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Typographic hierarchy: what is it and how can you use it?

Creative Bloq

Learn how to prioritise information using typography.

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10 Tools and Accessories Every Graphic Designer Needs

Designer Daily

Working as a graphic designer comes with certain challenges. Early on, you might struggle with finding your rhythm, and these issues could be the result of lacking certain tools and accessories commonly used among graphic designers. This article will give a quick review of 10 tools and accessories a graphic designer should have and why you need them.

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What is a Typographic Scale?

Creative Market

A Typographic Scale exists to bring order and harmony to multiple different text sizes across a project. When working with typographic elements in your project, you inevitably have to choose different font sizes for various elements of text, such as your main body text, header text, sub-header text, and so on. These different size values are often just decided by eye, and there is nothing wrong with that, but there is actually some simple math that you can apply which will quickly bring balance

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The Top 10 Best Free Fonts Designers Will Love in 2022

We And The Color

Enjoy our hand-picked selection of the top 10 free fonts graphic designers can download to create amazing typographic designs in 2022. As we did in the past, we once again have examined countless free fonts from different platforms to show you our hand-picked selection of the 10 very best fonts graphic designers can download for free in 2022. This particular collection includes a variety of styles.

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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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“What happens when nothing happens” by Photographer Eva Donckers

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Tips for displaying data on websites without making it look bad

Designer Daily

Data is extremely important in the digital era, and the new tools we have for gathering and combining data are vitally necessary for things to function properly. In reality, the web is constructed on data, with the primary goal of making all of the world’s knowledge widely available to everybody. Businesses are eager to leverage data to gain a competitive advantage, but all the data in the world won’t help if your stakeholders don’t grasp it, or if their eyes glaze over as you

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Adobe Illustrator Letterhead Template with Yellow Accents

We And The Color

You can download this fully customizable letterhead template for use in Adobe Illustrator. Created by graphic designer and Adobe Stock contributor @bourjart , this letterhead template comes in two standard sizes, A4 and US Letter. Its simple yet modern design is well suited for both small businesses and big enterprises. All sample texts are for display only and may not be included in the end-use.

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Why white looks bigger than black?—?The irradiation illusion

UX Collective

Why white looks bigger than black?—?The irradiation illusion The unknown optical illusion every designer should know A logo symbol I designed recently for a local products market If you ever designed a logo, you probably had to test it both on a white and dark background. It’s good practice, since you want the logo to look consistent on different backgrounds.

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A Guide To Modern CSS Colors

Smashing Magazine Graphics

A Guide To Modern CSS Colors. A Guide To Modern CSS Colors. Michelle Barker. 2021-11-17T16:00:00+00:00. 2021-11-17T16:37:20+00:00. There’s more to color on the web than meets the eye, and it’s about to get a lot more interesting! Today, we’ll take a look at the best ways to use colors in a design system, and what we can expect from our colors in the not-too-distant future.

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New Modern Business Cards Templates (25+ Design)

Graphic Design Junction

Simple clean business card templates , modern design with elegant corporate look. Perfect for professional & individuals. Creatively designed business cards with logo can make your brand more attractive and eye-catching. Simple print ready templates are suitable for any business or personal use. The super clean business card designs have been crafted for the true professionals.

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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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Photography Portfolio InDesign Template by GraphicArtist

We And The Color

Download the perfect portfolio template to showcase your photographic work. Created by Adobe Stock contributor @GraphicArtist , this photography portfolio template comes with 24 customizable pages. As already mentioned, this Adobe InDesign is fully editable. You can replace all images and text sections with your own content in seconds. Please note, the photos shown in the preview are for display only and are not included in the downloaded file.

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How WordPress Full Site Editing Could Impact the Design Process

SpeckyBoy

The way we design and build WordPress themes is evolving. With the introduction of Full Site Editing (FSE), it is now possible to change every aspect of a site’s look and layout directly within the Gutenberg block editor. Similar functionality has previously been available through the use of page builder plugins. It’s also something that the Customizer has long tried to address.

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How to Design a Typography Poster

Envato Tuts+

What You'll Be Creating. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to how to create a retro-style typography poster design. This typeface poster is fun and easy to put together. For this poster typography design, I chose a super cool font from Envato Elements, Overgreed. This awesome font is in a blackletter style with a modern twist and soft curves. You'll learn how to make a typography poster in Photoshop that's colorful, how to create a trendy gradient background, and how to distort a graphic design

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The Complete Guide to Strategic Marketing and Campaign Planning

Canny

At the core of every succesful brand is strategic marketing, brought about through extensive campaign planning and research. It’s for this reason that ‘how to write a marketing plan’ is one of the most common marketing-based questions online. And in-person, depending on who you’re talking to. After all, there are infinite possibilities tied to marketing, given the number of demographics there are, and the various marketing approaches savvy marketers can take these days.

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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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25 Modern CV / Resume Templates and Cover Letters

Graphic Design Junction

Looking for Professional CV and resume templates? There are twenty five modern CV / Resume Templates for you who looking for job application. Each template is very easy to use and customizable. These resume templates are applicable for any kind of job position. Hope it’ll be helpful to make a Great Impression. Simple, clean resume templates are 100% print ready design to make a lasting impression.

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Habits of great artists worth adopting

UX Collective

I’ve recently been to Florence, and I bring you stories. My first story is about Leonardo Da Vinci. The city starts and continues with Da Vinci. Born in a tiny place outside Florence (where his last name is from), and technically abandoned by his parents, presumed, by many authors, as seeking their validation throughout his life. It’s fair to say though, looking at everything he has left behind (paintings, writings, inventions) he’s the closest we’ve got to an alien appearing within historic con

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The Good Boy: Natural Dog Food Branding by Andrea Ayensa

We And The Color

Andrea Ayensa just created this lovely visual identity for The Good Boy. Andrea Ayensa is a creative art director who lives and works in Barcelona. She was kind enough to share with us her latest brand and packaging concept named “The Good Boy – Natural Dog Food” Using a range of cute illustrations, this conceptual line proves that packaging can shine even without color.

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Step into Radiohead’s eerie interactive universe

Creative Review

The artwork for Radiohead’s fifth studio album Amnesiac, released 20 years ago this summer, was derived from the idea of a maze, and the band’s new interactive experience harking back to the album is appropriately labyrinthine too. The expansive digital exhibition is tied to Radiohead’s recent release Kid A Mnesia, a joint reissue of Amnesiac and 2000’s Kid A.

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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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Maison&Objet Celebrates Japan in the 2022 Rising Talent Awards

Design Milk

January 2022 is somehow only a few months away, and with it comes the Rising Talent Awards at Maison&Objet. From January 20th to 24th, they’ll be highlighting some of Japan’s emerging talents, a part of the world that’s always one of the most innovative and creative parts of the trade fair. It’s a unique opportunity for visitors to see their work up close and make note of how the pandemic has influenced this generation’s level of innovation.

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Communicating accessibility as needs to be met and not rules to be followed

UX Collective

A true story. Photo by davisuko on Unsplash My company wants to redesign a web page. The page is a mess and we’re trying to start from scratch the right way. One of the Business Analysts (BA) who writes the requirements contacted me because she had an accessibility question. She showed me a step indicator like this one: This is taken from the US Web Design System website , which is a UI framework designed by a collaboration of alphabet soup US government agencies.

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Rose Avenue Font by Sam Parrett

We And The Color

Rose Avenue, a chunky retro font designed and published by Sam Parrett. Rose Avenue is an extra bold serif font for eye-catching headlines and all titles that ask for a nice vintage look. It is equipped with soft, charming rounded edges and curves. This typeface masterfully combines chunky retro typography with the modern era. Rose Avenue also includes 70 special characters with additional flair and flourishes.

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Cadillac refreshes identity in time for move into EV

Creative Review

As Cadillac seeks to expand – both in terms of its vehicle range and global market presence – the American car manufacturer has launched a brand refresh by Mother Design. The update comes ahead of introducing two electric vehicles to its line-up for the first time in the next few years. The new logo has been stripped back in terms of colour and embellishment, substituting its recognisable Mondrian-like design for a black and white flat logo (though a 3D chrome version still exists).

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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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Where I Work: Ryan Saghian

Design Milk

If you haven’t heard the name Ryan Saghian yet, chances are that will be changing soon. The not-quite 30-year-old interior designer founded his eponymous firm at the ripe age of 21, launched a couture furniture line in 2014, opened a flagship showroom in Los Angeles in 2016, collaborated with Bijou on his own wallcoverings collection in 2018, released his SoHo dinnerware in 2020, and most recently, created a collection of rugs in 2021.

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45 Best Bakery Templates (Brochures, Flyers, Logos, Menus, and More!)

Envato Tuts+

If you're opening a bakery, you're going to need loads of resources like brochures, flyers, and menus to promote your business successfully. . You can find a wonderful collection of bakery brochure ideas at Envato Elements. Today we will showcase 45 of the best templates you can find there. Unlimited Bakery Template Downloads at Envato Elements. When you need terrific bakery templates, Envato Elements is the best place to start.

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Christmas & New Year’s Eve Invitation Cards with Golden Tree and Clock

We And The Color

Download these Adobe Illustrator templates to create beautifully designed Christmas and New Year’s Eve invitation cards. Created by graphic designer and Adobe Stock contributor @Denys Koltovskyi , using these two Adobe Illustrator templates, you can create eye-catching invitation cards for Christmas and New Year’s eve. All sample texts can be replaced with just a few simple clicks.

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Lucien Boucher’s Parisian shopfront lithographs are getting a new lease of life

Creative Review

Boucher’s lithographs were originally published in what is now a rare and sought-after limited edition, with his illustrations accompanied by surreal prose poems by Pierre Mac Orlan. This new version, published by The Mainstone Press, brings together 37 of the artist’s lithographs, which are no less vibrant or amusing now than they were almost 100 years ago.

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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 World of Modern Graphic Design & Typography by Kyle Kemink

Design You Trust

Kyle is a 23-year-old graphic designer, photographer and digital artist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Having studied at The Open Window, followed by a two-year stint at Grid Worldwide, Kyle lost his job during the 2020 pandemic. Since then he’s been freelancing full time and creating from home. More: Instagram , Foundation , Rarible , OpenSea h/t: satorinotebookco.

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Design, Climate, Action: Sustainable products’ branding must not show “nature is weak”

Design Week

There’s an odd tension at the heart of the sustainable market. According to one survey , while 65% of consumers say they want to buy sustainably-driven brands, only 26% actually do. This can partly be explained by the origins of sustainable product branding, according to Among Equals founder and strategy director Oliver Burch. The sector has been consistently communicated as “less than or not as good as” more traditional products, while people are used to the idea that it is &#

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Daniël Bouquet Identity by Remote Forms

We And The Color

Studio Remote Forms created a modern and minimalist visual identity for Daniël Bouquet. “Daniël Bouquet is an Amsterdam-based award-winning cinematographer and photographer. In the creation of his personal identity main guideline was to achieve the quality of the intimacy and subtleties present in his work. Visual language in terms of graphic elements is minimal, edited, grid-based and takes a supportive role in the photographic work, while intimacy is achieved through tactile materiality

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Epicene, a Baroque Typeface Celebrating Ornamental Idiosyncracy

Eye on Design

Name: Epicene Text and Epicene Display. Designer: Kris Sowersby. Foundry: Klim Type Foundry. Release Date: September 2021. Back Story: Building out from 18th-century European typographic traditions, Epicene is a new Baroque-style typeface and a reconciliation of the work of rival 18th-century Dutch typographers Jacques-François Rosart and Johann Michael Fleischmann.

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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.