Shillington
FEBRUARY 6, 2020
The words ‘design theory’ might make you freeze up as the idea of getting theoretical was definitely not what you signed up for. Though, trust us, it’s not as complicated as it sounds, but it is a really important thing for designers to get to grips with. To help you out, we’ve written this definitive guide to help answer the question ‘what is design theory?
Graphic Design Junction
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
Home improvement has actually been developing into a growing company today. Any type of given city or market has numerous established and upcoming names supplying a wide range of services in this field. The ever-increasing competitors in the field have actually made logo layout an essential facet. Designers need to develop such a home renovation logo design that can successfully get maximum eyeballs and also aid organizations to attract attention from the group.
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Designer Daily
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
If you are a graphic designer who regularly needs to print his work, you know how frustrating it can be to work with some online printers. Most just have the price as their top-selling point. Print Peppermint made other choices. At the core of their values: quality is the most important aspect when it comes to printing, pretty much on the same level of importance as innovation and offering new products to their customers.
Just Creative
FEBRUARY 6, 2020
The Procreate app is quickly becoming one of the most popular programs for creating art that the iPad offers. By turning the iPad into a drawing table, it opens up the possibilities for any artists who might not consider the iPad a viable design option. Part of the appeal is designers’ ability to create and make available their brushes that they use to create their artwork.
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
Spoon Graphics
FEBRUARY 3, 2020
No matter how long you have been a Photoshop user, there are always new tips and tricks to learn! I recently came across a new technique that has transformed the way I work. This method doesn’t use any new tools, in fact I’m pretty sure the feature has been a part of Photoshop for over a decade, yet I only discovered it recently. The feature is an Advanced Blending option within the Layer Styles window named ‘Knockout’.
Creative Market
FEBRUARY 6, 2020
Logo design is an essential ingredient in developing a brand identity. In essence, logos are used to identify a company, brand, or person and differentiate them in the marketplace. They are the front-facing symbol of an entity and most times, they are the first representation of the entity that the customer will see. Designing a logo takes a great deal of brainstorming, creativity, and talent.
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Just Creative
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
This article was contributed by Smash Digital. In today’s day and age, a website is not just an additional marketing tool, let alone a glorified brochure. It is an essential branding and marketing tool that should be exploited to its full potential to get the maximum benefits. . Launching a new website is far from easy, and if you don’t do it properly, it may end up lost among approximately 1.94 billion websites that are currently active.
Spoon Graphics
FEBRUARY 7, 2020
Access All Areas members have a collection of beautiful Valentine’s Day themed designs to download this week, courtesy of Freepik. These 10 illustrated designs feature a range of cute graphics, each drawn in a colourful, textured style. Use these ready-made designs to quickly create promotional material for February 14th, or use the various heart and flower graphics to produce elegant artwork all year round!
BP&O
FEBRUARY 3, 2020
The distinctive smaller format of LogoArchive–a zine on mid-century symbols that channels the independent spirit of niche publishing–has created a space for experimentation and collaboration with those who also share a similar interest in symbols and corporate identity programmes of the past. BankerWessel is one such studio. Their brand identity work brings the spirit of […].
Creative Market
FEBRUARY 3, 2020
So you’re curious about how to start a graphic design business in 2020? As we enter a new decade, the graphic design industry is filled with more opportunities than ever, thanks to the web. However, that’s not to say that starting your own graphic design business won’t take old-fashioned, hard work. Graphic design is still as vital to branding, communication, and messaging today as it was decades ago.
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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.
Just Creative
FEBRUARY 6, 2020
I had the pleasure of speaking with fellow Aussie, Frank on his G’day Design Life podcast called Two Red Chairs , on how to level up as a designer. Here is Frank’s summary of our chat: “We talk about Jacob’s origin story, having left uni to work with brands like Disney and Nintendo once landing in NYC. We also cover how he came to re-brand a tiny city you’ve probably never heard of… ummm the city of SAN FRANCISCO !
Spoon Graphics
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
The Creative’s Complete Treasure Trove is a brand new bundle of best-selling design resources currently discounted by 99%, which reduces the regular price of $2717 down to just $29 for a limited time only. This collection contains a variety of sought-after tools, including brushes, fonts, illustrations, textures and more! It also features my own Acrylic Design Toolkit, providing you with a great opportunity to pick it up with a huge discount as part of this deal.
SpeckyBoy
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
In the initial stages of a project, when ideas aren’t quite fully formed, it’s good practice to wireframe the layout of your mobile app or web project by stripping away all design elements and flourishes to help define and better communicate the information hierarchy of the layout and plan for functionality and user flow. Whether you create them using a whiteboard, pencil and paper , web-based tools , or using a graphic application, effective wireframing and planning play a critical
Under Consideration / Brand
FEBRUARY 3, 2020
“Shoot for the Stars”. Established in 1820, the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) is an academic society and registered charity in the UK that "encourages and promotes the study of astronomy, solar-system science, geophysics and closely related branches of science" with 4,000 members that consists of primarily professional astronomers and geophysicists.
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Canva
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
Over 500 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute. In fact, over 2 billion people — almost one-third of all Internet users — in over 100 countries and 80 languages collectively watch one billion hours of YouTube videos every day. If you’ve always wanted to launch your own YouTube video this could leave you with two thoughts: There is plenty of opportunity in creating a YouTube video.
Noupe
FEBRUARY 6, 2020
How impactful is a well-designed brand for growing your business? It can be the difference between connecting with your audience and getting lost in the massive amount of noise in the world. Every year, the internet gets more and more crowded. In 2020, we’ll produce roughly 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every day. Much of it is the noise that makes it hard for your potential customers to find the signal your brand is putting out. 500 million daily Tweets 23 billion text messages sent every day 7
Envato Tuts+
FEBRUARY 7, 2020
Looking to expand your knowledge? Check out this round-up of free lessons on graphic design theory. We can't stress how essential it's to learn the fundamentals of design. The internet has made it easy for us to share information and to learn new information. Today, we've put together a list of free graphic design theory lessons for you. We often see only the result of a design process and not much of the behind-the-scenes work.
Under Consideration / Brand
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
“Putting the Junk in Junk Food”. (Est. 1953) "Sonic Corp., more commonly known as Sonic (stylized as SONIC), is the operator of an American drive-in fast-food restaurant chain based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, that is owned by Inspire Brands, the parent company of Arby's and Buffalo Wild Wings. As of August 27, 2018, 3,606 Sonic restaurants are located in 46 U.S. states.
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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.
Trendland
FEBRUARY 3, 2020
The Invisible Realm is the creative agency of visual artist and creative director Felipe Posada. Working mostly with CGI, Animation and Digital Collage, his artworks are an amalgamation of multiple source materials, such as scanned vintage advertising, creative commons imagery, assorted textures, original photography and 3D. Here we’d like to focus on his very visual, vintage mixed-media series which seems to be a personal project.
Noupe
FEBRUARY 3, 2020
As technology evolves, user experience (UX) has come to play an important role in determining the success or failure of your business. For this reason, UX should be evaluated regularly through metrics like the net promoter score (NPS) to measure your users’ likelihood to recommend your product, service or experience to their peers. As modern consumers want to discover new ways to make their lives easier, businesses need to offer them solutions that will not only help them solve problems but also
The Logo Smith
FEBRUARY 3, 2020
The post Logo Guidelines Poster – Illustrator Template for Free Download by The Logo Smith appeared first on The Logo Smith All Content © 2020 TheLogoSmith.co |. Logo Guidelines Poster – Illustrator Template for Free Download by The Logo Smith. This is a Logo Guidelines Poster and Illustrator Template that I’ve created for a recent client of mine, SuperblyCo.
Graphic Design USA
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
Shutterstock has launched its eighth annual Oscar Pop! poster series to celebrate the best picture nominees in the 92nd Academy Awards.
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.
Graphic Design Junction
FEBRUARY 7, 2020
If you wanna blow your mind just step in and see yourself, how much hand-lettering creativity can improve simple words in dashing and memorable sentences. Today I’ shared best examples of lettering and typography designs that will blow your mind. Typography is always inspiration for those who know the importance of words. Good handmade lettering and typography designs are always great for inspiring.
Speckyboy Design Magazine
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
When you want to announce something for your business, it’s imperative that you do so in a visually appealing and engaging way. Otherwise, you’ll be hard-pressed to have potential customers remember what it is you’re offering. Branding is essential, as you likely already know. That’s why we’ve spent the time putting together a collection of over 25 free corporate business flyer templates, so you can be sure to find something that speaks to your brand’s sensibi
Trendland
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
Norwegian, London-based freelance illustrator Natalie Foss primarily works with colored pencils, focusing on strong colors, portraits and emotions. “I work mostly with color pencils and colored paper, with focus on feelings and expressions. I usually find inspiration in people, music, animals, subcultures, feelings, fashion, thoughts and a good cup of coffee.
Shillington
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
At Shillington, we love to celebrate great design and share projects from creatives around the world. We’ve covered the work of many studios so far. Up next? We are celebrating some of our favourite Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander creatives from Australia. In writing this article, Shillington would like to acknowledge the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants of the nation and the traditional custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.
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.
Graphic Design Junction
FEBRUARY 3, 2020
New fresh CV / Resume Templates , well designed and eye-catching clean Resume templates can stay in employers hands. So its very essential to pick only best simple and clean resume templates that can make big impact on employers. In this collection we are gathered Creative Clean CV/ Resume Templates with cover letter and portfolio pages. . These resume templates full-fill your are requirements to present your completer bio-data, portfolio, education, skills, job experiences and much more.
Speckyboy Design Magazine
FEBRUARY 1, 2020
You can save loads of development time by working with frontend UI kits. The most popular is Bootstrap although far too many homogeneous sites rely on that framework. To give you some variety I’ve curated my pick of the best newer open source UI frameworks out there. These all have their own unique styles and varying levels of support for dynamic components.
Azure Magazine
FEBRUARY 7, 2020
You can’t miss it. Inclined on a dramatic angle, the swooping tower that crowns Montreal’s Olympic Park is visible from much of the city. But its unmistakable presence conveys an uneasy legacy. In the years the followed the 1976 Olympics, the stadium complex that so emphatically epitomized the city’s cresting global cachet increasingly became a symbol of unpaid debts, unfulfilled promises and cosmopolitan dreams cut painfully short.
Tuts Plus
FEBRUARY 3, 2020
What You'll Be Creating Would you like to see your face on one of these old wanted dead or alive posters? Of course, just for fun! In this tutorial I will show you how to do it using a very simple wanted poster generator. Use a fully customizable wanted poster template to create your own poster in minutes! Follow along with us over on our Envato Tuts+ YouTube channel : How to Create a Wanted Poster Step 1.
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