Design Wizard
APRIL 16, 2019
Famous Graphic Designers of 2019. In today’s online world, it’s difficult to get by without good design! Websites, blogs, beer bottles, logos, or book covers ; you name it, if the visuals aren’t compelling, the appeal of your product or service is undoubtedly compromised. It can the making or breaking point of so much. Therefore, the importance of learning design from the very best there is can’t be overstated.
Six Leaf Design
APRIL 16, 2019
Obviously in my opinion, your visual brand is what makes the very first impression on your website and hooks your audience. But once they’ve decided to stay and look a little closer, your content is what’s going to keep them there. First off — what is website content? Your content is the meat of your site. It’s all the writing that tells people about you + your business.
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Identity Designed
APRIL 29, 2019
Petbarn has been delivering expert pet care in Australia for nearly twenty years and they know the importance of delivering the best for our pets. The rise of convenience supermarkets that now offer a diverse range of pet products was beginning to impact their business. Petbarn needed to deliver a differentiated brand experience to elevate the company above and beyond the cold, corporate, and value-driven face of the competition.
Graphic Design USA
APRIL 29, 2019
Animation and motion design can add more impact to your projects and add more glamour to your graphic design career.
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
A List Apart
APRIL 4, 2019
Accessibility can be tricky. There are plenty of conditions to take into consideration, and many technical limitations and weird exceptions that make it quite hard to master for most designers and developers. I never considered myself an accessibility expert , but I took great pride in making my projects Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) compliant…ish.
Under Consideration / Menu
APRIL 16, 2019
Contemporary in London, UK. Designed by betwixt. With each table at Leadbelly's getting its own succulent and a number of plants adorning the space, the menus echo the lovely nature details from the space in the different menu covers with a cool range of linocut illustrations, accompanied by industrial typography and a bold colors for a strong collection of menus.
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Six Leaf Design
APRIL 1, 2019
Hello and happy April! I’m so happy that Spring is finally here and the green is starting to poke it’s head out of the ground. Anyone else start craving all the veggies when spring starts? I’m obsessed with this illustrated wallpaper pattern for the free April wallpaper design featuring some of my favorite veggies and also a little drummie for good measure!
Identity Designed
APRIL 10, 2019
Located in the heart of east London, Three Waters is a development of more than 300 new apartments, designed to combine city living with a waterside lifestyle. Here, the three waters of Bow Creek, the Limehouse Cut, and the River Lea meet in London’s fastest growing area. Raised gardens, roof terraces, and private balconies offer cityscapes with headspace and with the Tube and DLR moments away, Three Waters offers Zone Two living with Zone One journey times.
Graphic Design USA
APRIL 25, 2019
Anthony Wood argues that, yes, one can get graphic design on the cheap; but, just because you can doesn’t mean you should.
A List Apart
APRIL 3, 2019
Accessibility can be tricky. There are plenty of conditions to take into consideration, and many technical limitations and weird exceptions that make it quite hard to master for most designers and developers. I never considered myself an accessibility expert , but I took great pride in making my projects Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) compliant…ish.
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High on Design by Wix
APRIL 29, 2019
Designer Alex Center loves brands, and has been fascinated by them from very early on. The spell was cast when he was growing up in the 1990’s, a kid very much into Tommy Hilfiger. “I remember the distinct feeling I had when I put on a winter jacket with their logo – it made me feel like I had superpowers. It made me instantly more confident, like I was part of a specific tribe.”.
Design Soak
APRIL 26, 2019
Ninety five percent of the information on the internet is written language thanks to typography. Typography in simplest words is the art of structuring text for human consumption.
crowdspring
APRIL 25, 2019
Symbols are one of the earliest forms of written communication. From cave walls to hieroglyphics to the printed word as we know it today, symbols are a powerful way to communicate concepts at a glance. The ability of symbols to convey information, culture, and identity has made them an invaluable part of our shared visual language. This is true not only in popular culture but also when it comes to business.
Emmeline Illustration
APRIL 4, 2019
Last month I was invited to spend an hour talking to an audience about my passion for illustration, creative freelancing, and my life behind the scenes of Emmeline Illustration at the second Crazy Animal Face Block Party! Okay, I always get a little bit nervous before talks and panels no matter how often I do them; but the atmosphere and crowd were so welcoming (and the venue was so chilled out) it ended up being one of the most casual and comfortable events I've ever done!
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Uppercase Magazine
APRIL 4, 2019
The cover of our new issue is by UPPERCASE subscriber Lucie Duclos , whose colourful and patterned collages caught my eye on Instagram. I liked the idea of creating a cover with found patterns (plus a few from past UPPERCASE covers). It's abstract with a nod to mid-Century shapes, and the dimensional shadows make you think that the elements are still at play.
A List Apart
APRIL 11, 2019
A family buys a house they can’t afford. They can’t make their monthly mortgage payments, so they borrow money from the Mob. Now they’re in debt to the bank and the Mob, live in fear of losing their home, and must do whatever their creditors tell them to do. Welcome to the internet, 2019. Buying something you can’t afford, and borrowing from organizations that don’t have your (or your customers’) best interest at heart, is the business plan of most internet startups.
High on Design by Wix
APRIL 22, 2019
The age-old discussion on whether designers should learn to code or not has been explored from pretty much every angle possible. So let’s just agree on the very general statement that “knowledge is power” and take it from there. Whether you’re looking to develop your skill set, tickle your brain cells, or are thinking of making a swift career change, we’re here to set you in the right direction (and help you smugly break the stigma that designers are solely visual people).
Lisa Maltby
APRIL 3, 2019
‘The Dog’ is an exhibition at Chatsworth House which explores the Cavendish family’s love for dogs, through paintings, drawings, sculpture, letters, photographs and contemporary art. In order to engage young visitors with the exhibition, playing cards were devised which contained interesting facts. The cards encouraged children to find various breeds throughout the house, hidden within the various works of art.
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Illustration Art
APRIL 20, 2019
Dean Cornwell Skidmore James Montgomery Flagg Pruett Carter Gruger Harrison Fisher Charles Mitchell Richard Flanagan Answer: they were all in a typical issue of Cosmopolitan magazine in the 1920s. (In this case, September 1923).
Viktorija Illustration
APRIL 10, 2019
Oslo was a place I always wanted to go, but I didn’t know what to expect or had a very clear idea of what it’s going to be like. I fell in love with Oslo from the first Hei Hei ???? It’s such a beautiful and grand city but it’s so calm, charming and not showing off at all (because when you are that cool and amazing you don’t need to do that, right?!
A Graphic Design Blog
APRIL 8, 2019
Yes you read right – absolutely free design tools to resize images, convert images, create collages, create promotional banners and colours gallery (my fav!) at no cost! Now let’s start with the Image Converter. This tool helps to change your images to JPEG, PNG, or TIFF by simply dragging and dropping any image in to the converter, select the preferred file format you want in the options and download.
Purple Rose Graphics
APRIL 1, 2019
Patrice’s Note: As a graphic designer in Orange County, California, I get asked all the time about best hiring practices. The truth is I don’t know that much about them so I reached out to my amazing client Tami Wiersma of Quad County, Inc who specializes in human resources! Enjoy the guest blog!! __ __ __ __ __ __. I just got a call from a client today and it started off like this: “I saw on a reality show where a restaurant didn’t pay their staff for 3 months while they were strug
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.
High on Design by Wix
APRIL 18, 2019
This playlist was created at nighttime. I was thinking about the night being a time not intended for work, yet, more often than not, I find myself working later than planned. I think this happens to many designers when deadlines are stressful and require working at unconventional hours. But at night, you can usually work quietly and more productively.
Lisa Maltby
APRIL 28, 2019
A new map needed to be devised for Hardwick Hall in order to simplify it and make information clearer for visitors, especially when produced at a smaller scale. I created a map for both the full grounds and the house estate with a simple colour coded key to make it easier to find areas, facilities and walks.
Illustration Art
APRIL 6, 2019
In the 1950s abstract expressionism was in full flower. American magazine illustrations, on the other hand, remained fairly tight and realistic. Yet, these representational illustrations often contained abstract flurries of brush strokes and color, frequently in the tousled hair of stylish women. Andy Virgil Compare Coby Whitmore's treatment of hair.
Enviromeant
APRIL 12, 2019
Sina Plaza by Aedas is located in Zhongguancun Science Park, a technology hub akin to Silicon Valley, in northwestern Beijing. Central to the design concept of “limitless,” and as a nod to traditional Chinese architecture, the building frames two major courtyard gardens, creating an internal circulation route that resembles a flowing infinity symbol.
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?
Graphic Design USA
APRIL 22, 2019
Katie Denton of Doberman on how and why product design firms make good branding partners.
Paul Jarvis
APRIL 13, 2019
In 1913 Arthur Momand created a comic strip that depicted a social climbing family who struggled to “keep up” with their neighbours who seemingly always had more. More respect, more social standing, b.
Old Brand New
APRIL 5, 2019
Last week I went on a weekend ski trip with my boo’s friends in Breckenridge, Colorado. It was my second time skiing and I somehow felt comfortable doing the green run and I only fell once! It was terrifying but I did it! Yaaas! Afterwards, I decided to drive over to my aunt’s new home in Denver which is about two hours away. It’s been almost 10 months since she moved in and the place is still pretty much empty.
A List Apart
APRIL 18, 2019
Just as we need to understand our content before we can recategorize it, we need to understand the system before we try to rebuild it. Enter the structural audit: a review of the site focused solely on its menus, links, flows, and hierarchies. I know you thought we were done with audits back in Chapter 2, but hear me out! Structural audits have an important and singular purpose: to help us build a new sitemap.
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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