We And The Color

JANUARY 24, 2024

Unleashing Creative Independence: Thriving in the Design World Without Clients The hustle and bustle of client relationships may not be everyone’s cup of creative tea, but envisioning a design business sans clients might seem like an oxymoron. Fear not, fellow designers, for the possibilities are as vast as your artistic imagination. In this guide, we’ll dive into the realm of independent design entrepreneurship, exploring alternative income avenues that don’t rely on the tradi

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 14, 2024

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Struggling with the return to work? You're not alone. Read these tips to help reignite your creativity for a dynamic and inspired year ahead. Does January 2024 feel like walking through treacle? Of course, you always expected the first day back after your break to be a bit of a struggle. But surely by now, you think, you should be firing on all cylinders.

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Creative Bloq

JANUARY 24, 2024

Hipgnosis worked on album art for iconic bands like Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin – and they have a lot to teach us today.

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Creative Nerds

JANUARY 14, 2024

The highly-anticipated Olympics will be making its grand return to Europe, specifically in the vibrant city of Paris, France, during the warm summer months of 2012. As many are aware, the Olympics is a globally recognized event that bears the title of being the oldest of its kind in the realm of sports. The inaugural […] The post The evolution olympics logo From 1924 To 2024 first appeared on Creative Nerds.

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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

JANUARY 6, 2024

Graphic Design in the AI Era: Embracing Synergy for Creative Evolution In the ever-evolving landscape of technology, where artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming industries, many individuals are wondering whether the profession of graphic design will face obsolescence. While AI has undoubtedly made significant strides in automating design tasks, it’s important to recognize that the human element in graphic design remains indispensable.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 4, 2024

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Had a rough 2023? You're not alone. But these creatives are taking a fresh approach to 2024, and their advice may help you, too. In the fast-paced world of creativity, things are always changing. New technologies arrive, creating new ways of working and new types of products to create. At the same time, new social and cultural movements spring up, changing how we see the world.

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Designer Daily

JANUARY 29, 2024

You’ve been working tirelessly on creating your design products, and now you’re ready to share them with the world. But how do you ensure that your products don’t just sit on your digital shelf gathering virtual dust? Selling design products is not just about having a great product; it’s also about how you present it to potential buyers.

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Spoon Graphics

JANUARY 29, 2024

Access All Areas members have a great collection of photo effects to download this week, courtesy of Sickboat. These Thermal LUTs can be applied to photos or video to create a surreal heat map effect with vibrant colours. There are 31 LUT presets included to provide a variety of thermal colour schemes to choose from. Being LUT files means they are compatible with all kinds of software, the effects can be easily applied to photos and images in Photoshop using the Color Lookup adjustment layer, an

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Just Creative

JANUARY 2, 2024

So, you’ve just finished creating the perfect logo design or brand identity. You’re excited to reveal the final product to your client. You’re also keen to upload your unique design to Instagram with the hashtag #BestLogoDesign. However, you want to make sure that your client and any future clients can appreciate the application of your logo design on business cards, menus, outdoor signage, posters, t-shirts, and more.

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I Love Typography

JANUARY 3, 2024

Read the book, Typographic Firsts Steven Heller takes a closer look at the Chutz font family, designed by Designed by Michael Rafailyk. The post Steven Heller’s Font of the Month: Chutz appeared first on I Love Typography.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 14, 2024

We love a good passion project here at Creative Boom, and here's our favourite of 2024 so far! Roam magazine is taking an inclusive and cross-disciplinary approach to showcasing the modern folk movement. As the philosopher George Santayana once wrote: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." But history isn't just a list of names and dates, wars and leaders; it's much broader than that.

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BP&O

JANUARY 25, 2024

We’re undeniably in an age of pet care 2.0: the post-fur-baby era, where people are finally beginning to see their animals’ needs and wants as independent to their own (i.e. dried pigs ears over vegan dog treats, eschewing leads for cats, and so on). These shifts in how we think about what it means to have and look after animals The post Omlet by Ragged Edge appeared first on BP&O - Branding, Packaging and Opinion.

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Designer Daily

JANUARY 11, 2024

Learning how to convey a narrative with your layouts and typography is a must if you want a career in graphic design. Understanding how to weave stories with graphics is crucial whether you’re an experienced designer or a newcomer to the profession of graphic design. In this blog, we will delve into the intricate connection between images and text and explain how to use this dynamic to your advantage while writing fascinating narratives.

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Spoon Graphics

JANUARY 22, 2024

There are several ways to add texturing to your logo artwork in Photoshop, you could apply textures using brushes, add a texture image to a layer mask, apply a texture with a clipping mask, or even using a pattern overlay. All methods have their benefits, but my favourite technique is what I call the ‘knockout’ method. Using this technique to apply textures to your logos means you can easily layer up multiple textures non-destructively without it being permanently applied, so you can still edit

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Just Creative

JANUARY 3, 2024

When you’re ready to release your next big hit, consider Adobe Audition , one of the best professional audio editors. But what is it? How do you download Adobe Audition free? You can find it all here in our comprehensive Adobe Audition guide. Download Adobe Audition Free How to Download Audition Free 2024 To cut to the chase, Adobe Audition can be downloaded for free from Adobe’s website.

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Creative Bloq

JANUARY 14, 2024

It was the decade when fantasy art became part of pop culture. Illustrator and author Tony DiTerlizzi shares his favourite 1980s artists and their influence on him.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 31, 2024

NYBG abbreviation becomes central to the destination's new identity, unveiled this week alongside the singular defining idea of 'Do Right by Nature'. The famous New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) has revealed its first major brand refresh in over a decade in partnership with global brand consultancy Wolff Olins. One of New York's most significant scientific destinations, NYBG is a 132-year-old globally significant institution rooted in research and education, with a strategic focus on deepening co

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Graphic Design Junction

JANUARY 9, 2024

Download the fresh free fonts in 2024 and elevate your design game. The significance of fonts cannot be overstated. As we step into 2024, designers are continually seeking ways to enhance their creative projects without straining their budgets. A key resource that has become indispensable for designers is the ability to download fresh free fonts. This article delves into the importance of keeping your fonts library up-to-date, explores the trends in fonts for 2024, and provides insights into whe

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Design Milk

JANUARY 8, 2024

Design ni Dukaan subverts expectations of the architectural process from the creative brief to the fully realized concepts reflected in their fresh approach to interiors and space planning in an office project located in the city of Gandhidham in Gujarat, India. Through enhancing the intrinsic qualities of their material palette, the Ahmedabad-based architecture firm, helmed by Veeram Shah, seeks to elevate the level of craft one might expect in workplace design.

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Booooooom

JANUARY 17, 2024

A still life series featuring eight distinct vegetables by Vancouver-based photographer Skye Tao.

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Just Creative

JANUARY 2, 2024

Everyone loves a good discount, and if you’re like me and wondering how to get an Adobe Photoshop Student discount, this article is for you! So first off, Adobe Photoshop has been around for over three decades now, and most graphic designers consider it to be the industry standard. Most of the software on Adobe Creative Cloud offers a student discount of some sort.

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Creative Bloq

JANUARY 1, 2024

It turns out typefaces have different associations in different countries.

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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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Creative Boom

JANUARY 31, 2024

Auckland-based illustrator Joseph Carrington creates instantly recognisable work thanks to his sleek, deceptively simple style. We caught up with him to learn how this results from a lot of graft and how representation has helped progress his career. Having originally trained as a graphic designer, Joseph Carrington pivoted to illustration seven years ago.

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Graphic Design Junction

JANUARY 21, 2024

In the design world, every part matters—colors, shapes, and typography all add up to the overall look and feel. One essential but sometimes overlooked tool for designers is negative space, also called white space. Negative space is the area around and between the main elements in an image. In this article, we will explore the captivating role of negative space in illustrations, with a particular emphasis on its impact in logo design.

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Design Milk

JANUARY 12, 2024

As an unapologetic admirer of everything watchmaker Ressence does in distinguishing itself within the horological realm (their TYPE 3 model was one of our holiday gift picks ), I came to an abrupt pause while doom scrolling when I happened upon the brand’s post announcing a new TYPE 1° Round M – a wristwatch inspired by the “graphic arts.” The titanium case timepiece is realized in a quartet of polychromatic contrasting rings of red, blue, yellow, and green that almost seems d

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Booooooom

JANUARY 8, 2024

A lovely series observing the hobby of fishing in Shanghai by Swiss photographer Ralph Steinegger.

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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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Just Creative

JANUARY 2, 2024

Our compilation of the best Photoshop tutorials in 2024 is the perfect way to improve your design & technical skills. So if you’re gearing up to become a sharper creative this year, this feature is for you! As social media and streaming services continue to dominate the web, the need for spectacular visuals and effective art cards and images will rise all the more.

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Creative Bloq

JANUARY 8, 2024

From sonic and animated to heritage-driven, experts predict logo design to transform this year.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 4, 2024

Photo credit: Joe Horner We all love to create beautiful things. But how do you harness that into building a successful career? Illustrator, muralist and sign writer Will Rea offers a shining example of how to do it right. Here, we pick his brains to learn how he established himself in a fiercely competitive industry. Will Rea may have only graduated in 2019, but he's already making waves in the creative world.

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Joe McNally

JANUARY 24, 2024

Legend has it that Heinz Kluetmeier donned scuba gear and dove into the Olympic pool at a long-ago games and set up cameras on the bottom, wiring them so he could fire them remotely. His assistant asked him if they had permission to do this. “We’re not going to ask permission,” came the reply. No one was going to say no to Heinz. And because of that, an audacious act of brazen, lovely, break-the-rules attitude born of supreme photographic skills and confidence, millions of people have enjoyed st

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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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