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That one question: “Which font is best for use for readability?”

UX Collective

Image of typefaces up close As a Content Designer one of the most challenging questions to answer and often the one I can literally spend a day on is “Which font should I use for this project or, “Which font is best for the user?” As a content designer, who is also typography enthusiast and a web accessibility advocate, I can go back and forth with a font.

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How designers can solve the nightmare of forever-changing brand guidelines

Creative Boom

It's no secret that brand guidelines have become a major headache for graphic designers working today. With everything in constant flux, it's difficult to keep up with the increasing demands of visual identities. Corebook is on a mission to help and wants to make PDF brand guidelines extinct by 2025. We sat down with Corebook's Janis Verzemnieks and Raitis Velps to find out more.

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10 Free Platforms for Building Websites and Pages

HONGKIAT

There’s no shortage of platforms and tools for building websites in the market. There are so many in fact, that finding a decent one is not much of a problem. If “decent” isn’t good enough for you, it gets tougher. Finding a top-of-the-line product becomes a challenge. Affordability and ease of use are two important characteristics to look for; but they alone won’t get you there.

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What is Sketching and Why a Designer Needs It

Designer Daily

Sketching is a quick drawing technique. Classic sense, sketching is a preparatory stage before the creation of artistic work. Such sketches help artists think through the composition, outline the main lines and assemble the elements of the future work. Fast does not mean poor quality. Sketches are drawn at once, in one approach, and without any preliminary work.

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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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Sitko Pizza Co. by Werklig

BP&O

Pizza making is a lot like brand identity design. It has many potential configurations: it can be generic or wildly individual, but fundamentally, it’s systematic, a framework of organised elements. It is a base that holds a variety of communicative assets and techniques (the toppings, if you will). Appeal is determined by how well this is orchestrated, and how well.

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8 CSS Snippets That Demonstrate the Power of Shadow Effects

SpeckyBoy

Where would web designers be without CSS? It wasn’t so long ago that something as simple as a drop shadow required the use of graphics. Now, it’s a matter of writing a line or two of code. That’s great for adding some basic effects to your text and containers. But it’s also possible to go above and beyond. With CSS, you can create some seriously impressive shadows that rival those found in tools like Photoshop.

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Material Girl Rebrand by STONES DESIGN Lab

We And The Color

The team of STONES DESIGN Lab. created a new brand identity for Material Girl. STONES DESIGN Lab. is a Beijing, China-based graphic design studio. Their skilled team was commissioned to work on a new brand identity for Material Girl including branding materials and packaging. Below you can see a few images. Do not hesitate to visit the studio’s website or follow them on Behance.

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Salahuddin: Corporate Boards and ESG Reporting

Graphic Design USA

Rashida Salahuddin is spearheading the Corporate Citizenship Project to address the challenges and ethical issues she has seen first-hand in the field of corporate governance. She is believer that corporate America should be transparent and practice what they preach.

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Want to go freelance? These top illustrators share the big secrets to their success

Creative Boom

© Jungmin Ryu. All images courtesy of the artists. Going it alone as an illustrator is full of challenges, from creative to administrative. So the more advice you can get, the better. We asked ten successful freelance illustrators to share the benefit of their experience to date, and they all shared valuable tips and insights. Perhaps the biggest challenge of being a freelance illustrator, at least at the start, is getting enough work.

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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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Fresh Free Fonts – 22 New Fonts For Designers

Graphic Design Junction

Download modern and futurestic fresh free fonts , with commercial licence. High quality typography fonts perfect for logotype, branding, visual identity and all kind of typo artwork. This collection included sans serif fonts , script fonts , handwritten fonts and brush fonts which can make your design more professional. The following latest fonts 2022 ideal to make an creative design and perfect for any artwork.

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Artistic Photoshop Poster Template

We And The Color

You can download this unique poster template for your next design project on Adobe Stock. Created by Adobe Stock contributor @GrafVishenka , this beautifully designed poster template is based on a standard size of A3. The PSD file is completely print-ready and you can edit it in several ways. With just a few simple clicks, you can add your own text, graphics, and images to the layout.

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“Where I Was Born” by Photographer Lisa Bukreyeva

Booooooom

Lisa Bukreyeva. Born in 1993, starts photography in 2019. I’m from Kyiv, Ukraine. And I lived all my life in Kyiv. I mostly shot street and documentary photography. Important to me to establish a connection between people and the environment in which we are. And if, in the end, a photo like this reflects the time in which the author lives, and the mood, then it’s especially valuable to me.

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Humberto Cruz on defining artistic success and building a personal brand

Creative Boom

Tomorrow Creates & Sea Shepherd © Humberto Cruz. Illustrator, digital designer and creative artist Humberto Cruz has been making waves on Instagram thanks to his unique pop culture-inspired style. Having recently gone freelance thanks to a successful run on Everpress , he shares his insights on what it means to be successful and how to build a following.

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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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23 Simple and Clean Resume Design with Cover Letter Templates

Graphic Design Junction

Simple clean resume design comes with cover letter and reference pages. The best high quality resume templates really stands out, so convince at the first sight and get your dream job. Every element of each resume is 100% editable to help you creating a professional good looking Resume to leave a positive impression. All resumes are very elegant, professional and clean look also a unique design.

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Norsk Etikett Branding by Studio Oker

We And The Color

Check out this timeless new visual identity of Norsk Etikett. Located in Stavanger, Norway, Studio Oker is a design firm working with brands at the intersection of technology and culture. They have been commissioned to create a new brand identity for Norsk Etikett, a family-owned supplier of self-adhesive labels with headquarters and production in Sandnes, Norway.

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Why You Should Change Your Company Logo Design

Inkbot Design

Why You Should Change Your Company Logo Design. A logo isn't just the first thing people see when they visit your website. It can help define your brand identity—and thus, your company's future. I will show you why you should change your company logo design in today's article. You should change your logo because it will make your company look more professional, and you look better when you look more professional.

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Discover the latest creative talent at New Designers 2022, the mother of all grad shows

Creative Boom

Freedom Billboard by Hannah Davis. Looking to be inspired by the best new creative talent in the UK right now? It'd be near-impossible to attend all the individual grad shows at each college and university – but don't worry, you don't need to because New Designers is back! Founded in 1985, New Designers is the largest graduate showcase in the UK and brings together the best of the best from around the country so that you can find all the latest top talent in one place.

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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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26 Best Photography WordPress Themes 2022

Graphic Design Junction

Responsive and clean Photography WordPress themes for the Photography creative portfolio websites. Also, best for creating unique and beautiful websites for photographers, photography agencies, photo studios, bloggers, videographers, musicians, and more. All the themes are fully customizable and editable that can save your expensive time and money.

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Resume/CV Adobe InDesign Template for Web & Graphic Designers

We And The Color

This is the perfect resume/CV template for those who want to apply as a web or graphic designer. Created by Adobe Stock contributor @broluthfi , this resume/CV template comes in two standard sizes A4 and US Letter. Its design draws inspiration from certain details of programming and HTML source codes. The template is equipped with two design options.

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Hey, check out this egg-laying wool-milk-pig: said no one ever

UX Collective

How designing for customization leads to inclusion on Wikipedia. By Robin Schoenbaechler & Jazmin Tanner Over the past year, the Wikimedia Foundation Android team has focused on improving the communications experience for our Wikipedia Android app audience. Asynchronous collaboration is a core component of the Wikipedia editing experience, and the lower the entry barrier to editing, the more diverse the content will be for our 14 projects across 300 languages.

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'Less is more': Ninki on Riso-inspired colours and illustrating with a simplistic and positive outlook

Creative Boom

© Ninki. There are many reasons why a person might turn towards creativity. Not only is the act of putting pen to paper a form of therapy, but it's also an effective way of expressing oneself and a means of putting your personal view out into the world. For Ninki (also known as Qi Ren), it's all of these reasons combined – and then some. Born in China, Ninki began to draw from a young age and has been practising the medium of illustration ever since.

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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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25 Best Business Proposal Brochures Design

Graphic Design Junction

Modern business proposal brochures with elegant design. The Proposal brochure templates use for multi-purpose like project proposal, corporate proposal, business proposal and more. Creative business proposals are available in A4 and US letter, well organized layers and structured pages using document grid and baseline grid for perfect positioning of elements.

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Download Vintage Travel Illustrations as Fully Editable Vector Graphics

We And The Color

Vintage-inspired vector travel illustrations of dreamy places. Adobe Stock contributor @Alaver has created a huge range of lovely vintage-inspired travel illustrations. They are all available for download as fully editable vector graphics. The collection includes dreamy places such as popular travel destinations. Thanks to the use of fully editable vector graphics, the artworks can be customized in every possible way.

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Jaeyou Chung’s rebrand for Beijing’s X Museum features a type inspired by twisted dimensions and chair legs

Its Nice That

Being introduced to typography and design greats Paula Scher and Herb Lubalin at age ten by his father, New York-based Jaeyou Chung was destined to be a designer.

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How to get a diversity scholarship to study graphic design at Shillington

Creative Boom

Shillington is known throughout the design industry as a flexible and reliable route into the profession. So it's great news that it has just announced two Diversity in Design scholarships for 2022, available to two lucky aspiring designers. Shillington's intensive courses – spread across three months full-time or nine months part-time – are equally popular with school leavers, university graduates looking to build on their degree, and working professionals looking to switch careers.

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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.