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20 Things to Replenish Your Idea Vault (When You Run Out of Ideas)

HONGKIAT

This post is a reflection of my state of mind. As I am writing this, my mind has just suffered through a writer’s block , a lockdown of countless hours where no idea could make the cut, and there is nothing constructive to write or speak about. These are just some of those times when I have no topics, titles or ideas to look up.

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Will Design Conferences Stay Digital or Re-Embrace the IRL?

Eye on Design

Like most gatherings over the past year-and-a-half, design conferences have been relegated to virtual space. But now that social circles can extend beyond our immediate bubbles, new questions are emerging, like: What will the design conference look like moving forward? Will organizations continue to go digital now that they have an online playbook?

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The Latest Design Books to Look Out For

Design Week

Make to Know, by Lorne M. Buchman. The pandemic has unsettled creatives the world over. But as art and design teacher and ArtCenter College of Design president Lorne M. Buchman explains in his new book, uncertainty is a deeply creative state to be in. In Make to Know, Buchman uses direct interviews with artists and designers to make the point.

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10 Free Seamlessly Repeating Grainy Speckle Textures

Spoon Graphics

Textures with lots of detailed grainy speckles are my most-used type of texture resource. They are useful for adding subtle texturing to backgrounds, or for giving text and objects a letterpress style ink stamp effect. The textures in this collection are actually the same ones I used in my Free Ink Stamp Texturizer kit , but reprocessed to create seamlessly repeating graphics.

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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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Your Ultimate How to Guide for Local, National and International SEO

Canny

SEO stands for search engine optimisation. This is the process of refining your website so that it is the most appealing to Google and other search engines. This process involves curating content and pages for user experience and sending all of the right quality signals to the Google crawler. It also involves creating a sensible internal linking structure so that the Google crawler (and users) can navigate the site and figure out what content is important and what content isn’t.

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In CAPS LOCK, Ruben Pater Untangles the Relationship Between Graphic Design and Capitalism

Eye on Design

Two things about capitalism: graphic design is totally bound up with it; and it really has to end. . You won’t hear much debate about this first point, only a dizzying range of views about how capitalism and design relate. One diagnoses design as commodity culture full-stop, while another celebrates it as an engine of innovation. Yet another sees it as a basic human capacity to solve problems, which only became entangled with capital during the Industrial Revolution.

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Richard Bernabe Online Photography Classes

Richard Bernabe

For many years I’ve been working to create online photography classes with KelbyOne, a worldwide leader in photography education and Photoshop/Lightroom instruction. The post Richard Bernabe Online Photography Classes appeared first on Richard Bernabe.

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The Introvert Collection by Jeff Aphisit

We And The Color

The Introvert, a collection of stunning illustrations by Jeff Aphisit. Jeff Aphisit is a skilled freelance illustrator who lives and works in Bangkok, Thailand. Just recently, he published his amazing “Introvert Collection”, a set of three amazing artworks as shown below. For more, feel free to take a look at Jeff Aphisit’s portfolio on Behance.

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30 Home Office Designs That Truly Inspire

HONGKIAT

For people who work from home , the home office is an area that must be detached from the rest of the home. It is a place where productivity and creative ideas must be allowed to roam freely, where work can be done without distraction or interruption. Therefore it is no wonder that many will put effort into turning that corner of the home into a home office that is conducive for work, rest and pondering.

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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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Nichrome, a New Display Font Inspired by 70’s Sci-Fi Paperback Covers

Eye on Design

Name: MD Nichrome. Designer: Rutherford Craze. Foundry: Mass-Driver. Release Date: August 2021. Back story: The design for MD Nichrome began in late 2016, when Craze started collecting second-hand sci-fi paperbacks from the 1970s and early 80s. He soon became inspired by the bold display typefaces accompanying richly-detailed and brightly-colored illustrations by artists such as Chris Foss and Roger Dean.

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Joi Fulton inspires happiness and nostalgia in her blend of 2D and 3D illustrations

Its Nice That

We talk to the Illinois-born and Chicago-based young artist on the vast expanse of her incredible talents, and marvel at her unwavering positive disposition.

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Blink Coffee Branding by Ana Miminoshvili

We And The Color

Check out this fun, vibrant, and eye-catching brand design created by Ana Miminoshvili for Blink Coffee. Ana Miminoshvili was commissioned to work on a visual identity for an exciting new coffee brand launching in UK & Ireland called BLINK. The client asked for a fun, vibrant, and eye-catching brand design that highlights their core values. Ana Miminoshvili’s brand and packaging concept focuses on their target audience, millennials who value coffee as much as creativity and social just

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Layout in ancient writing: UX inspiration from history

UX Collective

Studying for any job includes studying the history of that job. I think that the history of UX starts not from the creation of the phrase… Continue reading on UX Collective ».

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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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New Fresh Free Fonts (18 Fonts)

Graphic Design Junction

New fresh fonts collection for print and graphic design. New free fonts included serif fonts, script fonts, handwritten fonts and brush fonts. 100% free available for commercial use. The following fonts are ideal to make an creative design and perfect for any artwork. All fonts are perfect for logo design , branding, apparel, business cards, Web UI and legible and looks great as a headline or in body text.

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Moodboard Series: Animal Print

Creative Market

You don’t have to travel far to stumble across the revamp of an animal print pattern. This steadfast 90’s trend is showing up as everything from subtle, neutral tones to wild, vibrant patterns. Travel and escapism are prominent themes in our minds this year so, naturally, it’s been reflected in animal print design, fashion, and home decor.

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10 Top Tips on How to Design a Logo

Envato Tuts+

Logos are the face of your business. With one glance, they should communicate to potential clients and customers something essential about your brand. It stands to reason, then, that some careful thought needs to go into designing an effective logo. In this article, we'll cover how to design a good logo with examples from Envato Elements and Placeit.

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Navigating Harsh Judgements and Self-Worth in Web Design

SpeckyBoy

I make no secret of my love for the web design community. There’s something both unique and beautiful about sharing code, assets, and advice. But, just as a community can lift you up , certain dark corners of it can put you down. Intentional or not, some commentary can bring about a number of negative feelings. So much so that even an experienced designer can feel them.

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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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Amazing Illustrations Artwork by W.Flemming

Graphic Design Junction

Today we are featuring creative graphic artist, designer and digital illustrator artist “ W.Flemming ”, with his amazing illustration art collection. He was was from Manchester United Kingdom. He migrated from traditional media to digital in a journey through fine arts, commercial graphics and illustration. He finished his degree in Communicative Arts , and start working in advertisement, where he developed a taste for digital art and eventually turned to illustration.

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Jean Jullien launches four-part exhibition across Tokyo

Creative Review

Illustrator and artist Jean Jullien has launched a four-part exhibition curated by Tokyo-based gallery Nanzuka. The umbrella title for the project is Pépé, and the shows will appear across the Japanese capital at Parco Museum Tokyo, Nanzuka 2G, 3110NZ and Gallery Target. Paper People at Parco Museum is an installation-based show, alongside paintings and drawings, which sees Jullien reimagined as a thin, paper figure engaging in a variety of activities such as drawing and hugging.

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How to get started with pair writing

UX Collective

12 years after I introduced it to Norwegian telco Telenor in a design project, pair writing is a natural part of the toolbox for UX writers and content designers everywhere. Here’s what I’ve learned about pair writing through the years. Illustration: Netlife 12 years ago I came up with a new way of working with web content. The idea was quite simple: Get people to write and work in pairs instead of by themselves separately.

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35+ Stunning Doodles for Inspiration

Vandelay Design

When it comes to art and design sometimes the best way to boost your own creativity is to browse inspirational works of art from others. In this article we'll showcase 40 examples of amazing doodles. The hand-drawn style is one that can be used in a variety of different ways and on all kinds of different projects. You could incorporate doodled elements in a web design, business card, poster, t-shirt, or just about anything.

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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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Vector Infographics Collection by Julien Eichinger

We And The Color

Available on Adobe Stock, this amazing collection of fully editable vector graphics includes plenty of different vector objects. Created by graphic designer and Adobe Stock contributor @Julien Eichinger , this collection contains a great range of different infographics in various styles. Thanks to the use of fully editable vector graphics, everything can be customized.

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Insurance firm Next employs a cast of friendly characters in new branding

Creative Review

Next’s new branding and tone of voice are designed to steer clear of the clichés surrounding insurance companies, which “are either your overly earnest protectors from doom, or rely on the absurdity of animals and athletes to help you remember them”, according to design agency Collins, which led the brand redesign. The team took an illustrated approach to the brand visuals, which feature bright palettes and a cast of friendly, motivational characters, including a toolbox a

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50+ Creative Negative Space Logo Designs

Graphic Design Junction

How to use Negative space in Logos? Here is the best examples of Negative space logo design for inspiration. Negative space logos or negative space is not just an artistic effect it can make your brand unique and multi-concept. In this logo design gallery I just gathered some similar negative space logos. The all logos are creative and cleverly used negative space.

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Exploring the Uncanny Language of AI Through a New Machine-Made Book

Eye on Design

Exploring the creative applications of artificial intelligence is hardly a novel idea anymore. Artists and technologists have been collaborating for years on machine learning projects to produce surreal computer visions of the world around us. These idiosyncratic AI recreations of imagery are what singer Clair Evans of electro-pop band YACHT refers to as the computer accent, the visual vernacular that dips into the uncanny valley and signals to viewers that what they’re looking at is definitely

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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.