Inkbot Design

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The 8 Types of Brands (Definitions & Examples) Brands are ubiquitous in our lives, shaping our decisions and influencing how we perceive products and services. But did you know that there's more to them than just their name? Different types of brands exist, each with its specific approach tailored to various consumer needs and market demands. Dive into this fantastic brand-building world as we explore the different kinds!

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HONGKIAT

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

If you’ve ever explored the world of digital artists, you’ll know that calling them ‘hardworking’ hardly does justice to their dedication. Not only must they constantly hone their skills to succeed, but the cost of essential tools can be daunting, leaving some teetering on the brink of financial strain (and that’s only a slight exaggeration). Art can be a pricey pursuit.

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Inkbot Design

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Best Android Tablet for Graphic Design If you're a graphic designer looking for an Android tablet that can handle your workflow, you have several options to consider. The best Android tablet for graphic design should have a sharp, colour-accurate display, a sensitive and precise stylus, plenty of processing power, and enough storage. Fortunately, Android tablets have come a long way in recent years to meet the needs of digital artists and designers.

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Graphic Design Junction

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In the vibrant and visually-centric landscape of graphic and web design, fonts emerge as pivotal elements for imparting messages, forging brand identities, and crafting indelible user experiences. Although premium fonts proffer a diverse array of choices, an expanding reservoir of high quality free fonts caters to the creative requirements of designers operating within budget constraints.

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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

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

It's the social community where you often find the funniest cat videos or epic fails. This week, Reddit saw the launch of its new visual identity courtesy of Pentagram. Still featuring its "loveable, genderless" mascot, Snoo, it shows how the platform has grown up since 2005. Reddit is an American social news aggregation, content rating, and discussion website (just in case you need the Wikipedia description).

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BP&O

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Few countries on Earth take their food as seriously as Italy. It’s not difficult to justify the enormous pride Italians take in their spectacular culinary heritage, with their cuisine considered the ‘most exported’ on the planet. But while the wider world is undeniably in thrall, Italians’ patriotic palettes create and necessitate a notoriously conservative domestic cooking culture.

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Graphic Design USA

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Meri A. Page is an interdisciplinary designer originally from Maine and now based in Syracuse NY where she is an Assistant Professor of Communications Design at Syracuse University.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Jarvis Cocker’s shoes – ‘This Is Hardcore’ video shoot – Pinewood Studios – Feb 1998. Photograph by Paul Burgess. You don't have to be a fan of Pulp to enjoy this gorgeously designed book: if you're nostalgic for the '90s or just a fan of great design, you'll love it, too. We sat down with authors Paul Burgess and Louise Colbourne to learn how they put it together.

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Booooooom

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

A project about the Punk Rock movement in Soweto, South Africa by photographer and filmmaker Karabo Mooki from Johannesburg.

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SpeckyBoy

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Gradients are a true staple of web design. Their beauty lies in their versatility. Use them to make a big, bold statement. Or use them as an accent piece to create a mood. The possibilities have never been greater. Modern CSS and JavaScript allow us to do more than mimic print design. We can use them to add movement and interactivity to the mix. But it goes deeper.

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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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HONGKIAT

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

It’s a new month, and it’s time to share some exciting resources for web developers. In this edition, we’re introducing new web apps, tools, and plenty of resources to learn about AI. Additionally, there’s a tool for creating color scales, a self-hosted backup solution for mobile devices, a quick way to check internet speed, and much more. Let’s dive into the full list.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Often, the key to a visual identity is a clear concept developed thoughtfully. And the new designs for National Landscapes by Nice and Serious fall straight into that category. Never heard of National Landscape? Don't feel dumb: neither had we. That's because it's the new name for what used to be called Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). These are some of the UK's most special landscapes, with huge importance and potential in the fight against climate change and biodiversity loss.

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Inkbot Design

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

How To Define Your Brand Through Visual Design Visual design plays a critical role in defining your brand. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. The colours, images, typography, and other elements you use instantly communicate who you are to customers. Research shows it takes just 50 milliseconds for people to form an opinion. So, your visuals must align with your brand identity.

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Creative Bloq

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

We chat to the legendary designer about painting Porsches, the Public Theater and the value of making mistakes.

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SpeckyBoy

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

How To Find a Developer Job in 2023 If you’re a developer with little or no experience, this extensive article may just be what you’re needing. 10,000 Years Saved Discover how Core Web Vitals saved users 10,000 years of waiting for web pages to load. Using CSS content-visibility to Boost Rendering Performance Discover the benefits of content-visibility and those situations where it might not be suitable.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Whilst most big brands have put products front and centre in their festive ads this year, Apple has gone for our hearts. Its Christmas spot, set to George Harrison's 'Isn't It a Pity' and with tender animation by Anna Mantzaris , hits just the right note for 2023. Kindness is always abundant around Christmas, but why does it feel especially important right now?

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Inkbot Design

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

13 Web Development Technologies Every Developer Must Know Welcome, reader! You've come to the right place if you're interested in the various technologies used to create and power websites and web applications today. We'll explore the core languages, frameworks, libraries, and other tools that make up the foundation of modern web development. Whether you're a coding newbie or an experienced developer looking to expand your skillset, read on to enhance your web dev chops!

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Creative Bloq

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Our pro 3D artist reviews Blender 4.0, testing its improved rendering capabilities and more; as ever it's free to all.

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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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The Die Line

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Dieline is a global package design community and showcase of package design inspiration. We cover industry news, sustainable packaging news, design trends, and host our own packaging conferences, package design events, and Dieline packaging design awards.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

London-based illustrator and type designer Bjoern Altmann has turned his attention to the hidden wonder of manhole covers in his latest book, which recreates designs from over 80 countries as vector images. Manhole covers are such a familiar part of urban furniture that it's all too easy to take them for granted or be repelled by their hidden charms.

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Inkbot Design

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Top 10 Best Free Logo Makers: Online Tools & Apps Until the last few years, logo creation was very hectic and time-consuming. There were only a few logo design programs designers had to use to create stunning brand logos. Moreover, they were very complicated to understand. Designers needed to spend months learning how they worked, let alone mastering them.

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UX Collective

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

What were the discussions and suggestions proposed by our community in the last five years? Illustration made by Stranger Hellix. Imagine that you and your team have finally managed to build a Design System (DS) to be applied across various products. However, even after going through this process, you’ve noticed several different impediments affecting the adoption levels of the DS within your teams — both in relation to the designers and developers involved.

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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

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Ninety years ago in 1922, the Kiyomizu Elementary School first opened its doors to welcome a new generation of Kyoto school children into an era of modernity. The reinforced concrete construction stood representative of Japan’s breakneck efforts to modernize and integrate hallmarks of European design on a national scale, a minor monument in stark contrast to the traditional architecture that still paints Kyoto with an enduring historical climate.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

London-based graphic designer Kieron Lewis has designed a new take on W.E.B. Du Bois' 1920s magazine for black children titled The New Brownies' Book. We caught up with him to hear how he approached the project and why it's one of his proudest pieces of work. Between 1920 and 1921, civil rights activist and sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois released the first-ever magazine for African-American youth.

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Inkbot Design

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Does your Logo need a Tagline? A logo is a graphic symbol or emblem representing a company, organisation, brand, or product. It's meant to be recognisable and help in brand identity and awareness—for example, the iconic Apple logo with a bitten apple silhouette. A tagline is a short phrase that captures a brand's essence or critical message. Taglines are an optional addition to strengthen brand messaging.

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Its Nice That

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The global creative agency spotted a gap in the market between “dark and scary” brands and timid ones, stepping in with an elegant product full of toy-inspired shapes.

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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 Bloq

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The best rendering software enable you to create amazing images and videos; our professional CG artist picks the best 3D rendering software for Windows and Macs, for pros and beginners.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

We chatted with Ed Little, director of the London studio Regular Practice , about putting design at the heart of strategy, how the nature of branding is (fast) evolving, and what agencies need to do to keep up. Ed Little has come a long way for someone who left university in 2015 with a BA in Politics and Sociology and no idea what he wanted to do. His initial foray into the world of design was through a creative accelerator, where he gained exposure to a diverse range of startups and consultant

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Inkbot Design

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Web Designer Interviews: Questions & Answers So, you have a web designer interview and are trying to figure out what to expect. No worries, we've got you covered. In this comprehensive guide, we'll walk through some of the most common web designer interview questions you'll likely encounter. We'll also provide examples of solid answers to help you craft your responses.

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Design Milk

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Barcelona-based French illustrator Malika Favre is known for her punchy and playful art style which has been described as a combination of Pop Art and Op Art. Over in Brussels, French artist Alice Roux uses her background working in set design and fashion, and currently as a visual artist, to create objects and furniture. After the two creatives discovered each other in 2020, they began on a years-long collaboration that started with a one-off table but grew to a four-piece capsule collection na

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