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Should You Put Pricing On Your Small Business Website?

Six Leaf Design

Six Leaf Design is a Brand + Web Design Studio for Small Businesses located in Denver, Colorado As a small business, your website is an incredibly crucial tool for attracting visitors and converting them into clients. As you're focusing on your web design, one of the key decisions you'll have to make is whether or not to display your pricing information publicly.

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&Walsh crafts a playful new identity for radical 'food as medicine' brand

Creative Boom

Probiotic brand Coconut Cult isn't just trying to sell yoghurt; it's trying to change the world. &Walsh founder Jessica Walsh explains how her design team supported that mission. Coconut Cult is a brand of fermented coconut yoghurt known for its unique taste and high probiotic content. Made from organic coconut milk, it's free of dairy, soy, and gluten.

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Twinpreneurs’ Journey To Creative Success

Graphic Design USA

As twin sisters and co-founders of Buttercrumble, a creative studio, Abigail and Chloe Baldwin have navigated their way through the creative industry while facing the challenges of being young, working-class women. Their journey taught them resilience but also revealed systemic barriers, particularly for those from underrepresented backgrounds.

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Reimagining prototyping with AI

UX Collective

How generative AI tools are bringing creativity, speed, and efficiency to design validation Credit: Blush Illustrations Is anyone else feeling the same way as I do? Struggling to keep up with the thousands of AI products and capabilities being launched every day? When I first discovered Claude Artifacts a couple of months ago, it felt like magic. Suddenly, I had the power to see interactions, animations, and complex user flows unfold right before my eyes — instantly.

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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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How to Find Lucrative Freelance Graphic Design Jobs

Inkbot Design

How to Find Lucrative Freelance Graphic Design Jobs Are you looking to break into the world of freelance graphic design? You've come to the right place! This comprehensive guide will share my top tips and strategies for finding high-paying freelance graphic design jobs. As the founder of Inkbot Design , I've navigated the ups and downs of the freelance life, and I'm here to help you avoid the common pitfalls and fast-track your success.

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Porto Rocha's global refresh for W Hotels marks a 'new era of luxury hospitality'

Creative Boom

The hotel group steps into a new era with a bold, refined identity crafted by the global agency. Moving away from flashy opulence, the rebrand combines vibrant design with understated elegance, setting the stage for a fresh, immersive take on luxury hospitality. If W Hotels has appealed to your creative heart over the last decade, it's because you're the target audience.

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How I used AI to design brand-aligned illustrations

UX Collective

Can AI support brand consistency in design? My experience with Midjourney in capturing Lemonade’s iconic style. Illustration has never been my strong suit. Designing user interfaces, experiences, and products? No problem. But creating illustrations that perfectly reflect a brand’s unique style? That’s another challenge. After three years as a designer at Lemonade, working on web and mobile products, I gained a deep understanding of the brand’s distinct visual language: clean lines, a minimalist

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20+ Artistic Effect Lightroom Presets for Creative Photographers

SpeckyBoy

The right photo effect can transform an ordinary image into a work of art. Adjustments to lighting, color balance, and texture help you create the perfect mood for your project. You can use Lightroom presets to achieve professional results in no time. They run the gamut from subtle touches to bold statements. Each one is configured to change the look of your image.

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Creative mentoring platform looks to increase impact with inaugural fundraiser

Creative Boom

The Arena provides community, support, advice and guidance to emerging talent in the creative industries, but it needs your help to take its work to the next level. For most, getting into the creative industries isn’t an easy task, even if you have the right qualifications on paper. Whether it's a financial barrier, lack of representation, or just the fact that it's highly competitive, it can sometimes feel impossible to jump that first hurdle and land a decent paying job, internship or freelanc

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2024 Best Modern Gifts Under $100

Design Milk

Holiday season is somehow upon us and end-of-year to-do lists continue to grow by the gift, but there’s no need to fret! We’ve rounded up 10 unique gifts for those looking to spend up to $100 on a thoughtful present for the design-inclined. From something simple like Obakki’s Sumac Candle Gift Set made by traditional Japanese candle-makers to the snazzy Ofelia Pro Micro table lamp by Zafferano, these selections will surely shine from under the tree, in a stocking, or from whatever traditions you

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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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10 Top Visual Trends for 2025

Graphic Design Junction

The world of visual design is constantly evolving, and 2025 promises to deliver some of the most exciting transformations yet. With rapid advancements in technology, the rise of artificial intelligence, and a renewed focus on sustainability, design is becoming more dynamic and inclusive. In this article, we explore the top visual trends for 2025 , giving you a glimpse into what will shape the creative landscape across industries.

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Fight for Kindness 2024: A Global Typography Showcase for Compassion and Creativity

We And The Color

As World Kindness Day approaches on November 13th, the “Fight for Kindness 2024” initiative brings a message of empathy and connection to the forefront. Now in its third year, this award-winning non-profit event, sponsored by the renowned Zetafonts type foundry and organized by TypeCampus , serves as a beacon for social change through design.

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What Clients Want: How studios are adapting to new client demands

Creative Boom

Image licensed via Adobe Stock The relationship between agencies and clients is evolving rapidly. We spoke to design leaders across the industry to get the full picture… and it's not all bad news, by any means. Read on to learn more. Here at Creative Boom, we know that when you open our website, you want to be inspired, enthralled, and generally cheered up.

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Villa Sidonius Is a Footbridge-Inspired House That Juts Out Over the Hillside

Design Milk

Set against the dramatic backdrop of the Czech Republic’s Central Bohemian Region’s hillsides, Villa Sidonius presents an innovative architectural feat by Stempel & Tesar architekti. The villa stands out in Černošice, a historic area known for its distinctive blend of Art Nouveau, early 20th-century villas, and contemporary architectural experiments.

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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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Foxes and friends: Lakshan Dharmapriya photographs the two species that coexist in his garden

Its Nice That

A period of rest, a motion sensor camera and an encounter with a family of foxes resulted in this strangely beautiful series that mediates on how seamlessly humans and animals share spaces.

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50 Powerful Logo Ideas for Startups

Graphic Design Junction

Creating a logo for a startup is more than just designing a visual mark—it’s about crafting a symbol that reflects the brand’s identity, values, and vision. For startups, a powerful logo is crucial because it establishes the brand’s first impression and helps distinguish it in a crowded market. Here’s an exploration of effective logo ideas that could inspire startups aiming to make a lasting impact.

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Rebrand of Riot Games by Stink Studios prioritises the player experience

Creative Boom

The new visual identity unites Riot's diverse gaming worlds with a cohesive system prioritising player experience. Founded in 2006 and based in Los Angeles, Riot Games is a major video game developer, publisher and esports tournament organiser, best known for its battle arena game League of Legends. They recently partnered with global creative agency Stink Studios to create an evolved and expanded design system that unifies Riot's growing portfolio of games and media.

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Archive for Space Presents the Paper-Like ‘Alu’ Collection

Design Milk

Scrolls are usually a delicate papyrus or pressed fiber pulp, surviving (or not) over centuries with essential information about our histories. They contain stories, personal accounts, journals, all filled with our ancestor’s thoughts and musings. With the Alu collection by Archive for Space , these notions are upended and upheld simultaneously.

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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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BB Collection by Corpus Studio — Thisispaper

This is Paper

The 'BB collection' by Corpus Studio combines playful creativity and sculptural refinement, drawing inspiration from Brigitte Bardot's sensuality and Babybel cheese's tactile charm to create functional, striking designs through the poetic assembly of modular components.

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10 Top Graphic Design Trends for 2025

Graphic Design Junction

As 2024 wraps up, we’re on the cusp of entering 2025, a year set to see the immense impact of AI across all computing fields, particularly in web and graphic design. With these advancements, the graphic design trends continues to evolve, driven by new technology, cultural shifts, and bold ideas. Today, we’re taking an early look at the graphic design trends poised to define 2025, blending nostalgia with futuristic elements, and balancing bold aesthetics with subtle minimalism.

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Design studios reveal what's got them energised and excited about 2025

Creative Boom

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Down in the dumps? Cheer yourself up by looking at all the cool things coming our way in the creative industries next year. Feeling uninspired? Take heart! The design industry is charging forward into 2025 with excitement and renewed purpose. So why not join them in their enthusiasm and optimism about the coming year? We've been speaking to creative minds from across the industry to find out what trends, technologies, and movements are igniting their enthusiasm.

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Casa Emma Is a Tribute to Light, Space, and Ancestral Design in Morelia

Design Milk

Located in the historic city of Morelia, Mexico, Casa Emma , designed by HW Studio , shares the transformative power of light and the evocative potential of architectural space. Inspired by a visit to the renowned Paula Rego Museum by Eduardo Souto de Moura, the architects set out to create a residence that embodies the same profound serenity they experienced within that museum’s walls.

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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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Customer as competitive advantage

UX Collective

Are we doing the same as our competitors expecting different results? Image by Midjourney. Prompt by the author. Are we using the same research formats to ask the same questions of the same customers, the same tools or models to make sense of the same data and insights, the same channels to interact with them, the same metrics and measures of success?

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Super Logo Design

Logo Design Love

Super Logo Design , edited by Taki Ono , is a two-volume set of paperbacks published in 2001 and 2002 by Graphic-sha in Japan. These spreads are from volume two, available to digitally borrow on archive.org. It gives an interesting look at video game logos (among others) designed in the 1990s and early 2000s, listing the designer, client, year of creation, and software used (mostly Illustrator and Photoshop, but also Strata Studio Pro, KPT Vector Effects, 3D Studio Max, and more).

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Daisy the AI 'granny scambaiter' joins the fight against phone scammers

Creative Boom

O2's latest innovation is an AI-powered 'granny' who takes on scammers, wasting their time and exposing their dirty tricks. Developed by VCCP's Faith agency, Daisy is designed to outsmart fraudsters in real-time, keeping them away from potential victims. No matter where you stand on artificial intelligence, you can't deny it has its moments. Imagine dreaming up an AI-powered older woman who can outwit scammers.

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2024 Best Modern Gifts for the Minimalist

Design Milk

We’re back again for 2024 with Skim Milk’s carefully curated list of 10 minimalist gift ideas. This year’s selection highlights a range of essentials, from minimal luxury to thoughtfully designed home accessories. While some items come from established brands, we’ve also spotlighted independent studios deserving attention this holiday season, ensuring a blend of innovation and simplicity for every minimalist on your list.

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Web Design for All: Accessibility, Inclusivity and Beyond

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.

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Why text formatting experiences can be a trap

UX Collective

There are several ways products can improve a keyboard user’s experience with indentation. Let’s talk about them. One of the more foundational experiences in a digital product is the ability to format text: creating paragraphs, adding lists, or providing emphasis for certain words or phrases. All of this adds texture to the reader’s experience and helps them better understand content.

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“Musical Chairs” by Photographer Max Zerrahn

Booooooom

A look at the latest photobook from Berlin-based photographer Max Zerrahn.

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Inside Outline: the South Carolina studio bringing brands' inner truth to life

Creative Boom

Buru, photography courtesy of Buru Co-founder and creative director Ky Allport discusses the art of finding your discovery muscle, bringing the inside out, and committing to authenticity. In a sun-drenched studio in Charleston, South Carolina, something remarkable is happening. Founded in 2017, Outline has quietly become one of the most intriguing brand studios in the American South, crafting identities that feel both timeless and distinctly contemporary.

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2024 Best Modern Gifts to Splurge On

Design Milk

For those whose love language is gift giving, this is your time to shine – especially if you like to splurge. Personally, nothing brings me more joy than sharing great makers and artful objects while supporting the artisans behind their creation. From a dearly beloved to cherished friend, or perhaps even a treat for yourself, this fine curation of design objects are sure to satisfy the most fussy aesthete.

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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.