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Building a Global Community of Typographic Practice

Typographica

In 1928, Vincent Steer, the self-described “advertising typographer” behind the book Printing Design and Layout (1934), established the International Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD) in the UK. Steer’s aim was “to bring together in friendship and mutual help, all those with a love of the printed word”. From these guild-like beginnings, the ISTD has evolved to wield a growing international influence, gaining recognition (as its tagline notes) for “setting and promoting typographic standard

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London Film & Comic Con 2017

Emmeline Illustration

London Film & Comic Con! I'M HERE! Table 19 in the comic guest zone. I'll be doing commissions and live portraits all day, and signing at 2pm today! Come and say hello! I'm literally here all weekend ?????? #LFCC2017 A post shared by Emmeline Pidgen (@emmelinedraws) on Jul 28, 2017 at 3:23am PDT With only a few weeks to go until Thought Bubble Comic Festival , I thought it was high time I give you a round-up of London Film and Comic Con !

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STAYING EASY IN YOUR HARNESS

Illustration Art

The poet Robert Frost understood that freedom is not the absence of constraints. "You have freedom," he said, "when you're easy in your harness." The illustrator Mort Kunstler used to work for men's adventure magazines such as Stag or For Men Only. Illustration for the Men magazine article, "Get to Comrade Zoltan with Girls." (1959). The article says that when all other interrogation tactics failed, "There was no choice but to summon the 'passion troops.

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Forest Bath

Ambalaj

We live in an age of interruption. People keep their phone near them almost all the time during day and night. Even though the connected world is offering both convenience and social interactions, consumers increasingly seek meaningful and simpler experiences offline. People are looking for personal enrichment beyond the worlds of work, social media, and city life – some are escaping to the nature, some are going to yoga, others leave their phone at home when going to the restaurant with their f

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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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Why I Switched To Sketch For UI Design (And Never Looked Back)

Smashing Magazine Graphics

Why I Switched To Sketch For UI Design (And Never Looked Back). Why I Switched To Sketch For UI Design (And Never Looked Back). Ashish Bogawat. 2017-09-14T18:57:44+00:00. 2019-10-16T18:36:56+00:00. As the craft has evolved, so has its toolset; and from one app to rule them all — looking at you, Photoshop! — we have gotten to a point where it seems like a new contender among UI design tools crops up every month.

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