Designer Daily

MAY 3, 2023

Image Source: Pixabay Whether you’re new to designing, or have years of experience under your belt, everyone can benefit from sharpening up their skill set. It doesn’t take a lot of time or money to learn some new tricks; mastering a few simple tips can offer big rewards for your creativity and work quality. In this post, we’ll be sharing ways that will help you become an expert in the field by taking full advantage of all the opportunities available today. 1.

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Designer Daily

MAY 3, 2023

In such a competitive market, window graphics can quickly and affordably make your company stand out. If you have not renewed your business’ exterior appearance for a while, this may be the sign to do so. Pun intended. Keep on reading if it sounds interesting, as it may boost your business more than one would imagine. What are the Benefits of Window Graphics?

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SpeckyBoy

MAY 4, 2023

Launching a website for a client doesn’t mean the end of the road. You may continue to work together for years to come. Things like maintenance, repairs, and maybe even a lucrative redesign could all be in the cards. To get to that point, you’ll need to build a strong relationship. There are no guarantees. But it’s still the best way to ensure that a client will keep coming back.

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Inkbot Design

MAY 2, 2023

Guerrilla Advertising: How to Make Your Brand Stand Out Guerrilla advertising (or guerrilla marketing) is a term that describes the process of utilising unconventional and sometimes illegal tactics to generate free publicity for a brand, product, or service. Guerilla marketing can also be a strategy used to increase the awareness of your product or services and can help with your marketing efforts.

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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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Inkbot Design

MAY 1, 2023

The Importance of Having a Mobile-Friendly Website In an era where smartphone usage continues to surge, businesses must recognise the importance of catering to this rapidly growing demographic. With most internet users now accessing the web through their mobile devices, the demand for seamless and effortless navigation on smaller screens has become paramount.

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Vandelay Design

MAY 2, 2023

Use these examples of electrician websites as inspiration when creating your own site, or one for a client. See what you like and what you don't. The post 23 Electrician Websites for Design Inspiration appeared first on Vandelay Design.

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Creative Bloq

MAY 4, 2023

Kids' drawings brought to life by pro artists.

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UX Collective

MAY 4, 2023

Design and Innovation focus 80% of efforts on enabling the ‘Story of the Individual’ —  who is a smaller Whole. Regeneration invites us to shift that 80% to enabling a bigger Whole  — the ‘Story of Place’. Illustration of how people can co-evolve with nature. I’m taking the Regenerative Development and Design course by Regenesis at [link] and thought I could share some key learnings before I get overwhelmed.

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Creative Boom

MAY 4, 2023

Although many people like meat, they'll likely hate how it's sourced. They want better choices that are more ethical and sustainable for their health and the planet. Cue Fork & Good – a company that is pioneering the way meat is cultivated at scale and one that has enjoyed a rebrand courtesy of Mother Design. Despite a competitive market and longstanding place in the sustainable food conversation, cultivated meat is still waiting to take off.

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I Love Typography

MAY 4, 2023

Read the book, Typographic Firsts For a limited time, you can get 50% off a selection of quality fonts, including some of our most popular designs. Whether you’re a graphic designer, marketer, or simply someone who loves typography, this is an opportunity you won’t want to miss. Our carefully curated library of fonts is designed to help you create stunning […] The post 50 % off Fonts appeared first on I Love Typography.

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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.

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Just Creative

MAY 1, 2023

A mood board is a place where you can showcase your ideas and vision you have toward a subject matter. It is a visual representation of text messages or sample objects. An individual or team may use a mood board to put it across visually when words fail to describe a mood. They help to get your design ideas to get correlated with your visions. They will help you to explain your concepts to your clients or coworkers.

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BP&O

MAY 4, 2023

London-based creative agency Among Equals recently worked with ‘below-the-waist wellness company’ Wype on its brand identity and art direction, aiming to help the company build a new brand that would set it up for its next phase of growth. Wype is a gel that was designed to ‘turn any toilet paper into an eco-friendly wet wipe, all at the squeeze The post Wype by Among Equals appeared first on BP&O - Branding, Packaging and Opinion.

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Creative Boom

MAY 4, 2023

Sarah Graham in her studio With colourful, kitsch and photorealism paintings of nostalgic sweets, toys and iconic branding from her youth resulting in a hugely successful career, it's hard to believe Sarah Graham is a survivor of bipolar disorder, two suicide attempts and severe mental health difficulties. She considers art to have saved her life and is launching her biggest solo show next month to help others.

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I Love Typography

APRIL 30, 2023

Read the book, Typographic Firsts Typography is an essential element in any design, and choosing the right typeface makes all the difference. That’s where Mackay comes in — a powerful transitional serif designed for both screen and print. Mackay is available in six weights, ranging from a fragile thin to a blustering black, with matching italics for each weight.

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Booooooom

MAY 5, 2023

Toshio Shibata Legendary photographer Toshio Shibata’s first monograph with Deadbeat Club is a true collaboration between artist and publisher. “I feel like this is a new interpretation of how I moved my subject from the night to the day,” he says of the book. “It even feels like some kind of destiny.” It’s a welcome fate for Shibata’s numerous admirers and collectors, as these 70 black-and-white photographs were made between 1980 and 1988 and have remained unpublished and unseen for some 35 yea

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UX Collective

MAY 4, 2023

Learn one of the ways in which AI has elevated my design work. By now, it’s no secret that AI will considerably impact the future of branding and design—making us question how we can continue to provide irreplaceable value as designers. Some creatives like Alif Ibrahim of It’s Nice That have suggested it be used to automate mundane and repetitive tasks like resizing, exporting, or mindless pixel pushing.

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Creative Boom

MAY 1, 2023

Branding agency How&How has created a new identity for the 'street side bar' brand YumBun, rooted in 'progressive optimism'. The studio started working with YumBun founder and CEO Lisa Meyer on the project in November last year. How&How co-founder and Creative Director Cat How designed the original Yum Bun logo when the brand launched 15 years ago.

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HONGKIAT

MAY 4, 2023

As a web designer, you understand that creativity can strike at any time. But sometimes, it can be challenging to think of new and innovative ideas for your designs. That’s where these Midjourney prompts come in. Created by various creative Midjourney users, these prompts are like a guide to help you kickstart your next design project. In this post, we’ve compiled some of the most useful Midjourney prompts for designers to use as a reference.

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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.

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Inkbot Design

MAY 4, 2023

15+ Best Art Deco Fonts for a Classic Look Art Deco is a design style that emerged in the early 20th century and quickly became one of the most iconic and influential movements of the time. With its sleek lines, bold geometric shapes, and lavish ornamentation, Art Deco celebrated luxury, modernity, and glamour. Art Deco is often used in graphic design , fashion, architecture, and more.

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Moo

MAY 2, 2023

We all know that Business Cards are a great way to network and make new connections. But did you know that there are many other ways to use that trusty little rectangle to benefit your business? From loyalty cards to hang tags to mini collectible art, here are a few ways to use our Business Cards differently. Loyalty cards A free coffee. 10% off. Perhaps even some freebies.

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Creative Boom

MAY 2, 2023

Precarious Pangolins – Carnival (Detail) © Sam Wilde In the four years since graduating from the Royal College of Art in London, Sam Wilde has won numerous prestigious awards for his intricate fine art patterns and enjoyed collaborations with brands such as Apple, John Lewis, Liberty and the Turner Contemporary. We chatted with Sam to find out more.

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HONGKIAT

MAY 2, 2023

If you want to add some grit and texture to your digital artwork, grunge-style brushes in Photoshop can be a great tool. With various options available, these brushes can help you achieve an edgy and distressed look that’s perfect for vintage or rugged designs In this blog post, we’ve gathered a list of 18 free grunge-style Photoshop brushes that you can download and use to enhance your creative projects.

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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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Inkbot Design

MAY 5, 2023

Top 10 Graphic Design Courses for Students Hey there, budding design enthusiasts! Welcome to our latest article, “Top 10 Graphic Design Courses for Students.” We know you're eager to dive into graphic design, and we're here to give you a leg up on your creative journey. With the digital age in full swing, the demand for skilled graphic designers has skyrocketed.

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Design Milk

MAY 1, 2023

The latest of several collaborations between textile design company nanimarquina and French designer Ronan Bouroullec , Doblecara is a rug series that combines the hands-on craftsmanship of ancient kilim techniques with the modernity of Bouroullec’s designs. The collection is inspired by the spirit of geometry, characterized by linear and interment strokes that end in a blurred point.

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Creative Boom

MAY 3, 2023

Daniel Sulzberg Comic books, cartoons, and an idyllic childhood growing up in quiet Californian suburbia in the 1980s form the basis of Daniel Sulzberg 's delightful zany work. The Santa Barbara-based illustrator has enjoyed plenty of success thus far, boasting clients such as Red Bull, Major League Soccer, and The Washington Post. We chat with Dan to find out more.

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Creative Nerds

APRIL 30, 2023

In this monthly roundup, we take a look back at the most valuable design tutorials and web articles published throughout the month of April. As the spring season kicked off, we saw some amazing tutorials for Photoshop and Illustrator that we think you’ll love. From learning how to create a bingo flyer to exploring different […] The post Best of the web for Design and Web Development April 2023 first appeared on Creative Nerds.

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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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Inkbot Design

MAY 4, 2023

The 15+ Best Brush Fonts for Creative Projects If you're a designer, marketer, or simply someone who enjoys creating visually appealing content, you know the importance of typography. The right font can transform your project from mediocre to stunning, and brush fonts are popular for adding a personal touch. These fonts mimic the look of hand-drawn letters, giving your designs a unique and authentic feel.

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UX Collective

MAY 1, 2023

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. “When the layoffs caught up with me, I was relieved. I had been secretly hoping I would be next because I felt stuck after having worked on the same products for 12 years (6 years on user documentation and another 6 years on UX writing). I had tried looking for other opportunities but just wasn’t very active because I still had a job.

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Creative Boom

MAY 1, 2023

1969 saw a nationwide ‘Raise the Roof‘ campaign for fair pay, which reached the House of Commons with a lobby by the United Nurses Association It's safe to say recent times haven't been kind to the NHS: privatisation, workforce shortages, wage crises and a certain government's constant blunders have left it under huge pressure. It turns out that you can clap, cheer and bang saucepans as much as you like, but that doesn't really make a massive difference.

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We And The Color

MAY 2, 2023

Learn how to choose materials, combine their textures and colors to create a unique experience in an interior space. Ana Hernández, the creative director of Masquespacio interior design studio, can help you create spaces that have their own unique personality. With interior design, you have the power to do more than just alter the physical appearance of a space.

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