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UAL student Shihui Li highlights animal extinction through sugar-spun folk art

Creative Boom

When themes of social justice are built into the curriculum, they become embedded into the wider picture, helping us to both imagine and realise more just, sustainable futures. Interaction Design student Shihui Li found a beautiful, original way to highlight the decline in biodiversity for her final year project at UAL. One of the best things about the design industry is that, in our experience, it genuinely welcomes all kinds of people.

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F5: Hadiya Williams on Connections, a Love of Old Objects + More

Design Milk

Hadiya Williams spent 20 years in the world of graphic design before discovering a full-force passion for clay. What began as an innocent hobby in 2017 turned into a full-time job when design studio Black Pepper Paperie Co. was established, with Williams as the founder and creative director. Based in Washington, DC, she now spends her days creating decorative art referred to as terrestrial and generative, ceramic objects, and surface designs.

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Remarkable Hand Lettering Typography Quotes For Inspiration

Graphic Design Junction

In a digital world dominated by impersonal fonts and robotic typing, hand lettering typography quotes are making a comeback – and it’s cooler than ever. This modern art form seamlessly blends the timeless elegance of hand-drawn letters with the precision and flexibility of digital tools. Buckle up, because we’re diving deep into the world of hand lettering typography quotes: its fascinating history, the secret techniques that bring it to life, the digital tools that make it magic, an

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How to Use Notion to Manage Your Graphic Design Work

Designer Daily

Introduction Handling graphic design work can be chaotic. From tracking all your projects to updating portfolios and juggling client work. This is where Notion comes into play. It’s a digital platform that acts as your organization tool, note-taking hub, second brain, etc. At NotionPlates we showcase templates (pre-designed layouts) designed by creators to organize, plan, track, simplify or build anything.

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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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Play Studio gives a distinct and memorable vibe to OpenAI conference

Creative Boom

The company behind ChatGPT brought hundreds of developers together for DevDay in San Francisco. Play Studio was on hand to give the event a unique visual identity. Whatever you think of AI, there's no denying that it's taking over and is here to stay. (If you don't believe us, read our special report on how design agencies are actually using AI in 2024.

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Buitenverblijf Nest: A Modern Cabin Escape Among the Treetops

Design Milk

Tucked away in the Hoge Veluwe National Park in the Netherlands lies a unique haven – Buitenplaats Koningsweg – for artists and visitors alike. The former barracks site has been transformed into a vibrant community where dozens of creatives live and work. Now, as part of an innovative project by the municipality of Arnhem, a series of 11 “follies” have emerged within the woods, offering an opportunity for guests to immerse themselves in the forest.

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Artist's guide to how to spot AI images is essential reading

Creative Bloq

Discover the telltale signs of generative AI.

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Two Deserts: From Form's latest exhibition traces the changing shape of the Californian desert

Creative Boom

Ahead of the release of a short film that has been six years in the making, creative studio From Form has exhibited a series of photographs that chart the ever-shifting shape of the Californian desert. Over the last six years, Ashley Govers and Jurjen Versteeg, the husband-and-wife team behind independent creative studio From Form, have been busily working on a short film chronicling the Californian desert.

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The Opening Acts Furniture Collection Is Just the Beginning

Design Milk

Every show worth its bottomline plays up the anticipation of raising the curtain to reveal not only the performance but all of the hard work behind the scenes. Marion Stora has done much of the same with her inaugural furniture collection – Opening Acts. Stora initially worked on her own after opening the doors to her interiors studio in 2011 before working with a team to style distinct, warm, and lively spaces – all with a penchant for using hand-woven fabrics, raw hides, and wood.

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Elevate Your Brand with Professional Business Stationery Templates

Graphic Design Junction

Business stationery templates provide a convenient and flexible way to create professional-looking materials without the need for extensive design expertise or resources. Whether you’re a small startup or a large corporation, utilizing templates allows you to streamline your branding process, ensuring consistency and coherence across all your printed materials.

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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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Digital artists: how to keep your eyes healthy

Creative Bloq

Pro tips from illustrator Hazel Mead for how to keep your eyes healthy when working long hours.

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Practice develops a 'less is more' identity for new skincard brand Remedy

Creative Boom

The New York branding agency has been working with skincare expert Dr Muneeb Shah to help disrupt an often confusing and fragmented market. The 'less is more' concept is a powerful one in design. But when it comes to client work, it can sometimes be an uphill battle putting that into practice. Corporate clients, in particular, may end up trying to cram multiple messages into one design; either to please all the competing parts of the business, or because they just lack focus concerning what thei

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The Hito Table Recalls the Nostalgia of Stacked Playing Cards

Design Milk

In furniture design, inspiration can come from unexpected sources – in this case, it’s the childhood nostalgia of stacked playing cards. The precarious game of creating stable architecture by equalizing balance and tension can be found in Hito , a coffee table designed by Copenhagen-based Mario Martinez for Swedish furniture manufacturer, Karl Andersson & Söner.

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Creative Fabrica: Your One-Stop Shop for Unleashing Creativity

Graphic Design Junction

Creative Fabrica is a platform brimming with everything a creative mind could desire. From eye-catching fonts and graphics to crafting essentials and a design tool that feels like an extension of your imagination, it empowers designers, crafters, and artists of all levels to take their projects to the next level. Let’s delve into the main website and its crown jewel of the platform, Creative Fabrica Studio, with a special focus on its game-changing transparent PNG generation feature. [ Hid

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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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A complete guide to Adobe Illustrator's AI tools

Creative Bloq

Get to grips with the latest generative AI features in Illustrator with our step-by-step tutorials.

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SomeOne's new identity for Inntravel urges travellers to swap wheels for walking boots

Creative Boom

Self-guided tour operator Inntravel's new identity by SomeOne features a suite of fingerpost sign-inspired graphics and hand-drawn illustrations, helping to convince new hikers that it can show them the way. When visiting a place for the first time – whether it's an idyllic coast in Britain or a hilly landscape in Italy – do you really get the best view from a taxi or bus window?

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The Centuries Old Art of Origami Inspired This Bluetooth Mouse Design

Design Milk

If the pleat-loving fashion designer Issey Miyake was given the task to craft a fashionable wireless Bluetooth mouse intended for travel – lightweight yet durable, sleek yet stylish, rechargeable with a long lasting battery – we like to imagine the late fashion icon might have conceived a device similar to the myAir.0 The Foldable Bluetooth Computer Mouse.

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100 Tiny CSS Tools & Apps for Web Designers

SpeckyBoy

Each of these free web-based tools and apps have been built by web designers for web designers. They all offer a time-saving solution to some of those monotonous or even complex CSS tasks you may need to perform from time to time. Without needing to install anything, all you have to do is bookmark, and save them for that day when required. From assessing your website’s accessibility to generating sophisticated flexbox or grid layouts, refining typography, choosing the perfect color scheme,

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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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These Lego mugshots are actually being used by a Police department

Creative Bloq

An unexpected way to protect identities.

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Yuki Uebo's crowded illustrations are inspired by the hustle and bustle of Tokyo life

Creative Boom

Tokyo-based illustrator Yuki Uebo creates messy, densely-packed images that reflect the crowded lifestyle of Japan's capital city. With practically 14 million people calling Tokyo home, the largest city on the planet is also one of the most densely populated. And it's this crowded way of living which has inspired local illustrator Yuki Uebo to fill her drawings with as many people as possible while also capturing the unique essence of Japan in the process.

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The Sen Home in Mumbai Is an Immersive Design Experience

Design Milk

The architecture of home, or in this case an artful interior, is sometimes referred to as the third skin. Each layer – from flesh to fashion to facade – is in some way an expression of the person inhabiting it. For the Sen residence in Mumbai, India, it is a fully immersive family experience designed by Saniya Kantawala of her eponymous practice Saniya Kantawala Designs (SKD).

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How can illustration be used as a tool to educate and inspire? Maisy Summer shares her wisdom

Its Nice That

The London-based freelance illustrator explains why educational visual material often calls for close collaboration with the intended audience.

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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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4 methods for using fonts in Adobe Creative Cloud

Creative Bloq

There's more than one way to find and activate fonts across Adobe's Creative Cloud applications. Here are the best ways, plus what to do with Type 1 fonts.

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People People demonstrate how to brand a drink that no-one can describe

Creative Boom

Thorntail Hard Argave is somewhere between a seltzer and tequila. Read on to learn how the Seattle branding studio made it all make sense. Ever had a drink that you found difficult to describe to someone? Frustrating, isn't it? Well, that's exactly the challenge that Seattle branding studio People People were faced with recently when they were approached by the company behind Thorntail Hard Agave.

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The Mayland Guest + Lounge Collection Is Relaxing by Nature

Design Milk

Southern California-based brand Encore has expanded the style, comfort, and endless design options of the Mayland Guest + Lounge Collection. Already versatile beyond the role you need it to play, a beech wood option has been added to the series alongside the metal version for further adaptability and creativity when styling. But any way you look at it, and whichever material you prefer, the exposed frame is the highlight of Mayland.

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ETH Zurich Uses 3D Printing to Create Ever-More Fluid Forms

Azure Magazine

The capabilities of 3D printing keep growing. Over the past two decades, we’ve seen the technology used in everything from furniture and lighting to bridges and homes. The material palette has expanded with these applications: once only confined to plastics, we now have the possibility of printing concrete and metal. When it comes to 3D printing, as with all of the processes it explores, ETH Zurich seeks to push the limits.

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Web Design for All: Accessibility, Inclusivity and Beyond

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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How to design engaging book cover art

Creative Bloq

The author and illustrator of The Search for WondLa refreshes his book cover to celebrate its upcoming TV adaptation.

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Cherish to flourish: how to build a lasting relationship with your clients

Creative Boom

Image licensed via Adobe Stock We celebrate International Client Day by sharing some tried-and-tested tips for growing and nurturing your relationships with clients. Happy International Client Day! Didn't know that was a thing? You're not alone. This unofficial holiday is celebrated on 19 March every year, and it's a day for freelancers, entrepreneurs, and businesses to show appreciation to their clients.

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Take 5: Space Planters, Dog Leashes Made for Strangers, + More

Design Milk

1. Muhly x Plants & Spaces Planters It’s my favorite time of the year – garden season! With the passing of daylight saving time comes brighter days and longer growing seasons. I’m always looking for more planters and while I have a strictly terracotta theme going on in my own garden, I can’t help but admire these stainless steel versions from a Muhly x Plants & Spaces collaboration!

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This football-inspired tool allows you to create interactive illustrations like a variable font

Its Nice That

The creative duo Rob & Robin have transitioned from graphic design to illustration; though they’re still borrowing a few tips and tricks from their old trade.

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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.