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Art Made of Code: monopo london on the design of Matt DesLauriers' debut book

Creative Boom

Who says writing code can't be creative? Meridian is a collection of 1,000 artworks originally released on the digital art platform Art Blocks , each created with code written by Matt. A JavaScript program which runs the code constructs stratified landforms using thousands of small strokes of colour.

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10+ Best Desktop Publishing Software (2023)

Just Creative

Discover the best desktop publishing software in 2023. Desktop publishing software is used to create visual communications, such as brochures, business cards, greeting cards, posters, web pages for professional or personal printing online or on-screen. Affinity Publisher Affinity Publisher. Limited PDF editing options.

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Mono Moment: Slanted's helpful reference guide to magical monospaced fonts

Creative Boom

In design, art, coding – even on our identification documents. A new book published by Slanted celebrates these hardworking fonts and offers a source of inspiration for graphic designers and typographers looking for a helpful reference guide. Monospaced fonts are not just fascinating; they're everywhere we look.

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Unique and Modern Business Card Templates to Boost Your Branding

Graphic Design Junction

Modern business card templates take this a step further, integrating sleek designs, smart layouts, and even futuristic touches like augmented reality (AR) or QR codes to connect offline presence with online assets. A well-designed business card offers a tangible representation of your brand and communicates your identity.

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New book highlights how much graphic designers can learn from the small ads of yesteryear

Creative Boom

If you haven't heard of Standards Manual , the Brooklyn-based, independent publishing imprint founded by designers Jesse Reed and Hamish Smyth in 2014, it's about time you did. Now, they're returning to their publishing roots with their latest book, Classified: Local Ads from America's Small Towns.

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32 affordable tools to keep costs down when you first go freelance

Creative Boom

Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer and Affinity Publisher each offer a close approximation to Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign, respectively. Reedsy Want to publish your own book? Reedsy is a respectful platform connecting authors with professional editors, designers, and marketers to assist in self-publishing endeavours.

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Jump around: Majefa's new identity features type that moves to the music

Creative Boom

Having already published Clubbed in 2018 – a visual history of UK club culture which features a plethora of clubbing graphic design, including logos, posters and signage – it was felt F37 were the perfect fit for the task and were contacted directly.

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