Azure Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2021

Thanks to a number of digital interventions, the 11th annual DesignTO – Canada’s largest design festival – is still a go for 2021. Artist and designer Yaw Tony weaves colour, pattern and narrative into an idiosyncratic, maximalist aesthetic. Installations by Anony & Rainville-Sangaré Design Studios. Read more about it here.

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Eye on Design

APRIL 6, 2022

This essay is excerpted from The Black Experience in Design. . Graphic design is the catalyst between meaning, communication, and image. Historically, in the design canon, Queer design objects and their modes of production have been rooted in and limited to protest, activism, and survival. come to mind.

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Design Week

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Earlier this week , the London School of Economics’ Centre for Economic Performance revealed that a million people may quit self-employment in the UK because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Editorial-focused graphic designer Callin Mackintosh was locked out of accessing SEISS support for another reason.

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Spine Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Ben Prior is a graphic designer at Head of Zeus. Here he tells us about his process for designing Sebastian Fitzek’s The Package. The idea of designing a cover for a book titled The Package , to look like an actual package is far from an original one. The Package is an intense, twisty psychological thriller.

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Design Week

MAY 1, 2020

Since lockdown was established in New Delhi, Indian graphic designer Ananya Khaitan has been using his free time to fuse his practice with another lifelong love: poetry. Micrashell, by Production Club. View this post on Instagram. A post shared by Production.Club (@productionclub) on Apr 27, 2020 at 10:08am PDT. Quarantine Loops, by Clim.

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Eye on Design

JULY 1, 2021

Homie House Press is an independent photo book publisher based out of Baltimore that seeks to “hold space for and with underrepresented communities.” Their output may be small but everything they publish is *so good*—and we’re also big fans of their design aesthetic, all of which is done in house. Here they are, in their own words. .

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Shillington

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

It’s no coincidence that creative agility and adaptability are essential characteristics of both great designers and amazing teachers. This year Shillington’s teachers absolutely showed their salt as mentors and designers when our global courses moved into a remote setting with the earth shattering arrival of Covid-19.

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Creative Market

APRIL 2, 2020

However, the design community has a leg up in this new reality, as many professional designers have already transitioned to working out of their homes years ago. That’s why we reached out to a number of professional designers from our Creative Market community to ask them how to optimize the work-from-home setup.

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UX Collective

MARCH 12, 2022

Some do it as a hobby, others see it as an investment, but how and why do we collect? It is not a surprise that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought about a new (and maybe more extreme) culture of collection, a well known instance being the toilet paper crisis. Barbara Hartsfield is a collector of 3,000 miniature chairs.

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Feature Shoot

OCTOBER 4, 2022

I have the book and am mesmerized by the images and their execution. With their permission, we’ve republished their discussion here. Find the original article here. million acres of ecosystem in East Africa. This conversation has been edited for length and clarity. Jo-Anne McArthur (JM): Nick, it’s great to connect again.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 8, 2024

Photography by Charlotte Wiig The Norwegian author and illustrator explains why she turned small tales of north London domesticity during the pandemic into an evocative book, Rear Windows. And yet, the number of art and design projects directly discussing this incredible global upheaval has been relatively few. Who is Cecilie?

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Noupe

JUNE 3, 2021

But before we discuss any strategies, let’s start with how a multilingual website can benefit your business. This year, it’s going to be about the survival of the fittest. Here are a few reasons you should consider including a multilingual website into your digital marketing strategy in 2021 and how it can benefit your business.

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The Branding Journal

APRIL 8, 2021

In this interview, we explore the concept of ‘luxury branding’, how luxury brands differ from high street brands, and current trends in the luxury industry. How would you define the term ‘luxury’? Philippe also provides examples and guidance for anyone considering building a true luxury brand.

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Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2020

How we re-imagine our cities to ensure our health and safety feels imminent – because it is – but it is not novel. Acute, intense periods that force us to consider how health should influence urban life, pandemics are recurring scourges that shape our worlds – for better and for worse. Yet these conversations often lack context.

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Noupe

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The Covid 19 pandemic hit the world like an unexpected hail storm with gargantuan severity and the effect is still being felt by everyone. The deadly pandemic does not spare anyone and people from all walks of life are at risk. Takeaways for the small-sized businesses from the pandemic. Flexibility is the key to survival.

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Feature Shoot

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The show coincides with a book of the same name, published by Navajivan Trust. The festival runs from Friday, November 19th through December 19th, 2021, in hybrid format, including physical and digital exhibitions. Together, the exhibitions at IPF cover some of the most important issues of a generation, from conflict to COVID-19.

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Moo

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

And the pandemic has forced us to rethink a lot of things, but also allowed us to think more freely about what the future can hold. He might not have a motto, but Richard Moross definitely does have a lot of experience in all things MOO. He set up the company, after all. What’s your motto? I definitely don’t have a motto.

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Azure Magazine

MARCH 29, 2020

In a pandemic, the connectivity and human proximity of densely populated cities poses alarming risks. “Pandemics have always been the enemy of dense, urban life,” argues Joel Kotkin in the Washington Post. “Pandemics have always been the enemy of dense, urban life,” argues Joel Kotkin in the Washington Post.

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Azure Magazine

JULY 27, 2020

Bruce Mau’s latest book, MC24 (Phaidon) , arrives in the midst of a ravaging global pandemic and an anti-racist movement inspired by the death of George Floyd that has continued for two months now, as the American government has responded by deploying federal agents to violently clash with protesters in some cities.

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UX Collective

MARCH 4, 2024

The research "impact” problem How we got here and strategies to drive business impact. This is the core of the Impact Problem: How do we impact products and services to show our value to Business People? As budgets get tighter and layoffs continue, it's imperative that qualitative Researchers prove their value.

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Creative Review

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Creative Review: How did the video come about? Photos: Richard Lynch CR: How did you come up with the idea for the video? The Ascent of the Ascended features on a follow up EP, which is out in November. Have you worked together on videos before? Tim Pope: No, I never worked with Tim before, though of course knew The Charlatans.

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UX Collective

JANUARY 4, 2022

Photo by Lightscape on Unsplash Early in 2021, I found myself in my dream job as a UX Designer and well on the way to burnout. A lot of Product Design people have shared wonderful pieces of wisdom and some very personal stories. I have been showered with tales of burnout by designers from all over the world. We’re all human.

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Inkbot Design

DECEMBER 13, 2022

How Much Should a Freelancer or Small Business Grow Annually? How do your competitors measure their growth? In this blog post, we shall talk about how much a freelancer or small business should grow annually that will help you attract new customers to grow your business. How to Know if Your Small Business Is Profitable?

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UX Collective

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Here is why, and a few ways how. We all need to reduce our screen time. My head bangs into a large, hollow-lighting-pole with startling force. It rings out a loud, deep, metallic, and surprisingly baritone musical note that echoes off façades of adjacent buildings. Pretending not to notice but laughing at me in whispers. It’s beautiful out.“

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Eye on Design

DECEMBER 2, 2021

If that person happens to be an aesthetics-obsessed design nerd who loves calendars, magazines, and anything that will up their desk game—well, you’re in luck. These days, you’ve got to dig to uncover the really good stuff—or at least trust your friendly Eye on Design editor with a veritable shovel. Image by Laura Thompson.

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Feature Shoot

APRIL 6, 2023

Honey Cake & Latkes: Recipes from the Old World by the Auschwitz-Birkenau Survivors is a book from Melcher Media and the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation , beautifully illustrated with food photography by Ellen Silverman. How bad can black bread be with butter and chocolate?” She used this recipe to fatten me up.

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Eye on Design

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

He was recently named Wolff Olins’s first Global Chief Creative Officer, has received the industry’s highest design accolades (Gold Design Lion at Cannes, the Art Directors Club Black Cube) and is an MFA Senior Critic in graphic design at the Yale School of Art. How have you experienced this past year?

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Smashing Magazine Graphics

AUGUST 9, 2021

Smashing Podcast Episode 41 With Eva PenzeyMoog: Designing For Safety. Smashing Podcast Episode 41 With Eva PenzeyMoog: Designing For Safety. In this episode, we’re talking about designing for safety. What does it mean to consider vulnerable users in our designs? Design for Safety from A Book Apart.

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UX Collective

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

The pandemic taught us to work from home, set up the home offices, we went on a shopping spree to buy the best, most comfortable, and ergonomic furniture. Designers are working day and night, churning out the best possible designs. Designers are working day and night, churning out the best possible designs.

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Inkbot Design

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns shaped the type of photos created in 2021. Furthermore, many photo printing sites allow users to create photo books , calendars, or wall art from photos uploaded from mobile devices. 13 Photography Trends You Should Be Following. In 2020, activism photography was all the rage.

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Canny

JANUARY 24, 2023

When it comes to your content marketing budget, you need to know how to spend it wisely. It can be tricky to know how to spend your budget, or more importantly, where to spend your content marketing budget as there are new tactics emerging all of the time. And no marketing team has a budget to burn. The list is endless.

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Just Creative

APRIL 12, 2020

All over the world, people have been forced to go into quarantine because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Full HD IPS, Intel i7 CPU, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 256GB SSD, Microsoft Surface Book 2 15" (Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM, 512 GB). Microsoft Surface Book 2 15" (Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM, 512 GB). Let’s get started. Microphones.

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