Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Image licensed via Adobe Stock As the news continues to look grim and the economy struggles, what can creatives do to stay happy and productive? The Creative Boom community share their top tips. Are you finding your life and work particularly challenging right now? You're by no means alone. After all, we might be past the worst of Covid now, but the world hasn't exactly pivoted into the big, happy, post-pandemic party we'd all hoped for.

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BP&O

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

We’ve all, at some point in life, encountered a few “But Actuallys”: the kind of people who always know a little bit more than you, constantly correct you, diligently fact check in social situations. They’re perennially just that smidgen More Right than you: a heady combination of The Simpsons’ Comic Book Guy; the classic pedant (or pendant if you want The post Ami Ami by Wedge appeared first on BP&O - Branding, Packaging and Opinion.

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Spoon Graphics

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

This text portrait effect is known as a Calligram. It’s where a passage of text bends and warps around the contours of the subject’s face. This effect is particularly powerful when used to present famous speeches by depicting the orator through their words. The process uses just a small selection of Photoshop’s tools, with the Displace filter and a clipping mask being the key ingredients to making the effect.

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I Love Typography

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

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

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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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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

They Made This Make your home beautiful for an affordable price! We reveal the best place to buy wonderful art prints to fuel your mood, imagination and creativity. As a creative, you're by nature a visual person. In fact, you probably spend every working day meticulously crafting amazing-looking work for your company or freelance clients – not just because you want praise and reward.

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Design Milk

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Scandinavian countries are known for their inspirational, nay aspirational creative sensibilities where designers showcasing work at trade shows go on to influence both their contemporaries and craftsmen on the come up, whose product is then brought to market just before their ethos is distilled to aesthetics where it trickles down to luxury department stores and big box retailers.

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UX Collective

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Embark on a journey to animate enchanting unicorns using Figma, After Effects, or Lottie’s new Creator tool. 3 paths for motion wizardry with unicorns. Lottie Creator is finally out of beta. Now everyone can create lightweight animations, ready for handoff, directly from their browser. So this seems like the perfect timing to cover some of the ways we can power-up our designs with motion using Lottie, not only with the Creator but with Figma and Adobe After Effects as well.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Go.Compare, the brand we all can't help but sing in our heads, has enjoyed a big and bold rebrand courtesy of Ragged Edge. The London studio leaned into its point of difference, highlighting the many benefits of the UK's leading price comparison site. If you hear the words 'Go Compare', you'll undoubtedly summon the image of Gio Compario, the infamous mascot played by Welsh singer Wynne Evans, who, since August 2009, has starred in an advertising campaign for the UK insurance comparison website

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Design Milk

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Julien Renault’s design language is built around basic elements, natural colors, and fundamental materials that leave nothing to chance. There’s an obvious appreciation across elements, where the cross-disciplinary designer creates a connection between the details and the whole of a piece. Renault recognizes that these objects are closely related to their environment, which affects the way observers interact with them.

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Creative Bloq

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

'90s kids rejoice.

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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.

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UX Collective

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Creating a successful design doesn't have to feel like wandering through a maze. There's a proven design process that keeps things smooth and helps you nail it every time. It's like a recipe with four steps to make your work better. Content  —  What information and messages need to be conveyed? This step involves content strategy and planning.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

We chat with an independent designer and art director at YouTube Music about his inspirations, career trajectory, and the importance of learning from setbacks. If you listen to just a few episodes of Creative Boom podcast , you'll start to see a pattern emerging. When asked, 'What first got you interested in design?' so many leading practitioners will give the same answer: music.

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Graphic Design Junction

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The minimal Brand guidelines templates provide a framework that ensures all design elements adhere to the brand’s aesthetic standards. In these templates color schemes to typography choices, designers can easily reference the guidelines to maintain visual consistency while exploring creative variations. This balance between structure and flexibility empowers designers to push the boundaries of creativity within the confines of the brand’s identity.

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Noupe

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Accessibility has become a fundamental element in contemporary design. It greatly contributes to the establishment of an inclusive digital sphere. With the continuous progression of technology, designers are recognizing the importance of guaranteeing the usability of websites. They make them suitable for individuals with diverse abilities or disabilities.

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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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UX Collective

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Elevating user experience through intelligent content enhancement and personalization. Futuristic workspace (Created with Dall-E) Chatbots serve as an accessible gateway to the realm of Generative AI features, a fact underscored by the success of ChatGPT. Their simplicity, requiring only basic instructions to engage in natural dialogues, allows them to integrate across various digital platforms seamlessly.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Artist has taken successful concept of workshops she ran for major brands such as Nike, ASOS and Timberland to help other freelancers or individuals get together and create. Freelancing can be a lonely gig, however much you love it. Long days, head down, hard at work – they don't necessarily have you craving office life, maybe just a chat with a few like-minded individuals who aren't your dog, cat or other half.

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Its Nice That

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Made while volunteering at a therapeutic garden, the illustrator and artist wants her book to inspire more people to get their hands dirty.

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Creative Bloq

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

As independent type foundry Colophon joins Monotype, I catch up with Colophon's co-founder Anthony Sheret to chat about the state of the industry.

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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.

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Design Milk

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Who hasn’t found themselves stuck at one time or another under the duress of a creative rut? Filmmaker, designer, and Serene Industries founder Denis Agarkov was wallowing professionally when he decided to do something about it. While most people might set out to pick up a new hobby or book a vacation to reignite their passions, Agarkov decided to design his own keyboard.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Uruguayan artist Luis Pedro Picasso explores the inner workings of his subjects through paintings that delve into their anatomical workings. We caught up with him to learn more about this unique approach and what effect he wants his paintings to have on viewers. At once cartoony and a bit gruesome, the paintings of Luis Pedro Picasso rip apart everything from a puppy to a rocking horse and reveal what's lurking beneath the surface.

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Azure Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

When the inaugural cohort of AZ Awards winners was announced in 2011, it marked a watershed for Canadian design. The country’s first international and multi-disciplinary design competition, our nascent annual showcase facilitated a new global conversation. As Azure co-founder Nelda Rodger put it, “The AZ Awards shows the high calibre of Canadian design by pitting it against the best in the world.

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Inkbot Design

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Why a Logo is Important to Every Business A company's logo is one of its most valuable assets. More than just a graphic design , a logo is the face of a brand and conveys what a company stands for. With the rise of visual content and social media, logos have become even more prominent and influential. This article will explore why a logo is vital in today's business landscape.

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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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Design Milk

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Nestled on Guemes Island looking out to the Bellingham Channel in Washington State, the Guemes Island Bunkhouse is two-story retreat with a nod to the past. Designed by SHED Architecture & Design , the rustic yet modern bunkhouse is set to be a family heirloom for future generations to enjoy on family vacations. The bunkhouse is built just ten feet away from the family’s 100-year-old log cabin, a relic originally located on Lopez Island and then taken apart and floated to its current l

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The brand idea of 'Follow your mood into the moment' is at the core of the visual identity for this new line of luxury hotels. As we sit here, shivering amid a wintry February, the idea of getting away from it all to a sun-drenched paradise couldn't be more alluring. But if you've been away a few times in your life, you also know that in practice, holidays aren't always so perfect in reality.

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HONGKIAT

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The shift towards mobile browsing has made responsive website design more important than ever. As most people now surf the web on their smartphones, websites must adapt seamlessly to different screen sizes to ensure a user-friendly experience. This is where responsive WordPress themes come into play, offering flexibility and optimal viewing across various devices.

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Inkbot Design

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

How to Increase Online Sales: A Comprehensive Guide Are you tired of seeing your online sales stagnate or even decline? Do you feel like you've tried everything, but nothing seems to work? Don't worry, my friend, because you're not alone. Increasing online sales is a constant battle for businesses of all sizes, but you can turn things around with the right strategies and a little persistence.

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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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SpeckyBoy

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Design Pattern Guidelines Here’s a comprehensive guide to design patterns, including a collection of resources for various interface elements like forms, navigation, and controls. Opportunities for AI in Accessibility Aaron Gustafson discusses how artificial intelligence could enhance accessibility and explores the potential benefits. Aesthetics vs.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

For the past five years, Tbilisi-based designer and illustrator Julia Zass has tasked herself with the personal challenge of drawing every day. We caught up with her to hear about how this activity has improved her artwork and improved her life in general. Art, just like any other discipline, requires a lot of practice if you want to improve. And since 2017, Julia Zass has applied herself with astonishing regularity by taking it upon herself to draw every single day.

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Design Milk

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Fans of Charles and Ray Eames , and their far-reaching legacy of mid-century design, would do themselves a favor by marking their calendars for a visit to Richmond, California. That’s because this month marks the Eames Archives’ inaugural welcome for guests looking to experience their new permanent collection, which showcases the design duo’s storied history of iconic artifacts guided by none other than Llisa Demetrios , chief curator and granddaughter of the legendary design c

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Inkbot Design

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Exploring the Rise of the AI Logo Generator for Brands In the evolving brand space, brands have emerged as critical visual assets essential in communicating brand importance and identity. As visual stimuli increasingly drive consumer behaviour, the importance of brands in branding strategies has reached unprecedented levels. In this introduction, we will look at the evolution of brands in branding and the transition of brand design to the age of artificial intelligence technology.

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