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A Portuguese Heritage Renovation Riffs on Renaissance Revival Style

Azure Magazine

Historic architecture is a reflection of its time. Decades or centuries later, studying the aesthetics, politics, and culture of the era offers vital clues to help us understand how and why our heritage was shaped and realized. Yet, while history and cultural context shapes the broad contours of the built environment, individual buildings also bear the fingerprints and eccentricities of their authors.

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This North Dallas Home Exudes the Brilliance of Brazilian Modernism

Design Milk

The masterful renovation of an 8,000-square-foot north Dallas home has turned this exemplary piece of late 1970’s architecture into a time capsule packed with vibrant artworks set against a minimalist backdrop in a testament to the physical joy of Brazilian Modernism. Marc McCollom , Joshua Rice , and Temple Shipley – the architect, interior designer, and art consultant, respectively – synthesize their expertise to transform a rambling conglomeration of rooms into an organized, sprawling s

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Artist Spotlight: Joanna Blémont

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In ‘The Repatriation of King Skellig Mör,’ Duke Riley Explores the Bizarre Relationship Between Nature and Institutional Power

Colossal

Photos by Robert Bredvad, courtesy of Praise Shadows Art Gallery, shared with permission The most famous goat in the history of Boston was named Skellig Mör. During the early 1900s, Skellig Mör’s name plastered headlines as an arduous legal battle for his custody ensued. The famed goat was born in Killorglin, a town in County Kerry, Ireland. Prior to being bought by Americans and taken overseas to Boston, Skellig Mör was dubbed king in the annual Puck Fair, one of Ireland’s oldest tr

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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 best CGI creature design, chosen by experts

Creative Bloq

Film pros pick the creature and animal VFX work that's inspired them.

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Spectacular Finalist Photos Of The 2024 Siena Drone Photography Awards

Design You Trust

Abstract: “Elddreki / Fire Dragon” by Jeroen Van Nieuwenhove The 2024 Siena Drone Photography Awards have once again demonstrated the remarkable potential of aerial photography, with 25 extraordinary finalist photos captivating audiences worldwide. These breathtaking images, captured by skilled drone photographers from across the globe, offer rare and unique perspectives not typically visible from the ground.

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Beautiful-Bird Winning Photos From The GDT Nature Photographer Of The Year

Design You Trust

“Surfing on the other side” by Levi Fitze The GDT Nature Photographer of the Year competition showcased stunning photographs capturing the beauty of birds in their natural habitats. These award-winning images highlight the diversity and elegance of avian species, from vibrant exotic birds to graceful common varieties. Taken by talented photographers worldwide, each photo offers a unique glimpse into bird life and behavior.

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Smart UI + UX Design of Eat Che Calorie Screening App

Abduzeedo

Smart UI + UX Design of Eat Che Calorie Screening App abduzeedo 0531—24 Explore the innovative UI/UX design of the Eat Che app by Pocolo Design, a standout example of app design excellence. Eat Che, a calorie screening mobile app designed by Pocolo Design, sets a new benchmark in app design. The app integrates advanced artificial intelligence algorithms to provide users with a detailed overview of their daily nutritional intake, including calories, proteins, carbohydrates, and fats.

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F5: Tyler Deeb’s Appreciation for Tetris, NYC, Soup Dumplings + More

Design Milk

A designer from Louisville, Kentucky, Tyler Deeb put his name on the map with an incredibly successful Kickstarter campaign for a redesigned deck of playing cards. (He and a fulfillment and operations team printed, packaged, and shipped more than 4,000 orders in 40 days!) The lucky occasion occurred when he was down on his luck and eventually led to more successes and a few failures, for good measure.

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YWFT Natux: The Future of Modern Geometric Sans-Serif Fonts

We And The Color

YouWorkForThem is Redefining Contemporary Typography with the YWFT Natux Font. YouWorkForThem recently unveiled YWFT Natux, a captivating new geometric sans-serif font that is set to transform the world of design. Building on the aesthetic foundations of YWFT Valid and YWFT Avant Modern, YWFT Natux embodies the sleek, high-tech styles of today while maintaining incredible versatility […] The post YWFT Natux: The Future of Modern Geometric Sans-Serif Fonts appeared first on WE AND THE COLOR

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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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Spanish Visual Artist Creates Amazing Experimental AI Photography

Design You Trust

Based in Madrid, Spain, YZA Voku is Vaisual artist with a background in art direction, photography and filmmaking currently experimenting with ai tools in order to explore new ways of expression. Under the pseudonym YZA Voku opens a playground for creation, experimentation and multidisciplinary intersection, to generate and develop projects with a different approach.

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WANTED 2024’s Launch Pad Winners + Best of Schools and Students

Design Milk

Once again, Design Milk, along with our official WANTED Launch Pad platform media partner Clever , as well as sponsors American Standard and Lumens , are happy to announce the winners from the ICFF hosted showcase, which happened during this year’s NYCxDESIGN. Led by Clever podcast host Amy Devers, the jury responsible for final selections in the Furniture/Home Accessories and Lighting categories included: Giulio Cappellini, Founder, Cappellini; Founder and Curator, Jean Lin, COLONY, the d

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Selected works by Female Pentimento

This is Paper

Female Pentimento's photography project represents a profound exploration of identity, spirituality, and environmental advocacy, all interwoven with a narrative of self-discovery and radical pragmatism.

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Best Practices for a Successful LinkedIn Marketing Strategy

Noupe

LinkedIn was launched in 2003. It took this network 20 years to go from zero to one billion users. So, it’s fair to say that a more important platform for professional networking and career development is yet to be invented. So, the days of LinkedIn being only a virtual resume bank are long gone. Nowadays, it’s a hive of activity where professionals congregate to network, form connections, and yes, promote their products.

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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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Stunning Vintage Photos of Curtiss Aerocar Travel Trailers From the 1920s and 1930s

Design You Trust

Inspired by his love for the outdoors, Glenn Curtiss began designing a better camping trailer in 1917. By 1919, his half-brother G. Carl Adams founded the Adams Trailer Corp. in Garden City, Long Island, producing trailers called “Motor Bungalo.” Glenn also developed an improved fifth wheel, using pneumatics for a smoother ride. h/t: vintag.es Today, the fifth wheel is widely used in recreational and transportation industries.

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Apple makes up with creatives in new iPad Pro ad

Creative Bloq

It's a big improvement on the last one.

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How to print your team’s event to life

Moo

Work’s more than simply a place where we get work done. It’s a social space where we connect with different people, all doing very different things. So it makes sense to create events that bring all those people together and keep everyone motivated. It can be a lunchtime run club, an after-work games night or something bigger, like a wellness event for the whole company – with activities planned throughout the day.

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Confusing staircase optical illusion trips up the internet

Creative Bloq

"That’s a deathtrap into another dimension.

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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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Egg – A time capsule

Creative Applications

The Egg is a time capsule that keeps an object or message secret. At the date and time of your choice, it hatches to reveal its contents. It can be used to give something important to a loved one or to yourself.

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NFL logos drawn by players are so funny they just had to be put on T-shirts

Creative Bloq

This is becoming a great tradition.

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MINNA’s Wallpaper Series “Portals” Is Born From Original Paintings

Design Milk

Queer-owned home goods brand MINNA is celebrating a couple of major milestones this year! 2024 marks the brand’s 10-year anniversary and its first-ever foray into wallpapers after a decade of producing beautiful, ethnically-made textiles for the home. Founder Sara Berks leans into her art practice once again to create a series of wallpapers that are based on her original paintings.

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Borrowed interest and the enshittification of our voices

UX Collective

When companies beg, borrow, and steal from celebrity figures, it harms everyone.

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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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Data Orchestration 101: Process, Benefits, Challenges, and Tools 

Noupe

Today, data drives the world. Managing and using data efficiently is crucial for organizations to gain insights, make informed decisions, and guide business growth. Data orchestration plays a pivotal role in this process by automating and coordinating data workflows across diverse systems and platforms. Data orchestration is not just about moving data from one place to another; it is about ensuring that data flows smoothly, undergoes necessary transformations, and reaches its intended destinatio

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Alien: Rogue Incursion reveals Unreal Engine 5 has a terrifying new use

Creative Bloq

Finally, a reason to dust off my PSVR 2.

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Top Vue Admin Dashboard & Templates

Noupe

Vue.js is one of the most liked JavaScript frameworks for creating interactive and dynamic user interfaces in today’s busy web development space. Vue.js’ reactivity of components as well as its smooth data binding put it on a pedestal when it comes to admin dashboard designing. This article discusses some of the leading Vue administrator dashboards that can save you time and effort in making your web apps. 1.

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Design Week is resting, and we’ll be back soon

Design Week

Dear readers, Many of you were disappointed when it was announced that Design Week would be closing at the beginning of 2024. We were too! As the developers of the site, we just didn’t feel wild about getting the job of decommissioning the site. During a chat about the closure, a joking comment about making an offer quickly turned serious.

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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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Insider Risk Management: Here Are 10 Things You Need to Do 

Noupe

Insider risk refers to a multifaceted cybersecurity threat that can arise from both intentional and unintentional actions of insiders, including employees, contractors, and business partners. According to a report by the Ponemon Institute, 55% of reported incidents were attributed to employee negligence, with an average annual remediation cost of $7.2 million.

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Monster Hunter Wilds will have a "living world" - and it could shape open world game design

Creative Bloq

Capcom reveals a new trailer and game details.

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Derwyn Goodall: Making Work That Matters

Graphis

Derwyn Goodall is a highly regarded Canadian graphic designer and educator in Toronto. With over 35 years. The post Derwyn Goodall: Making Work That Matters appeared first on Graphis Blog.

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New Astro Bot game shows that Sony has learned a trick from Nintendo

Creative Bloq

PlayStation is really blowing its own trumpet with this one, a trick it has seemingly learned from Nintendo.

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Web Design for All: Accessibility, Inclusivity and Beyond

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.