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Design Trends Come and Go. But There’s A Reason Why Graphic Knitwear Transcends

Eye on Design

Take “ugly sweaters” from the 1970s, photographs from the Missoni and Alaïa runways of the 1980s, and screenshots from the latest Paloma Wool and Ganni sites, and you’ll notice that the same few things appear again and again: vibrant color blocking, focus on texture, eye-popping geometry, and a psychedelic pattern.

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Spotlight on Trailblazing Female Designers: Part 1

Design Milk

I then further abstracted ‘Boom’ by manipulating it into shapes and surface textures for “Dark Matter” You can listen to ‘Boom’ that inspired the form HERE. Jessica’s design style follows a holistic approach to creating spaces with a focus on comfort, craft, and a modern aesthetic. Jessica Iwaniec.

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Top 10 Must-Read Books on Graphic Design

Inkbot Design

From branding to user experience, mastering the art of design opens endless opportunities. Let's dive in and discover the art of visual storytelling together. A once mundane passage can be elevated to a captivating work of art through the interplay of letterforms, line spacing, and kerning. 10 Best Books on Graphic Design 1.

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The 37 Best Design Books to Level Up Your Skills

Inkbot Design

Reading is one of the best ways to learn new techniques, theories, and approaches to elevate your craft. Sale Design Thinking for Visual Communication (Basics Design) Ambrose, Gavin (Author) English (Publication Language) 184 Pages – 08/22/2019 (Publication Date) – Bloomsbury Visual Arts (Publisher) −$4.72 $30.23

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10 Disruptive Companies Shaping the Future

Inkbot Design

They iterate rapidly Disruptive companies perfect the art of rapidly prototyping, testing and iterating to uncover what adds real value. Brian Chesky, Airbnb CEO The following section explores patterns in how market-dominating disruptors first get off the ground. Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn co-founder. Travel lodging will never be the same.

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AZ Awards 2024: A Look Back at 13 Years of Design Excellence

Azure Magazine

When the inaugural cohort of AZ Awards winners was announced in 2011, it marked a watershed for Canadian design. With the Oiseau des Îles residences, Antonini Darmon flipped this idea on its head, creating a grid-patterned façade that looks like a giant game of tic-tac-toe capped off by a sharply angled roofline.

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Rüdiger Schlömer will teach us how to type knit our lives for good

Type room

Schlömer's book, Pixel, Patch und Pattern: Typeknitting (published by Verlag Hermann Schmidt) has been recently awarded the «Certificate of Typographic Excellence» from Type Directors Club, is currently on display in The World’s Best Typography exhibition (TDC65) and as Pentagram's Eddie Opara notes, is filled with surprises. “At