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The Second Law of UX

UX Collective

Nielsen’s law from 2000 stands as the first law of online UX. We should now acknowledge a second equally impactful truth about users. Photo by James Sutton on Unsplash Tool soup is a term I first heard when designing for developer experience. The phrase describes an extensive and disparate toolset relied on to get a range of work done. It also implies a sense of struggle and competing priorities.

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How to Choose the Right Branding Agency for You

Canny

There’s an abundance of branding agencies out there – all claiming to do the same thing. It can be a bit of a headache when trying to decide which agency is right you. It’s important that you choose a branding agency that understands you, and understands what you’re trying to achieve. Download now. The Branding Brief Template. The Branding Brief Template.

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Can Public Art Change the Way We Think About Sustainability?

Eye on Design

One fine morning, a king and a queen arrive for a tour of Dalhousie—a quaint Himalayan hill town located in the Chamba region in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The royal couple’s charioteer, locally known as the saarthi, doubles as their tour guide and takes them through the narrow winding roads of the town. Each turn opens to breathtaking Deodar-dotted valleys as the snow-capped peaks glisten in the distance.

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Expert Lists: Seb Lester

I Love Typography

Read the book, Typographic Firsts. Calligrapher, designer, educator, and artist, Seb Lester has attracted a huge and devoted following — both for his talent and wit. On Instagram, a million followers get to see Seb at work, penning everything from famous logos to exquisite copperplate and formal gothic scripts. Undoubtedly, part of his broad appeal is a combination of his […].

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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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How to Create a Money Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

Spoon Graphics

In today’s Adobe Illustrator tutorial I’m going to share some useful techniques for creating a vintage style engraved text effect just like the illustrations you see on paper money or banknotes. By applying transformations and effects using Illustrator’s Appearance panel we can preserve the live text, rather than have to first outline the text into shapes, which means it can’t then be edited.

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How Wes Anderson’s Creative Team Designed the The French Dispatch Magazine for His Latest Film

Eye on Design

During a quick scene in The French Dispatch , Hermès Jones, a magazine illustrator played by Jason Schwartzman, gets an earful from Arthur Howitzer, Jr., the editor-in-chief played by Bill Murray. Pasted on the wall next to Jones’ desk are 12 past covers of The French Dispatch , showing an assortment of imagined stories; in one, the Statue of Liberty in Paris waves to the one in New York, and in another, a group of men in suits break into a dance.

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21 Engaging Corporate Video Ideas That You Can Use Today

Canny

Corporate video ideas are ten a penny, but some are better than others! From company overview videos and customer testimonial videos, to service explainer videos and team member videos, we’ve been covering a lot of ground at Canny recently. One thing we hear too often is: “I don’t know what type of videos my business should be making!”. Well, today we’re looking to change that.

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20 Beautifully Designed Coming Soon Pages for Inspiration

SpeckyBoy

If you are working on a new website, service, or app, you should consider getting a jump start on your marketing campaigns by having a presence online that you can show to potential users or buyers, so that when you do launch, you can hit the ground running. Coming soon pages are the first step in that process. You certainly aren’t showing the finished product – but it’s enough to start building up a social media following, gauge product interest, or even to get users to register for

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Rochelle Brock on the importance of being a “size inclusive photographer”

Creative Review

New York-based photographer Rochelle Brock describes her work as “all over the place but not in a bad way” With an interest in fashion, editorial, beauty, documentary and fine art photography, Brock has encapsulated elements from all of these approaches to create a style that is bold and inviting. “ My style is inspired by my environment, the people I’m surrounded by, and heavily influenced by all the things I kind of wanted to create but never thought that I could becaus

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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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60s Graphic Design: Pop Art to Psychedelic Design

Envato Tuts+

If you're a big fan of 1960s design and are always looking for opportunities to incorporate its aesthetic into your own projects, then you're in luck. . Today, we're highlighting 1960s graphic design and showcasing some terrific resources from Envato Elements and GraphicRiver that you can use to give your projects that wonderful retro 60s look. Major Design Influences of the 1960s.

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Smart CSS Solutions For Common UI Challenges

Smashing Magazine Graphics

Smart CSS Solutions For Common UI Challenges. Smart CSS Solutions For Common UI Challenges. Cosima Mielke. 2021-10-14T12:00:00+00:00. 2021-10-14T16:11:06+00:00. It’s incredible to see what we can do with CSS today, especially if you still remember how difficult it once was to figure out stacking contexts or why margins collapsed and why top: float didn’t work.

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30 Creative Logo Design Inspiration #99

Graphic Design Junction

Logo or what we often encounter with the term symbol, is a visual identity that we often encounter in various situations. Visual images that describe many of these things are closely related to branding and marketing activities of a company, which are usually used as markers of business quality and a means to build consumer impressions of the company.

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How to make money from NFTs as an artist

Creative Review

One of the biggest benefits of NFTs is the financial freedom they provide to artists. Take a scroll through ‘NFT Twitter’ and you’ll see a myriad of posts celebrating the ability to earn a living from art that hadn’t existed pre-NFTs entering the mainstream. It may sound like the market has provided a silver bullet to the longtime issue of artists being fairly compensated for their work, and in a way it has.

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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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50s Graphic Design: Mid-Century Modern to Swiss Style

Envato Tuts+

Looking for some inspiration for a new project? The 1950s are a great period to draw from. If you like vintage graphic design, get this 50s retro design pack of Illustrator brushes from Envato Elements. Today, we'll take a look at the major design influences of the era and share some terrific 1950s graphic design resources from Envato Elements that you can use to incorporate a bit of the 50s retro design aesthetic into any project.

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The best 2021 podcasts to level up your design game (and your personal life)

UX Collective

(Illustration by Francesca Valentini , yours truly) One of the biggest truths is that good design is not only about applying best practices or following a good thinking framework. Good design comes most of the time from a great understanding of your users, which are, in the end, human beings. Here’s a selection of 10 of the best podcasts of 2021 I found compelling and capable of completing my knowledge of humanity and how our brains work.

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Moodboard Series: Surreal Dreams

Creative Market

You may need to pinch yourself to see if you’re dreaming of this avant-garde styled trend. Its mysterious nature leaves space for all our imaginations to soar. Surreal Dreams is all about blurry gradients, duotone textures, and glitchy photo effects that take our dream world into reality. It’s contrasting between our fantasy world of both playful dreamscapes and spooky, horror themes.

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70 Free Dual Monitor Wallpapers and Desktop Backgrounds

Vandelay Design

When you spend a lot of time in front of your monitor, like web designers do, it's nice to have wallpaper that will provide some inspiration. Since many people use two screens in their workspace we decided to put together this collection of dual monitor wallpapers. Each has a large resolution that is intended to display well on dual screen setups. If you see something that you would like to download, please click on the image and you will be led to the source.

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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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In Web Design, Easier Doesn’t Always Mean Better

SpeckyBoy

There are a massive number of products and tools aimed at the web design industry. And it seems like something new arrives every day. They may vary widely in scope, but most have one thing in common: the promise of making our job easier. Whether they’re writing superb code, promising can’t-fail functionality, or adding killer special effects, these solutions aim to do the dirty work for us.

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Fire Dances by Paulius Petrauskas

We And The Color

Fire Dances, a series of personal illustrations by Paulius Petrauskas. Paulius Petrauskas is a graphic designer and illustrator who lives and works in Vilnius, Lithuania. Last winter, he has created this series of personal illustrations as an exercise in making more dynamic compositions. Enjoy the following images. For those who want to see more of Paulius Petrauskas’ creative work, please take a look at his portfolio on Behance or follow this outstanding designer and illustrator on Instag

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The Ultimate Procreate Brushes (20 Brush Sets)

Graphic Design Junction

The Procreate brushes ultimate collection for Procreate illustration and drawing. These Procreate brushes are very smooth and textured, very easy to use and best for painting and draw sketches. You don’t need to customize anything, everything is already done. Just open the file in your Procreate app and start illustration, drawing and painting. You don’t need hundreds of brushes there brushes are amazing and will help you to make realistic illustrations and paintings.

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Nautila: The Font Inspired by Cardi B + Realized Through Pussy

Eye on Design

Name: Nautila. Designer: Daytona Mess. Foundry: Type Department. Release Date: September 2021. Back Story: French type designer Daytona Mess (Anne-Dauphine to the tax man) started working on the font that was to become Nautila in spring 2019, with two projects in mind: one was her own take on a record cover for Cardi B’s track “ Bodak Yellow;” the other was to use in a zine she designed called Pussy.

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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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An Chen explains how her design background informs her illustrations

Creative Review

“I remember anime and comics were my main creative source. I used to make my own comics and remember being torn apart by my mom because studying was the only priority a teenager should have had,” Taiwanese illustrator An Chen says. “It wasn’t until it was time to select my university major that I started to think about my career path.

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30 FAQ Webpage Layouts with Effective User Experience

SpyreStudios

Support pages are a commonly accepted trait amongst webmasters. Once your website grows to support a large enough userbase, you simply have to offer some type of knowledge base. My personal favorite is the FAQ page for Frequently Asked Questions. Related: FAQ Pages: The Benefits Of Crafting a Help Page. You’ll run into all kinds of different webpage layouts when it comes to FAQ styles.

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Amazing Digital Illustrations Art By Denis Gonchar

Graphic Design Junction

Today we again featuring a digital illustration artist Denis Gonchar , with his amazing digital art collection. Denis is a passionate Digital Artist from Ukraine. He worked on vectors, paintings and illustrations with a unique style. He create beautiful illustrations, blur the lines between digital and hand-drawn techniques. He have 15 years of experience in the digital art and entertainment industry.

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TAN MON CHERI Font by TanType

We And The Color

TAN MON CHERI, an elegant display font from foundry TanType. Designed and published by foundry TanType, this new sans serif display font comes with plenty of elegant features. TAN MON CHERI is equipped with numerous ligatures and alternate letters to give you countless options for unique titles and short text sections. The font’s elegant style is well suited for a wide range of applications including magazine headlines, posters, greeting cards, packaging, clothing, web design, social media

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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.