Spoon Graphics

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

A brand new kind of design bundle has just dropped over at Design Cuts. Curated Collections are mini bundles of 4 related products for just $10, saving up to 90%. You’ll find collections of brushes, fonts, illustrations and more for Procreate, Photoshop and other art and design software. Which ones are your favourites? Each curated collection has a specific theme, so you can be sure to find one that’s made just for you!

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Graphic Design Junction

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Designing movie posters is an art form that has evolved significantly over the decades, blending creativity, marketing, and visual storytelling. In an age where the digital landscape is constantly changing, the future of movie poster design promises to push boundaries and embrace new technologies. This article explores how to creatively design movie posters , offering tips, detailed explanations, and real-world examples to inspire your next project.

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Design Milk

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Located in a 1970s building in São Paulo’s Jardins neighborhood, Brazilian firm RUA 141 Arquitetura transformed the JB Apartment that both honors its initial renovation from 2012 and introduces new elements to create a cohesive, modern aesthetic. The renovation project, led by architect Mona Singal, sought to preserve the original architectural language while introducing fresh, vibrant elements.

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Azure Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

For the Beijing firm Neri&Hu , a deep understanding of the site condition yields the richest results. The Zhishan Residences in Taipei, or (more poetically) The Lattice, is a prime example. It’s situated in Zhishan, an area in the Shilin District that was “a gateway for foreign cultures.” And the architects drew from the city’s variegated street character to craft the project. “Alongside new glassy tall buildings, there co-exists charming arcaded low rises from

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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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Design Milk

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

In design, as in nature, true harmony is achieved when individual elements coalesce to form something far greater than the sum of their parts. Beni Rugs , a Morocco-based brand renowned for its responsible craftsmanship, and FRAMA , a Copenhagen-based design brand celebrated for its minimalist approach, are set to introduce Terrain , a limited collection of flat-woven, undyed rugs.

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Design You Trust

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Ruslan (Rus) Khasanov (previously featured ) is an artist and graphic designer known for his abstract photography, videos, illustrations, and experimental typography. His creative process centers on emotional expression, visual experimentation, and improvisation, allowing viewers to derive personal meaning from his work. Since 2011, Ruslan has developed a unique style that explores internal chaos and reality, creating multi-layered art that resonates on many levels.

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Moo

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Tired of holiday design clichés, like basic red and green, snowflakes, and Santas? We are, too. So when we started working on our annual holiday catalog , we wanted to create something different, something that will inspire more unique festive designs. Guided by the five senses, our 2024 holiday catalog calls on the best festive feels, like cozy knitted sweaters, the smell of peppermint, and the sound of glasses clinking.

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Inkbot Design

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

12 Graphic Design Principles & How to Apply Them Ever sat and stared at a design and felt something but just couldn't quite put your finger on why? Well, that is the magic of graphic design principles at work. They're the invisible forces that make some visuals sing while others fall flat. It's not about abiding by a ‘dos and don'ts' rulebook.

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Moo

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Tired of holiday design clichés, like basic red and green, snowflakes, and Santas? We are, too. So when we started working on our annual holiday catalogue , we wanted to create something different, something that will inspire more unique festive designs. Guided by the five senses, our 2024 holiday catalogue calls on the best festive feels, like cozy knitted sweaters, the smell of peppermint, and the sound of glasses clinking.

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Inkbot Design

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Top 10 Wireframing Tools: Your Gateway to Better Design Ever get that feeling that you're fumbling in the dark, starting on a new design project? You are not alone. That is where wireframing tools come in handy; they shall be that trusty torch that will lead you through the murky design waters to map your ideas before diving deep. However, this article will discuss the top 10 wireframing tools that help designers and developers create better designs.

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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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Abduzeedo

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Urban Streetwear Typography: Discover the 'Alias' Free Font abduzeedo 0905—24 Bold lines meet playful inktraps in 'Alias', a free extended typeface inspired by urban streetwear. Explore Thunder Studio's free font for personal typography projects now. Typography holds a special place in graphic design, and when it takes inspiration from vibrant subcultures, the result is something truly captivating.

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We And The Color

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Hyundai Card’s recent publication, Our Typeface, represents a profound exploration of the company’s design and brand identity. This comprehensive archive chronicles the two-decade journey of Hyundai Card’s bespoke font, Youandi, and is a testament to the company’s unwavering commitment to design excellence. The publication marks a significant milestone in the evolution of corporate typography in South Korea, offering a unique lens through which the company’s identity and philosophy c

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Colossal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

All images © Ana Flores, shared with permission Ana Flores Captures Her Andean Heritage Through a Fashion Photography Lens September 5, 2024 Photography Grace Ebert Share Pin Email Bookmark Fashion is one way the Andean women of Peru’s Valle Sagrado region retain cultural traditions. In Donde Florecen Estas Flores , or Where These Flowers Bloom , Ana Flores returns to her native Cusco to photograph their timeless style and better connect with her own heritage.

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We And The Color

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

If you’re looking for a stylish, adaptable, and fully customizable brand guidelines template, this design by BrandPacks offers a powerful visual tool for any design team. With its 18×24″ format , this template was created for Adobe InDesign and sets a high standard for brand presentations. Featuring a dark, sophisticated background, the overall design exudes professionalism while emphasizing the core elements of brand identity.

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Speaker: Sean Adams, ArtCenter College of Design

Thomas Edison once said “Vision without execution is hallucination.” This statement applies not just to invention, but to graphic design. One of the greatest strengths of graphic designers is the ability to first develop a concept and then execute it to make it real. From visualization and ideation all the way through to actuation and execution, each step of this process takes skill and expertise.

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Creative Bloq

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Minimalism isn't always the answer.

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Inkbot Design

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Top 10 Basketball Logos: A Slam Dunk in Visual Branding What separates the all-stars from the bench warmers in this league of logos? Is it the fierce bull that makes you want to charge? The incredible simplicity speaking volumes without saying a word? Or is it the perfect mix of history and swagger that makes you part of something greater than yourself?

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Design You Trust

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The Blind, 1879 Nikolai Alexandrovich Yaroshenko (1846–1898) was a Russian painter of Ukrainian descent and a prominent member of the Peredvizhniki, or Wanderers, from 1876. Known as “the conscience of the Itinerants” for his integrity, he retired as a Major General in 1892. Yaroshenko’s works, including portraits and genre paintings, often depicted the hardships of life in the Russian Empire, and he became a leading figure in Eastern European realism during the late 19th centu

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Inkbot Design

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Umbrella Branding: Examples of Building Brand Empires Have you ever noticed how some brands seem to be everywhere? It's as if they have mastered some form of corporate shape-shifting, morphing from one product into another with all the ease a chameleon has in changing colour. Welcome to the world of umbrella branding. It's not about actual umbrellas, although some brands might be selling those, too.

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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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Its Nice That

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

After a short break, we’re back! See in the autumn months with brilliant creative talks spanning graphic design, art and photography.

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Six Leaf Design

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

One of the biggest jobs your website does is build credibility for you. And there are lots of ways to do that, but social proof is a super powerful one. What does that mean? It means showing other people have already had a great experience using your product or working with you. Testimonials are one awesome way to do that, but another great way is to display the logos of big, reputable companies you’ve worked with or been featured by.

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Its Nice That

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Poupay began her career catching strange and wonderful moments on the streets of New York. Now, she’s the go-to photographer for some of the biggest celebrity events in the world, from the Oscars, to the Met Gala, to the Tony Awards. At June’s Nicer Tuesdays in New York, she shared just how she made such a career leap.

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Design Everywhere

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

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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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HONGKIAT

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Knowing how to perform a factory reset on your iPhone is essential for resolving software issues, preparing your device for sale, or giving it a fresh start. Whether you are dealing with persistent glitches or planning to hand over your iPhone to a new owner, a factory reset ensures that all your personal data and settings are completely erased; think of it as returning your iPhone to its original state as you first got it.

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Noupe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Invitations have evolved far beyond traditional printed cards. With the advent of digital tools and technologies, it’s now easier than ever to learn how to make digital invitations that are both beautiful and impactful. These digital invitations can be just as stunning as their physical counterparts, and the best part is that you can design them with minimal effort.

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FlowingData

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The United States Geological Survey defines barren land as: “areas of bedrock, desert pavement, scarps, talus, slides, volcanic material, glacial debris, sand dunes, strip mines, gravel pits and other accumulations of earthen material. Generally, vegetation accounts for less than 15% of total cover.” In the conterminous United States, most of that belongs to deserts and mountains in the west.

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Creative Bloq

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Have a chance of getting your artwork featured in ImagineFX by taking part in our latest Art Challenge throughout October.

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Download this free eBook to learn how you can create stunning typography, using the basics, such as placing text, to advanced controls like ligatures, variable fonts, effects, tracking, range kerning, and everything in between. Learn how to: Use Character Control to add variety to your font styles. Use Paragraph Control to manage spacing, alignment, justification and more.

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This is Paper

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The rough stone fortress walls of the medieval Castelgrande are interrupted with clean, brutalist geometries — a dichotomy captured by Italian photographer Simone Bossi.

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Creative Bloq

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

This new ASUS laptop is powered by the latest AMD AI processor and attempts to redefine what is possible with power and design.

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FlowingData

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

You know the classic game Pong with the paddles and ball that moves across the screen? Imagine the ball and paddles synchronized to music. Victor Tao approached the challenge as an optimization problem to figure out where the paddle and balls should go, based on the beats of a song : Fortunately there is a mature field dedicated to optimizing an objective (screen utilization) with respect to variables (the locations of bounces) in the presence of constraints on those variables (physics and the b

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Colossal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Detail of “Studies for a vocabulary of loss XXV” (2024), digital print on archival watercolor paper and construction paper with feather butterflies, plastic flies, roaches, spiders, and memorial rosette reading “affliction,” 47 1/2 x 30 1/2 x 12 inches (framed). Photos by Mikhail Mishin. All images © Ebony G. Patterson, courtesy of the artist and Monique Meloche Gallery, shared with permission Loss, Grief, and Renewal Spring Forth in Ebony G.

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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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