Creative Boom
JULY 14, 2024
Image licensed via Adobe Stock The creative industry is changing fast under the onslaught of AI. We share the community's best advice on how to not just survive but thrive over the next decade and a half. This month, Creative Boom is celebrating our 15th anniversary. It's a great opportunity to reflect on how much has changed for creatives since we launched in 2007.
Designer Daily
JULY 16, 2024
99designs by Vista has given some of today’s most influential brands a surrealist makeover in tribute to 100 years of Surrealism. Collaborating with its global community of professional freelance designers, the platform has reimagined renowned brands in a style inspired by iconic twentieth-century Surrealist artists like Salvador Dali, René Magritte, and Edward James.
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BP&O
JULY 18, 2024
As well as being a coastal city in south west Italy (formed in 1923 by none other than Benito Mussolini), Imperia is a pasta machine company that was formed from a ‘little artisan workshop’ in 1932. Imperia soon began to distribute pasta machines around the world; mainly catering to the US’ large Italian community. From its plant in Sant’Ambrogio, Turin, The post Imperia by Landor appeared first on BP&O - Branding, Packaging and Opinion.
Design Milk
JULY 16, 2024
Science fiction has had an immense influence on the arts, including literature, cinema, graphic arts, and design. This impact is so significant that Swiss furniture company Vitra has dedicated a year-long exhibition titled Science Fiction Design: From Space Age to Metaverse to explore this intersection of design and science fiction. To understand the relationship between these two realms means revisiting the history books.
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 Boom
JULY 18, 2024
Multidisciplinary creative Deji Ajetomobi is launching a new magazine focusing on African design talent and partnerships. We chatted with him about its founding principles, its vision for the continent's creative industry, and the kind of work it's planning to feature. At Creative Boom, we aim to bring you the best of new creative work from around the world.
SpeckyBoy
JULY 15, 2024
As a platform, the web caters to creators. It’s a place to publish and share whatever we want. We’ve used it to fuel the rise of everything from blogs to influencer videos. The results are impressive. Think of all the careers kickstarted by online publishing. I am living proof. Writing and web design have provided me with income and a platform.
Graphic Arts Today brings together the best content for graphic arts professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Design Milk
JULY 19, 2024
Based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, visual artist Paul Sende caught the creative bug early, with jazz and instrumental music often being played in his childhood home. It helped pave the way to the exploration of geometric shapes as a kid before moving on to disassembling old electronics he found at his grandparents’ house. Motors, lights, and anything with a battery were fair game.
Creative Boom
JULY 15, 2024
Designer, writer, and academic Michael John Goodman has launched three online archives of Victorian illustrations covering works by Shakespeare, Dickens, and Chaucer. We talked to Michael about what these collections have to offer today's creatives. It's fascinating to compare how illustrators have depicted great works of literature through the ages.
Graphic Design Junction
JULY 16, 2024
Kerem Beyit is a freelance illustrator who has carved a niche for himself in the world of fantasy art. With a keen eye for detail and a talent for bringing fantastical creatures and landscapes to life, Beyit’s illustrations have captured the imagination of audiences worldwide. Education and Early Influences While details about Kerem Beyit’s formal education are not publicly available, his work speaks volumes about his artistic foundation.
Its Nice That
JULY 18, 2024
The designer is playing with paper, packaging, publishing and stop-motion to reimagine our design interactions into playful and immersive new forms.
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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.
Colossal
JULY 18, 2024
All images © Kamwei Fong, shared with permission Kamwei Fong ( previously ) is drawn to the nature of cats. Whether extroverted and playful or curious and timid, the clawed companions truly relish living their lives as they please, embodying a charming spirit that inspires the artist time and again. Appreciative of the calm that follows working in solitude, Fong has often prioritized creative autonomy and introspection.
Creative Boom
JULY 16, 2024
Photography and video captured by Jay Dawson, Ben Hughes and Thomas Lennox Pearson Artist Andy Welland is behind what's thought to be the UK's largest piece of temporary pavement art. If you're not familiar with Newcastle and get the opportunity to visit, the best place to start is to head down the Quayside. This vibrant area along the River Tyne, which flanks both Newcastle and Gateshead, has undergone a transformation in recent years, evolving from an industrial dockside to a popular spot for
Graphic Design Junction
JULY 19, 2024
In the world of digital design, typography plays a crucial role in creating interfaces that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also functional and user-friendly. Among the various font styles available, condensed fonts have garnered attention for their unique properties. This article explores the usefulness and attractiveness of condensed fonts and examines their impact on user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) design.
Its Nice That
JULY 16, 2024
The Copenhagen-based clothing brand’s new look is inspired by “kiosk aesthetics, blueprints, archives, semi-transparent plastic bags, hand-poked tattoos, copier machines… and receipts”.
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Design Milk
JULY 18, 2024
Traveling light is often touted as an ideal, one prioritizing bringing only the daily essentials, and in turn allowing us to enjoy experiences unencumbered by the clutter of our possessions. What if we were to adopt that same philosophy of less-is-more when it comes to arguably the most overpacked and cluttered part of our lives… our mobile devices?
Creative Boom
JULY 14, 2024
Barcelona-based graphic designer Ilia Tuma has refreshed the school's decade-old identity with a new logotype and vibrant colour palette, as well as bespoke illustrations by Anastasia Sheremeteva. Renowned Barcelona-based language school Freeda has a new identity created by graphic designer Ilia Tuma. The work emphasises humanity and friendliness alongside an engaging learning experience.
Abduzeedo
JULY 18, 2024
Elegant Branding and Web Design for a Modern Hair Stylist abduzeedo 0718—24 Discover the elegant branding and visual identity for JULI JU, designed by Daria Lym, emphasizing modern style for a New York hair stylist. Daria Lym, a talented designer, has crafted a refined branding and web design project for JULI JU, a hair stylist based in New York. The project focused on creating a discreet yet modern aesthetic that aligns with the stylist's sophisticated work.
Creative Bloq
JULY 14, 2024
Anthropics PortraitPro offers photography editing tools that are easy to use and surprisingly effective.
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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.
Design Milk
JULY 18, 2024
Birmingham, Alabama has often been referred to as the “Magic City” due to its rapid growth and industrial development in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The burgeoning metropolis became a major industrial center, particularly known for its metal production, epitomized by Sloss Furnace – a historic iron-producing blast furnace that operated from 1882 to 1971 and is now a National Historic Landmark.
Creative Boom
JULY 14, 2024
Creative Boom turns 15 We celebrate 15 amazing years of Creative Boom with some key highlights and thoughts from our community. If you've been reading Creative Boom since the start, then get ready to feel old… On July 24, 2024, we will be celebrating our 15th anniversary! So, it seems like a good moment to reflect on our platform's journey, what we stand for, and how we aim to help the creative community.
UX Collective
JULY 15, 2024
The daily decision marathon: how our minds work and what it means for UX Our brains are constantly working and making decisions can be exhausting, impacting the quality of our choices. Daily routine. Illustration by Anna A from Ouch! Imagine starting your day: you wake up, decide whether to snooze your alarm, choose what to wear, and consider what to have for breakfast.
Creative Bloq
JULY 13, 2024
From tired tropes to Photoshop fails and AI, these poster designs failed to impress.
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.
Design Milk
JULY 15, 2024
Did you know the first portable compact disc player launched on the 100th anniversary of the phonograph, way back in 1984? Once CDs became a portable medium, the silvery discs skyrocketed to replace cassette tapes and vinyl. Ironically those two analog mediums have boomeranged back into popularity amongst a new generation feeling increasingly detached from streaming digital media.
Creative Boom
JULY 16, 2024
Energetic shades of pink, green and blue are blended and carved into forms that begin rooted in daily life but quickly lead to strange realms of dreamlike surrealism as envisaged by the talented young illustrator Wenjing Yang. It's the colour that hits you first when Wenjing Yang 's portfolio is laid out before you. Just how she manages to balance loud hits of pink, blue and green without overpowering the viewer will leave you scratching your head.
Inkbot Design
JULY 17, 2024
33 Digital Marketing Predictions: Looking for Trends Robots writing your ad copy? Billboards that come to life as you walk by them? Is your favourite influencer morphing into a hologram before your very eyes? Welcome to the weird, wild, and wonderfully unpredictable world of what's to come in digital marketing. Now, I know what you're thinking. “Another article about digital marketing predictions?
Pixel 77
JULY 15, 2024
One of the most important aspects of modern business is graphic design. By itself, graphic design is somewhat of an umbrella term. It covers many different topics and areas that all work together to give character to a business’s identity.
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.
Design Milk
JULY 15, 2024
While there is much debate from psychologists about the definition of play, experts agree that the immediate and long-term effects of amusement yield both personal and relational benefits regardless of age. Outcomes may include a reduction in stress with some arguing it can lead to an improved ability for unconventional thought as well as advanced problem solving skills.
Creative Boom
JULY 16, 2024
With Paris '24 about to kick off, the fizzy drink brand wants to give everyone a warm, fuzzy feeling with its new ad and packaging designs, courtesy of WPP Open X and Ogilvy. Let's face it: Many of us aren't interested in watching sports like swimming, gymnastics, or dressage on TV – well, most of the time anyway. But every four years (pandemics permitting), the Olympics roll around, and that all goes out the window.
This is Paper
JULY 15, 2024
The selected photographs by Piczo present a fascinating evolution of the artist's journey from his early days in Osaka to his current standing in the international photography scene.
UX Collective
JULY 14, 2024
And how it would benefit both people and the planet. “Cucamelon” illustration by the author. I’m a keen amateur gardener, and it’s taught me a lot about design. You see, gardening is about growth. You plant things with the full expectation that they will grow and send out shoots, hopefully bloom, and eventually be composted. This is a mindset which I think designers would benefit from applying to their work.
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