Creative Boom

JANUARY 4, 2024

Photo credit: Joe Horner We all love to create beautiful things. But how do you harness that into building a successful career? Illustrator, muralist and sign writer Will Rea offers a shining example of how to do it right. Here, we pick his brains to learn how he established himself in a fiercely competitive industry. Will Rea may have only graduated in 2019, but he's already making waves in the creative world.

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Design Milk

JANUARY 4, 2024

If you’re of a certain age, the name Genesis will either reignite memories of a chart topping English rock band or a 90s-era, cutting edge video game console that took the world by storm with its pairing of 16-bit graphics with a plentitude of attitude. It’s the latter memories designer watchmaker Anicorn taps into with the release of the SEGA x Anicorn Mega Drive/Genesis Watch.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 4, 2024

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Had a rough 2023? You're not alone. But these creatives are taking a fresh approach to 2024, and their advice may help you, too. In the fast-paced world of creativity, things are always changing. New technologies arrive, creating new ways of working and new types of products to create. At the same time, new social and cultural movements spring up, changing how we see the world.

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Graphic Design Junction

JANUARY 4, 2024

Digital art and illustrations have evolved into a powerful and dynamic form of artistic expression, pushing the boundaries of creativity and imagination. In the year 2024, we find ourselves amidst a thriving era of digital artwork, witnessing the awe-inspiring creations of professional artists and illustrator designers. This transformative medium allows artists to explore new dimensions, experiment with techniques, and bring their visions to life in ways that were once unimaginable.

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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

JANUARY 4, 2024

Daria Vasilkova , of the Art Group , alongside Oksana Zavarzina and Evgeny Schevchenko, of LakeandWalls , has given life to a quirky, colorful apartment that stands as the epitome of her distinctive style. Located on Kutuzovsky Avenue in the heart of Moscow, the apartment boasts a bold color palette, a mix of design aesthetics, a combination of materials, and a playful array of ceramic tiles, which Vasilkova designed herself.

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Inkbot Design

JANUARY 4, 2024

Time Allocation Strategies for Juggling Game Development Tasks If you're a game developer , you know what it's like to juggle multiple tasks and projects simultaneously. You might be working on one big project or several smaller ones. You may be trying to finish up an asset for one game that needs work while working on another entirely. Even if you only have one or two projects at once, other things still compete for your time: family obligations and social life, dreaming about future games inst

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Inkbot Design

JANUARY 4, 2024

Ultimate Guide to Travel & Tourism Sector Branding Tourism marketing is a crucial activity (and increasingly so) in the tourism sector. That is why tourism branding takes particular relevance as a differential and success factor. Tourists are increasingly demanding, and tourism competition is fiercer. Tourism branding is positioned as an alternative capable of breaking down barriers and attracting, converting, and closing new tourists to destinations.

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UX Collective

JANUARY 4, 2024

2018–2020 Era Hello, I’m Julien, former Head of Design at Zenly. Now cofounding and leading Design at amo. Zenly came to an end in February 2023. I started writing this article series in September 2022 following the shutdown announcement. It took me a while to wrap this up as I was quite busy in 2023. This is Part II, taking place between 2018 and 2020.

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The Dieline

JANUARY 4, 2024

Dieline is a global package design community and showcase of package design inspiration. We cover industry news, sustainable packaging news, design trends, and host our own packaging conferences, package design events, and Dieline packaging design awards.

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Design Milk

JANUARY 4, 2024

Fantini’s newest collection is making us reminisce about geometry lessons during elementary school. Designed by Marco Williams Fagioli , the O-XY series of designer faucet taps is inspired by the Cartesian coordinate system (the term x-axis and y-axis might jog your memory). The geometric linearity of the system is reflected in the O-XY’s narrow shapes and slim silhouettes.

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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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Azure Magazine

JANUARY 4, 2024

Chatpong Chuenrudeemol has made a career from what he affectionally refers to as “Bangkok Bastards.” Across Thailand’s biggest city, the Chat Architects founder has adapted vernacular architecture with ingenuity and flair, ranging from staircases “bastardized” to house elegant retail stalls or residential windows jerry-rigged — with surprising grace — to support drying racks for clothes.

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Design Milk

JANUARY 4, 2024

A Room on East 79th Street marks the debut solo exhibition from London-based artist and designer EJR Barnes , presented at Emma Scully Gallery , with pieces most recently featured at Design Miami/. Barnes has made a name for himself by seamlessly blending the realms of decorative art and industrial design with a touch of romance and pragmatism. His unconventional, self-taught approach allows him to distill elements from historical design styles without being bound by formal training.

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We And The Color

JANUARY 4, 2024

In graphic design where visual storytelling reigns supreme, the presentation of a brand’s identity stands as a pivotal factor in its success. Enter PixWork’s latest innovation: a meticulously crafted brand guidelines template designed to transform your brand’s identity into a captivating visual narrative. With the advent of technology and the shift towards digital mediums, PixWork recognized the need for a template that seamlessly blends modern design aesthetics with functional

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Creative Bloq

JANUARY 4, 2024

From the street style revival to metamodernism.

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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

JANUARY 4, 2024

Peony Studio's Branding: Simplicity and Elegance in Design abduzeedo 0104—24 Exploring Peony Natural Beauty Studio's branding and visual identity, a blend of nature-inspired elegance and sophisticated design in Amsterdam's beauty scene. In the bustling city of Amsterdam, Peony Natural Beauty Studio stands as a beacon of refined elegance, showcasing a branding and visual identity that is as unique as it is captivating.

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Creative Bloq

JANUARY 4, 2024

Over 16,000 artists are named in the document.

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Web Design Ledger

JANUARY 4, 2024

There is certainly no shortage of excellent WordPress themes you can select from to help you create an engaging and high performing website. Finding the best one for the job would most certainly be a challenge as there are literally thousands of great WordPress themes available plus you’ll have to define just what the makeup of the “best” would be like.

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Press'd

JANUARY 4, 2024

We had the pleasure of working with Leila and Gerardo to create their beautiful wedding stationery. Inspiration for letterpressed borders and a variety of ink colors comes from our Hadaway design. Letterpress inks of french blue, navy, and petal are the perfect compliment to artwork supplied by the couple. The illustration features their dogs in front of the wedding venue.

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Colossal

JANUARY 4, 2024

Community center mural in St. Malo, France. All images © Marija Tiurina, shared with permission Marija Tiurina likens the experience of working on murals to “the feeling of conquering a giant and befriending something way beyond your own size.” The Netherlands-based illustrator ( previously ) has worked on myriad projects ranging from watercolors to puzzles to stereograms , and for the past several years, large-scale wall pieces have grown into a significant facet of her practice, wh

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Creative Bloq

JANUARY 4, 2024

I'm not sure the AI symbol will ever become iconic.

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We And The Color

JANUARY 4, 2024

Say hello to the Ashford typeface and its timeless elegance in typography. In typography, where fonts speak volumes, the Ashford typeface by Fenotype emerges as a charismatic ambassador of timeless charm and sophistication. Crafted by the talented Emil Karl Bertell, Ashford embodies the essence of bold serifs and striking italics, weaving a narrative of elegance and savoir-faire in every character stroke.

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The Die Line

JANUARY 4, 2024

Dieline is a global package design community and showcase of package design inspiration. We cover industry news, sustainable packaging news, design trends, and host our own packaging conferences, package design events, and Dieline packaging design awards.

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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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We And The Color

JANUARY 4, 2024

Unleashing Creativity: Mastering Content Creation with the latest AI technology. Content creation is both an art and a science. Crafting engaging, impactful content demands creativity, strategy, and often, a hefty amount of time. However, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized this process, promising efficiency without compromising creativity.

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The Die Line

JANUARY 4, 2024

Dieline is a global package design community and showcase of package design inspiration. We cover industry news, sustainable packaging news, design trends, and host our own packaging conferences, package design events, and Dieline packaging design awards.

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Abduzeedo

JANUARY 4, 2024

Motion Design Inspiration from 900 Experiments abduzeedo 0104—24 Explore the dynamic world of motion design with Andreion de Castro’s inspiring collection. A deep dive into visual storytelling and design innovation. Andreion de Castro has been exploring his skills in the landscape of motion design. His body of work, encompassing over 900 posts, showcases a remarkable journey in visual storytelling and design innovation.

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Its Nice That

JANUARY 4, 2024

The kaleidoscopic visual look for the New York eatery MáLá digs into the rich visual history of China.

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The Dieline

JANUARY 4, 2024

Dieline is a global package design community and showcase of package design inspiration. We cover industry news, sustainable packaging news, design trends, and host our own packaging conferences, package design events, and Dieline packaging design awards.

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Designspiration

JANUARY 4, 2024

Saved by Will Skane-Davis (@will172).

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 4, 2024

Art Basel Miami Beach. Image licensed via Adobe Stock Make the most of 2024! We list the most exciting events around the world to help enrich your mind and fuel your inspiration. It's January, and here's a great New Year's resolution for 2024: not to spend all your time at a desk! Sounds reasonable, right? But it's very easy to end up overloaded with work or just waste your life watching Netflix.

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Designspiration

JANUARY 4, 2024

Saved by Koning Stuff (@koning).

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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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