Inkbot Design
JULY 29, 2023
How to Create a Successful Brand Identity Greetings aspiring entrepreneurs and business leaders! I'm thrilled to have you along for today's journey into the fascinating branding domain. Creating an unforgettable brand identity that emotionally connects with your audience can be the difference between a thriving and barely surviving business. Crafting an iconic brand is a challenging feat.
Creative Boom
JULY 10, 2023
Various Formats Mockups can help speed up your graphic design work and give you time to be more creative. We bring together 12 fantastic places to find quality mockups. In the graphic design world of 2023, it's getting more and more difficult to make your work stand out. So it's vital to ensure your designs are presented in the best possible light, not only on your site but also across the web.
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Graphic Design Junction
JULY 3, 2023
There are many websites where you could download new fresh free fonts , however it could be difficult to find the hottest and maximum creative options. That’s why we’ve got put together a list of 28 new fresh free fonts that you could download right now. These fonts are available in quite a few styles, from script fonts to sans serif fonts to ornamental fonts.
UX Collective
JULY 5, 2023
Unraveling the intersection of neuroscience and design. Midjourney | Martina Sartor Welcome back to our exploration of neuroaesthetics! In the first part of this series , I began scratching the surface of this intriguing field, exploring the connections between neuroscience and design aesthetics. Today I am diving deeper into neuroaesthetics and its link to product design.
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
Inkbot Design
JULY 28, 2023
5 Best Web Design Books for Website Development Are you an aspiring web designer looking to enhance your skills and create stunning, user-friendly websites? Or you're an experienced developer seeking fresh insights and inspiration to take your web design game to the next level. Whichever category you fall into, one thing is for sure: the world of web design is constantly evolving, and staying up-to-date with the latest trends, tools, and techniques is crucial.
Design Milk
JULY 28, 2023
Interior designer Amy Pigliacampo creates modern, warm, and inviting spaces with an emphasis on playful colors, contrast, muted tones, and organic shapes. She describes her approach as subtractive, peeling back the layers of a space to find the soul of every home. Amy’s resulting modern rebuilds use thoughtful materials to enhance – not overwhelm – the space underneath.
Graphic Arts Today brings together the best content for graphic arts professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Creative Boom
JULY 4, 2023
Victors of the 2023 global design awards recently gathered in Tbilisi to receive their gongs. Find out who won what and how you can enter next year's competition with a special discount on submission fees. Celebrating "trail-blazers, risk-takers and all those on the cutting edge of the visual design world", the Indigo Design Award is a prestigious global competition that anyone can enter.
Graphic Design Junction
JULY 7, 2023
Print-ready business card templates are pre-designed templates that are specifically created for easy printing. They are available various format files such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign, making it convenient for designers and business owners to customize them according to their needs. These templates are meticulously crafted by expert designers who recognize the significance of a nicely-established and visually appealing commercial enterprise card.
Spoon Graphics
JULY 10, 2023
This Photoshop glow effect has a cool retro vibe with its colourful gradient halos and blurry outlines, especially when combined with grainy textures to enhance the low-fi look. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to make it in Photoshop and provide links to the free assets you need from my Spoon Graphics website. Assets used ► Activate the Roc Grotesk Font – [link] ► Download my FREE Duotone Gradient Presets – [link] ► Download my FREE Dirty Surface Textures – [link] ► D
I Love Typography
JULY 14, 2023
Read the book, Typographic Firsts In case you missed part one, catch up here. Today we have four more fantastic font families that are definitely worth checking out. Let’s jump straight in. The post New releases, fresh new fonts! — episode 2 appeared first on I Love Typography.
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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.
Design Milk
JULY 27, 2023
While gathering ideas for a summer sipping round up, I kept repeating: “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” But the truth is we judge almost everything by its covers. Books, dish soap, albums, even booze… As design enthusiasts, you know that particular colors, architecture, shapes, and materials can evoke a mood and feeling. A great cover, or bottle label in this instance, serves as a visual storyteller, expressing the essence of a brand and its offerings effectively.
Creative Bloq
JULY 31, 2023
Artist Nick Kennedy shows you how to use both Photoshop and Procreate to bring to life a vivid background.
Creative Boom
JULY 10, 2023
Image courtesy of Shillington Shillington's flexible, intensive design courses are bringing AI into some of its curriculum to stay ahead of the curve. We explore how Shillington sees AI not as replacing designers but as enhancing their work and creativity. For 26 years now, Shillington has been providing a more flexible and affordable route into the design industry than the traditional university degree.
Graphic Design Junction
JULY 5, 2023
Are you an aspiring digital artist seeking to take your skills to the following stage? Look no similarly than Procreate, a powerful digital app for iPad that has taken the creative global by typhoon. With its substantial array of gear and functions, Procreate has emerge as a favorite amongst expert artists and designers. Covering the whole lot from how to use Procreate, to putting in and the usage of Procreate brushes , to mastering your Procreate abilities with publications and step-by-step dra
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Creative Boom
JULY 6, 2023
Sara Neuhart – Visual Thoughts on Current Affairs (Editorial) Over 5,000 entries to this year's World Illustration Awards have been whittled to a shortlist of 200 incredible artists. We look at some of the contenders for this year's prize, with all hopeful entrants available to view via a new online showcase. Presented by The Association of Illustrators in partnership with the Directory of Illustration (USA), the World Illustration Awards are an annual celebration of the best talent in the field
Creative Boom
JULY 5, 2023
Cyclops by HVD The reinvigorating days of summer are the perfect time to break out of your typographical comfort zone and try something new. Read on to discover the best new fonts for your design projects. As the summer sun literally brings light into our lives, there's a palpable sense of optimism in the air. It's a time for new beginnings, fresh perspectives, and a renewed appetite for creativity.
Creative Boom
JULY 7, 2023
Image licensed via Adobe Stock In the week that Meta launches Threads , we ask: can new platforms bring social media back to life? Or should creatives be looking elsewhere for self-promotion? You're at a really good party, and you've spent hours dancing, chatting with old friends and meeting great new people. It's gone late into the night and early hours, but everyone is still buzzing.
Creative Boom
JULY 3, 2023
This side project by Fen Acey combines her love of food and drink packaging with collage and elegant typography to create beautiful and original artisan wine label designs. Fen Acey is a freelance graphic designer based in the North East of England with a passion for the food and drinks industry. Her self-initiated project Graphia (which means "to write" in Greek) features a collection of artisan wine label designs inspired by her love for typography and printmaking.
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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.
Creative Boom
JULY 3, 2023
A new exhibition from one of the leading voices in contemporary design, Simone Brewster , encourages viewers to reconsider their perception of everyday objects and how we interact with them. Most of the time, we just think an object is an object. Yes, we imbue certain items with sentimental attachment, whether that be a scarf our nan knitted us or a ticket stub from a special gig.
Creative Boom
JULY 3, 2023
Brooklyn-based illustrator Eva Redamonti specialises in creating highly-intricate illustrations which communicate themes of mental health, science, nature and Futurism. We caught up with her to learn more about her work. Considering that mental health is a common theme in Eva Redamonti's illustrations, it makes sense that art was a kind of therapy for her growing up.
Creative Boom
JULY 10, 2023
Becoming a parent is an experience no one can fully explain or prepare for. Aside from the inevitable mix of emotions and sheer love for your new bundle of joy, unexpected things turn your world upside down. Inès Pagniez has attempted to share some of them in her humorous new campaign, Mum's Life. Using her trademark colour palette and charming clay figures, Inès Pagniez has expressed some of the universal realities of becoming a mother, from body changes and brain fog to low energy, in a fresh
Creative Boom
JULY 6, 2023
Working from a large closet in his apartment, Pasadena-based illustrator Dang Olsen specialises in drawing surreal artwork that looks like a "psychedelic cartoon flash freak out". We joined him on a trip to learn more about his process. Originally from Toledo, Ohio, Dang Olsen's career has seen him move to San Francisco, Oakland and Seattle. His aspirations as an artist go back to his childhood, though, as all he can remember from those days is drawing and going to garage sales.
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.
Creative Boom
JULY 3, 2023
Yayoi Kusama and Dots Obsession, 1996-2011 Installation view_ The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. © YAYOI KUSAMA. Courtesy of Ota Fine Arts, Victoria Miro and David Zwirner. Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama's exhibition You, Me and The Balloons is a colourful wonderland of inflatable inspiration: a suitable opener for a brand new type of arts centre.
Creative Boom
JULY 4, 2023
The Conran Shop has unveiled a fresh global identity courtesy of Sascha Lobe and Kimberly Lloyd at Pentagram. We take a closer look to find out more about the rebrand. Founded in 1973, The Conran Shop is a world-renowned retailer known for its iconic furniture, lighting and home accessories designs, and boasts stores across London, Paris, Japan and South Korea.
Creative Boom
JULY 26, 2023
Atlanta-based illustrator Hanyu Mu specialises in creating visually captivating and emotionally evocative artworks which invite the viewer to join her on a journey into the imagination. We caught up with her to learn more. Originally from China, Hanyu Mu is an award-winning illustrator and animator whose work has been recognised by the Society of Illustrators and Creative Quarterly.
Creative Boom
JULY 25, 2023
Photography by David van Delden Designer and lettering artist Kevin Rooi is having quite the moment. Not only was he selected as D&AD's Top Typographer of 2022, he's also about to celebrate 12 months at leading studio Denstu Creative. Next month, he's painting a giant mural in Breda, celebrating his roots. It wasn't always so easy, though, as we find out.
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?
Creative Boom
JULY 26, 2023
Illustrator Julie Alex creates unique portraits, still-life artworks and landscapes that are instantly recognisable thanks to her use of colour and one-of-a-kind slanted style. We caught up with her to learn more about her work. Drawing appears to be something of a family affair for Julie Alex. Like most artists, it's a craft she began practising in childhood when she would spend her time sketching alongside her sister.
Creative Boom
JULY 16, 2023
A new platform for learning environmental system has a slick new branding system courtesy of Pentagram and Mondial Studio. Rather than doing anything too clever, it sticks to the fundamentals of design, and is all the more successful for it. We all like to talk a good game on the environment. But how much do you really know? Well, if the answer is "not much" and you'd like to change that, Earthed is an online platform where you can take part in expert-led based courses to learn nature skills and
Creative Boom
JULY 16, 2023
Vietnamese studio M — N Associates has been working with pet food brand HiRaw! to promote a different kind of animal diet. We share their new identity and explore the thinking behind it. BARF stands for Biologically Appropriate Raw Food Diet. It's basically an alternative raw diet for pets that eliminates all processed foods and is instead made up of raw muscle meat and raw meaty bones, as well as vegetables and fruits.
Creative Boom
JULY 13, 2023
Counter-Print's new book, Optic What is it about optical illusions that captivates graphic designers so much? These optical effects are often found in beloved book designs, packaging, and branding the world over. In Counter-Print's latest book , the publisher delves headfirst into this mesmerising realm of art and design. Titled Optic , the book is a must-read for any discerning creative keen to learn more about Op Art of the mid-1960s and its optical effects continue to influence the language o
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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