Spoon Graphics

APRIL 19, 2021

Patterns come in all kinds of styles, from simple repetitive shapes to complex graphical arrays. In today’s Photoshop tutorial I’m going to share some tips for creating detailed pattern effects that are made with full-colour illustrations. We’ll first use a must-know technique for filling the canvas with randomly placed graphics, then I’ll show you a couple of manual methods for creating seamlessly repeating pattern designs.

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Just Creative

APRIL 18, 2021

If you have a clean and minimalist style in mind when designing your logo, a simplistic approach to typography is essential to achieve that look. There’s no doubt that these iconic logo designers would agree that minimalism and simplicity is what makes a logo timeless and memorable. See here for what makes a good logo. Searching for clean and minimal typography for your logo might be overwhelming given the number of sans-serif typefaces available out there.

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SpeckyBoy

APRIL 10, 2021

Time to go old-school! Including retro fonts on your website can evoke a feeling of nostalgia. That old “eighties poster” look is very distinctive and easy to replicate with the right font. If you’re ready to send your visitors on a blast from the past (or back to the future), try out one of these ten awesome retro fonts! If you’re looking for more fonts, take a look at our 100 Best Free Fonts for Designers.

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Creative Review

APRIL 15, 2021

As part of the rebrand, independent consultancy Zag and Zoopla’s in-house design team worked on the creation of a new logo, colour palette and overall design language. The new visual identity system is joined by updates to the products and services across both the Zoopla website and app, including the launch of a new homeowners hub called My Home.

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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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We And The Color

APRIL 28, 2021

Digitally illustrated work of art based on the subject of immortality. Featured several times before on WE AND THE COLOR, Boris Pelcer is a visual artist and illustrator based in Portland, OR, USA. His illustrated artworks are intended to be explorations of intangible complexities of human emotions, thoughts, ideas, and behaviors. Below you can see three new artworks from Boris Pelcer’s Immortality series.

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Trendland

APRIL 21, 2021

Words Kylie McDowell. Fuel your wanderlust with intoxicating images created by these 3 ocean photographers from far-flung places around the world. From Italy to Australia, each captures the awe-inspiring natural world at its finest.

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Just Creative

APRIL 11, 2021

Graphic design is a challenging job that requires serious hardware and software. In the current digital nomad haze, laptop characteristics such as mobility and weight have also become extremely important. As with every profession, the laptop choice is always a subtle game of balance between performance and weight, large screen and portability, maximum features, and affordable price.

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Speckyboy Design Magazine

APRIL 16, 2021

We travel to feel alive. But as soon as we come back home, we want to share our experiences with the people we care about. Unfortunately, not even our cameras can really capture the atmosphere of a special moment; the vibrant sights, colors, smells, and the wind blowing in from the east that makes us feel like this is it – this is the moment we have been waiting for.

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Creative Review

APRIL 1, 2021

The new logo delves back into Inter Milan’s roots, described by the club as “a modern reinterpretation of the club’s historic symbol, in a more streamlined and minimalist guise” This also makes it much more appropriate for use online and on-screen. The I and M letters have been translated over from the original mark, created by graphic designer and illustrator Giorgio Muggiani – who was also a painter, caricaturist and, fittingly, a football referee.

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SpeckyBoy

APRIL 30, 2021

FigJam Simple Wireframe Templates – A free library that adds missing wireframing components to Figma’s new online whiteboard FigJam. Why Web Designers Should Learn Multiple CMS – A few reasons why we think learning multiple CMS can be a good thing for every web designer. Profiling Site Speed – This article explains how to use the Chrome DevTools Performance tab to profile your site and interpret the results.

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Web Design Ledger

APRIL 8, 2021

Given all the drama, panic and fear that dominated 2020, we are seeing brands tone down their usage of color in 2021. Businesses, their customers, and the population as a whole have had to make adjustments. and may have to make even more as we prepare for what will be the new normal, whatever that new normal will look like. This applies to web designers as well.

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Spoon Graphics

APRIL 28, 2021

In today’s Photoshop video tutorial I’m going to share some useful tips for creating visually interesting panoramic posts on Instagram that seamlessly pan back and forth to show a larger image within the regular viewport area. These kinds of posts are perfect for wide images that you just can’t seem to crop into a square ratio, or to add a little creativity to your social media profile.

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Just Creative

APRIL 15, 2021

In an industry so saturated, picking the best bet and purchasing a laptop can be one of the most challenging decisions that you might make today. We wouldn’t be doing our jobs if we didn’t mention Asus’ extensive catalog of Windows-based laptops. Based in Taiwan, Asus has become one of the most trusted names in technology, continuously outperforming their competition across their vast and wide array of different laptop configurations, many of which are design to help creatives and gr

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The Branding Journal

APRIL 26, 2021

Disclosure We participate in affiliate programs and receive a small commission on purchases made through the links in this article. This doesn’t affect the sales price that the course providers charge you when purchasing on their platform. Thanks for your support! In this article, we’re looking at the top branding courses for entrepreneurs, marketers, designers, and anyone who pursues a career in the field of branding.

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Creative Review

APRIL 14, 2021

We don’t tend to think of chewing gum as coming under the bracket of single-use plastic, but according to startup brand Nuud, millions of tons of polymer are contained in conventional, synthetic chewing gums. In response to this, Nuud’s mission is to make chewing traditional gum as unacceptable as using plastic straws, and to offer a natural, sustainable alternative. “Most people don’t know that regular chewing gum is made of single-use plastic and isn’t compostable

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SpeckyBoy

APRIL 26, 2021

Glassmorphism effects have become a staple in modern web design. They offer a sleek aesthetic and fit beautifully with just about any background color. The exact definition of glassmorphism can vary a bit. However, it’s essentially a “frosted” or semi-transparent element that mimics the look of glass and appears to hover over the rest of the page.

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Booooooom

APRIL 22, 2021

Liam Cobb (previously featured here). Liam Cobb’s Website. Liam Cobb on Instagram.

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Web Design Ledger

APRIL 29, 2021

Flexibility, potent website building tools, great customer support, and impressive sales figures are to be expected in top-tier multipurpose WordPress themes. You may or may not choose to invest in a multipurpose WordPress theme for a single website-building project. You’ll save lots of time and money by investing in one when you’re designing websites for a variety of clients or uses.

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Design Week

APRIL 29, 2021

Microsoft is replacing its default font for the first time in 14 years and asking the public for feedback on potential replacements. Calibri was chosen as the default font for Microsoft programmes like Office, Powerpoint and Outlook in 2007. At the time it replaced Times New Roman. Now Microsoft says that “it’s time to evolve” It has commissioned five original, custom fonts in its search for a new default.

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Abduzeedo

APRIL 19, 2021

Kandinsky Inspired Typography. abduzeedo 04.19.21 Jong min shared an incredible typography and illustration project inspired by Vassily Kandinsky 's style of painting. Jong reconstructed each letter based on the work of taro veron. The end result is a colorful and beautiful alphabet that definitely captures Kandinsky’s style. . Each letter. Applications.

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Creative Review

APRIL 15, 2021

Since 2013, indie publisher Hoxton Mini Press has been celebrating the stories of its local community via its East London Photo Stories book series. The latest publication in the series comes courtesy of portrait photographer and Hackney resident Jenny Lewis, who has lived in the area for 25 years, the last three of which have been spent documenting the individuals who make up her local community.

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SpeckyBoy

APRIL 23, 2021

Modern CSS Upgrades To Improve Accessibility. Nucleus UI – Free UI component library for Figma. Overflow Issues In CSS – Explore the causes of overflow issues and how to solve them. Wave 2.0 – The open source Software as a Service starter kit. The Story Behind Building a Government COVID-19 Website. Yoome Free WooCommerce Theme – A free WooCommerce WordPress theme for creating stunning online shopping 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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Booooooom

APRIL 14, 2021

Peter Gehrman (previously featured here ). Peter Gehrman’s Website. Peter Gehrman on Instagram.

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Speckyboy Design Magazine

APRIL 20, 2021

If the internet has accomplished one thing (beyond giving us web designers a career), perhaps it’s the emboldening of cheapskates. The ability to get free and low-cost items online has outshined even the most fervent coupon-clippers of yesteryear. Now, everybody (even the grumpiest among us) loves a bargain. But when it comes to building websites, free and cheap don’t always add up to much.

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Design Week

APRIL 21, 2021

London-based design studio The Clearing has created the branding for footballer Marcus Rashford and chef Tom Kerridge’s new initiative to end food poverty in the UK. The Clearing has created the the branding for Full Time, which includes the visual identity, naming and strategy. [link]. Rashford and Kerridge have teamed up to create a series of 52 easy to make meals, one for each week of the year.

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Joe McNally

APRIL 26, 2021

In the spring of ’95, I was a staff photographer at LIFE magazine, and was assigned to photograph the subjects of four famous, Pulitizer Prize winning photos, all taken some twenty five years or so previous. One of them, Mary Ann Vecchio, as a teenage runaway, was photographed by John Filo, leaning over the body of a dead student at Kent State University, on May 4th, 1970.

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Speaker: Michele Berdinis

This session will answer business law questions that people are asking most during the pandemic. If my business can’t pay its bills, can my creditors come after my personal assets? Do I have to pay the rent on my co-working space or office? Can my clients cancel signed contracts? Can I cancel contracts for things I no longer need because my business has slowed down?

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Creative Review

APRIL 1, 2021

The winner of the vote, which was opened to the public on March 6 on the milanocortina2026.org website, is named Logo Futura. It captured 871,000 votes from 169 countries, and 74% of the overall vote, so was a resounding win. This marks the first time that an Olympics logo has been decided by the public. Given the amount of feverish interest that Olympics logos tend to generate, it sort of makes sense to open the final decision to a public judgement, though it’s hard not to feel somewhat u

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The Branding Journal

APRIL 22, 2021

Introducing Gap. Gap is a well-known, well-established clothing and accessories retailer founded in 1969. It stands as one of the largest global specialty retailers due to its popularity amongst a broad demographic of consumers. In 2010, following slumped sales after the Financial Crisis of 2008, Gap decided to redesign its 20-year longstanding logo, giving rise to the ‘Gapgate’ phenomenon.

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Designmodo

APRIL 12, 2021

This post is originally published on Designmodo: Font Psychology: Here’s Everything You Need to Know About Fonts. There are over half a million fonts in the world. While most of the web is built upon a handful of popular font types, there’s lots of room to pick a unique path. Since fonts are also visual elements, you … For more information please contact Designmodo.

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Speckyboy Design Magazine

APRIL 18, 2021

We live in an era where web designers have become ultra-specialized. Many tend to have a narrow focus regarding the tools they use and types of projects they accept. It didn’t used to be this way. Back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the industry was a bit scattered. I certainly fit that mold. I tried a little bit of everything: building with static HTML, flat-file systems and a few assorted content management systems (CMS).

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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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