Creative Market
DECEMBER 20, 2021
Japanese art and design are widely used and celebrated all around the world. From anime and origami to lolita fashion and minimalist interior designs, even in a small way, Japanese culture has become a part of our everyday lives. Today, Japanese graphic design can be seen integrated into logos, advertisements, digital artworks, and even Japanese fonts.
Eye on Design
DECEMBER 20, 2021
Ruthless as asking a parent to disclose which child they love most, we pressed a dozen typeface designers around the globe to name their favorite fonts released over the past year. What emerged was an energetic mix: entirely modern scripts that hearken back to the days of calligraphy, brush lettering, and copperplate penmanship; fonts that hover dramatically between serif and sans serif; high-contrast alphabets with tons of unique personality; some quirky typefaces that march to their own beats;
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Designer Daily
DECEMBER 22, 2021
When setting up social media accounts, one of the first things you will need to design will be the banners that serve as your identity on the platforms. For these, you will need to work with a consistent color scheme and branding, as you would for any other corporate design, but also with the right banner sizes, as they vary from platform to platform and can be a bit burdensome to find.
Spoon Graphics
DECEMBER 20, 2021
To finish off every year I enjoy taking a moment to look back at my content from the past 12 months to compare how all my freebies, videos, articles and tutorials performed in terms of view counts. This is my greatest hits collection for 2021, broken down into individual roundups for each category. Did you miss any of these most popular posts? Which one from the list was your favourite?
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
Creative Market
DECEMBER 23, 2021
The 1970s was a time for revolutionary typography that influenced graphic design in such an irreversible way. Modern projects that emulate a retro touch are now synonymous to this decade. But what exactly makes a design retro and very specifically the ’70s? Graphic Design History: the ’70s. If the 1960s relied on dripping psychedelic imagery and self-expression, the 1970s was a time for further experimentation, collective movement and deviations from the decade that came before it.
We And The Color
DECEMBER 19, 2021
This Swiss-style poster template for Adobe Illustrator is characterized by creative typography in two styles. Adobe Stock contributor @Blackcatstudio has created this Adobe Illustrator poster template. It is inspired by good old Swiss graphic design. Thanks to the use of vector graphics, the poster template is fully editable. Equipped with two color styles, you are free to change every shape or color just the way you want.
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HONGKIAT
DECEMBER 22, 2021
Christmas merrymaking is just around the corner! What better way to usher in the festive spirit than to equip your iOS devices with Christmas apps themselves? Sure, it’s highly unlikely that we need countdown apps to remind us when Christmas is, precisely, but it would be fun to countdown and anticipate for the much awaited holiday season, right?
Creative Market
DECEMBER 23, 2021
Collage making is one of the simplest yet most creative forms of contemporary design. It may be defined as merely putting a bunch of images together to create one artwork, but it actually requires more skill and discipline than that. It involves combining different things that all connect in some way and in a way that makes sense, which is why collages are still widely used up to this date and have evolved from their humble arts and crafts roots to a form of cutting-edge graphic design.
We And The Color
DECEMBER 24, 2021
Graphic designer and illustrator Irina Anashkevich just published this huge collection of lovely illustrated Christmas-themed design templates. This huge collection of Christmas templates by Irina Anashkevich includes various customizable Christmas cards, posters, seamless patterns, and social media templates. Just take a look at all the different graphics and illustrations.
UX Collective
DECEMBER 20, 2021
Source: Alina Starovoitova on Dribbble Most designers are familiar with Dieter Rams’ principle “Good design is as little design as possible.” Quote “it’s plain and simple” is a common phrase, but what does that actually mean? In fact, many designers strive to create things with a “simple” design or even ones that are seemingly “unadorned”. When designing a product, simple isn’t necessarily synonymous with plain, so what exactly is the difference between plain and simple?
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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.
SpeckyBoy
DECEMBER 20, 2021
Thinking of putting together a portfolio of your best work? Or perhaps you want to compile a fashion lookbook? If either of these scenarios describes your situation, read on. This collection of free portfolio and lookbook templates for Adobe InDesign are certain to appeal to a wide audience, all while offering a convenient way to present your latest fashions or photos.
Creative Market
DECEMBER 21, 2021
Admit it or not, the first thing that attracts us to a book is the cover. There’s something about book covers that gets the reader’s imagination running wild and makes them want to know more. If you’re in the process of publishing a novel, children’s book, art book, or any other fiction or nonfiction book, then designing a great cover should be at the top of your list.
We And The Color
DECEMBER 23, 2021
Check out some experimental generative images created by Antlii. Anatolii Babii, aka Antlii, just published a collection of experimental generative images that he posts every day on Cryptoforma’s social accounts. Below you can see only a small selection of images that were created using a custom-designed generator which relies on the interaction between artist and algorithm, using SVG elements created by the artist as base elements, while the algorithm generates the output using a range of
UX Collective
DECEMBER 20, 2021
Nature-inspired innovations: Applying design thinking to biomimicry Source: Science 101, GI This paper aims to discuss the Design Thinking approach to solving problems for humans, and how it is being used to build a framework called Biomimicry Thinking, which guides the process of nature-inspired innovations. It further goes on to understand the Design Lens, a tool which helps in the merger of Design Thinking and Biomimicry, and highlights some of the most fascinating man-made inventions, built
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Eye on Design
DECEMBER 21, 2021
I remember the first time I bought a hard copy of The Paris Review. I was at a sleek coffee shop in Brooklyn; the kind that has polished oak chairs and sells vegan doughnuts. The magazine cost me more than $20 after tax, but it seemed like a worthwhile purchase. It was physically full, packed with the bylines of writers whose work I admired, and thoughtfully designed.
Graphic Design Junction
DECEMBER 24, 2021
Blog magazine WordPress themes are best and excellent choice for magazine, online newspaper, travel blog, money making blog , fashion magazine, personal blog or editorial websites. All themes comes with built in style support for plugins like BuddyPress, bbPress forum, WooCommerce, TablePress, WPML and many more. Clean and modern design Blog/Magazine WordPress Themes backed with best SEO practices, fast pagespeed scores, schema microdata and well optimized code.
We And The Color
DECEMBER 21, 2021
Freelance designer Yura Park has created this award-winning brand identity for Spector Press. Instructed by Brad Bartlett, freelance graphic designer Yura Park was commissioned to work on a new visual identity for Spector, a Leipzig, Germany-based publishing company specializing in art, theory, and design. Yura Park came up with a brand identity inspired by spectators.
UX Collective
DECEMBER 18, 2021
Innovation methods and materials to put in your UX toolbox Introduction Did you ever want to be inspired like an artist, full of ideas like an engineer or creative like a designer? Did you read of great inventors like da Vinci, Edison, Jobs or Musk? You can now follow their attitude and create the next big idea in your team, in your company, or just for yourself!
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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 Market
DECEMBER 23, 2021
Psychedelic art is one of the most prevalent visual trends in design, advertising, and popular culture, especially in this digital age. Even though their artistic expressions are often considered cheesy or mundane, if we go back to the period when psychedelic art originally appeared, we could learn some intriguing facts about the movement that might give us inspiration.
Noupe
DECEMBER 23, 2021
Your website serves as the first thing potential customers see when they get in touch with your brand. A well-designed website highlights your services and unique selling propositions (USP), resulting in higher conversion rates, and more sales for your business. A lot of people confuse web design with web development. While web development deals with the backend development of the site, web design has more to do with how your website appears—layout, colors, copy, and site functionality.
We And The Color
DECEMBER 18, 2021
This online course by designer and creative director Michael Johnson will teach you how to create contemporary brand identities using verbal and visual branding methods. Michael Johnson is an award-winning graphic designer, creative director, author, and founder of a London-based branding agency called Johnson Banks. He has collaborated with major clients such as the University of Cambridge, UNICEF, Mozilla, Duolingo, and others.
UX Collective
DECEMBER 18, 2021
Source: tubik.arts on Dribbble Personality can be felt as a force that both attracts us and repels us from others. It’s the driving force of the overall identity. Personality has a significant effect on our decision-making process, and thus, it can be a powerful tool to use in design. Similar to how we are drawn to people with great characteristics, we are also drawn to designs that showcase personality.
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.
Graphic Design Junction
DECEMBER 18, 2021
Today we again feature creative, professional freelancer and illustrator “ Kerem Beyit “ with his magnificent digital illustration artwork. Drawing and illustration is his passion. He works very hard to inspire others with his amazing drawing and illustration work. He is from Ankara, Turkey. He is hard-working guy, love challenges, love being a freelancer, an avid comic reader, gamer, movie buff and 1/6 collector.
Eye on Design
DECEMBER 23, 2021
Regardless of whether you’re a seasoned Eye on Design reader, you’re new to the site, or you only *occasionally* stop by (hey, we still love you), we relish our annual opportunity to serve as your tour guide to the best articles we published in the year that was. As an editorial team, we work closely with writers to dive deep beyond the baseline eye candy of the design world in a quest to develop those stories that truly merit that tiny ocular endstop. ( ) This list is a highlight reel of some o
Smashing Magazine Graphics
DECEMBER 22, 2021
Useful UX Guidelines, Tools And Resources. Useful UX Guidelines, Tools And Resources. Cosima Mielke. 2021-12-22T10:00:00+00:00. 2021-12-22T16:34:55+00:00. What does it take to create meaningful user experiences? While there’s no one secret recipe for success, there are some fundamentals that you can consider to master the challenge. In this post, we compiled useful tools, tips, and resources that are bound to help you build better user experiences.
Creative Market
DECEMBER 20, 2021
A podcasting session is a wholly entertaining auditory experience. If you’re the speaker, you develop an intimate relationship with your audience by speaking in their ear for an hour on average. Whether you talk about Greek myths or start everyone’s day with inspiring lessons or stories, you get to engage some people by making them listen to you and ponder on your thoughts at any time.
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.
Graphic Design Junction
DECEMBER 19, 2021
Adobe Lightroom presets and mobile presets collection for 2022, you can easily create an amazing look just in 1-click. Lightroom Presets are perfect for photographers who aim to create a consistent & warm feed on Instagram. Lightroom presets has been tested on different photos and work very well. 50 Best professional Lightroom presets for photographers , photography retouch and designers.
We And The Color
DECEMBER 23, 2021
Download a fully editable set of 9 vintage-inspired logos and badges. Roverto Castillo , the master of vintage design, just created this beautifully designed set consisting of nine fully customizable vintage logos and badges. The sample text on each vector graphic is for display only. You can add your own text in seconds. The neutral designs are well suited for a wide range of topics.
Design You Trust
DECEMBER 20, 2021
According to Nayan & Vaishali, an artist duo: “‘1000 days of Miniature Art project’ is a self-initiated creative challenge we started on 1st January 2018 for spreading awareness about wildlife. The project focused on creating awareness among our viewers about the importance and beauty of wildlife through art, and we created 1000 different artworks, one artwork per day.
FlowingData
DECEMBER 23, 2021
Based on data from autonomous sensors floating in the oceans, researchers are able to model the flows and characteristics of ocean currents in more detail than ever before. For The New York Times, Henry Fountain and Jeremy White show how the shifts have unwelled centuries-old water deep in the ocean , which releases carbon into the air. The scrollytelling format of this piece works well to show sensor estimates over time.
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