Designer Daily

JULY 12, 2020

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Just Creative

JULY 15, 2020

When you look at a logo symbol, can you tell what company it’s for without any hints? Depending on the logo, it can be easy to figure out but that’s our point. Branding, Brand, & Brand Identity all play a part in you recognizing the logo. Many of these terms get thrown around and some believe that one of these terms can encompass all three.

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Design Roast

JULY 14, 2020

With so many blogs on the internet today, figuring out how to stand out becomes a challenge. One way you can differentiate yourself from competitors is by using unique typography. Cursive fonts are an excellent choice for headings or images. They add a bit of flair and give your site a more conventional look. Because [.]. The post 16 Cursive Fonts to Use on Your Blog appeared first on Design Roast.

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Spoon Graphics

JULY 15, 2020

In today’s video tutorial I’m going to show you how to create a series of detailed, organic patterns, which have become generally known as ‘Turing Patterns’ Based on the research into reaction-diffusion patterns in nature by mathematician Alan Turing, these graphics are made up of intricate stripes, spots, and spirals. I’ll show you how a clever 3-step process in Photoshop can be used to create the effect, then I’ll explain how you can convert the patterns int

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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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I Love Typography

JULY 11, 2020

An introduction to early African American print culture; its authors, editors, journalists, printers and publishers in America. From protest pamphlets to the first Black newspapers and books. The post Black Print appeared first on I Love Typography.

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Just Creative

JULY 15, 2020

This article has been contributed by Rhonda Martinez. Marketing copy is a term that is used when talking about different types of content delivered through printed or online materials. Sales copy has a number of distinctive features that help tell it apart from other types of content. For instance, it always has a specific purpose: it is used in marketing and advertising to persuade readers to take a certain action or to simply increase brand awareness.

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Speckyboy Design Magazine

JULY 12, 2020

We web designers have always been a crafty bunch. If there’s a specific look or functionality we need to achieve, we can usually piece together a solution. That’s the case even when there isn’t a specific standard or tool to guide us. This is where the concept of the web design hack comes into play. Hacks are creative, often roundabout methods for making a website look or work in a certain way.

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Under Consideration / Brand

JULY 15, 2020

“Everything in its Place”. Completed in 1972, Regent's Place is a 13-acre, mixed-use business, retail, and residential development in London, UK. Developed by British Land , one of the largest property development and investment companies in the UK, Regent's Place totals around two million square feet and is home to more than 20,000 residents and workers (from companies like Santander, Manchester City FC, and Facebook), not to mention the thousands of customers that pass through every day for fo

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Illustration Age

JULY 13, 2020

Illustration by Daniel Fishel. On June 28th, 2020 a new Instagram account called @blackatsva published its first post with a simple message: “This is a safe space for current and former black students at SVA to share their stories. You are heard. Your stories matter. You matter.” Accompanying the post was an open call for black students of the School of Visual Arts in New York to submit anonymous stories of their time at the college.

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Shillington

JULY 15, 2020

You need some typography for your project and you’re on a tight budget. You’d love that stunning sans serif or stylish handwritten type to add that final touch but they’re just too darn expensive. What you need is a definitive list of the best type foundries online that offer beautiful free fonts. At Shillington , we’ve done all the hard work for you and scoured the web to find the very best resources for your typography needs. 1.

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Envato Tuts+

JULY 14, 2020

What You'll Be Creating In the following steps, you will learn how to create a nautical vector logo in Adobe Illustrator. What You Will Learn in This Nautical Logo Tutorial . How to design a logo. How to set up a simple grid . How to create your own pattern brush. How to create a series of concentric circles and easily bring them to the center of the artboard.

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Under Consideration / Brand

JULY 17, 2020

“From Sabbath, Luminous Design Group, and Gletscher”. A couple of funky finished off with a minimalist palate cleanser this week, with work from Monterrey, Athens, and Linz. Paradigmal by Sabbath. Paradigmal is a video production company in Monterrey, Mexico, offering creative direction, scripting, post-production finishing, and equipment rentals. Their identity, designed by local firm Sabbath , is "inspired by Dystopian Futures, Cyberpunk, Sci-fi / Neo-noir Cult Films & Anime themed aesthet

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Design Roast

JULY 16, 2020

Coming up with creative solutions for your students is an ongoing task. Most teachers have to find their own images and figure out how to make worksheets on a budget. You might need graphics for teachers to redo your bulletin board and prefer to come up with something tailored to what your class is currently [.]. The post 10 Free Graphics for Teachers appeared first on Design Roast.

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Design Week

JULY 15, 2020

Currys PC World has been given a brand refresh from FutureBrand, which seeks to streamline the technology store’s assets and modernise its identity. The overhaul, which has been in the works for 18 months, includes a new cross-platform circle-based identity, colour palette and bespoke typeface. FutureBrand account director Katie Revell says: “Currys PC World had accumulated a number of different legacy assets which had led to an inconsistent use of colours and visual language across

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Speckyboy Design Magazine

JULY 14, 2020

As a food lover, I absolutely adore cookbooks. I have a ton of them – all filled with pages and pages of delicious recipes for me to try and experiment with. Perhaps some of you do as well. My favorite part of a cookbook is the visuals – mouth-watering pictures of food heaven on perfectly arranged plates. It’s enough to send even the casual eater into foodie nirvana.

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Under Consideration / Brand

JULY 16, 2020

“It’s Lit”. Established in 1933, Nissan is a Japanese, multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan, with operations in 112 markets globally, making it the sixth biggest automobile manufacturer in the world and, at least in 2018, it was the largest electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer with its Nissan Leaf leading the way.

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Shillington

JULY 16, 2020

Anna Fransson is a self-described brand guardian, culture enthusiast and Star Trek nerd working as the Creative Lead at Aginic , a data analytics company based in Brisbane. Starting out with the company early in their journey, Anna was the first designer to join the Aginic team and has been part of the company’s story from the beginning. Aginic boasts agile team structures and adaptive, versatile workshopping approaches.

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Design Week

JULY 16, 2020

Data rights agency AWO has been given an identity from Accept & Proceed, in collaboration with poet and creative director Tom Sharp, which explores the potential power and abuse of technology. The London-based design studio’s work includes the company’s name, logo, visual assets and merchandise, as well as OOH advertising. [link]. AWO provides legal and strategic advice around data rights.

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Speckyboy Design Magazine

JULY 17, 2020

15 Free Logo Reveal Templates for Adobe After Effects – Spice up your branded videos with these outstanding free templates. Wt – A web GUI library in modern C++ that lets you quickly develop highly interactive web UIs with widgets, without having to write a single line of JavaScript. FontCDN – Use this service to search and load Google Fonts via proxy.

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Under Consideration / Brand

JULY 14, 2020

“See the World through Blue-colored Glasses”. Established in 2012, Degreed is an online platform that connects learning to opportunities, created with large-ish companies in mind so that their employees can continue learning and developing new skills while on the job. The degreed platform assesses teams' existing skills and then customizes and aggregates courses, videos, articles, projects, and more, specific to each employee.

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Spine Magazine

JULY 16, 2020

Aurora Parlagreco is a Senior Designer at Macmillan Children’s whose work has been featured in the New York Book Show. Here she talks Spine through her process for creating A Peculiar Peril. An inherited mansion full of curiosities. A talking marmot. Alternate history, magic, humor. These were some of the early descriptions I was given about A Peculiar Peril , author Jeff VanderMeer’s first young adult novel.

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Design Week

JULY 17, 2020

The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) has been rebranded by Johnson Banks in an attempt to move the conservatoire on from a “generic” identity and convey its future ambitions. The London-based studio’s work includes a new logo, photography and video style, and updated tone of voice and strategy. Studio co-founder Michael Johnson tells Design Week that the project took 18 months, with initial talks taking place in the autumn of 2018.

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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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Colossal

JULY 17, 2020

All images © Kit Layfield, shared with permission. A long way from the packs of blue, disposable masks many of us bulk purchased at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the face coverings Philadelphia-based illustrator Kit Layfield envisions are a bit more complex and otherworldly. He draws intricate contraptions featuring the traditional nose-and-mouth covering that then are connected to larger collars adorned with luxuriant shrubs, miniature ecosystems, and tiny fish tanks.

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Azure Magazine

JULY 15, 2020

The city is made up of many overlapping narratives, full of complex characters, that shape our social interactions and experiences. This is particularly true within the field of urban development, where the main players and their roles are often veiled, misunderstood. While urban dwellers are becoming increasingly aware of the significant impacts of development on our lives – as construction sites, cranes and luxury condos populate our urban landscapes – we rarely scrutinize such questions as ho

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Under Consideration / Brand

JULY 14, 2020

“A Light Touch”. (Est. 2013, previously Eneo) " Alight is the leading solar Power Purchase Agreement provider in the Nordics. We are committed to helping large corporations save money and do good, now and in the long term, through sustainable solar technology. We build, operate and own solar projects, onsite and offsite, across Europe. With a focused team specializing in solar Power Purchase Agreements (PPA), we are dedicated to bringing success to the corporations across Europe we partner with

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Noupe

JULY 16, 2020

What can a disgruntled student with a notebook achieve? More than you would think. In the 1960s, a 15-year-old student in the U.K. become frustrated with the “archaic school practices of the day.” Although he was told to write about his frustrations in the school paper, his ideas were deemed too radical to publish. So he decided to start his own publication to unite the voices of students from multiple schools.

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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.

Web Design

Feature Shoot

JULY 13, 2020

Viktor, 30 years old. Hermit for ten years. “To live against all odds.” Mikhail, 28 years old. Hermit for ten years. “Because I don’t particularly like bunches of strangers, and I work nights and from home.” Olga, 27 years old. Hermit for three years. “I like to work as a freelancer: to [do] cosplays of my favorite characters, as well as reviews of video games.” When the Russian photographer Natalia Ershova was in school, working on her journalism degree

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Design Week

JULY 14, 2020

The Design Museum was supposed to welcome Kraftwerk and The Chemical Brothers on 1 April. The outbreak of coronavirus put an end to that but not before Electronic: From Kraftwerk to The Chemical Brothers was set up. The London museum’s latest temporary exhibition is a transfer from the Musée de la Musique-Philarmonie de Paris, originally curated by Jean-Yves LeLoup.

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Under Consideration / Brand

JULY 13, 2020

“Ring Out the Old”. Established in 1870 in Amsterdam, Amstel is a Dutch brewery that first brewed a Bavaria-style lager, starting its exporting business early on in the 1880s and has now, 150 years later, expanded to 110 markets worldwide. Its portfolio of beers has grown from its flagship golden Amstel Beer to include Amstel Lager, Amstel Premium Pilsener, Amstel Light, Amstel Bright, and Amstel Radler.

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Black Bear Design

JULY 14, 2020

Black Bear Design - Atlanta Web Design, Web Development, SEO, Internet Marketing, Graphic Design, Logo Design, Social media. How do you take an idea, a brand, an offer, or any other notion and turn it into an effective piece of marketing? Different agencies and organizations have a variety of practices and mantras they stand by, but they usually all have something in common.

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