Creative Boom

APRIL 19, 2023

Paper engineer, graphic designer and illustrator Julia Yus recaptures the magic she felt when she first opened a pop-up book in her delightfully colourful and child-like creations. Do you remember opening a pop-up book for the first time? Watching in amazement as the pages sprung to life via artfully folded pieces of paper, complete with little taps waiting to be pulled to reveal their secrets?

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BP&O

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

More than three years since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic, we’re in a strange situation when it comes to all the things that flourished due to lockdown – grocery delivery services like Getir, et al; streaming services that poured literally billions into what once seemed like a never-ending gold-rush of content-consumption; flashy home-centric lifestyle brands like Peloton.

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Inkbot Design

AUGUST 11, 2023

7 Search Engine Marketing Trends To Be Aware Of The digital marketing landscape is in a constant state of evolution. With emerging technologies, new platforms, and shifting consumer behaviours, strategies that were effective yesterday may no longer deliver results today. This is especially true regarding search engine marketing trends, where ongoing algorithm updates and innovations necessitate flexibility and forward-thinking approaches.

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Logo Design Love

MAY 9, 2023

In March of 1966, Paul Rand finished his Ford logo presentation book. It was a proposal to Ford Motor Company for a new house mark. I’ve always found it intriguing to read the words Rand used in his logo presentations. The story, the confidence, the rationale, the salesmanship. The presentation has been transcribed here for reference. 1903 was the year the Wright Brothers successfully flew their airplane at Kitty Hawk.

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Speaker: Amber Asay, Creative Director and Founder of award-winning design studio Nice People

Understanding what trends are happening and how they’re impacting the competitive landscape is crucial to providing top dollar design strategy to your clients. With so many trends coming and going, it can be overwhelming to determine which ones you should capitalize on and which ones might not be worth the trouble. In this exclusive webinar with Amber Asay, we’ll explore graphic design trends that need to die, trends that are starting to pick up and why, trends that have come and gone, and how t

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Vandelay Design

JUNE 8, 2023

Minimalist Websites - Get inspired by browsing our curated collection of the most beautifully simple and well crafted designs using minimalist websites. The post 25 Best Minimalist Website Examples for Design Inspiration appeared first on Vandelay Design.

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UX Collective

MAY 4, 2023

Learn one of the ways in which AI has elevated my design work. By now, it’s no secret that AI will considerably impact the future of branding and design—making us question how we can continue to provide irreplaceable value as designers. Some creatives like Alif Ibrahim of It’s Nice That have suggested it be used to automate mundane and repetitive tasks like resizing, exporting, or mindless pixel pushing.

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Its Nice That

APRIL 6, 2023

The illustrator sources inspiration from figures who “aren’t afraid to try their hand at many things”, like Gehard Richter, Agnes Martin and Harmony Korine.

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The Die Line

JULY 10, 2023

Dieline is a global package design community and showcase of package design inspiration. We cover industry news, sustainable packaging news, design trends, and host our own packaging conferences, package design events, and Dieline packaging design awards.

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Azure Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

A few steps east of Yonge Street, the Toronto Reference Library serves as the city’s public living room. Its red-carpeted lobby unfurls into a grand atrium, where students, parents and seniors of all backgrounds and ethnicities might mix with multimillionaires and the unhoused. Above, the tranquil upper floors look onto a cosmopolitan interior architecture inspired by the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and out to the verdant valley landscapes immortalized by the Group of Seven: This is downtown’s b

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Advertiser: Issuu

Brands must create and share impactful content to thrive, but they have less people, tighter budgets, and fewer resources to do so. Learn how to publish and market digital content with the same professionalism as organizations with million-dollar budgets.

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Colossal

JUNE 7, 2023

All images © Doug Klug, shared with permission If you’ve walked along an ocean shoreline, chances are you’ve stumbled upon the crumpled, brownish-green tendrils of kelp washed up at high tide. Despite appearances, the otherworldly seaweed is not a plant but rather a type of algae. Leaf-like forms called blades soak up sunlight to photosynthesize, and gas-filled bladders hold the structures close to the surface.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Design and Illustrations by Giovani Flores using GT Pressura It's Valentine's Day this week, a celebration of love, passion and obsession. And if there's one obsession that designers feel truly passionate about, it's typography. But while font choice may be deeply personal, that doesn't mean you can't play the field once in a while. After all, passions ebb and flow; similarly, designers' love affairs with fonts can sometimes be fleeting – like short, intense affairs that come and go.

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BP&O

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Maybe it’s been ‘silly season’ summer; maybe there’s a lack of risk-taking/imagination/budget; maybe I’m just jaded, but it’s felt as though recent months haven’t exactly seen a wealth of particularly exciting branding and packaging projects. That’s not to say there hasn’t been a steady stream of good work, but I’ve personally not felt hugely ‘wowed’: there’s been work that’s strong, The post Departed Spirits by Marx Design appeared first on BP&O - Branding, Packaging and Opinion.

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Inkbot Design

AUGUST 11, 2023

8 Growing Areas of Innovations in UX & UI Design User experience (UX) and user interface (UI) design constantly evolve as new technologies emerge. In the past few years, we have seen immense growth and innovation in the tools and techniques available to UX/UI designers. This rapid pace of change is welcomed, as delivering an intuitive, seamless user experience is more critical than ever.

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As the design industry evolves, teams are facing new challenges and a need to produce more outstanding creative work than ever. Leaders must learn how to adapt their processes to solve today’s—and tomorrow’s—unique design challenges. In this e-book, you’ll learn how to establish your creative workflow and leverage the power of CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite to streamline the entire design process, from start to finish.

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SpeckyBoy

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The web design marketplace is flooded with choices. And it’s especially tough for those of us in the mid-to-high pricing tiers. We’re competing with both discount designers and DIY services that promise the moon (all for one low monthly price ). Thus, convincing a client to invest in a custom website can be difficult. They may see the low-cost options as being just as good.

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Vandelay Design

MARCH 22, 2023

Here are over 50 free Photoshop pattern sets of all styles and varieties. Enjoy free downloads of the best Photoshop patterns and start using them today. The post 400+ of the Best Free Photoshop Patterns for Designers appeared first on Vandelay Design.

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HONGKIAT

MARCH 20, 2023

More often than not, you would meet someone who is not as acquainted with the comings and goings of web design and tell you,” I can do the same thing you do, using Squarespace “. To which you might respond with disgust or anger. I mean, it’s not surprising. The advent of ready-made drag-and-drop website building platforms made creating websites so much easier , especially because there is little to no coding required.

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UX Collective

JUNE 1, 2023

The secret behind great brands and products. When people ask me what I do for work, I tell them I’m a writer. It’s not my job title. But it is my craft. It’s the skill I bring to digital product design teams. Yet the label, while true, always feels incomplete. It doesn’t really capture the scope of what I do all day. I’ve been thinking more and more about how writers fit in on different design teams.

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In today’s competitive markets, how do you make sure that your content not only stands out but performs well? How can you predict whether certain design choices will result in clicks, engagement, downloads, and other drivers of ROI? Shutterstock’s Creative Insights Report (Q3) is your window into the hottest trends that are transforming the creative world.

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Its Nice That

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

With a touching journey that recounts his struggle with mental health and developing his style while hospitalised, the France-based illustrator now talks about his arrival at a more colourful oeuvre and life.

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Guild News Blog

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Guild is pushing for the best means to further the interests of artists: through policies, education, and advocacy within our community and with the players, including artists, who will shape the future of AI image generators. The post AI Art Generators: Where We Stand appeared first on The Graphic Artist Guild.

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Design Milk

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Nestled within the Atlantic Forest on the coast of Serra do Guararu in São Paulo, Brazil, Casa Azul stands as an example of how to build in protected nature without doing it damage. Designed by Studio MK27 , this beach house showcases design that respects and celebrates the lush environment it calls home. At the start, a two-meter protective perimeter was drawn around the Casa Azul’s projected footprint to shield the local forest from any construction.

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Creative Bloq

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

XP-Pen, Xencelabs, Wacom and Adobe win in the software and drawing tablets categories.

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Speaker: Eden Spivak, Design Expert and Editor at Wix & Nir Horesh, Accessibility Lead and Senior Product Manager at Wix

When we design products or websites for people like ourselves, there are many others who are, as a result, left out. From visually impaired users who rely on assistive technology, to people with a temporary injury such as a broken arm, tech users are forever diverse and beautifully unique. The products we design can, and should, reflect the extremely wide range of human experiences and needs.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Boost your abilities and raise your earning power with the best art books on the market. We present a curated list to help you develop your illustration practice. Building your skills as an illustrator is mainly about practice, practice, practice. But you have to know the fundamentals first. And even if you've had years of experience and success, it's easy to forget some of those fundamentals or realise that you may have missed a few lessons the first time.

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BP&O

JUNE 13, 2023

Ostro isn’t the easiest of companies to make sense of. Billed as a ‘life science software company’, it straddles a number of different services that are both consumer and clinician-facing. In simple terms, though, it looks to help consumers and healthcare providers alike to navigate the complex, labyrinthine ins and outs of the complex US healthcare system; using software to The post Ostro by Mucho appeared first on BP&O - Branding, Packaging and Opinion.

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Inkbot Design

JULY 29, 2023

How to Create a Successful Brand Identity Greetings aspiring entrepreneurs and business leaders! I'm thrilled to have you along for today's journey into the fascinating branding domain. Creating an unforgettable brand identity that emotionally connects with your audience can be the difference between a thriving and barely surviving business. Crafting an iconic brand is a challenging feat.

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Colossal

JUNE 23, 2023

All images © Creative Soul Photography, shared with permission Ten years ago, Atlanta-based photographers Kahran and Regis Bethencourt of CreativeSoul Photography noticed a lack of diversity in the industry, and they seized the opportunity to represent and celebrate the myriad styles and stories of African heritage. In their ongoing AfroArt series, the Bethencourts embrace the versatility of Black hair by sweeping it into towering updos and beaded braids.

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Speaker: Michele Berdinis

This session will answer business law questions that people are asking most during the pandemic. If my business can’t pay its bills, can my creditors come after my personal assets? Do I have to pay the rent on my co-working space or office? Can my clients cancel signed contracts? Can I cancel contracts for things I no longer need because my business has slowed down?

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