Creative Bloq

JULY 20, 2021

Master the art of branding.

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Designer Daily

JULY 18, 2021

Unfortunately, Syria has become identified by the horrible war that has been going on for a very long time. Some people, however, don’t want to forget the rich ancient and modern history of that beautiful country. Kinda Ghannoum, Sally Alassafen, and Hala Al Afsaa, three designers with a Syrian background, have decided to keep the memory of Syrian design alive by creating the Syrian Design Archive.

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Six Leaf Design

JULY 21, 2021

“Your prices gave me a bit of sticker shock, to be honest.“ “I can’t justify spending thousands and not walking away with physical items.“ “Well I can find someone else to do the exact same thing cheaper.“ These are all things I’ve heard from people during consult calls for my branding services. I think tact sometimes goes out the window when it comes to talking about money, but I get it.

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Spoon Graphics

JULY 19, 2021

Access All Areas members have a new premium download this week! This collection of Photoshop Actions and Smart PSD allows you to easily generate halftone and engraved effects within your design work. Process your images with 9 effects via the 1-click Actions, or copy and paste your photo into the supplied PSD to apply a variety of detailed patterns that conform to the tones of the image, including halftone dots and engraving lines in various styles and sizes.

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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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Just Creative

JULY 17, 2021

Looking for the best Chromebook for your graphic design & creative needs? We’ve got the perfect guide for you. We’ve reviewed and ranked the best Chromebooks you can buy today. They are more affordable and powerful than ever before, with more flexibility, longer battery lives and that’s just the start. But a s with any other product, there are things you need to consider before making that big purchase, so let’s start there.

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I Love Typography

JULY 20, 2021

Read the book, Typographic Firsts. John Hudson, co-founder of Tiro Typeworks, world-class type designer and expert in font technology. We talk with him about the award-winning superfamily, Brill, the challenges of multilingual typography, volcanoes and walking the dog. The post An Interview with John Hudson appeared first on I Love Typography.

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Spoon Graphics

JULY 21, 2021

In today’s Adobe Illustrator tutorial I’m going to take you through the process of creating a colourful gradient logo icon. I’ll show you how Illustrator’s shape tools make it easy to construct the basic vector design, then we’ll apply a vibrant colour scheme using gradients. The final result is a trendy vector logo icon with interlinking shapes and bright colour spectrums.

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Just Creative

JULY 18, 2021

The best computer for any graphic designer starts with the power the computer has to handle any number of tasks that you need to take care of, no matter how demanding they might be. The trick however is finding this computer at an incredible value. With so many different options out there, it can be hard to pick the best combination of performance and value.

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Graphic Design Junction

JULY 22, 2021

Why a good Logo is important and What makes it good Logo? The colors, the novelty or the concept? I think that all of these are playing an essential role in creating a memorable, minimal logo design , but there is a one more important factor is generally known in the graphic designing realm as “font” When it comes to creating visually compelling logos, you must do a thorough research on fonts.

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SpeckyBoy

JULY 23, 2021

Pattern Collect – Browse this curated gallery of patterns from around the web. Designing for the Unexpected – Thoughts on designing for situations and devices you didn’t anticipate. GradientArt – Give this feature-packed, web-based CSS gradient editor a try. The Current State of Homepage UX – 8 Common Pitfalls – A look at how well various eCommerce sites are doing, along with things to avoid in your own projects.

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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.

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HONGKIAT

JULY 21, 2021

Chances are you’re pretty tired of seeing traditional stock photos of people in suits shaking hands. Not only are they bland and uninteresting, but they also cost money. The good news is that there has been a rise in great stock photo sites that you can use for free – yes, for both personal and commercial use. In this showcase I put together a collection of 40+ sites with beautiful free stock photos and royalty-free images that you can choose from.

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Just Creative

JULY 21, 2021

Adobe Illustrator is one of the most well-known and prominent vector graphics programs developed by Adobe Corporation but it can difficult to understand how to actually download Adobe Illustrator free. Adobe Illustrator comes as a part of Adobe Creative Cloud (see the full Adobe software list here) but you can also download its standalone program from the Adobe website.

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Graphic Design Junction

JULY 23, 2021

The best Procreate brushes can add beautiful details to your illustrations and graphic design pieces with a set of hand-picked best procreate brushes. Perfect for drawing, shading, adding textures, halftones effects, and many more illustration art they can be your go-to Procreate brushes for many projects! Download Free and Paid Procreate Brushes and enjoy each drawing.

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SpeckyBoy

JULY 20, 2021

It may be hard to imagine, but there was a time when it was rare to find high-quality photography on a typical website. Only the big-budget players had access to compelling images. And even then, they were likely borrowed from existing print materials. Those of us building websites for smaller organizations were often left with less-than-ideal solutions.

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Eye on Design

JULY 22, 2021

There’s a quote, perhaps apocryphal, from Massimo Vignelli that you’ll sometimes hear from alumni of Cranbrook Academy of Art’s design department. “Cranbrook”, he supposedly said, sometime in the ’80s or ’90s, “is the most dangerous design school in America.” They recite this like a badge of honor, though no one I spoke with is quite sure when or where he said it.

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We And The Color

JULY 18, 2021

Graphic designer Lucas Matheus just created this modern brand identity for construction company Padrão. Lucas Matheus is a Chapecó, Brazil-based graphic designer specializing in a great variety of work ranging from unique logo designs to advanced branding projects. Just recently, Lucas Matheus was commissioned to work on a suitable brand identity for construction company Padrão.

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UX Collective

JULY 22, 2021

Can a navigation bar do more than just traversals between application pages? In continuation to my sub-interactions article ( link ), I have been trying to ideate how more sub-interactions can be integrated into an application. This study also tests the limits of a sub-interaction and at what level it becomes excessive. As mentioned in the earlier article, a good sub-interaction can be created by grouping the right number of interactions with common relations.

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Just Creative

JULY 18, 2021

Despite what we may think, for someone who works in a creative space, no piece of tech will replace a quality pen for quick sketches of ideas and projects. . The problem is, like many other product landscapes, the options that are available when it comes to a good pen are almost endless and can cause headaches and confusion trying to find the best one for your type of work.

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Design Wizard

JULY 21, 2021

Find out how to create an Instagram account for your business in five easy steps and how to grow your profile from day one. Explore our best practices for image posts, stories, and reels to increase brand awareness, engagement, and sales on the social media platform. The focus on visual content on Instagram can be intimidating for businesses but there are plenty of creative ways to post without having to provide high-quality imagery and professionally made videos for each post.

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Envato Tuts+

JULY 19, 2021

What You'll Be Creating. Welcome to our Design in 60 Seconds series, in which you can learn a new design skill, feature, or technique in just a minute, as well as discovering 34 of the best geometric designs. What Is Geometric Design? Geometric design is a fun trend that focuses on the simplistic beauty of mixing certain shapes, lines, and curves together for creative results.

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SpeckyBoy

JULY 21, 2021

Adding a simple tooltip into your page or app isn’t difficult. You can easily find a multitude of JavaScript tooltip plugins and scripts that will all work perfectly well. But pure CSS is often a better option and has become the preferred choice for many web designers. If you’re looking for pure CSS tooltips, then this collection of free code snippets should have something for you.

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Vandelay Design

JULY 19, 2021

Are you looking for logo design inspiration? This list of 100 cool logos from top brands will help to refresh your creativity and get the creative juices flowing. We all know that logos are a critical part of any brand. The logo can make or break a company’s image and will be seen on countless […]. The post 100 Cool Logos That Are Sure To Inspire appeared first on Vandelay Design.

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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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Eye on Design

JULY 19, 2021

The day before Juneteenth was commemorated as a national holiday, recognizing for the first time, as a country, the day in June 1865 when the Black folk in Galveston, Texas, were told of their emancipation, I had the honor of sitting down with designers Dr. Cheryl D. Miller, Maurice Cherry, and Mitzi Okou to discuss a question that has been asked for decades.

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UX Collective

JULY 20, 2021

Why is the design industry so misunderstood? I recently came across an article titled The fetishisation of UX design , authored by Amy Rogers , on my feed. Being an experience designer myself, the headline caught my attention and I immediately clicked on it. It started off as a criticism of certain aspects of the Design Sprint, talked about the hidden hardships of the UX design process, and ended with advice on how we as designers can do our bit to diminish the misconceptions in our field.

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ID Identity Design

JULY 20, 2021

I Carpini is a winery characterised by a holistic approach. Their vineyard is located on the Tortonesi Apennines, in an uncontaminated context, where the winemakers take care of the ecosystem respecting the biodiversity. For our client, wine production means time, care, and closeness to the land, not following the standard processes. It is the winemaker that chooses the exact moment when the wine is ready.

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HONGKIAT

JULY 23, 2021

One of the greatest benefits of a home office is the freedom to decorate and design your home office as you wish, but without letting either space lose its distinct identity. In other words, we shouldn’t blend the workplace with the rest of our personal space, aka home. Whether you call your ‘home office’ a blessing or a curse, one thing’s for sure, your mood and your productivity will be affected by how it is set up.

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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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Eye on Design

JULY 21, 2021

What are you seeing? The ’90s are back. The 1890s, that is. Turn of the century inspired typefaces (we’re calling them “Jugend-ish”) are suddenly everywhere, bringing an often overlooked era into a new light. The trend is named for the similarity of these contemporary typefaces to the fonts that emerged from the German art magazine Jugend and the Jugendstil movement, a close cousin to the Art Nouveau and Viennese Secession movements happening in Britain and Austria around the same time. .

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BP&O

JULY 21, 2021

LogoArchive launches its most pLAyfuL issue to date. Designed by Jim Sutherland, Studio Sutherl&, and featuring a story by poet and creative Director Tom Sharp, this latest LogoArchive Extra Issue presents an enquiry into work and play in graphic design practice and offers a new way to look at old things. Using a unique perforated grid […].

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Vandelay Design

JULY 21, 2021

Web designers often browse through portfolio websites of other designers for inspiration and ideas that can be used in their own work. Photographers, like designers, have a need to display an attractive portfolio for their websites visitors, and many photographers have excellent portfolio sites. The portfolio site showcases the work to potential clients, usually provides some biographical information about the photographer, and makes it easy for people to contact the photographer.

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UX Collective

JULY 20, 2021

What is the common thread between the golden ratio, Rihanna, and a pair of Crocs? Beauty has always been a very important theme in my work. When creating a product or a service, I always seek to deliver an emotional value to users through the work I do. But while I believe only beautifully crafted experiences can deliver this emotional value, I will agree that beauty is a rather ambiguous term and therefore difficult to define.

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