Creative Boom

JUNE 24, 2024

All My Friends Reprise: Looking For Owls blends vibrant imagery with detailed band lore. London illustrator Sam Taylor explains what he learned from this unusual project. We're big fans of London-based illustrator Sam Taylor , whom we last covered in 2023 when he was experimenting with hand-made techniques. Now he's behind a new children's book titled All My Friends Reprise: Looking For Owls.

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Booooooom

JUNE 24, 2024

An introspective photo essay exploring themes of childhood, religion, lesbian sexuality, and learning how to grow into a woman by photographer Megan Reilly.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 24, 2024

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Feeling like a fraud? We share the community's best tips to help you embrace your unique voice, trust your process, and view challenges as opportunities. As a creative professional, your work is an extension of your very self. Your ideas, your vision and your unique perspective, are the tools of your trade. Yet this means that to succeed, you have to have a lot of confidence in yourself.

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Creative Bloq

JUNE 24, 2024

Craig Burston on why designers, not pop stars, should create typefaces.

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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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Creative Boom

JUNE 24, 2024

Little Big Brands sought to respect the history of the garden's namesake, Mildred Mathias while bringing it into the modern day with a new brand identity. The UCLA Mathias Botanical Garden has launched its new identity, coinciding with the renaissance and modernisation of the garden itself, which includes enhanced entry points and common areas as well as a new central stream and water feature.

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Its Nice That

JUNE 24, 2024

Designer Shira Inbar and illustrator Julia Dufossé join for Dream Theater, exploring the loudness and “liminal stillness” of the multiplex.

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Design Milk

JUNE 24, 2024

In the art of furniture design, mastery involves developing a deep and intimate knowledge of the materials used to turn sketches into prototypes before fully realizing final products. That’s exactly what Japanese furniture brand Ariake facilitated in October 2023 when it led a cohort of notable designers and brands – including Gabriel Tan , Anderssen&Voll , Keiji Ashizawa , Norm Architects , Monica Förster , Naoki Terada , and Christian Haas – through a week-long design workshop in Saga, Jap

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Inkbot Design

JUNE 24, 2024

Improving Your Web Design: A Comprehensive Guide Are you prepared to follow a path towards bettering your web design skills? Then, this is the correct place for you. In this guide that covers it all, we will go deep into the world of web design and learn everything from basic methods to those advanced tricks which make sites outstanding. The Significance of Web Design Let us talk about why web design matters before we get into details.

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Design Milk

JUNE 24, 2024

Who wouldn’t enjoy the convenience of preparing full meals in the backyard or out on a balcony if given the space and accommodations? Introduced at ICFF with plans to hit the market in 2025, CUBE is Brown Jordan Outdoor Kitchens’ latest collection and first collaboration with Luca Nichetto of Nichetto Studio. CUBE is about modularity for outdoor living at its core, inspired by architectural shapes and clean lines that allow for adaptation at any size.

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Colossal

JUNE 24, 2024

All images © Matt Wilson, shared with permission Matt Wilson ( previously ) has transformed found utensils into recycled metal sculptures for the last 15 years. Bending, welding, and mounting segments of cutlery upon one another, spoon bowls evoke plumage and fork prongs resemble sprawling quills. Encompassing the distinctive crown variations of birds’ heads, Wilson utilizes the unique decorative details that adorn handles of silverware.

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Inkbot Design

JUNE 24, 2024

Brand Assets: The Cornerstone of Your Identity In 2024, distinguishing yourself from others is more important than ever. However, how can one stand out among countless possibilities? The solution lies within brand assets. These influential instruments form the basis of a corporation’s identity , enabling it to create a distinctive place in its clients’ minds.

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Its Nice That

JUNE 24, 2024

Ming bounces between design collaborations for arts and culture clients, to putting colour markers and charcoal to paper in their art practice.

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Creative Bloq

JUNE 24, 2024

Fans are criticising the design – I think it's a classic in the making.

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Design Milk

JUNE 24, 2024

In the picturesque foothills of Boulder, Colorado, the Hi-Hat House stands as an example of adaptive architecture and design ingenuity. Designed by architecture firm FLOWER , this cozy home for empty nesters is a blend of modular design principles and traditional building techniques. Originally conceived as a home to be assembled from pre-fabricated units, Hi-Hat House underwent a significant transformation during its construction journey.

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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

JUNE 24, 2024

And that's kind of a problem.

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Design Milk

JUNE 24, 2024

It was just a few years ago that we reported on the Argentinian-Spanish artist Felipe Pantone using a swimming pool as a canvas , applying his distinctive chromatic art pieces one tile at a time across the bottom to dazzling effect. Now, he’s taken that same colorful pinwheel aesthetic and reinterpreted it for a limited release inflatable pool lounger that will certainly make a splash with color lovers.

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Creative Bloq

JUNE 24, 2024

Here's how it works.

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Azure Magazine

JUNE 24, 2024

Faye Toogood already has a bona fide classic to her name: the Roly Poly chair, which turns 10 this year. But why stop there? By the time April had wrapped up, the London designer had unveiled no fewer than three radical collections positioned for similarly beloved status. That’s not to mention that a number of the people moving through Milan’s festivities were sporting flowy smocks from her eponymous fashion brand.

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Creative Bloq

JUNE 24, 2024

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Azure Magazine

JUNE 24, 2024

During this year’s edition of Milan Design Week , exhibitors at Salone del Mobile and offsite destinations like Alcova showed a serious passion for deep red furniture. Here, we round up everyone adding to the 2024 design trend’s momentum. 1 Gucci Ancora At its local flagship, Gucci reimagined five Italian classics — including Tobia Scarpa’s Opachi vase for Venini, left, and the Acerbis Storet cabinet, right — in rich oxblood.

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Design You Trust

JUNE 24, 2024

Pierre Yovanovitch and Christian Louboutin have launched a seating collection that merges haute couture craftsmanship with a bold expression of femininity. More: Pierre Yovanovitch , Instagram Presented at Yovanovitch’s New York gallery, the collection includes nine unique oakwood chairs, each inspired by a distinct female muse from history, mythology, and film.

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Azure Magazine

JUNE 24, 2024

1 The Brief When it comes to Milan Design Weeks of the past, there has only ever been one watering hole that really matters: Bar Basso, the tried-and-true institution where the industry gathers each night. But this year, there was ample buzz surrounding an alternative destination for post-festivity nightcaps: Bar Nico , which opened last fall. One of the first projects by Sagoma Studio , the wine bar reflects firm co-founders Marco Mannacio Soderini and Benito Zanzico’s shared commitment to stri

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Design You Trust

JUNE 24, 2024

Hethe Srodawa is an industry video game visual designer and storyteller. Among the video game titles he has produced concept art for include Apex Legends, Titanfall 2, Red Dead Redemption, Max Payne 3, L.A. Noire, Grand Theft Auto V, and Defiance.

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Azure Magazine

JUNE 24, 2024

Metal and steel brought fresh edge to Milan exhibitions like Capsule Plaza — and established one of the biggest design trends of 2024 in the process. Here are 10 designs kicking off a new industrial revolution. 1 100R by Hydro T-Board shelving by Philippe Malouin Billet chair by John Tree Serial partition by Rachel Griffin Tsuba coat stand by Andreas Engesvik Norway-based aluminum manufacturer Hydro produces Circal 100R entirely from post-consumer scrap, with a carbon footprint 97 per cent below

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Design You Trust

JUNE 24, 2024

Based in US, Gabrielle Dobrzelewski creates oil paintings that serve as points of departure for exploring larger topics of interest—desire, anxiety, femininity, queerness, and the invisible threads that connect us to one another. The narratives she engages in emerge from the well of her lived experiences, with every piece operating as a means to sublimate her everyday life into a visual diary that captures quiet moments of emotional liminality. “My body exists as both center and symbol in

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Azure Magazine

JUNE 24, 2024

Place Setting PHOTO: Pier Giorgio Leave the shiny silver spoons to stiff upper-crust functions — any dinner party served with Natalia Criado’s plated brass cutlery seems like it would be far more fun to attend. In the kitchen of Villa Borsani (the more intimate of Alcova’s two Milan Design Week group exhibition venues, both former residences in the city’s Varedo area), visitors swooned over a selection of the Colombia-born, Italy-based designer’s geometric cutlery and serving utensils, which wal

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Design You Trust

JUNE 24, 2024

King Francis I of France, inspired by Italian lotteries, established the first French lottery, the Loterie Royale, in 1539 to aid state finances, but it failed due to high ticket costs and opposition from affluent social classes. However, from 1757 to 1836, the French state ran a successful lottery to fund the École Militaire, ensuring profitability by setting payoffs that minimized the likelihood of state losses. h/t: vintage.

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Designspiration

JUNE 24, 2024

Saved by Joy Stain (@joystain).

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We And The Color

JUNE 24, 2024

The Hanz font family, designed by Santi Rey, is a powerful display typeface inspired by the world of motorsports. This study delves into the typographic characteristics, structural design, and practical applications of Hanz, examining its efficacy and versatility in contemporary graphic design. The typeface’s high x-height, dynamic forms, and robust stylistic variations make it particularly […] The post Hanz Font Family by Santi Rey appeared first on WE AND THE COLOR.

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Designspiration

JUNE 24, 2024

Saved by Dimo Trifonov (@denull).

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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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