Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The Canadian agency is all about smart, strategic branding that breathes life into real estate, cultural, and hospitality spaces. With a collaborative vibe and a knack for timeless design, its team creates brands that don't just look great—they feel like they truly belong. Since its inception, Toronto's Vanderbrand has carved a niche for itself through smart, considered work that largely centres on places and spaces with a range of clients across high-end real estate, hospitality, and cultural p

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I Love Typography

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Read the book, Typographic Firsts This month, Steven Heller takes a closer look at the Roadhouse font family. The post Steven Heller’s Font of the Month: Roadhouse appeared first on I Love Typography.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Modernist Graphic Design in Britain 1945-1980 sheds light on the post-war designers who shaped the nation's visual identity while battling austerity and social upheaval. Like every profession, designers need to know their own history. And here's a useful, not to mention fascinating, new book that can help you with that. Modernist Graphic Design in Britain 1945-1980 , written by graphic designer Ian McLaren and academic Tony Pritchard, examines how designers helped reshape society during a period

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Graphic Design Junction

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

A comprehensive collection of high-quality, free PSD mockup templates for both commercial and personal use. These free PSD files feature smart objects, allowing you to customize designs in seconds. This showcase includes professionally crafted product presentation mockups , such as iPhone X mockups, branding materials, stationery items, logos, t-shirts mockups , and packaging, all in various perspectives and styles.

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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

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Tanner Moussa and Mackenzie Lewis, the creative force behind MOUS , have never shied away from bold ideas. Since their debut in 2022, the third-generation furniture designers have consistently blurred the lines between art, architecture, and function, pushing the boundaries of material and form. Now, with the release of Narrative Arc: Volume II , MOUS takes their signature approach even further, crafting a collection that merges ancient architectural influences with celestial inspiration in new,

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FlowingData

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

In the early 1800s, botanist and painter Pierre-Joseph Redouté painted hundreds of lily and rose species. Nicholas Rougeux restored the illustrations by hand for an accurate and browsable catalog of flowers. Rougeux documented the tedious process. The illustrations organized by color are available as posters. (In case you need something nice to look at after a long night.

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Design You Trust

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Dariusz Kieliszek, a self-taught Polish illustrator and concept artist, has made a remarkable impact on the digital art world through his exploration of symbolic fantasy and surreal horror.

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Design Milk

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

At any mall, guests are content to grab a quick bite to eat at a basic fast food eatery, without giving much thought to their surroundings, which are created with grab-and-go utility in mind. At the Studio Aisslinger -designed Le Big TamTam , a new food court in Hamburg, Germany, shoppers enter a culinary hub that delights the senses. “We didn’t want to create a typical marketplace,” says Werner Aisslinger , founder and principal of his eponymous firm.

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Abduzeedo

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Chooch’s Branding Embraces Authenticity Through Playful Imperfection abduzeedo 1106—24 Discover how amStudio’s branding and visual identity of Chooch captures authentic, handmade aesthetics for fashion accessories. Chooch, formerly known as Flat Fifteen, has redefined its brand to better reflect its founder Francesca Kappo’s evolving vision. With the guidance of amStudio, this rebrand has transformed the brand’s identity from a broad handmade focus to one that is solely centered around fashion a

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Booooooom

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

A series inspired by Attar’s “Conference of the birds” by artist and designer Mustaali Raj.

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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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This is Paper

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The Harria Luminary Collection, conceived by designer Joshua Linacisoro, draws its inspiration from the Basque phrase “Harria da Argia”—the stone is light. This guiding concept captures the essence of the project, where stone symbolizes both resistance and warmth, merging strength with an inviting glow.

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Colossal

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

From fanged cats and all-seeing ravens to anthropomorphized botanicals and disembodied faces, Michael McGrath ’s uncanny works nod to the symbol-rich, flat compositions of folk art or “naïve” painting. His mixed-media works combine materials like graphite, oil paint and oil stick, ink, and acrylic on a variety of surfaces, including wood, canvas, and burlap.

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Designspiration

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Saved by Kyle Hyams (@kylehyams).

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Its Nice That

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Drawing from the expansive worlds of folklore, gaming and retro cartoons, Cécile’s work invites you to rest, play and appreciate the world through a child’s eyes.

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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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We And The Color

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

When it comes to job applications, making a memorable first impression can be very difficult. DesignCoach’s A4 landscape resume booklet template, created in Adobe InDesign, offers a sophisticated alternative to traditional CVs. Tailored for designers and creatives, this 14-page booklet provides an ideal platform for showcasing skills, experience, and creativity.

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Designspiration

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Saved by Herr Schroeder (@hrscrnet).

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Its Nice That

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Spanning books, prints, T-shirts, toys, socks, candles, jewellery, food and everything in between, we’re proud to present our annual list of top gifts to buy from independent creatives and businesses, to suit all your gift-giving needs this festive season.

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Creative Bloq

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

This quiz aims to raise awareness of the risk of AI images in science publications.

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Swiss Miss

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Seems like I feel like organizing my digital life. I stumbled upon PARA , a simple, comprehensive system for organizing any type of digital information across any platform. Intrigued.

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Creative Bloq

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

A "once in a generation inflection point" or derivative slop?

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Its Nice That

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Informed by her upbringing in South Korea, Joyce Lee’s otherworldly paintings explore eroticism, religion and social stigmas.

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Creative Bloq

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Best Buy has $400 off Asus Vivobook Pro 15 OLED in this pre-Black Friday deal

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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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Swiss Miss

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

“Everything is on fire, but everyone I love is doing beautiful things and trying to make life worth living, and I know I don’t have to believe in everything, but I believe in that.” – Nikita Gill Now we continue living a life of integrity, kindness and community, no matter the circumstances. Find the helpers. Connect hearts.

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Creative Bloq

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

A creative ASMR dream.

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Colossal

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Transparent, glass-like planes sweep across Daniel Mullen ’s canvases, dancing across the color spectrum and layering or rotating with mathematical precision. The Amsterdam-based artist ( previously ) has long been fascinated by the way pigments relate to one another and invite depth or contrast through opacity and tonal shifts. “At the moment, my work is taking shape in three forms: paintings on linen, wooden cut-outs that directly interact with their surrounding space, and sculptural pie

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Creative Bloq

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Its next display could be less iMac M4, and more iMac G4.

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This is Paper

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

In Yokohama's northern precincts, SANAA's Okurayama Apartments present a radical reimagining of urban housing by breaking from traditional dense residential planning to foster a communal, interconnected living experience.

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Creative Bloq

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

If you don't mind a bit of DIY before getting started, the TOOCAA L2 is both capable and reasonably priced.

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Design Week

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The Cream Store has opened a flagship location in Sheffield, which has been designed to encourage customers to hang out as well as shop. The 280-sq-metre space is on the ground floor of Burgess House in the Heart of the City, the council’s redevelopment scheme. It stocks streetwear brands including Carhartt WIP, Fred Perry, Barbour […] Source What to read next: How Zebra simplified the Whittards shopping experience | SODA Studio’s Instagrammable Humble Crumble shop | Interior I

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Swiss Miss

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

This Exploded Fruit Bowl by by Paul Cocksedge made me smile.

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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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