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The best new typefaces for June from leading foundries and designers

Creative Boom

FT Scenik Unleash your creativity with June's innovative fonts, from versatile workhorses to bold experimentations and cultural inspirations. Feeling like trying something new? Us too. It's the kind of spirit that often takes over when summer hits, the weather improves, everyone gets outside, and you start to think: let's shake things up a little. And one of the best ways to do that as a designer is to start experimenting with new typefaces.

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Fuel Your Creativity: Fresh and Free Graphic Design Resources

Graphic Design Junction

Every designer, seasoned or just starting out, faces the challenge of keeping their creative wellspring flowing. Inspiration can come from anywhere, but sometimes you need a spark to ignite a new idea. Here’s where free graphic design resources come in – a treasure trove of tools to fuel your creativity and elevate your projects. Buckle up, because we’re diving into a world of fresh, free PSD files, mockups, icons, and templates to jumpstart your design journey.

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Artist in Residence: Inside the world of illustrator Greg Manchess

Creative Bloq

The artist opens up his Long Island studio space packed full of inspirational goodies.

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Enter the Salon: A Global Gathering in the Heart Copenhagen

Design Milk

While a number of design weeks are struggling to find their footing, 3daysofdesign in Copenhagen has distinguished itself as one of the most important and exciting events of the design calendar. With expectations higher than ever, Enter the Salon , curated by designer Signe Hytte , is one such example of why design professionals and enthusiasts alike flock to the harbor city in June.

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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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What successful creatives wish they'd known when they were fresh-faced graduates

Creative Boom

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Navigating the transition from student to professional can be daunting, but these lessons from creative pros will help you achieve success. The journey from the structured confines of an academic setting to the dynamic and ever-evolving professional world can be exhilarating. But it can also feel like a sharp, handbrake turn, and thus, it can be pretty unsettling at the time.

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Minimalist Web Design Principles for Student Portfolios: Less Is More

Graphic Design Junction

In the world of web design, the minimalist approach adheres to the axiom “less is more.” This philosophy can be particularly effective for student portfolios, where the focus should be on showcasing your skills and achievements without unnecessary distractions. Minimalist design not only boosts your portfolio’s usability but also ensures that your creations take the spotlight.

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Chelsea Residence Pays Homage to Manhattan’s Lost Artists’ Lofts

Design Milk

As glass and steel continue to pierce the sky, a growing number of homeowners are trading tower residences for older buildings modest in story – homes akin to the artists’ lofts that made New York City a cultural epicenter during the second half of the 20th century. One such case study is this post-industrial-style apartment, situated in a 1920s prewar co-op building in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, by full-service interior design firm McGovern Project.

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&Walsh draws on TikTok trends to give cottage cheese a youthful makeover

Creative Boom

The New York agency draws inspiration from viral videos to showcase the culinary versatility of cottage cheese brand Good Culture. Do you ever eat cottage cheese? Many people don't, and some have never even tried it. This soft, crumbly cheese is unusual because it's made by curdling milk, typically skimmed milk, giving it a mild flavour and creamy texture.

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“Bird in Hand” by Photographer Finn O’Hara

Booooooom

A series documenting the bird banding at the Long Point Bird Observatory by UK-born, Toronto-based photographer Finn O'Hara.

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I’m in love with this adorable tomato packaging

Creative Bloq

Fun design is officially back,

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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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F5: Pernille Lind Talks About a Local Museum, Sculptural Jewelry + More

Design Milk

In only a few short years, Danish-Thai designer Pernille Lind has established a unique presence within London’s design scene. It was 2018 when she began Pernille Lind Studio , diving into the world of products to create a range of solid wood furniture, marble, and brass furnishings, as well as Greek marble tiles inspired by the Art Deco architecture of Chicago and a period townhouse in Copenhagen.

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National Football Museum’s new identity champions English football heritage

Creative Boom

The museum's new logo references the shape of the building and also resembles a goal and football. Ahead of the 2024 Euros, creative agency Poke Marketing has rebranded Manchester's National Football Museum to emphasise the importance of football in English culture. The rebrand comes at a time of transformation for the museum, which will look very different by 2030, so it needed an identity reflective of this new direction.

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5 Must-See Summer Pavilions Around the World in 2024

Azure Magazine

The summer pavilion is one of the most effective ways of communicating the inspiring possibilities of architecture to the general public. Whether they are designed primarily as gathering spaces or as follies that invite individual reflection, these types of installations present new ideas for shaping space in often novel materials and with nascent technologies.

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Netflix's joke Under Paris poster designs are better than the real thing

Creative Bloq

The streaming channel gets its jaws into some alternative titles.

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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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Signature Kitchen Suite’s Gourmet AI™ Camera Is Smart Enough to Answer, “What’s for Dinner?”

Design Milk

If you ask one hundred people who profess to love to cook, “Why?” you could easily get back one hundred different answers. For someone like my wife, cooking is an antidote for the stress, fatigue, and distractions that build up during the daily grind. While she’s focused on cutting, chopping, measuring, seasoning, and myriads of other tasks related to preparing a meal, she finds a place of quiet purpose in every tactile task and, in turn, feels both a sense of calm and reinvigoration at once.

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Drug therapy animation tells an heartwarming story of hope and motherly love

Creative Boom

Crafted by animation studio ROOF, this inspiring 3D spot captures a mother-son bond, a journey of vision loss, and a new dawn promised by the new drug therapy Vabysmo. Wet AMD (age-related macular degeneration) is the leading cause of vision loss among older adults in the United States. It won't make you go completely blind, but you will likely lose sight in the centre of your vision.

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Can you ever really own an aesthetic? Creatives discuss what happens when your style becomes a trend

Its Nice That

We constantly tell young designers and illustrators to develop their own unique style. But what happens when that style becomes widely adopted and even copied? Our US editor-at-large considers the impact on both individual creatives and the industry as a whole.

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McDonald's AI Drive-Thru debacle is a warning to us all

Creative Bloq

Did it not test this?

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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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A Parking Lot Becomes a Colorful School for Early Childhood Education

Design Milk

In Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil, Estúdio Protobox has converted an underused parking garage into the Children’s Studio at Colégio Salesiano (part of the Salesiano Jardim Camburi School), a dynamic, flexible space dedicated to early childhood education, embodying principles from the Montessori method and the guidelines of the National Common Core Curriculum (BNCC).

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Dinamo unveils a new custom typeface for Spotify

Creative Boom

The German type studio has teamed up with the streaming giant to create Spotify Mix, a groundbreaking custom typeface representing the diversity of its audio content. Acclaimed Berlin-based type foundry Dinamo are well known to us at Creative Boom: we recently shared their work on a new dot font based on furniture screws and regularly feature them on our best new typefaces roundups.

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Yi Hua Lin’s graphic posters are inspired by the seas and mountains of Taiwan

Its Nice That

The Taipei-based designer takes from the sounds of indigenous Taiwanese music and views from the natural world to construct her playgrounds of shape and colour.

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Everyone's saying the same thing about the new Marvel Comics logo

Creative Bloq

Is 'brand synergy really more important than fun?

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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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Yinka Ilori Gains Momentum With Commercial Textiles + Wallcoverings

Design Milk

Is there anything Yinka Ilori can’t do? We think not. The British-Nigerian multidisciplinary artist and designer is diving into the world of commercial textiles and wallcoverings with his first collection in this area of design, created in collaboration with Momentum Textiles & Wallcoverings. Celebrating his dual heritage and championing the themes of community and the power of affirmation, the Yinka Ilori x Momentum collection is set to infuse spaces with positivity and joy.

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McCann's Wimbledon 2024 trailer freezes classic moments in time

Creative Boom

This epic spot blends legends, rising stars and iconic moments from Centre Court to excite us all about a thrilling summer of tennis action. Wimbledon is coming: the world-famous tennis tournament takes place on 1-14 July. And advertising agency McCann London has already unveiled an evocative new trailer for their client, The All England Lawn Tennis Club, hyping the championships.

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Why An Effective Contact Page Is A Gateway To Customers

Inkbot Design

Why An Effective Contact Page Is A Gateway To Customers In the current state of digital affairs, a website’s contact page is not just a nicety but an absolute must-have. It is one of the most vital points of contact with potential clients or customers, and it can either make or break the relationship between them. A strategically designed contact page links you as a business and your target audience by enhancing communication and building trust.

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KFC's surreal new ad is Thriller for the AI era

Creative Bloq

This is side-splittin' good.

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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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House Caroline: A Contemporary A-Frame Addition in Toronto

Design Milk

Nestled in the Leslieville neighborhood of Toronto, Canada, House Caroline (great name!) is a modern A-framed addition to a Victorian home from the 1850s. The project, designed by Reign Architects , marries historical charm with modern functionality. Once a partitioned and dimly lit residence, it now serves as an open, light-filled, and welcoming haven for a young family.

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Vocation Brewery reaffirms its roots with new identity and packaging

Creative Boom

London-based studio Turner Duckworth designed dimensions for the brewery's identity, commissioning illustrator Brian Steely to showcase the personality of each brew through illustrations. Turner Duckworth is behind Vocation Brewery's new visual identity and packaging system, which sees its much-loved "eye" emblem reinstated more consistently across the brand.

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Paolo Merlini Unveils a Compact Mid-Rise in Central Porto

Azure Magazine

For design enthusiasts, the Rotunda de Boavista is a landmark destination. Fronting the circular park, the asymmetrical polyhedron form of the Rem Koolhaas-designed Casa de Música announces one of the most distinctive buildings of the early 21st century, described by New York Times architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff in 2005 as the project to cement the OMA founder’s status as “one of the world’s great designers as well as the profession’s mightiest thinker.” And

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Viral conspiracy theory 'map' is the worst infographic I've ever seen

Creative Bloq

No wonder conspiracy theorists love it.

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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.