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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. Incorporating nostalgic fonts and typography Chunky, whimsical fonts that mimic sign painting or old typewriter print evoke nostalgia. What is Retro Packaging Design? Pairing with bold geometric shapes enhances retro fun.

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

Eye on Design

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. The typeface’s name—Omonoia—refers to a prominent and historic square at the center of Athens, itself a reference to concord or agreement. “It

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

UX Collective

Even pieces of printed paper need to have that right texture and colour (courtesy of mockup image sites) for an identity of a business to be “solidified.” The term branding used over here mainly refers to the visual outputs that a company/individual would publish. Nothing was overlooked. For a company like this, maybe.

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The History of Logos: Where Branding Started

Inkbot Design

The advancements in technology, particularly in printing, allowed for mass production and distribution of goods. Colour printing, in particular, became a game-changer, opening up new possibilities for logo design. Television and print advertisements have relied heavily on visuals to capture consumers' attention.

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21 Photoshop Tutorials to Brush Up Your Photoshop Skills

HONGKIAT

Designing an Isometric Pixel Art Coffee Shop This comprehensive tutorial guides you through the process of creating an isometric pixel art coffee shop. You’ll start by working out the dimensions of the building and then move on to adding finer details like awnings, shop signs, and outdoor furniture.

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How Much Does Rebranding Cost?

Canny

When we deliver identity work, we tend to deliver a range of digital files (JPEG, PNG, etc) and print ready formats like a PDF. This will all be wrapped up in a tidy document for you to refer to when needed. This could be a shop sign, a sign above your office, window graphics, or any other type of signage you can think of.

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Is It Art, or Is It Type? What We Learn When Language is Built, Not Written

Eye on Design

Many of her contemporaries such as Adam Pendleton, Ken Lum, Nora Turato, Tsang Kin-wah, Tania Mousand, and Chloe Bass all use typography in their work—printed on canvas, painted across walls, or reflecting off mirrored signage. Others, like Fiona Banner, Tauba Auerbach, Joi T.

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