Creative Boom

APRIL 3, 2024

Aaron Draplin is among the guests in the new season. Photography @ Leah Nash If you've been missing our regular Monday drop of conversations with creatives, prepare yourself for a fresh load of content later this month. Our podcast is back, featuring names such as Aaron Draplin, Sean J Cuttino, Teresa Ferreira and Christoph Niemann. The Creative Boom Podcast, which delves deep into the hearts and minds of creative professionals, is thrilled to announce the launch of its latest season.

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Graphic Design Junction

APRIL 3, 2024

Innovative logo designs transcend mere brand identification. They morph into potent narratives, weaving tales and forging a deep connection with the audience. Brands that unlock the power of this visual storytelling, coupled with a dash of trendsetting design, craft logos that resonate deeply. These innovative icons become badges of loyalty, carving a distinct path in the throng of competitors.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 3, 2024

Animation studio Yatta has brought Liverpool illustrator Luke McConkey's work to life in Slam Dunk, a new animated short that blends 2D and 3D techniques. Based on an illustration experiment Luke McConkey shared on social media in 2023, Slam Dunk is a new animated collaboration made with Yatta that sees a basketball player endlessly shooting hoops with the help of some extreme perspectives.

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SpeckyBoy

APRIL 3, 2024

Affinity Designer is a popular graphics editor that allows artists and designers to work on vector and raster projects within one application. This makes it perfect for most design and digital art tasks, from logo creation to complex illustrations. One of the key features that makes Affinity Designer so valuable is its support for brush sets. As most designers will know, having a variety of brushes on hand is crucial for adding depth and texture to your digital artwork.

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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

APRIL 3, 2024

Want to transform your illustrations into cartoons without needing to learn complex animation software? As Hong Kong artist Noel Yu recently discovered, Cartoon Animator 5 from Reallusion makes it easy as pie. For Hong Kong-based illustrator Noel Yu, bringing her original cartoon characters to life through animation was a dream that seemed out of reach – until she discovered Cartoon Animator 5 from Reallusion.

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Design Milk

APRIL 3, 2024

NK Interior – a department of Nordiska Kompaniet (NK) , Scandinavia’s premiere shopping destination and one of few last standing bastions for the brick and mortar retail experience – asserts that Scandinavian creativity is anticipatory of the future, but what does that mean? Does it tease of tantalizing new objects? Perhaps it promises that production methods move the needle on design as lifestyles change.

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Design Milk

APRIL 3, 2024

Just like video games, office design is a high stakes adventure where collaboration and creativity gets you across the finish line. For Kinzo Architekten , this end goal is the successful completion of an office space for game developer and publisher KRAFTON and its PUBG Studios – the team responsible for the popular online game Battlegrounds. By translating their fictional game layout into a functional workplace in Seoul, Kinzo has not only captured the essence of PUBG Studios’ design and

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Colossal

APRIL 3, 2024

All images © Jan Erik Waider, shared with permission Decaying organic matter settled on the floor of a lake—or in the case of arctic regions, emerged from the ancient depths of melting glaciers—can produce gases like methane that get pushed upward and trapped between layers of ice when the water freezes. Hamburg-based photographer Jan Erik Waider ( previously ), who is drawn to the remarkable expanses of the North, recently documented an array of remarkable frozen patterns in the lake at the edg

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Its Nice That

APRIL 3, 2024

Inspired by products like Hereford Corned Beef, Matheson’s boxes of mac and cheese and bottles of BBQ sauce link back to the beginning of commercialised food packaging.

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Design You Trust

APRIL 3, 2024

For an extensive duration, our society has enforced impractical beauty standards on women, compelling conformity to predetermined appearances, behaviors, and emotions. Fortunately, a gradual shift has occurred, dismantling these unrealistic expectations and fostering acceptance of women in their authentic forms. More: Cécile Dormeau , Instagram h/t: boredpanda French artist Cécile Dormeau has actively contributed to this paradigm shift through her bold and unapologetically honest illustrations.

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Design Milk

APRIL 3, 2024

1. JK3D HY Mini Clutch I have to admit, neither a purse nor clutch have yet to become part of my daily ensemble. But how could you not be enamored by the sheer audacious intricacy of 2,396 3D-printed layers simulating the topologies of a fungal fruiting body in the fashion accessory’s design? The entire collection created by Julia Koerner convincingly captures the macro-enhanced detail of hymenium lamella, a mushroom’s spore-bearing tissue layer, replicated down to their fungal-inspi

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Communication Arts

APRIL 3, 2024

With design and development by Non-Linear Studio and illustration by Rhox, this retrofuturistic site explains this tech engineering company’s mission to tackle unsolvable computer science problems.

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We And The Color

APRIL 3, 2024

In today’s world of content overload, where attention spans are shorter than ever, simplicity is the ultimate power move. This is especially true for branding. Gone are the days of dense, text-heavy style guides. The new wave is all about minimalist brand guidelines that resonate with clarity and impact. TemplatesForest’s design and brand guidelines template is a prime example of this shift.

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FlowingData

APRIL 3, 2024

Alexander Miller wrote a “fable of emergence” that combines Conway’s Game of Life with Pandora’s Box. Conway’s game grew on Pandora the more she played. Although the rules of the game were relatively straightforward, it was surprisingly difficult to predict the next generation from the previous. Something was hidden within this deceptively simple format.

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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

APRIL 3, 2024

MPC shares behind the scenes insights into creating Spaceman's VFX.

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Moo

APRIL 3, 2024

As a business, trade shows can be amazing. They’re perfect places to make new contacts and learn new insights. But from an environmental point of view, they’re potentially less amazing. Because with so many people traveling far and wide to one destination, creating a net zero event is not easy. But even if you’re there as an attendee, there are small things you can do to make trade shows more eco-friendly and sustainable.

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Design You Trust

APRIL 3, 2024

Embroidery artist Katerina Marchenko was born in Moscow and raised in a small yet charming city in the Kharkov region of Ukraine. Her educational journey led her to the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, where she graduated with a specialization in project management. More: Instagram h/t: boredpanda Her artistic journey commenced at the age of 15 when she was introduced to painting on ceramics.

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We And The Color

APRIL 3, 2024

Transport Your Designs to Morocco with the Enchanting Casablanca Typeface Close your eyes and imagine a bustling marketplace in Marrakech, vibrant spices piled high, and rich textiles catching the desert sun. Now, open them and behold the Casablanca typeface, a font that captures the essence of Morocco and injects your designs with a touch of exotic elegance.

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Creative Bloq

APRIL 3, 2024

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Design Everywhere

APRIL 3, 2024

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Creative Bloq

APRIL 3, 2024

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Its Nice That

APRIL 3, 2024

A chunky new marque and typeface has been introduced which swaps all counterforms for Ds (standing for design).

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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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HONGKIAT

APRIL 3, 2024

Have you ever thought that there might be more to YouTube than just hitting the play button? Beyond the basics, YouTube offers a variety of features that can improve your viewing experience. In this post, we will share ten straightforward yet essential YouTube tips and tricks that tend to go unnoticed. From easier video navigation to discovering hidden functions, these suggestions can help you use YouTube more effectively and enhance your overall video-watching experience. 1.

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Design Milk

APRIL 3, 2024

When outdoor furniture is built using steel tubes or rods, it feels substantial without a visually overwhelming appearance – something I think many of us look for when outfitting a patio, garden, or balcony with furniture. As in their previous collaborations, innovative brand Magis encouraged its partner, designer Konstantin Grcic , to push beyond apparent possibilities to create a home furnishings solution that’s truly exciting.

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Its Nice That

APRIL 3, 2024

A Family of One’s Own demonstrates the importance of giving children a relaxed space to grow and explore.

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HONGKIAT

APRIL 3, 2024

Cricut Design Space is a handy app designed for crafting enthusiasts who use Cricut cutting machines. It’s a one-stop shop where you can either whip up your own unique designs from scratch or tweak existing ones to your heart’s content. The app gives you the freedom to upload your own images and fonts, plus it offers a treasure trove of pre-made templates and graphics right at your fingertips.

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Design Milk

APRIL 3, 2024

Beverly Hills watchmaker Ritmo Mundo recently celebrated their 22-year anniversary, and founder Ali Soltani says the brand is ready to start their second chapter. Since its 2002 founding in Milan, Italy, Ritmo Mundo’s catalog has largely showcased unabashedly flashy timepieces paired with solid mechanics, yet it lacked a singular defining timepiece to captivate horology enthusiasts and the public alike.

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Its Nice That

APRIL 3, 2024

The director doesn't believe in the “circus” around football and its celebrity, so he instead turns the spotlight to community players in a satirical ad with BBH.

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Creative Applications

APRIL 3, 2024

Explore the works of CCI MSc Creative Computing students as they take you through a journey at the senseScape show.

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UX Collective

APRIL 3, 2024

How a product mindset applied to data can drive your business forward Continue reading on UX Collective »

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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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