Design Roast
JULY 9, 2020
Branded images on social media pages, used to establish an identity for your company, matter more than you might think. For many people, your presence on social media is the first exposure to your brand that they have. Your social media banner should reflect your core values as a company as well as your unique [.]. The post The Ultimate Guide to Creating a Social Media Banner appeared first on Design Roast.
SpeckyBoy
JULY 9, 2020
Among the top priorities for web designers is in making sure that the websites we build are accessible. Everyone should be able to navigate and consume content – with or without assistive technologies. But as much time as we spend in discussing the topic and sharpening our skills, we can’t do this alone. It also requires our clients to buy in as well.
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Just Creative
JULY 7, 2020
This article has been contributed by Srushti Shah. If you were to explain what the term ‘brand image’ means to a ten-year-old, what would you say? Our take would be something like this: A brand image is a collective combination of the brand’s name, aesthetics, beliefs, culture, character, tone, language style and overall personality – in short, all the things you would use to describe a ‘person.’ Case in point: If we were to draw parallels, then creating a bra
Spoon Graphics
JULY 6, 2020
Add detailed organic patterns to your design work with this free collection of seamlessly repeating vector pattern graphics. Inspired by the popular research into reaction-diffusion patterns in nature by mathematician Alan Turing, these graphics are made up of intricate stripes, spots, and spirals, which have become generally known as ‘Turing Patterns’ Inside you will find 13 pattern graphics in a variety of formats, including vector AI, EPS, Illustrator pattern swatches, Photoshop P
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
BP&O
JULY 6, 2020
LogoArchive Issue 1 was conceived, designed and sent to print in a day. It was inspired by a panel discussion at Somerset House as part of the exhibition Print! Now on to its seventh numbered release (and the tenth in the series), LogoArchive continues to reconfigure itself with each new issue with the intention of […]. The post LogoArchive Issue 7 appeared first on BP&O - Branding, Packaging and Opinion.
Under Consideration / Brand
JULY 6, 2020
“Going our Separate Waze”. Established in 2006, Waze is one of the most popular navigation apps in the world, with 130 million users in over 180 countries and is, in part, fueled by its community of users who report, in real time, traffic and road conditions (along with the very helpful police-up-ahead reports so that you can slow your speeding, which you shouldn't be doing).
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Noupe
JULY 10, 2020
The user interface is not a new term for any of us, rather we should declare it as an integral part of our daily lives. Knowingly or unknowingly we are continuously being bombarded with the beauty of UI designs. When we break down the term User Interface, we discover the way through which users can interact with any sort of digital platform like apps, websites, etc.
Creative Review
JULY 9, 2020
Nike’s Air Max shoe has gained a cult following since its launch in 1987. Designed by Tinker Hatfield , and inspired by the Pompidou centre in Paris, it was the first Nike shoe to feature visible air pockets in the sole – and went on to become one of the brand’s most successful and recognisable sneakers of all time. AKQA’s new project for Nike Japan invites Air Max fans to put their own spin on the iconic product, with an AR-enabled zine that allows them to create and edi
Graphic Design USA
JULY 10, 2020
Elle Morris, CEO of Snapdragon, a women-owned, minority-owned brand design consultancy, says design and designers must lead in the fight against systemic racism. Enlightened branding can help.
Just Creative
JULY 4, 2020
Looking for the best Huion tablets for drawing, design & art? Look no further! When you’re a graphic designer or artist, choosing the right tablet for your artwork is important because the wrong tablet can hold your work back and keep you from getting those desired clients. . There are many different options out there for you to choose from but many feel that the graphic design tablets from Huion are some of the best around, especially for their value for money!
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Under Consideration / Brand
JULY 9, 2020
“Ride, Forest, Ride!”. Launched in 2020, HumanForest is London, UK's first free, shared, electric bike scheme. Starting with a trial of 200 e-bikes -- that, for the initial trial period, must be picked up in and brought back to London's Islington district -- and with 1,000 additional e-bikes expected to roll out across the rest of the city, riders can use the e-bike for 20 minutes at no cost and can then either park it or keeping riding for £0.12p per minute.
99u
JULY 7, 2020
Welcome to 99U’s monthly Book Club , where we look at book releases that challenge us to think deeper, explore new perspectives, and spark a better understanding of the nuances of a creative career from leadership and community building to productivity and everything in between. Have you ever been on a Zoom call where someone drinks from a mug? Me too.
Creative Review
JULY 8, 2020
If you’re feeling peckish, the work of Lauren Martin is sure to make you feel even more ravenous as she often depicts glorious, cartoonish feasts in her lively illustrations and posters. “I’m just obsessed with food! It’s my love language – and I love the idea of each little piece of pasta in a bowl having a personality,” says New York-based Martin. “I like thinking of food like the toys in Toy Story, coming to life when you aren’t looking.”
Just Creative
JULY 7, 2020
With recent articles on JUST Creative about the Procreate app for the Apple iPad and the best brushes for the app , we started to think that even though the Procreate app is an amazing tool for artists and graphic designers, not everyone likes to use the Apple Pencil on their iPad. With that in mind, we wanted to share our picks for the Best Apple Pencil Alternatives for Procreate.
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Noupe
JULY 9, 2020
The simplest definition of workflow is how you get your work done. It’s the series of tasks you do to meet a repeatable business goal, like onboarding a new employee. The “repeatable” part is particularly important for a workflow, because a workflow task isn’t a one-off event or a group of tasks for something that’s a one-off, such as a special client project.
Trendland
JULY 6, 2020
Words Marta Knas. CosmosBenthos is a new printed publication by Monograph&Co and ONE OF US collective. Featuring a collection of essays, short fiction, cocktail recipes, photography and illustration, the magazine looks into the universe of lifestyle, conceptually covering subjects such as Food, Art and Culture.
Speckyboy Design Magazine
JULY 5, 2020
The goal of onboarding is to get new users acquainted with an interface. This comes in many different styles, and there is no right way to do it. But if you study how sites and apps do onboarding you can pick up ideas for your own work. And with these free CSS and JavScript onboarding UIs, you’ll have plenty of ideas that offer both inspiration and code snippets to help you get started.
Just Creative
JULY 7, 2020
As a graphic designer, you might be hired for all kinds of projects from branding, logo design, or even designing a website. These might be small or large projects depending on the client. However, you might have a client one day that comes to you looking for a design that can be used maybe on a billboard that will overlook the highway or if they’re having an event and want posters created.
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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 Review
JULY 6, 2020
Waze has always been about making journeys a little bit easier. Founded in 2007, the crowdsourced navigation app was bought by Google in 2013 and today has 130 million users in over 180 users, along with its spin-off rideshare app Waze Carpool. Using smartphones and tablets that have GPS support, the app provides real-time updates on journeys by allowing fellow drivers to share information about accidents, traffic incidents and speed limits, while a community of 500,000 volunteer map editors hel
Design Week
JULY 10, 2020
Australia has unveiled a new nation brand designed to showcase the country internationally and focus on different facets that the country is less well known for. The work has been done by the Sydney-based marketing agency Clemenger BBDO and the results have been published in a government report by the country’s Nation Brand Advisory Council. “A country’s reputation drives political, commercial and economic success,” the report says.
Speckyboy Design Magazine
JULY 6, 2020
We’ve known it was coming for a long time – we just didn’t know exactly when. Now, we have a date. Adobe announced that its Flash Player will no longer be distributed or updated after December 31, 2020. Of course, development around this multimedia platform has been essentially dead for years. Adobe had even renamed its former Flash Professional development tool to Adobe Animate to show that it’s moved on to bigger and better technologies.
Just Creative
JULY 7, 2020
If you own a business, two of the most important things you can do to help your business grow is to invest in a quality logo and go through a complete branding process. For many designers, the Slab Serif font is an excellent choice as this type of font is typically used where a display font is required. With that in mind, we thought that it was beyond time for us to pull our favorite slab serif fonts from our toolbox and share them with you with our list of the best slab serif fonts for logos an
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.
Creative Review
JULY 7, 2020
The 2020 edition of the D&AD New Blood Festival has launched, and will be running throughout the week with a digital programme of events catered to supporting, discovering and connecting the next generation of creative talent. As part of the event, D&AD has teamed with The Dots on an online directory of courses from around the country, as well as a selection of graduates who the 45-strong jury deemed ones to watch.
Design Week
JULY 9, 2020
Pentagram graphic designer Astrid Stavro and Shepard Fairey’s Studio Number One have created the branding for new cereal company, OffLimits. OffLimits – founded by Emily Elyse Miller – is a “next-gen” cereal aimed at adults. It has two flavours which aim to match people’s mood; depending on whether they’re feeling ‘wired’ or ‘tired’ The two flavours, the caffeine-infused coffee and cocoa and the more “mellow” vanilla a
Interaction Design Foundation
JULY 4, 2020
Learn to conduct a heuristic evaluation on any given user interface design. This article will teach you how to generate and conduct your own heuristic evaluations so you can improve the usability, utility, and desirability of your designs. The best practice is to use established heuristics like Nielsen and Molich's 10 rules of thumb and Ben Shneiderman’s 8 golden rules as a stepping stone and inspiration while making sure to combine them with other relevant design guidelines and market research.
Just Creative
JULY 7, 2020
This article has been contributed by Jayce Redford. Photography is an art form made possible by technology. But unfortunately, the rapid digitalization of photos is slowly devaluing what was once a highly regarded means of capturing images. Most people today associate quality photos with fast and efficient delivery. Thankfully, there are still a few people here and there that appreciate the amount of artistry that goes into taking the perfect photograph.
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.
Azure Magazine
JULY 8, 2020
Two sinuous buildings hug a lush, raised landscape in the newly revitalized east-downtown Toronto neighbourhood known as the Canary District. One is wrapped in a façade of concrete “birch trees,” the other is ensconced in a metal shawl with a swaying fringe. Beyond an edge wall depicting wildlife imagery found on ancient Peterborough petroglyphs, a raised landscape planted with native species intertwines a rainwater-channeling bioswale with a winding foot path.
Envato Tuts+
JULY 4, 2020
The 90s trends in graphic design were full of fashion statements, bold colors, and many music genres. Let's take a look at some famous 90s art styles that made this decade so popular. Many of the 90s graphics were heavily influenced by pop culture and the underground music scene. Also, many 90s trends happened simultaneously, influencing each other, with overlapping design elements.
Design Week
JULY 7, 2020
Dutch beer company Amstel has been given a new global brand identity by Elmwood, which seeks to create a more streamlined international appearance. Amstel, which was founded in 1870 in Amsterdam, was bought by Heineken in 1968. It is now sold in 115 markets around the world. But as the beer brand has developed, a number of different expressions tailored to local needs have proliferated.
Just Creative
JULY 7, 2020
This article has been contributed by Jason Grills. Your brand marketing strategies have proven to be successful. You are finally getting the attention of your target audience. They’ve started to approach your brand online via different platforms and would like to know more. That leaves you wondering – “ What’s my next plan of action? ”. While brand marketing is an effective way to generate awareness and capture more attention, it’s not the only way to keep your target audience engaged.
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