of art and thought, “People would love this” ? Maybe you pictured it on a t-shirt, as a beautiful print hanging on a wall, or even as a digital tool used by other creatives. That spark, that vision of your work out in the world, connecting with people… It’s powerful, isn’t it?
Speaker: Eden Spivak, Design Expert and Editor at Wix & Nir Horesh, Accessibility Lead and Senior Product Manager at Wix
When we design products or websites for people like ourselves, there are many others who are, as a result, left out. From visually impaired users who rely on assistive technology, to people with a temporary injury such as a broken arm, tech users are forever diverse and beautifully unique. The products we design can, and should, reflect the extremely wide range of human experiences and needs.
Design Milk
APRIL 1, 2025
If we ever find ourselves in need of a comforting beverage, there should be nothing that stands in the way. No more a bitter tea drinker or an overextracted coffee fan, BALMUDA offers a beautiful and functional response to the woes of beverage making, eliminating all pain points with a modern finish. Modeled to resemble a traditional tea vessel, take your morning routine to the next level with the MoonKettle.
Design Beep
APRIL 14, 2025
Have you ever looked at a photo and thought, This would look amazing as a cartoon! Well, thanks to Photoshop and some creative magic known as Photoshop Cartoon Actions and Effects , that transformation is just a few clicks away. Whether you’re a graphic designer, social media enthusiast, or just someone who loves to play around with photo edits, cartoon effects offer a fun and artistic way to reimagine your images.
Creative Boom
APRIL 1, 2025
Work by Max Bloom Looking to level up your creativity without putting your career on hold? Falmouth's online MAs offer a world-class creative education that can fit around your existing career and commitments. We chat with staff and alumni to find out how it all works in practice. Let's face it, the creative industry is a bit of a whirlwind at the moment.
Creative Market
APRIL 14, 2025
Every April 22nd, Earth Day asks us to pause and take a closer look—not just at our planet, but at the systems we build, the habits we sustain, and the ways we consume. For designers, that reflection runs deep. Every brand color, typeface, and visual texture we use has the power to tell a story. Earth Day is a reminder to choose that story with care.
Speaker: Michele Berdinis
This session will answer business law questions that people are asking most during the pandemic. If my business can’t pay its bills, can my creditors come after my personal assets? Do I have to pay the rent on my co-working space or office? Can my clients cancel signed contracts? Can I cancel contracts for things I no longer need because my business has slowed down?
Abduzeedo
APRIL 29, 2025
PS9 Branding: Playful Visual Identity Meet Academic Strength abduzeedo 04/29 2025 Explore PS9's branding and visual identity by Billur Eda Bilgi, blending academic rigor with playful, approachable design. Creating a visual identity for a school is a unique challenge. It needs to speak to kids, parents, and educators all at once. It has to feel trustworthy and academic, but also warm and inviting.
We And The Color
APRIL 1, 2025
Finding a new job can feel like a huge mountain to climb, right? You spend hours perfecting your experience descriptions, agonizing over keywords, and making sure everything is just so. But then comes the big question: how do you actually present all this information? Sticking to a standard, black-and-white document might feel safe, but does it truly capture you?
Design Milk
APRIL 24, 2025
Positioning itself as an elevated alternative to standard vacation rental platforms such as Airbnb and VRBO, HIGHSTAY tenders a tightly curated collection of luxury apartments throughout Paris. Each is programmed with all of the hard and soft amenities one would expect from a 5-star hotel. Much of this approach centers on tapping the French capitals impressive raft of interior architects to outfit these one- to three-bedroom flats.
Design Beep
APRIL 1, 2025
Lens flares have become a signature element in modern photography and graphic design, adding a dynamic and cinematic touch to images. These subtle yet powerful light effects can transform an otherwise flat image into something rich, vibrant, and full of energy. In Photoshop, one of the easiest ways to achieve this effect is through the use of lens flare brushes.
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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