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50 Best Logos Of 2024

Graphic Design Junction

The collection of 50 best logos of 2024 you need to see and spark your creativity showcases innovative designs that are redefining logo concepts and visual branding. From startups to established brands, these logos set the bar for creativity and professionalism. This curated selection will inspire designers and businesses alike to elevate their branding.

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A practical guide to using AI in architecture

Creative Bloq

Breaking workflow bottlenecks.

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“Coming Home” by Photographer Varvara Gorbunova

Booooooom

A selection of images from a project by Prague-based photographer Varvara Gorbunova.

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Designers are going wild for this clever logo design

Creative Bloq

This brand identity hits all the right notes.

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Let's Talk Trends: Designing for Maximum Impact

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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The Élite Series by Manu Grinspan

We And The Color

So, have you come across Manu Grinspan’s “lite Series” yet? It’s something to think about. I find it interesting how he merges the old with the new. It’s like he’s taking a classic pencil sketch that feels so human and then boosting it with AI. It’s a fascinating blend, isn’t it? The word “lite” itself carries a lot of weight.

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Two years on, X' blue checkmarks are still causing chaos

Creative Bloq

Some people say their paid-for blue tick has disappeared.

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How to Create a Sophisticated Brand Guidelines Brochure Using This Elegant InDesign Template

We And The Color

PixWork’s “Brand Blueprint” Template: A Casual but Elegant Look Ever wished you had a foolproof guide for your brand? Well, this “Brand Blueprint” template designed by PixWork using Adobe InDesign just might be it. It’s a brand guidelines brochure template, perfect for outlining everything that makes a brand unique.

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Strategic Layout Design: Making Every Element Count

Inkbot Design

Strategic Layout Design: Making Every Element Count Whether you're working on a website, an app, or even a physical space, strategic layout is the backbone that holds everything together. Think of it as the road map that guides users to their destination. It's not just about aesthetics; it's about functionality and user experience. Without a solid layout, all the creative vibe you're trying to capture can easily fall flat, like a souffl that never rises.

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YIMMY'S YAYO™ #anchor

Designspiration

Saved by Daniel Petit (@danielpetit).

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Stunning Finalist Photos of The 2024 USA Kids Mullet Championship

Design You Trust

Just when you thought the infamous mullet had been relegated to the annals of questionable hair history, think again. Every year in the USA, theres a competition to crown the greatest kids mullet of the yearyes, you heard that right, an actual title for the best “business in the front, party in the back.” And no, these arent mullet wigs; these kids proudly strut around sporting these glorious hairstyles in real life.

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The Democratization of Design: Giving Creators & Marketers the Tools to Succeed

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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Mous Lamrabat’s Striking Portraits Put Unity, Love, and Compassion in Sharp Focus

Colossal

Born in Morocco and raised in Belgium, Mous Lamrabat has long been fascinated by diasporic experience and the surprising parallels, contradictions, and intersections between cultures. Through fashion photography and vibrant personal work, the photographer celebrates love, freedom, and unity. Five years in the making, Lamrabat’s new book Mousganistan is a dive into “an in-between territory in which opposites collide and create beauty and abundance, new connections, and dialogues in a

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Amazing Large-Scale Murals by Doras

Design You Trust

Doras is an award-winning artist, muralist, and illustrator celebrated for transforming urban spaces into giant masterpieces with a modern fantasy flair. Drawing from his roots in illustration and fine art, he creates vivid works that blend historical ornamentation with fantastical elements, turning each mural into a portal to another realm. His dreamlike creations are brimming with intricate details and captivating characters that ignite the imagination.

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New AI art magazine shows its time to take the medium seriously (even if it's hilarious)

Creative Bloq

Highlights include 'Girl in a Pizza Dress'.

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AI-Log: The Immersive AI-Photography by Alina Trifan

Design You Trust

Alina Trifan, an artist and photographer based in Sheffield, UK, began her creative journey in Moldova and discovered her passion for photography after moving to Italy at fourteen. With a background in Cultural and Linguistic Mediation from the University of Padua, she crafts visual narratives that elevate everyday moments into poetic expressions. Her work, including collaborations with AI, transforms the overlooked and mundane into scenes of wonder, inviting viewers to find profound beauty in s

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From Visualization to Execution: Exploring Our Strengths as Designers

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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Game art careers: how outsourcing studios are helping to make games from Halo to Borderlands

Creative Bloq

Production director Chuck Byas explains how game art creation is changing.

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Purple ≠ money

UX Collective

Fintech, magic, and murder — purple rules them all. Introduction to advanced visual storytelling of colors.

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'This was a real challenge,' says 3D artist of their pensive portrait of a soldier of the future

Creative Bloq

This 3D character artist created a pensive portrait of a soldier of the future, using 3ds Max, ZBrush and more

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Cabin Vindheim by Vardehaugen — Thisispaper

This is Paper

Hidden within the serene forests near Lillehammer, Norway, Cabin Vindheim by Vardehaugen Architects epitomizes the harmonious fusion of minimalist design and natural integration.

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Rethinking Creative Workflows: Increasing Efficiency in the Design Process

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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The best (and worst) movie posters of 2024

Creative Bloq

We saw some wicked designs this year.

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A Simple Guide to Raster Graphics for Newbie Creators

Inkbot Design

A Simple Guide to Raster Graphics for Newbie Creators Most creators waste hundreds of hours fighting with image files because nobody taught them the basics of raster graphics. Let me save you the headache I went through when I started. Look – if you're creating content online, you're working with images. Period. And if you're working with pictures without understanding raster graphics, you're playing a losing game.

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How to master materials in KeyShot

Creative Bloq

Go beyond textures and define the look of your 3D model with materials, using one of the best stand-alone renderers on the market

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The Gillette Logo: Razor-Sharp Beginnings to Smooth Modern Design

Inkbot Design

The Gillette Logo: Razor-Sharp Beginnings to Smooth Modern Design Attention business owners struggling with branding: Your logo might cost you millions of lost sales. Did you know that most of you've heard about logo design is wrong? Yes, it's true. While you've been chasing trendy designs and clever concepts, you're still not seeing the results you want.

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Creative Insights: Data-Backed Trends to Help You Design Successful Content

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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Need a new laptop for the new year? These six deals in the Amazon after-Christmas sale are the ones to consider

Creative Bloq

We've picked out the best early Black Friday laptop deals at Amazon UK for different types of user. Savings of up to 42% on Asus, Apple, MSI and more.

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How Duolingo, Nike, and Amazon use rewards to keep you hooked

UX Collective

Why Duolingo turns streaks into addictive habits while Amazons badges gatherdust The habit loop uses rewards to drive engagement and retention, helping users stay consistent and achieve theirgoals. Drumroll, please! I recently sold an item on Vinted for the first timefinally, a win! To be honest, I originally downloaded the app to sell things, but well, lets just say I got very good at buying instead.

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The Hello Kitty Rubik's Cube design has no business being this cute

Creative Bloq

Our favourite cat that isn't a cat takes brand collabs to another level.

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2024 Year in Review: Taste

Design Milk

JANUARY: The Art of Compartmentalization in Three Unique Ways With every new year comes a renewed desire to make meaningful change, find things that spark joy, and invite order after holiday chaos. For those looking to narrow their focus on the kitchen, consider the power of compartmentalization. From meal planning to zero waste efforts and refrigerator tidiness, refining your culinary workflow is easier than you think.

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How to Create Stunning Typography With the Corel Type Tool Kit

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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Overpopulated Symphonies: The Striking AI Photography Project by Alkan Avcıoğlu

Design You Trust

“Overpopulated Symphonies” is an AI-driven post-photography collection exploring the modern human condition through densely packed urban imagery, where individuals are reduced to tiny points in a vast sea of dots. Beyond depicting overpopulation, it uses crowd density as a metaphor for the overwhelming flood of information in contemporary life, raising questions about identity and individuality.

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The eBay Logo Design: Garage Sale to Global Icon

Inkbot Design

The eBay Logo Design: Garage Sale to Global Icon I remember the first time I saw the eBay logo. It was 1999, and I was hunched over my clunky desktop computer, searching for a hard-to-find logo book from Pentagram. As the page loaded (painfully slowly, thanks to dial-up), there it was – that quirky, colourful logo that would soon become a staple of the digital age.

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Home insurance companies dropping customers

FlowingData

Because of a warming planet with more wildfires and hurricanes, it’s growing more common for insurance companies to stop insuring people with existing policies. For the New York Times, Christopher Flavelle, with analysis and graphics by Mira Rojanasakul, describes the coverage shift. The consequences could be profound. Without insurance, you cant get a mortgage; without a mortgage, most Americans cant buy a home.

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