Its Nice That
MAY 2, 2023
It’s not easy navigating the ever-shifting realm of trends. Here, we speak to four creatives for the low-down, finding out how they make stand-out work that will leave a mark on visual culture.
Inkbot Design
AUGUST 14, 2023
The Perfect Graphic Designer's Home Office As a freelance graphic designer in the ever-evolving world of visual communication, having an inspiring workspace that fuels your creativity is essential. Your home office is where your innovative designs, campaigns, and branding emerge. More than just a place to work, your creative space should uplift and energise you.
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Creative Boom
JULY 7, 2023
Image licensed via Adobe Stock In the week that Meta launches Threads , we ask: can new platforms bring social media back to life? Or should creatives be looking elsewhere for self-promotion? You're at a really good party, and you've spent hours dancing, chatting with old friends and meeting great new people. It's gone late into the night and early hours, but everyone is still buzzing.
Inkbot Design
APRIL 11, 2023
Top 10 Best Books for Logo Designers In a world where brands compete for attention, a powerful and memorable logo can make all the difference. As a logo designer, you understand the art of blending creativity, strategy, and technical skill to craft visual identities that resonate with audiences. But continuous learning and exposure to new ideas are essential to staying ahead in this ever-evolving field.
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
I Love Typography
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Read the book, Typographic Firsts It’s that time of year again. Join us as we look back at some of our favorite new fonts released on ILT in 2023. The post ILT’s Favorite Fonts of 2023 appeared first on I Love Typography.
Its Nice That
OCTOBER 30, 2023
The course touches on Paula’s career, vision and practice as well as guiding you through lessons on typography, logo creation, editorial design, environmental design, film titles and more.
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Creative Boom
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Image licensed via Adobe Stock Putting together samples of your work for art directors, editors, and others might sound straightforward, but many illustrators find it anything but. We share some tips from the Creative Boom community on presenting your illustrations in the best possible light. How do you create a successful illustration portfolio? It's a question that many have asked, and recently a tweet along these lines from Ellis Brown , an illustrator based in Portsmouth, caught out our eye.
Inkbot Design
AUGUST 13, 2023
5 Essential Design Features for eCommerce Sites A well-designed eCommerce website is no longer just an online brochure for showcasing products – it is a crucial element influencing customer decisions and ensuring seamless online shopping experiences. As eCommerce continues its meteoric rise, the competition has become fiercer than ever. Businesses must leverage innovative design features backed by data and customer insights to create engaging online stores that convert.
BP&O
MAY 30, 2023
If you’ve heard of Scott’s Cheap Flights, it’s more than likely through word of mouth – it’s the sort of thing shared by a helpful colleague or cousin when you discuss trying to make holiday plans, much like the sage advice to use a private browser when looking at flight prices. And from these fairly humble beginnings, the service – The post Going by Design Studio appeared first on BP&O - Branding, Packaging and Opinion.
Vandelay Design
JUNE 8, 2023
Minimalist Websites - Get inspired by browsing our curated collection of the most beautifully simple and well crafted designs using minimalist websites. The post 25 Best Minimalist Website Examples for Design Inspiration appeared first on Vandelay Design.
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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.
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.
Design Milk
DECEMBER 25, 2023
January 2023 by York Wallcovering and Madcap Cottage DOWNLOAD February 2023 by artist (and Design Milk founder!) Jaime Derringer and textile and wallpaper brand Eskayel DOWNLOAD March 2023 by graphic designer and artist Mario De Meyer DOWNLOAD April 2023 by illustrator, graphic designer, and multidisciplinary artist Jen Du DOWNLOAD May 2023 by artist Amelia Graham DOWNLOAD June 2023 by illustrator Daniel Ramirez Perez DOWNLOAD July 2023 by design studio URBS Studio DOWNLOAD August 2023 by desig
Booooooom
JUNE 30, 2023
A selection of work by illustrator Emilie Seto based in Marseille, France.
Azure Magazine
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
As I write this, the transformation of Ontario Place seems imminent : from public all-age playground to $40-a-day privatized resort; from architectural gem to corporate ensemble of glass and steel. For those of us who consider this 155-acre Toronto waterfront park to be inseparable from its original public purpose and programming, the entire complex is on death row.
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I Love Typography
MAY 15, 2023
Read the book, Typographic Firsts In part one , we took a look at three typefaces recommend for fashion or luxury brands. Of course, your final decision about font choice will depend on a variey factors, such as the brand's personality, its target audience, and the kind of message it wants to convey. And, although, we tend to typically associate high contrast typefaces with high fashion, they're by no means our only choice.
Its Nice That
OCTOBER 19, 2023
The Hong Kong design team found most pet branding relied heavily on illustration, so decided to play with typography instead.
The Die Line
JULY 10, 2023
Dieline is a global package design community and showcase of package design inspiration. We cover industry news, sustainable packaging news, design trends, and host our own packaging conferences, package design events, and Dieline packaging design awards.
Creative Boom
APRIL 19, 2023
Paper engineer, graphic designer and illustrator Julia Yus recaptures the magic she felt when she first opened a pop-up book in her delightfully colourful and child-like creations. Do you remember opening a pop-up book for the first time? Watching in amazement as the pages sprung to life via artfully folded pieces of paper, complete with little taps waiting to be pulled to reveal their secrets?
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Inkbot Design
AUGUST 11, 2023
7 Search Engine Marketing Trends To Be Aware Of The digital marketing landscape is in a constant state of evolution. With emerging technologies, new platforms, and shifting consumer behaviours, strategies that were effective yesterday may no longer deliver results today. This is especially true regarding search engine marketing trends, where ongoing algorithm updates and innovations necessitate flexibility and forward-thinking approaches.
BP&O
JUNE 13, 2023
Ostro isn’t the easiest of companies to make sense of. Billed as a ‘life science software company’, it straddles a number of different services that are both consumer and clinician-facing. In simple terms, though, it looks to help consumers and healthcare providers alike to navigate the complex, labyrinthine ins and outs of the complex US healthcare system; using software to The post Ostro by Mucho appeared first on BP&O - Branding, Packaging and Opinion.
Vandelay Design
MARCH 22, 2023
Here are over 50 free Photoshop pattern sets of all styles and varieties. Enjoy free downloads of the best Photoshop patterns and start using them today. The post 400+ of the Best Free Photoshop Patterns for Designers appeared first on Vandelay Design.
Colossal
JUNE 7, 2023
All images © Doug Klug, shared with permission If you’ve walked along an ocean shoreline, chances are you’ve stumbled upon the crumpled, brownish-green tendrils of kelp washed up at high tide. Despite appearances, the otherworldly seaweed is not a plant but rather a type of algae. Leaf-like forms called blades soak up sunlight to photosynthesize, and gas-filled bladders hold the structures close to the surface.
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.
Design Milk
MAY 26, 2023
Noting the amount of effort required to craft this haunting light source, to call the Vestige for Ross Gardam a mere source of illumination seems to do the spectral optical device disservice. The idea behind its design: to stir up a sense of wonderment. With over three decades of expertise turning glass into objects of awe, renowned glass artist Peter Kovacsy seems the ideal talent to bring such imagination to life.
Booooooom
MAY 29, 2023
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Guild News Blog
JANUARY 10, 2023
The Guild is pushing for the best means to further the interests of artists: through policies, education, and advocacy within our community and with the players, including artists, who will shape the future of AI image generators. The post AI Art Generators: Where We Stand appeared first on The Graphic Artist Guild.
I Love Typography
APRIL 5, 2023
Read the book, Typographic Firsts We’ve talked about fonts for fashion here on the blog before. And there’s a big overlap between the kinds of fonts used in fashion (especially the high-end stuff) and those used for other luxury brands. It’s also worth mentioning that there’s a recent trend towards simple and unfussy sans serifs even for well-established luxury brands […] The post Fonts for Luxury Brands appeared first on I Love Typography.
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.
Its Nice That
JANUARY 4, 2023
This year’s trends are all about what’s underneath. From code and generative typography to type as a political tool, how and why we create type will be driving what’s coming next. .
The Die Line
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Dieline is a global package design community and showcase of package design inspiration. We cover industry news, sustainable packaging news, design trends, and host our own packaging conferences, package design events, and Dieline packaging design awards.
Creative Boom
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Design and Illustrations by Giovani Flores using GT Pressura It's Valentine's Day this week, a celebration of love, passion and obsession. And if there's one obsession that designers feel truly passionate about, it's typography. But while font choice may be deeply personal, that doesn't mean you can't play the field once in a while. After all, passions ebb and flow; similarly, designers' love affairs with fonts can sometimes be fleeting – like short, intense affairs that come and go.
Inkbot Design
JULY 28, 2023
5 Best Web Design Books for Website Development Are you an aspiring web designer looking to enhance your skills and create stunning, user-friendly websites? Or you're an experienced developer seeking fresh insights and inspiration to take your web design game to the next level. Whichever category you fall into, one thing is for sure: the world of web design is constantly evolving, and staying up-to-date with the latest trends, tools, and techniques is crucial.
Speaker: Michele Berdinis
This session will answer business law questions that people are asking most during the pandemic. If my business can’t pay its bills, can my creditors come after my personal assets? Do I have to pay the rent on my co-working space or office? Can my clients cancel signed contracts? Can I cancel contracts for things I no longer need because my business has slowed down?
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