Fri.Oct 18, 2024

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Branding has changed. You now need a sonic identity too

Creative Bloq

Why we need sonic branding, plus get inspired by some of my favourite sonic branding examples.

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A Mysterious Wooden Obelisk Reveals a Functional Surprise

Design Milk

When John Makepeace OBE attended the Young Furniture Makers Awards in London in 2023, he encountered the impeccable craftsmanship of Foris, a newly established workshop based in Oxfordshire of South East England. Impressed with their ingenuity and precision, Makepeace saw an opportunity to merge the studio’s woodworking talents with his vision, and commissioned Foris to create the Obelisk 3 , a dark wooden obelisk that concealed a cabinet interior.

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Indie game devs showcase their creative progression in inspiring trend

Creative Bloq

How It Started Vs. How It's Going proves we all start from humble beginnings.

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“Cloud County” by Photographer Ash Oakley

Booooooom

A selection of images by photographer Ash Oakley.

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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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How to push colours while painting in Photoshop

Creative Bloq

Richard Lay recommends gradually developing a vibrant palette when creating your next artwork.

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In ‘Hidden Portraits,’ Volker Hermes Reimagines Historical Figures in Overwhelming Frippery

Colossal

Engulfed in their own finery, the subjects of Volker Hermes ’ portraits epitomize a bygone era. From the Italian High Renaissance to French Rococo, his digital reinterpretations playfully hide the faces of wealthy and aristocratic sitters. Hidden Portraits: Old Masters Reimagined , a new book forthcoming this month, gathers a quintessential selection of Hermes’ works into one volume.

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Colossal x Firebelly: Crafting a Whimsical Website

Colossal

Whimsy and ingenuity hold the soul of Colossal, so how does that translate to a website that shines as a space for arts and humanity? At the simplest level: scale, color, and clean typography. This is the third and final installment of our three-part series illuminating the questions and values that guided our collaborative rebrand and redesign. Dive into Part Three: Crafting Colossal’s Whimsical Web to unravel how we set out to satisfy the needs of different readers and usher in a new

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#book #cookbook #print #cover #bookcover

Designspiration

Saved by Stefan Coisson (@stefancoisson).

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Palantis Crafts a Bold Visual Identity for Easy Copy

We And The Color

The visual identity designed by Palantis for Easy Copy, a printing solution conceived by Stéphane Le Sech, exemplifies the power of simplicity and geometric precision in brand design. Easy Copy is an innovative online platform that allows users to upload their documents and pick them up at partner print shops. To reflect the efficiency and convenience of this system, Palantis developed a streamlined and memorable visual identity.

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PLAYHOUSE BY THE BEACH.

Designspiration

Saved by dom (@45light).

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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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design/leader: Emma Baines

Design Week

Emma Baines is Global Head of Creative at Tony’s Chocolonely, based in Amsterdam. She’s previously worked at HelloFresh, Hill + Knowlton Strategies and Winkreative. Design 1. What would your monograph be called? She is Creative. It would be an exploration of creativity through the lens of female experience, everything from where to find creative inspiration […] Source What to read next: The ten biggest branding stories of the year | Design industry “dividing into winners

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Color Buddy, a tool for building color palettes for visualization

FlowingData

Picking colors for visualization can be tricky, because there are infinite possibilities across the color spectrums. Often you’ll want to adjust hue, saturation, and lightness separately or together. Then you need to know what it actually looks like with your charts. Color Buddy might be the tool you need. The goal of Color Buddy is to help you make excellent color palettes for data visualization via a direct manipulation environment that evaluates your color palettes as you go.

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The new Marvel logo features some major superhero snubs

Creative Bloq

Where are the red and yellow boys?

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Duolingo: analyzing all engagement and retention techniques

UX Collective

Over 500 million people around the world use Duolingo to learn languages.

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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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From Gossamer Objects to Monumental Architecture, Do Ho Suh Embraces the Process

Colossal

For Do Ho Suh , the process of making work is as important as the outcome. Individual sculptures and installations are all part of a larger project that allows the South Korean artist to return to and iterate on earlier ideas, materials, and structures, each time pushing the work in a different direction. At Moody Center for the Arts , Suh puts his process on full display, recreating parts of his studio and charting the course for his sprawling practice in which he explores ideas of home, memory

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Freytag’s Pyramid: Craft Compelling UX/UI Design Case Studies the Easy Way

Interaction Design Foundation

Stand-out case studies for your portfolio are simpler to write than you might think. The not-so-secret “secret sauce” is storytelling—something humans have been doing for a long time. As a result, there is a multitude of frameworks, guidelines, and structures that UX/UI designers can take advantage of in their case studies. One of the simplest yet most effective structures is German playwright Gustav Freytag’s Pyramid.

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Electrostatic Pollen – Solar-powered genomic beacon

Creative Applications

Electrostatic Pollen is an artificial plant, a system, that converts energy from the sun into the proliferation of genes. It is a surrogate host for the genetic material of the common peach tree and it continuously broadcasts the complete genomic sequence, indefinitely, as long as the electronics remain intact.

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Lecap Wine

Typewolf

Typewolf Site of the Day for October 19, 2024.

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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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'Burn & Turn' by Adrian Bursell + Siri Svedborg — Thisispaper

This is Paper

The 'Burn & Turn' series by Swedish design duo Adrian Bursell and Siri Svedborg redefines the intersection between art and craftsmanship, creating a cohesive collection of tables that balance intricate detail with bold contrasts.

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Plum Holiday Cards with Overlay

Press'd

We worked with our friends at Custom by Casie to create these beautiful plum holiday cards. The card and envelope were printed in gold matte foil stamping, on lush plum paper. An overlay featuring a digital photo print, and gold matte foil was added. The custom bee- patterned liner is printed in gold matte foil as well.

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How Algae Became the New Star of Eco-Surfboard Design

Graphis

When Jérémy Lucas found himself sick in bed after swimming in algae-choked waters, he saw an opportunity. The post How Algae Became the New Star of Eco-Surfboard Design appeared first on Graphis Blog.

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Plum Holiday Cards with Overlay

Press'd

We worked with our friends at Custom by Casie to create these beautiful plum holiday cards. The card and envelope were printed in gold matte foil stamping, on lush plum paper. An overlay featuring a digital photo print, and gold matte foil was added. The custom bee- patterned liner is printed in gold matte foil as well.

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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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Scale of buildings destroyed in Gaza

FlowingData

Damage assessments from UNOSAT estimate that 66% of structures in Gaza are damaged as of September 6, 2024, of which 78% are moderately to severely damaged or destroyed. This is about 128,000 buildings. For scale, Reuters compared the count to all the buildings in Manhattan.

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15 Websites That Changed the Internet

HONGKIAT

The internet has come a long way since its humble beginnings, from a small network meant to share research to a global phenomenon that shapes the way we live, work, and play. Along the way, certain websites have left an indelible mark on the web, becoming pillars of digital innovation and cultural evolution. In this post, we’re going to take a walk down memory lane, revisiting 15 noteworthy websites that didn’t just shape the internet but also changed our everyday lives.

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Collaboration and Craft Conspire in a Home for Contemplation

Design Milk

Situated in the emerald terrain of Meadows – an Emirates Hills locale in Dubai, United Arab Emirates – is a property that beckons those who visit to linger betwixt its luscious greenery. And postured upon that plot within the long-developed residential community is a recently reconstructed home whose contemporary expression is underlined by traditional Arabic stylings.

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Ooma's Branding: A Visual Identity for Mushroom Microdosing

Abduzeedo

Ooma's Branding: A Visual Identity for Mushroom Microdosing abduzeedo 1018—24 Explore the branding and visual identity created by Forner Studio for Ooma, a company specializing in mushroom microdose blends for mind, mood, and well-being. In a world increasingly seeking natural wellness solutions, Ooma emerges, offering mushroom microdose blends to support mental and emotional well-being.

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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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F5: Aline Asmar d’Amman Talks Beloved Bookshop, Antiques + More

Design Milk

Born In Lebanon, Aline Asmar d’Amman was surrounded by the restoration and reconstruction in her homeland. The dialogue between heritage and modernity struck a chord with this creative, who had already decided to become an architect when she was a teen. “I learned to find beauty in ruins and cherish the sense of perfect imperfections,” says d’Amman.

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Top 9 Applications of Internet of Things and Its Examples

Noupe

The Internet of Things (IoT) transforms industries, businesses, and daily life by connecting physical devices to the Internet, enabling real-time data exchange and automated operations. From smart homes to industrial automation, the applications of Internet of Things are vast, providing numerous advantages in terms of efficiency, convenience, and cost savings.

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Top 10 Ways to Influence People

HONGKIAT

Influencing others isn’t about manipulation or getting your way at all costs. It’s about understanding people, building connections, and guiding conversations in a way that benefits everyone involved. Whether you’re at work, talking with friends, or just trying to get your point across, these simple strategies can help you communicate more effectively and inspire others to see things from your perspective.