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Positive stories from freelance creatives to boost your mood in a recession

Creative Boom

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Feeling grim about your prospects? We help lift your mood by sharing positive stories from creatives about the moments that make life worth living. On a bit of a downer? Well, that's not surprising. The global economy is currently on a downturn, and people are feeling the strain across the world. And even if you're still managing to keep on top of the rent, there's no shame in feeling a little down about your prospects for continuing success as a freelancer.

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A Mid-Century Modern Inspired Apartment Overlooking the Water

Design Milk

The Oceana Retreat is a minimal residence located in Bal Harbour, Florida, designed by Hino Studio. The clients, avid art collectors, wanted to showcase their love for both Latin-American flair and European mid-century aesthetics. The design direction is made right from the beginning with the selection of a Gio Ponti style entry foyer floor, which set the tone for the rest of the apartment.

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Amazing Portrait Illustrations by Arunas Kacinskas

Graphic Design Junction

Arunas Kacinskas is an freelance Portrait illustrator artist based in Vilnius, Lithuania. Whose work transcends the boundaries of conventional illustration, weaving a narrative tapestry that captures the imagination with its vivid imagery and emotive storytelling. At the heart of Kacinskas’ artistic vision lies a deep understanding of human nature, coupled with a keen eye for detail and a penchant for the surreal.

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Incomprehensible AI images in scientific paper justify our worst fears

Creative Bloq

How did nobody spot this?

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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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Fresh tools to help creatives run their freelance practice in 2024

Creative Boom

Image licensed via Adobe Stock We asked the Creative Boom community what tools save them the most time and effort, and here's what they had to say. It doesn't matter how talented you are in your chosen creative discipline; that's only half of the work of being a successful freelancer. The other half is about staying organised and productive so you can deliver everything on time and get paid promptly.

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Steady Gives Elderly Dogs a New Leash on Life

Design Milk

Every pet owner dreads the day when their 4-legged friend begins to show the signs of slowing down. Dogs in particular are apt to suffer from hip dysplasia, a condition associated with a steady debilitating trajectory toward immobility, affecting various breeds large and small. Fortunately for the modern canine there are dog-loving designers looking to keep senior dogs happy and moving.

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Last day to get 40% off all Adobe Creative Cloud apps in the UK

Creative Bloq

This Creative Cloud bargain is for any individual plan - but students get an extra special discount.

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Cara Ziruo Wang's delightful illustrations depict the 24 solar terms of the traditional Chinese calendar

Creative Boom

Rhode Island School of Design student Cara Ziruo Wang has translated China's rich cultural history into a series of elegant and inspiring illustrations for the country's children's literary magazine October Kids. We caught up with her to learn more about how they were made and how they inspire different children worldwide. For Western readers, the course of the year is broken down into the familiar rhythm of twelve months and four seasons.

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Olivia Cognet’s Big Move Leads to New Ceramic Pieces

Design Milk

Raised in Nice, France, where she trained at the Villa Arson, ceramic artist Olivia Cognet spent six years in Los Angeles learning to model clay. Now, she’s returned to her native South of France to push her work further. “Here, I feel more inspired than ever. I hope to be able to make the monumental pieces that I dream of,” Cognet says of her move to Vallauris on the Côte d’Azur.

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26 New Fresh Free Fonts For Graphic Designers

Graphic Design Junction

In the modern typography lettering world, fonts are a big part of design, and having lots of different ones that are up-to-date can really improve your creative work. With 2024 upon us, it’s time to refresh your font collection with the latest free offerings. In this article, we’ll explore a curated selection of new and fresh free fonts that graphic designers can download to keep their font library up to date and their designs cutting-edge.

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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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McDonald's turns its logo upside-down in ingenious new anime branding

Creative Bloq

WcDonald's is finally a real thing.

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Behind Blue Eyes: Ukrainian children photo their lives in joyful charity art project

Creative Boom

For the last two years, the volunteer-run charity art project Behind Blue Eyes has shown the value of creativity to Ukrainian children by asking them to capture their lives with disposable film cameras. The resulting photos create a remarkably hopeful portrait of a country ravaged by war and even make dreams come true in the process. The last two years have seen Ukraine change beyond recognition.

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Iittala Enters New Era With an Opus on Glass

Design Milk

Iittala’s refresh, nay reassertion as an auteur of artistry in glass can only be described as an opus for the heritage glassmaker hailing from Finland, circa 1881. The occasion – a year in the making – is marked by a tantalizing audio-visual exhibition celebrating new creative direction, the release of an updated logo, and two new collections with a surprising collaboration that showcases only a sliver of the enchantment to come.

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MonsterONE Review 2024: Does It Have a Perfect Formula for Different Web Masters?

Graphic Design Junction

Do you wake up in the middle of the night because you want more website design templates? However, you don’t know where to find them? Fortunately, the Internet is full of web design subscription services where you can download all the necessary design materials. Anyway, not each of them is worth your attention. Today, we would like to talk about MonsterONE.

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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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The UK government logo gets a subtle but clever update

Creative Bloq

Can you guess why this logo's been changed?

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Marta Plizga on how a year-long portrait challenge sharpened her drawing skills

Creative Boom

Last year, Bedfordshire-based artist Marta Plizga struggled with her creative practice. So, to get herself out of her rut, she embarked on an ambitious challenge: where she would draw a portrait every single day for twelve months. Here, she explains how it improved her art and lifted her confidence. Marta Plizga has always dreamed of being an artist.

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Color-Coded Spaces Help Employees Way-Find at the Relaxound Office

Design Milk

Gone are the days of boring beige offices with headache-inducing fluorescent lights and claustrophobic cubicles. The modern office embraces color, comfort, and connection – something exemplified by the new Relaxound office in Berlin, Germany, designed by Ester Bruzkus Architekten. “We love spaces within spaces, the blurring of inside and outside, unconventional color combinations, and material contrasts,” says Ester Bruzkus, Partner at Ester Bruzkus Architekten.

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Exploring Free LMS Options: Finding the Right Fit

Graphic Design Junction

In today’s era of learning, Learning Management Systems (LMS) have become a part of education and training. Whether you’re an educator seeking tools to enhance your classroom experience or a business in search of a platform to train your employees, it is crucial to choose the LMS. This article aims to delve into the LMS options in the market and guide you in finding the ideal fit for your needs. [ Hide ] Table Of Content The Advantages of Choosing a Free LMS Assessing Your Requiremen

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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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New Twisters poster is an unwelcome spin on the original

Creative Bloq

Fans are looking back in anger.

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Zhanjiang Liu embraces unpredictability in his chaotic pen and ink drawings of daily life

Creative Boom

London-based creative Zhanjiang Liu switched to illustration after ten years of working in the design industry. Despite being a relatively new illustrator, his drawings explode off the page with a chaotic intensity as they capture the highs and lows of everyday life. Having previously worked as an art director for commercials at advertising agencies, Zhanjiang Liu felt it was time for something new.

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The Lola Chair Is Full of Unexpected Personality

Design Milk

A big spirit and loads of personality can add a lot to interiors, and the Lola Chair , by Scandinavian Spaces , is ready and able to do just that – with comfort in tow. The guest and dining chair, designed by Margot Barolo , is now part of the brand’s collection of contract furnishings. In fact, she’s already been honored with a 2023 Best of Year Award from Interior Design Magazine, a MetropolisLikes Award from Metropolis Magazine, and a HiP Award at NeoCon.

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New York Botanical Garden by Wolff Olins

BP&O

It must be something of a dream project when an agency gets commissioned to work on those big-name cultural clients – museums, art galleries, orchestras, theatre companies, et al. You’d expect such projects to be a departure from the constraints and stakeholder-limitations of corporate clients; and perhaps a chance to be more creative than usual, thanks to the nature of The post New York Botanical Garden by Wolff Olins appeared first on BP&O - Branding, Packaging and Opinion.

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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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The Lyle's Golden Syrup logo design controversy is pretty ridiculous

Creative Bloq

What's 'woke' got to do with it?

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Logo Rhythm: new book celebrates band logos that rocked the world

Creative Boom

Love logos? Love music and all-things band culture? Love design books? Then, we have a Kickstarter project for you. In his day job, Jamie Ellul is the creative director at Supple Studio in Bath. But in his spare time, he's been working on an intriguing project with design writer Jim K Davies. It's a book with the self-explanatory title of Logo Rhythm – Band Logos That Rocked The World.

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Harriet Allure Home Fragrance Candles Beckon You to Stay

Design Milk

If perfume is meant to transcend local realities through scent, what is there for those who wish to stay? Lifestyle brand Harriet Allure answers that question in their subversive approach to traditional fragrance by crafting olfactory narratives intent on grounding individuals in place rather than fabricating an atmosphere for escape – proving to be more than one note.

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6 Best iPads for Graphic Design: Reviews + Buying Guide (Feb)

Just Creative

When it comes to graphic design tablets , iPads are my go-to for their high-quality display, intuitive touch interface, and powerful graphic design apps. Not to mention how iPads integrate well with my MacBooks and overall Apple ecosystem. In this guide, I am going to share my experience with the best iPads for graphic design that I have used so far.

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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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This ingenious poster proves the enduring power of print ads

Creative Bloq

People are still talking about this ingenious print advert after two decades

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EDIT's new identity for Hay Festival Global better evokes its 21st-century mission

Creative Boom

A British institution, The Hay Festival has transformed over the years from a local books event to a global celebration of multifaceted culture. Now, a fresh identity, designed by EDIT Brand Studio , has been launched to better convey what Hay is about today. If you haven't been to the Hay Festival Global, you're probably still vaguely aware of it because this long-running and much-loved British institution is at the heart of what might be 'Radio 4 culture'.

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Wilson 3D-Printed Basketball Takes the Air Out of the Game

Design Milk

The rules defining major sports like soccer, football, baseball, and basketball tend to evolve more quickly than the equipment used in competition. Baseballs, bats, and basketballs generally look the same today as they did decades ago, and any changes to official game equipment can invite a great deal of scrutiny amongst players and fans alike. But no sport is immune to change, as recently illustrated by the introduction of the 2022 FIFA World Cup spatial positioning sensor soccer balls designed

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Download This Spectacular Fonts Library for Just $29

Spoon Graphics

Do you fancy a new collection of fonts but with 90% off the price tag? There’s a new deal over at Design Cuts that will bag you 16 incredible fonts from a variety of talented typography artists, all for just $29 with the best licensing terms you can get. The fonts in this collection are expertly made with a multitude of weights and styles, so this is a great chance to level up the typography and lettering in your design work.

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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.