Graphic Design Junction
AUGUST 17, 2022
People get bored and tired of UI design trends, and each year, the pendulum swings the different ways. We all have experienced the fall and rise of iconic fashion pieces of art movements. In User Interface (UI) design, the same thing takes place. Interface styles range from those that look like real-world objects to those that are incredibly plain and simple.
Creative Boom
AUGUST 18, 2022
Image licensed via Adobe Stock. If there's one thing for certain in life, it's that we all suffer from the same inner critic. It's part of being human, telling ourselves negative things that are most likely untrue. These voices can hold us back, trample our confidence and stifle creativity. So what to do? We asked our creative community for some advice.
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Inkbot Design
AUGUST 13, 2022
What Makes a Good User Interface? 10 Principles of UI Design. We are often told how important a good user interface (UI) is, but not many people can describe the underlying principles of good design. So, we turned to the experts – UX and UI designers – and asked them to tell us what makes a good user interface. When we think about user interfaces, our minds usually go to websites, mobile apps , and desktop programs.
Spoon Graphics
AUGUST 17, 2022
In today’s Adobe Photoshop tutorial I’m going to show you how to create an abstract piece of retro-futuristic artwork known as a Polyscape. It’s a combination of polygon shapes and landscape or cityscape photographs, and sometimes even pictures of outer-space! These photos are then cut and pasted into a digital collage, using Photoshop’s editing tools rather than scissors and glue.
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
Inkbot Design
AUGUST 14, 2022
How to Create Social Media Graphics. Whether you want to start a blog or to make your social media posts more engaging and informative, using visual graphics is the way to go. In the world of social media marketing , graphics are everything. But, many entrepreneurs struggle when it comes to creating social media graphics that are effective. We're here to help!
Creative Boom
AUGUST 16, 2022
Image licensed via Adobe Stock. The excesses of the UK's recent heat wave may have peaked, but there's still plenty of life left in the summer, both at home and abroad. And so, whether you're relaxing on a beach, sitting in the garden, or killing time on planes, trains and automobiles, there's nothing better than burying yourself in a good book. But if you're staring at the bestseller lists and feeling underwhelmed, we're here to help.
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Inkbot Design
AUGUST 18, 2022
The 5 Steps To Creating an eCommerce Store. Whether you're a web designer or not, creating an eCommerce store has never been easier. Many small businesses have found that the benefits of running an eCommerce site are too great to ignore. As eCommerce becomes more common, the benefits and ease of selling online become better understood. You'll often find a strong interest in opening an eCommerce site when many of your friends are successful in this endeavour.
Creative Boom
AUGUST 16, 2022
Image licensed via Adobe Stock. Play your cards right, and your worst client relationships can eventually become your best. These tips from the Creative Boom community will help you on your way. We've all had clients that have made our lives a misery. And sometimes, the best thing to do is just to cut them loose. But in uncertain economic times, it's best to avoid the nuclear option if possible.
Inkbot Design
AUGUST 17, 2022
Top 6 Graphic Design Elements Crucial to Your Website’s SEO. The internet is overflowing with SEO tips. If you are a business owner, you have probably scoured the web, looking for easy-to-implement strategies to increase your rankings. However, you might not know that your website’s graphic design elements impact your search engine rankings!
Graphic Design Junction
AUGUST 18, 2022
Fonts are the backbone of a poster and a good poster effect depends on it. Remember that the font you choose should be legible, regardless of size, and should complement the theme or title of the poster. A good font can be an iconic element of your branding and can tie your poster together. However, finding the right font requires experimentation. Here you can find the 50 best fonts for posters.
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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
AUGUST 18, 2022
One of the most unique pieces of modular furniture we’ve seen yet, Piscina’s abstract Ledoux shelving system can be effortlessly rearranged over and over again. (We first talked abut it back in our Best of ICFF 2022 post.) The “spine” of the shelving is a boxy column with grooves – inspired by French Neoclassical architect Claud Nicolas Ledoux – that holds the shelves in place.
Creative Boom
AUGUST 17, 2022
Barcelona-based brand and graphic designer Jose Manuel Vega has turned the wit and wisdom of Kanye West's tweets into a series of bold, black and white typographic posters. And through a clever mix of design and lettering, these posters channel the bombastic spirit of their inspiration. Ah, Twitter. The popular social media site can be a useful resource for self-promotion as much as a phenomenal time drain.
Creative Bloq
AUGUST 19, 2022
From typography to colours, these are the rules for creating effective UI.
We And The Color
AUGUST 18, 2022
Check out the natural visual identity of BAZ & CO, a skincare brand created by a farmer. The creative people of London-based graphic design studio Otherway partnered with the founder of BAZ & CO to position, brand, and launch a completely new approach to skincare. The brand name comes from the hero ingredient, basil—the king of herbs. Grown in innovative vertical farms, using 95% less land and 95% less water than traditional farming.
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Design Milk
AUGUST 16, 2022
There are lots of design books on the market that are great for serving up inspiration for creating beautiful, modern spaces in your own home but sometimes, they’re not very realistic, attainable, or even relatable. Finding the perfect antique dresser or just the right shade of white paint can be important but style and aesthetics alone won’t bring happiness into your home.
Creative Boom
AUGUST 18, 2022
A hit at Canada's recent Mural Festival, we profile Hanna Barczyk, whose talents seem to know no bounds. Everyone loves a nice mural. And we particularly love this one Hanna Barczyk created for clothing company Frank And Oak during the recent 11-day Mural Festival in Montréal, Canada. In Harmony captures the essence of better living while portraying the mindfulness that results from a sustainable lifestyle.
Creative Bloq
AUGUST 19, 2022
Why don’t ours look like this?
SpeckyBoy
AUGUST 14, 2022
Web designers are increasingly adding multiple contrast modes to their projects. This provides users with the ability to view a website in their preferred color scheme. In practice, this tends to result in the offering of both dark and light modes. But it’s not just for cosmetic purposes. Contrast plays a huge role in accessibility. For instance, some users with visual impairment will find a dark color scheme easier to read.
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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.
Design Milk
AUGUST 16, 2022
Design collaborative BCXSY never disappoints with their design philosophy that invites people in through emotion and human experience. Today we’re sharing two furniture projects they’ve completed in 2022: Reframe and Pipelines. Both rely on elements that might be considered mundane and give them a fresh spin. For Reframe, commissioned by DESIGNEW and designed in collaboration with MAGISTER.UT , BCXSY approached known, familiar forms as something fresh and timeless.
Creative Boom
AUGUST 16, 2022
Emma Eriksson. Books always play a part in influencing our career paths. It's why we often ask our creative community about their top five titles, as it reveals so much of their personal experiences and approach. This time, we hear from Emma Eriksson, head of creative at Forsman & Bodenfors in New York. After heading creative at her own firm for more than a decade, teaching classes in advertising and art directing at Miami Ad School, working for ad giants like TBWA, and producing award-winni
Inkbot Design
AUGUST 19, 2022
10 Beautiful Font Combinations For All Your Design Needs. Font combinations are as fun to look at as they are to use. You can create an endless supply of stunning design combinations with a few different fonts. I’m a huge font fan—the more beautiful and well-designed, the better. But what happens when you get a project with two or three fonts that need to be used?
SpeckyBoy
AUGUST 16, 2022
It wasn’t so long ago that meetings were primarily held in person. Much to the chagrin of many web designers (myself included), remote get-togethers weren’t widely embraced by clients. What a difference a few years makes. Meetings were slowly trending towards remote platforms. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Suddenly, Zoom and similar providers became the preferable option.
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.
Design Milk
AUGUST 18, 2022
Celebrating her eponymous studio’s 10th anniversary, designer Kristina Dam collaborates with Danish paper artist Amanda Betz and Danish manufacturer ELVO (known for their cardboard boxes) on the Edo Side Table , a piece of furniture that’s durable and steady despite being made of just cardboard, fabric, and a few pins. Dam, who studied at The Royal Danish School of Fine Arts, Architecture, and Design in Copenhagen, was taught that if a product is durable as a paper prototype, then it will be dur
Creative Boom
AUGUST 16, 2022
© Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze, Bather in Lei Yue Mun, Hong Kong 2020, Courtesy of Blue Lotus Gallery. A new exhibition and book provide an intriguing perspective on Hong Kong's life, community and culture. There's something quite humbling about the power and permanence of a mountain. As the Tang dynasty poet Li Bai once wrote: 'We sit together, the mountain and me, until only the mountain remains'.
BP&O
AUGUST 18, 2022
Panettone has origins as far back as ancient Rome, but its connection to Christmas was first established in the eighteenth century. This sweet bread – originally from Milan – has earned its place across the globe as a staple of the festive season. However, earlier this summer, Barcelona-based twins Chiara and Francesca Pavolucci opened a bakery to bring panettone to.
Canny
AUGUST 18, 2022
If you’re looking to broaden your skills, keep on top of trends, gain fresh perspectives, or just communicate with other like-minded people , then you’re missing a trick if you aren’t a member of the marketing communities mentioned in this post. You’re almost spoilt for choice given how many marketing communities there are out there, which can make finding the right one’s for you somewhat difficult – especially if you’re new to the ever-expanding world of online communities.
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
AUGUST 17, 2022
When you live in a small apartment or condo, every square foot has a use. URBN Balcony is a modular outdoor system that can help you add function and purpose to a balcony or terrace space, should you have one. Designed by Unopiù in collaboration with Meneghello Paolelli Associati , the modular structure is made from resistant iroku wood that performs wonderfully outdoors.
Creative Boom
AUGUST 15, 2022
Designer Kira Koroknai explains how she devised packaging designs for a limited-edition wine label. And they're pretty special, reflecting the unique balance of the drink. Kira Koroknai is a Budapest-based freelance designer, with a focus on branding, packaging and editorial design. Her latest packaging project is a special-edition wine label made for Glug Wine Club Scotland.
We And The Color
AUGUST 19, 2022
Anastasia Dunaeva created a sophisticated visual identity for Millz Karta, a fashion brand that produces leather goods and timeless garments. For the rebranding of the company, Anastasia Dunaeva and her team wanted to create a unique positioning behind the brand. To do so, they decided that Millz Karta needed to go away from the universal strict language of their garment presentation towards the feeling of essential comfort and a sophisticated look in combination with the spirit of freedom.
SpeckyBoy
AUGUST 19, 2022
System.css – This design system pays homage to the classic macOS UI. Designing for Long-Form Articles – Tips for building a relaxed and comfortable reading experience. These ‘CSS crimes’ turn social media posts into games – Exploring the cohost social network, which allows CSS to be injected into posts. How to Deal With Overly Opinionated Design Clients – Learn to nip design-by-committee in the bud.
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