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Designing For People With Accessibility Needs

HONGKIAT

The people who use the web are not a homogeneous mass but rather a huge group with incredibly high diversity. Many of them are not native English, or highly educated city dwellers with excellent health conditions. When we design for the public we need to pay attention to this fact; otherwise, we miss out on many potential users, as well as a great possibility to boost the search engine rankings of a site.

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The best graphic design software

Creative Bloq

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Video Tutorial: How to Design a Holographic Sticker Using Photoshop & Illustrator

Spoon Graphics

In today’s tutorial I’m going to take you through the process of designing a sticker using Photoshop & Illustrator, but more specifically, I’ll show you how to set up your print artwork file to create cool sticker effects with a colourful holographic finish. By cleverly setting up the print file to allow the holographic effect to show through in key areas of the image, you can create some totally awesome sticker designs!

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50 Professional Corporate Branding / Stationery Templates Design

Graphic Design Junction

Creative corporate identity branding stationery templates clean and professional design. All stationery items follows same branding which will make your company as a brand and definitely it will make an identity of your business. These stationary templates you can use for any personal or corporate purpose. These Branding Stationery Packs included Business Card Layout, Letterhead Design (A4 & US Letter) , Invoice Design, Envelope Design (Front & Back Sides), Presentation Folder Layouts

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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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Synchronized Swimming Aerial Photography by Brad Walls

We And The Color

The beauty of synchronized swimming shot from above by award-winning aerial photographer Brad Walls. Just in time for the Tokyo 2021 Summer Olympic Games, award-winning fine art aerial photographer Brad Walls , aka Bradscanvas, released a new photo series titled “Water Geomaids”. His recent series invites us to experience yet another intimate and unique perspective of synchronized swimming.

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37 of the Best Free Modern Fonts to Add to Your Toolbox

Shillington

We all know that sometimes finding the perfect typography for a design project can be like finding a needle in a haystack—especially when a client has given a vague notion of what they want. You know the classic “oh yeah, we want a modern font on there” We at Shillington didn’t want you to lose any sleep over the choice, so we’ve put together a list of the best modern typefaces that you can use to give any project that perfect contemporary twist.

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15 Fresh Free Fonts for Designers

Graphic Design Junction

The latest collection fresh free fonts for designers. Highest quality commercial-use fonts available in truetype and opentype format. These fonts are applicable for any type of print, business cards, flyer design and so on. These new fonts are perfect addition to your design arsenal. All free fonts are good for quotes typography, newspapers and posters designing.

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Download The Best Minimalist Boho-Style Vector Illustrations

We And The Color

Check out these beautifully Boho vector illustrations that are based on various influences from the hippies and the bohemians. Do you want to create some super-stylish wall art, posters, artistic websites, or maybe some trending fashion styles? If so, this amazing collection of minimalist Boho-inspired vector illustrations includes plenty of high-quality graphics you might want to incorporate into your own work.

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Key differences between designing for China and the West

UX Collective

What comes first to your mind when you think of China? The food? The population? The rising market? Although the first two things are quite interesting, the last one is probably the most compelling of all, especially from a business perspective. The potential of the Chinese market is rising and attracting everyone’s attention. In this article, you will learn about the differences in UX design between China and the West (and possible explanations).

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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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Illustrator Younsik Woo on sticking to a strict colour palette

Creative Review

Korean illustrator Younsik Woo’s passion for storytelling led her to specialising in animation at university, while also working on cartoons on the side. “I didn’t put too much in illustration at first. But there was a time when I couldn’t move forward with a story I was supposed to publish,” she tells CR. “I drew illustrations to relieve stress.

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25 New Corporate Catalog & Brochure Design Templates

Graphic Design Junction

Creative and modern Brochure Templates ready to use for corporate, fashion agency catalog, graphic designer, annual reports or personal portfolio. These brochure design catalog templates can save your time and money in creating a professional corporate informant. All brochure templates are fully editable, easy to change photos, print ready (CMYK/3mm Bleeds/300 dpi).

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Packaging by Midnight Design for CHUTANG

We And The Color

The team of studio Midnight Design developed the packaging for the flavored syrups of CHUTANG. CHUTANG offers delicately flavored syrups. They combine the unique flavor of spices from Chinese herbal medicine with everyday condiments in the form of ‘herbs’ The creative team of studio Midnight Design was asked to work on a suitable packaging range based on three main visuals: ‘Impact’, ‘Ripple’, and ‘Sunset’ Furthermore, the design concept is divided

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Microcopy: an essential guide to becoming a more literate designer

UX Collective

Illustration by David Hall Designers should not be mere decorators, but have an understanding of language and microcopy, a crucial design skill, now more than ever. Look at these two images: Onboarding screen A and B The obvious difference between these two onboarding visuals is that option A is devoid of words and is absolutely useless. No direction, no guidance, or calls to action, nada.

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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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Top 10: Typography Design

Mindsparkle Mag

Our Top 10: Typography Design collection is a highlight the best of typography projects we have featured on Mindsparkle Mag up to date plus a collection of brand new projects we are adding for the first time. We have carefully curated a list of truly outstanding typography design works that will hopefully inspire your next project. We hope you will enjoy our collection of typefaces we love and shared over the past years.

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Meet Darsh Seneviratne, Shillington Graduate and Designer at Canva

Shillington

Growing up, Shillington Sydney graduate Darsh Seneviratne always had a creative flair. With a background in photography, he was working in sales for a camera company and decided it was no better time to leap headfirst into the design industry by taking the full-time course at Shillington. He applied for the Shillington half-scholarship in 2019, and won!

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Get Colorful Vector Graphics of Papercut Illustrations

We And The Color

Consisting of countless individual sets, all of these amazing graphic papercut illustrations are available as fully editable vector graphics. All of the following templates were created by Adobe Stock contributor @Cgterminal. Designed in the popular flat papercut style, the collection consists of a wide range of individual sets that are themed around different topics.

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Free 80s Graphics to Revive the Good Old Days

Template Monster

Surf’s up in 2021 or a Big Retro Wave in Web Design. Free 80s Fonts. 1980s Style Flyers and Posters. 1980s Style Patterns and Backgrounds. 80s Graphic Elements. Gone are those days when dance floors were full of young people with funky hairstyles, heavy makeup, and neon nails. Being a kid of the 90s, I’ve never had a chance to experience what the 80s charm was all about.

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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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Good Reads: Insomniarghh is a dream-inducing zine for irregular sleepers

Creative Review

Struggling to get to sleep is never fun, but the anxiety surrounding our new normal has only made it harder to get a good night’s rest over the past year. Last August, a study from the University of Southampton showed that the number of people experiencing insomnia rose from one in six to one in four during the pandemic, with experts dubbing the phenomenon ‘coronasomnia’ Insomnia is something that London-based copywriter Kitty Sutherland has a lot of personal experience with.

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Shillington Winners of the 2021 Indigo Awards

Shillington

The Indigo Design Awards started with the goal of promoting creativity and discovering projects from around the world that are unique and inspired in graphic design, digital, mobile and game design. This year, 16 Shillington graduates and 6 teachers got awards for their projects! Read on to find out about the winning projects from Eva Van der Borght , Marielle Rousseau , Sophie Protheroe , Shannel Lee , Tamzin Cheyne , Vanessa Castiglione , Katherine Paterson , Steph Clarke , Ankana Chrisanti ,

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Circular Vector Charts for Web Elements & Infographics

We And The Color

Check out this amazing collection of well-designed circular vector charts that can be used to create eye-catching web elements and infographics. Designed by Adobe Stock contributor @rikkyal , this amazing collection includes a wide range of circular vector charts that can be used as templates for diverse web elements and infographics. These vector graphics are fully editable.

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How to Create Seamless Patterns in Adobe Illustrator

Template Monster

Even if your creative ideas have run dry you can always turn some of your old illustrations into fancy seamless patterns. They are highly demanded by product designers and DIY enthusiasts, and that’s why you should learn the most efficient way to create them. After all, patterns is an extremely popular type of web graphics. Have a look at the background of Shopimarket – one of our responsive Shopify themes for online stores selling organic food.

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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 Creative Vector Animal Logo Designs for Inspiration

Graphic Design Junction

? Are you looking for Animal Logo Design or Animal Logo Ideas? Or you starting a business that need a Animal & Pet Logos? If yes! Here we’ve collected great animal logos vector templates all are fully editable and scalable logos without losing resolution and quality. Animals are very attractive and popular choice for logos because of the deep connection we feel to them and easy to remember.

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40 Inspirational Architecture Firm Website Designs

SpyreStudios

Agency websites have become much more commonplace relative to the growth of online businesses. Different styles will benefit different agencies and this is especially true of architecture firms. As the old saying goes: measure twice, cut once. If you’re designing an agency website, these examples should help you measure ideas before cutting right into the design process.

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The Best Logo Designs by Arseniy Artemiev

We And The Color

Check out the best logo designs from recent branding projects by Arseniy Artemiev. Arseniy Artemiev is a graphic designer with more than six years of experience. He has a strong understanding of brand values. Through contemporary and personal esthetics, Arseniy Artemiev offers graphic design solutions in the creative fields of visual identity, image-making, editorial, and web design for national and international clients.

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Building software for artists

UX Collective

How can we build software tools that empower artists to use computation in their own work? Plotting, Sonia Hashim. [link]. I’m Sonia and I’m a member of the Expressive Computing Lab led by Jennifer Jacobs at the Media, Arts, and Technology Department at the University of California Santa Barbara. We’re trying to learn how to maximize expressive power ?

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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.