Creative Boom

OCTOBER 17, 2024

In the run-up to its 25th anniversary, Salford's Lowry has undergone a bold rebrand by Manchester studio, EDIT. With big, industrial-era typography, a "straight-talking" tone of voice and a vibrant colour palette, the new identity marks a fresh chapter for the arts centre. In a region as rich in culture as Greater Manchester, the Lowry arts centre in Salford has long been a creative powerhouse.

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Graphic Design Junction

OCTOBER 17, 2024

When it comes to creating powerful and memorable advertising posters, flyer and logo designs, fonts are essential elements that can make or break your project. The right font has the power to set the tone, convey emotion, and make your work stand out. Whether you’re designing for posters , flyers, or logos, selecting an impactful font is key to ensuring your message reaches your audience.

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Design Milk

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The JF apartment in São Paulo, Brazil, reimagined by Zalc Arquitetura , represents an inspired blend of brutalist architecture and minimalist design, creating a home that is as much a gallery of art and ideas as it is a living space. Located in the Higienópolis neighborhood, known for its modernist architectural landmarks and cultural vibrancy, the 1,959-square-foot apartment transformation is more than just a renovation – it’s a statement of aesthetic and functional innovation tailored to meet

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Creative Bloq

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The platform just got a big typography boost with the addition of 2,000 fonts.

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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

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Retro technology is making a bold comeback, with the design sensibilities of the past influencing today’s tech products. Transparent gadgets, popularized by brands like Nothing and Fiio , are becoming all the rage. Now, tech brand KICKBACK has joined the trend, combining retro aesthetics with modern functionality in its latest offerings. KICKBACK’s recent releases include a transparent DISCMAN and a cassette recorder dubbed the DIY Mixtape Kit.

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We And The Color

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Stand out with Postmodern-Inspired Social Media Posts Orangeberry’s beautifully designed social media post template collection offers a sophisticated fusion of postmodernism, Swiss graphic design, and Bauhaus principles. This set of 9 fully editable templates, designed for Adobe Illustrator, brings geometric abstraction to the forefront of visual communication.

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UX Collective

OCTOBER 17, 2024

How distraction-driven products lead to failures and promote unsafe behaviors Photo by cottonbro studio from Pexels: [link] In today’s tech-driven world, user experience is more important than ever. From the simplest consumer app to the most complex industrial software, how we interact with digital products can dramatically impact our lives and businesses.

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Creative Bloq

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Cynthia Erivo has a point about fans' attempts to 'fix' the design.

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Colossal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Around the world, Jonathan Jimenez, a.k.a. Jonk , has visited more than 1,500 abandoned sites in nearly 50 countries. From crumbling churches to vacant theaters, the Paris-based photographer ( previously ) seeks unique ruins that nature gradually subsumes. In Naturalia III, his tenth book, Jonk documents a range of striking locations from Portugal to Georgia to Japan.

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Creative Bloq

OCTOBER 17, 2024

I see anything but the right brand name.

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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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Feature Shoot

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Feliz Gonzales Martinez & Katherine Carmona. Havana, Cuba. Spring 2017 Shibari, tattoos, and drag queens are not the first things to come to mind when one thinks of Cuba. However, photographer Jean-François Bouchard shows us that there is an underground in Cuba that is diverse, creative, and highly aesthetic. Bouchard has been photographing hidden Cuba since 2016 and is releasing his book The New Cubans on November 7, 2024, at Paris Photo.

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Colossal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

If a white crane were to choose a pair of boots, would he gravitate toward knee-high lace-ups or balance his talons in yellow tabi stilettos? Young In Hong fashioned a collection of shoes with these long-legged birds in mind. Titled “White Cranes and Snowfall,” the playful sculptures are made from woven sedges and nested in a shallow field of pebbles, intertwining references to avian life and endangered craft traditions.

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Design Week

OCTOBER 17, 2024

A Practice for Everyday Life (APFEL) has created a new identity for Lisbon’s Centro de Arte Moderna (CAM), inspired by the museum’s new building. The London studio’s new look and feel was rolled out across print and digital touchpoints including a new website, relaunch campaign, merchandise and exhibition graphics.

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Design You Trust

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Anand Radhakrishnan, also known as Anand RK, is a Mumbai-based visual artist who transitioned from a fine art background to success in the comic book industry. His breakthrough came in 2017 with the graphic novel “Grafity’s Wall,” and he later won an Eisner Award for his work on “Blue in Green.” Alongside commercial projects for publishers like DC and Boom!

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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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Abduzeedo

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Implus Rebrand: Modernizing Branding and Visual Identity abduzeedo 1017—24 Explore the refreshed branding and visual identity of Implus, emphasizing a human-centric, dynamic, and modern design. When Implus decided it was time to refresh its brand, the goal was clear: update the branding while staying true to the company’s corporate roots. To achieve this, Rosie Lee and Against Time collaborated on a brand overhaul that embraced Implus’ people-focused mission, creating a more dynamic and modern v

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Designspiration

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Saved by Matt Scribner (@scribner).

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Its Nice That

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Building an exciting and resilient brand can be a herculean task, with so many competitors to deal with and channels to move through, but new technologies and changing attitudes are revealing fertile grounds for creativity.

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FlowingData

OCTOBER 17, 2024

In an effort to measure and highlight risks globally, the German Federal Foreign Office released the Climate-Conflict-Vulnerability Index. It shows the risks of climate change, such as drought, floods, and wildfire. It shows conflict, such as armed violence and societal tensions. It shows vulnerability, such as gender inequality, food insecurity, and soil degradation.

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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

OCTOBER 17, 2024

We explore why perfectionism can often come hand in hand with creativity, how to use it to your advantage, and stop it taking over your life.

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Design Milk

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Gone are the days of boring shelving – now replaced with the new PLI Steel Wall Shelf by French design studio TIPTOE. The PLI system is endlessly customizable, coming in six chic colors and three different sizes. Utilizing a folding steel technique that minimizes waste, sustainability in every stage of the design process is TIPTOE’s specialty.

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Its Nice That

OCTOBER 17, 2024

From ‘Kamala Walz’ camo trucker hats to Trump’s infamous red ‘MAGA’ caps, modern campaigns know that the right piece of merch can say more than any policy speech.

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Azure Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Just off the Atlantic coast, the mouth of the Minha River denotes the national border between Portugal and Spain. On the south riverbank, the medieval town of Caminha is the first major inland settlement, forming part of the legendary Camino de Santiago pilgrim trail. Yet, for all the historic architecture and picturesque surroundings, the 20th century saw the water’s edge remade in a network of roadways and parking lots.

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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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Its Nice That

OCTOBER 17, 2024

This New York-based analogue photographer is going against the dominant gaze on trans identity with expansive and expressive depictions of gender and queerness.

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Creative Bloq

OCTOBER 17, 2024

It's an important decision, so follow our advice to make the right choice for you.

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Creative Applications

OCTOBER 17, 2024

ESC is a game where the protagonist attempts to escape their own reality. Unlike most video games, which offer players an escape into narrative worlds where they wield power, ESC flips this dynamic, exploring themes of freedom and constraint in video games and highlighting the limits of our own existence.

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UX Collective

OCTOBER 17, 2024

How manipulative design can drive digital platforms toward collapse and reinvention.

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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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Creative Bloq

OCTOBER 17, 2024

We go behind the scenes of The Dictionary Story.

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Designspiration

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Masao Kinoshita's Sculptures Play With Exaggerated Anatomy | Hi-Fructose Magazine #muscle #sculpture #skeleton #biology #canine #design #anatomy #exaggerated #dissected #art #pet #dog

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Creative Applications

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Goal Seeking consists of small robots with a vibration motor that are only powered through a solar panel and an external artificial light source. In a space to their own, the small, simple robots move around. Their energy cycle is wasteful, the space is confined and the movements of the robots are seemingly irrelevant, but through their number and the boundaries bringing the robots together, collective behavior emerges.

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Noupe

OCTOBER 17, 2024

With over 5 billion internet users worldwide , businesses are now tapping into E-commerce to expand market reach, which was inaccessible through traditional brick-and-mortar stores. However, success doesn’t end with merely establishing an E-commerce website. Tools are needed to do well in this competitive market. One tool is the Content Management System (CMS), which provides the framework and functionality needed for businesses to create, optimize and manage their online stores.

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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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