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How the Tokyo 2020 Olympics was designed

Design Week

Free Type unframed pictograms will be used on posters, tickets and licensed products while the framed versions will be used on maps, signage, guidebooks and websites. It’s been fashioned from aluminium, incorporating the same manufacturing technology that’s used in the production of the country’s high-speed bullet train.

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The Best Figma Fonts of 2024 

Noupe

Quicksand Quicksand is a versatile and user-friendly display sans serif font, ideal for educational materials and tech products. Tilt is a font family that’s all about the visuals, drawing inspiration from city landscapes, especially the bold lettering seen on shop signs. Tilt Let’s look at more energetic types.

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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. Each time I’m greeted with fresh coffee and pastries and each time I glimpse something on the walls, in the stacks, or on the tables that I missed the time before.

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How to Make an Effective Business Signage in 6 Steps

Inspiration Feed

Does your business even exist if you don’t have signage? For the vast majority of people and potential clients probably not. Having signage that embodies the philosophy and ideas behind your business is nowadays a must. Whether you exist solely…

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15 Illustration Portfolio Websites That Are Brimming with Talent

High on Design by Wix

The internal project pages of her illustrator website provide a more in-depth showcase of her works, ranging from editorial illustration, to book covers, and even illustrated products like jigsaw puzzles. By photographing his prints or murals and showcasing them as finished products, he brings his work to life on his illustrator website.

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The History of Logos: Where Branding Started

Inkbot Design

With the rise of the Industrial Revolution, businesses began to recognise the importance of branding and creating distinct visual representations of their products or services. Companies realised the importance of creating distinctive marks that customers could easily recognise and associate with their products or services.

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Retro Packaging Design: Bringing Back Vintage Styles

Inkbot Design

However, they’re created new for modern products. This immediately puts them in a favourable state of mind when evaluating the product. Nostalgia makes consumers value products more and see them as having better taste or performance. With so many products vying for attention, vintage designs let them put a unique stamp on items.