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Designer Yannis Karlopoulos’s Work is a Celebration of Greek History and Culture

Eye on Design

I write this when I find a typewriter,” explains the influential Greek graphic designer, standing in his basement studio in the central Athens neighborhood of Petralona. Descending from street level, the first room is an assemblage of shops signs, early 2000s Macs, various bricks, and a vitrine full of supermarket product packaging.

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Retro Packaging Design: Bringing Back Vintage Styles

Inkbot Design

Retro packaging refers to packaging that is intentionally designed to look old , vintage or nostalgic. Vintage signage fonts mimic painted shop sign lettering with distressed, imperfect shapes, offering an authentic retro touch. These “retro” vessels suit embellishing with throwback graphics. Rustic charm abounds.

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Maybe we don’t have to (re)brand everything

UX Collective

It is as if graphic designers all work from the same palette… they pick and choose from what is currently hip and readily acceptable to infuse the work of their clients with a dose of contemporary cool.” — Rudy VanderLans for Emigre ? *The But for the lack of a better word, I will refer to this slew of aforementioned items as ‘branding.’

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The History of Logos: Where Branding Started

Inkbot Design

This has led to the development of iconic logos that have become cultural references. Symbols used in logos also play a significant role, as they can create cultural references or tap into universal symbols that elicit specific emotions or meanings. How did the Middle Ages use signs and signifiers for communication?

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Cultural appropriation: can designers ever responsibly “borrow” from other cultures?

Design Week

It was a combination of “fear and frustration” at just this issue that prompted Indian graphic designer Kawal Oberoi into launching his online Swatch Bharat platform. “I saw a beautifully hand-painted sign for Pepsi, but the next time I was there it had been replaced with just a typical Pepsi advert instead.”

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Emerging UX patterns in Generative AI experiences

UX Collective

Around the same time, Xerox PARC was developing the Graphical User Interface (GUI) , later brought to the masses by Apple in 1984 and Microsoft thereafter. UIs and potential prompts for Stable Diffusion WebUI, Midjourney, and DALL·E 3 show very different approaches to graphically representing a complex image diffusion back end.

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21 Photoshop Tutorials to Brush Up Your Photoshop Skills

HONGKIAT

Continuous skill enhancement is crucial for any seasoned graphic designer. The process is quick and only involves a few steps, making it perfect for graphic designers who need to tidy up their images for different projects. It guides you through the use of Photoshop’s Object Selection Tool and the Content-Aware Fill feature.