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Here's a first look at 1001 Movie Posters: Designs of the Times from Reel Art Press

Creative Boom

Images used here are copyrighted to Reel Art Press Bringing popular culture together with graphic design, photography, illustration and typography, movie posters enjoy huge popularity with creatives and fans alike, and this new book selects 1001 of the very best examples. We're not sure when the last survey was taken, but it's pretty safe to say that 99% of creatives love pouring over well-designed movie posters.

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Download 28 New Free Fonts for Your Next Commercial Project

Graphic Design Junction

When it comes to designing captivating visuals for your next commercial project, the right font can make all the difference. Whether you’re crafting eye-catching advertisement posters or crafting elegant lettering posters, having access to a diverse range of fonts is essential. In this article, we’ll explore 28 New Free Fonts that are not only visually stunning but also perfect for commercial use.

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Get Your Rocks Off, Honey: Glass Vessels by Jess Humphrey

Design Milk

Expanding her foray into glass , this cheeky vessel collection from Jess Humphrey embodies a rich minimalist tradition in a slightly unconventional medium. Taking inspiration from the works of Ellsworth Kelly and Josef Albers, the hand-blown vessels are adorned with jewel-like orbs dotted across the surface. Titled Get Your Rocks Off, Honey , this collection is an exploration in color and form.

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How to model Fallout's ferocious deathclaw in ZBrush

Creative Bloq

Sculpt and render a Fallout-inspired creature using ZBrush, KeyShot and Photoshop.

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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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Hyperfocus puts recruitment agency's founder at the centre of its rebrand

Creative Boom

The German agency explains how it crafted a new name, identity, and website for the creative recruitment agency Undiscovered. Based in Berlin, Undiscovered is a recruitment agency specialising in creative roles. Specifically, it matches talent in design, product, engineering, and marketing with startups, agencies, and corporations across Europe. They recently changed their name and began expanding into new regions.

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35+ Creative Lettering Posters to Ignite Your Design Passion

Graphic Design Junction

Lettering posters are a fantastic medium for expressing creativity, making a statement, or simply exploring the art of typography. Whether you’re a seasoned designer or a budding creative, learning how to create effective and inspiring lettering posters can significantly elevate your design skills and portfolio. This article will guide you through the process of creating your own lettering posters , discuss the importance of inspirational posters in design, and explore how amazing letterin

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Eww! This company's logo was grown from live bacteria

Creative Bloq

Graphic design becomes a science experiment in this innovative branding.

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Illustrator Elly Walton: crafting playful narratives through the art of osmosis

Creative Boom

Award-winning UK illustrator Elly Walton's quirky style brings whimsy and depth to her editorial, advertising, and design work. In our exclusive interview, she reveals how she crafts these storytelling visuals. In the world of illustration, Elly Walton stands out as a virtuoso of playful storytelling. This award-winning artist has made her mark across various mediums throughout her career spanning two decades.

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35+ Free Poster Mockups: Perfect for Showcasing Your Work

Graphic Design Junction

If you’re searching for free poster mockups to showcase your design projects, you’re in the right place. Free poster mockups are indispensable tools for designers, marketers, and creatives who want to present their work in a realistic and appealing way. These mockups allow you to display your designs as they would appear in the real world, whether on a billboard, in a frame, or on a street wall.

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The Cresco Rug Collection Melds Interior Architecture With Textiles

Design Milk

What if furniture wasn’t bound by traditional perceptions of placement, calling into question your relationship to the architectural plane? Imagine the untapped potential of banal staircases, thresholds, and edges as they turn the corner. Paddy Pike Studio has pioneered contemporary home furnishings that celebrate and recontextualize these oft ignored liminal spaces as places with the power to pull focus.

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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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Why the creator economy is a profound threat to advertising agencies

Creative Bloq

Is there another path for creative advertising?

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Kingdom & Sparrow rebrand helps Peacock Cider strut into a new era

Creative Boom

The Falmouth branding studio's fresh designs help transform the Asian-inspired cider into a character-driven sensation. Based in Kent, Kingfisher Drinks was founded more than 30 years ago to distribute the iconic Indian beer of the same name. And as Kingfisher Beer has become one of the world's biggest beer brands, the company has expanded its horizons further.

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From Concept to Creation: Mastering Branding and Visual Identity Design

Graphic Design Junction

In today’s competitive market, establishing a unique and recognizable brand is essential for businesses of all sizes. Branding and visual identity design play a crucial role in defining how a company is perceived by its audience. A well-crafted brand identity not only differentiates a business from its competitors but also builds trust and loyalty among customers.

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The Sail Funerary Urn Made From Mycelium Will Biodegrade Over Time

Design Milk

Fungus is all around us, silently and diligently keeping the world clean. The fungus’ root-like structure called mycelium operates mostly out of view, threading though soil and organic waste like leaves and tree stumps, breaking down matter to return nutrients back into the soil. Brazilian sustainable products brand Mush envisions applying this same process to our own last chapter with a mycelium-based urn shaped like a sailing vessel.

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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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People can't believe this gorgeous new anime movie was rotoscoped

Creative Bloq

Ghost Cat Anzu uses a surprising technique.

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Reclaim your life: tips for staying away from screens, as summer ends

Creative Boom

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Sustain the mindfulness of a screen-free summer as you transition back to work by following this advice from the creative community. As the golden days of August fade into memory, many of us find ourselves at a crossroads. Whether you've been abroad or staycationing, the past few weeks have offered a respite from the constant digital chatter that dominates your daily work.

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Flow: Revolutionizing Creative Design with a Free AI Generator

Graphic Design Junction

Digital design is a wild ride. To stay ahead of the game, you need to jump on the latest tech trends and create mind-blowing designs. One such groundbreaking innovation is Flow , a cutting-edge Free AI Generator that has captured the attention of designers, artists, and creators worldwide. Unlike traditional AI tools that offer basic image generation, Flow introduces a new era of design possibilities, allowing users to generate not only stunning images but also transparent PNGs and intricate rep

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Math Meets Rug Magic in the Weave Collection by Helena Rohner for GAN

Design Milk

The new Weave collection by Helena Rohner for GAN reintroduces the magic of ancient weaving techniques with a modern twist. The light interacts with the separate textures differently, to celebrate the technical principles of the first computers, looms. The different textures are inspired by fabrics we know and love already, just blown up to a scale in which we can appreciate them.

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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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Strange new Mozilla logo could be a cryptic nod to internet history

Creative Bloq

Has the Firefox maker gone Jurassic Park?

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Kind Studio crafts a floral identity for UAL's 2024 graduation ceremonies

Creative Boom

With over 7,000 students completing their courses this year, the London Studio developed a unique identity to celebrate their experimental spirit. University of the Arts London is known for incubating some of the world's most creative students. And so their graduation ceremonies are a big deal. Recently, UAL tasked Kind Studio with creating an identity for these ceremonies to celebrate the experimental spirit of more than 7,000 talented graduates completing their courses this year.

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15 Best Procreate Brushes Every Illustrator Needs

Graphic Design Junction

In the rapidly advancing world of digital illustration, Procreate has established itself as a leading platform for creatives. Its intuitive interface, coupled with powerful features, offers artists unparalleled opportunities to bring their ideas to life. One of the key aspects that sets Procreate apart is its extensive range of customizable brushes, which allow illustrators to explore new techniques, textures, and styles.

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A Modern Melbourne Home Designed Around a Homeowner’s Lush Garden

Design Milk

Centered around a homeowner’s beloved garden in the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick East, the Gardener’s House by Splinter Society blends old-world charm with contemporary design. The project integrates the new addition with an original period structure, which has been given a fresh, modern update with a bold tonal red exterior. The front facade retains the house’s historic character, with its Italianate features and original masonry, yet the color choice serves as a bridge betwe

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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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The new KitKat logo is retro modern perfection

Creative Bloq

It's bold and chunky but cleaner than ever.

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Tropicana amplifies its orange with a new identity by Sunhouse

Creative Boom

Digging around in the archives revealed some interesting and ownable brand stories that the studio used to solidify its position as 'THAT juice'. Bath-based brand and packaging design agency Sunhouse has redesigned OG orange juice brand Tropicana, using heritage in a contemporary way to position it as the category leader and aligning with its new campaign, 'THAT juice'.

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Agathe Millet’s pixel font is based on the traditional crafts of Norwegian embroidery

Its Nice That

The graphic designers 8-bit retro-style font Hardanger neatly ties together digital and physical crafts to construct rich and complex modular letterforms.

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The Melange Tile Collection Showcases Artistic Ombré Effects

Design Milk

Melange is the latest collection from Spanish brand WOW Design , a line of ceramic tiles that can be paired together to create striking representations of painterly ombré effects. While high-gloss tiles remain a staple, there’s a renewed interest in more muted looks. Yet rather than pull from the archives to reference previous offerings, the designers turned to another form of adornment for inspiration.

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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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The best rebrands of the '70s, from Sega to Apple and Kodak

Creative Bloq

Our experts pick the best rebrands of the 1970s, and explain why they worked so well.

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Isobelle Farrar: the young illustrator standing with the old

Creative Boom

A recent graduate of Nottingham Trent, Isobelle Farrar is catching the eye with projects like HAG, which combine imagery, textiles, and storytelling to challenge the way older women are dismissed and ignored in society. Congratulations go out to Isobelle Farrar, the newly graduated artist who won the Association of Illustrators' Spotlight Award at New Designers 2024, held at the Business Design Centre in London this July.

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10 Tips for Designing a Logo That’ll Make Your Brand Pop

Inkbot Design

10 Tips for Designing a Logo That'll Make Your Brand Pop Logos are all around us. They can be found on our phones, shoes and cereal boxes. While some may make us yawn, others demand a second glance. But the best ones? They make us feel. Creating a logo is more than just making things look pretty or choosing a fancy font – although those things matter, too.

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The Lexus Monogram GX Concept Wines and Dines With Its Own Pizza Oven

Design Milk

We’ve all heard the phrase, “business in the front, party in the back,” a description typically appointed to a certain questionable hairstyle associated with a certain degree of surprise only visible from a different perspective. But in the case of the Monogram GX , a one-of-a-kind 2024 Lexus GX modified into the ultimate tailgating vehicle, the results are impressively tasteful (and tasty).

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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.