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How the Tokyo 2020 Olympics was designed

Design Week

The chequered designs had several references to Japanese culture, according to the Tokyo 2020 Emblems Selection Committee. Look out for the shop signs and logos that use pictograms originally designed for the Tokyo 1964 Olympics as well as a music video inspired by US gymnast Simone Biles.

Sports 101
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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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Cultural appropriation: can designers ever responsibly “borrow” from other cultures?

Design Week

.” Struggling to articulate how the loss of this hand-crafted sign actually felt, Oberoi launched the platform to record other instances of India graphic design that remained. “And what’s happening now is that people are starting to sit in the little boxes that people outside of India have created for us.”

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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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Emerging UX patterns in Generative AI experiences

UX Collective

For example, the act of buying coffee is driven by the desire for caffeine, the presence of money and a nearby coffee shop, and the coffee shop sign serving as a prompt. Ensuring output transparency with references, prompt break downs, and conflicting perspectives would be effective in reducing the risk.

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

Eye on Design

In her work Here on Future Earth , she employs her Cree Comic Sans in a series of photographs that show everyday scenes in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, replacing the English on shop signs and town wayfinding with Cree syllabics.

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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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