BP&O
OCTOBER 22, 2019
Opinion by Richard Baird One Wellington, a partnership between LAS Group and Qualitas, is a new property development located in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda, not far from eclectic Fitzroy Street. Designed by KPDO, the building’s architecture, comprised of 181 apartments spread across two buildings of 26 and 10 floors, features flowing curves inspired by its […].
Designer Daily
OCTOBER 23, 2019
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I Love Typography
OCTOBER 21, 2019
To the Egyptians, it was a reflection of the Nile; for the Babylonians, a giant serpent or length of rope. In Greek mythology, the infant Heracles was brought to suckle at the breast of a sleeping Hera, the goddess of childbirth. When she wakes, she pushes the child away and her milk splashes against the […]. The post Hera’s Milky Way & the Origins of the Multiverse appeared first on I Love Typography.
Creative Market
OCTOBER 25, 2019
Graphic design is all around us. It’s showcased as visuals across multiple different mediums to express a message or tell a story. Liz Meyer , Senior Brand Designer at Creative Market, explains that she likes “to think of Graphic Design as art that analyzes and solves a problem. The first question you ask yourself when being handed a brief or project should always be—what problem am I trying to solve?”.
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
OCTOBER 23, 2019
In today’s Photoshop tutorial we’re going to have some fun creating a surreal art style known as Grime Art, which is a weird trend where portrait photos are doodled upon with drooping, cartoonish drips of slimy flesh in vibrant colours to produce weird and wonderful zombie-like images with a gross, but somehow cool effect. I’ll show you a handy technique within Photoshop that allows you to easily illustrate and colour your artwork with the help of a pen tablet. ?
Canva
OCTOBER 25, 2019
Ever wondered how brands create iconic logos that are instantly recognizable across the world? Did it happen by chance, or, was it the outcome of a strategic design choice? We like to think it’s the second option. Below, we share some ideas you can borrow from some of the most famous logos ever designed. When designing a logo for your business or personal brand, it’s helpful to think of it as the welcome mat to your home: the first thing guests see.
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Creative Market
OCTOBER 22, 2019
When people think of packaging, they usually think of something that’s meant to be thrown away. After all, what you want is inside it. However, good packaging design is not just about protecting the actual product – it’s also about form and function. The best packaging designs are those that complement the products inside them. They’re beautiful, practical, and even quirky.
Envato Tuts+
OCTOBER 24, 2019
What You'll Be Creating Designing packaging can seem daunting at first glance, but it needn’t be—some of the most effective designs are based on surprisingly simple templates. Whether you’re looking for tips for creating cosmetics packaging, food cartons, bottle labels or origami-inspired boxes, you’ll be sure to find something here to inspire you. Packaging takes 2D designs and transforms them into printed, tactile 3D creations—it’s an incredibly effective way of bringing a strong branded look
Design Wizard
OCTOBER 24, 2019
Deciding on the best laptop for you. Choosing a laptop for graphic design can be difficult. There are so many things you need to take into account when selecting which laptop you should buy. Do you want to focus on the battery life or the display? Is it portability you’re after? Is RAM the most important factor for you? Can you survive with a limited selection of ports?
BP&O
OCTOBER 23, 2019
Opinion by Richard Baird 231 Napier Street is an eleven apartment building, now sold out, created by property developer Milieu, set with the culturally rich part of Fitzroy, Melbourne. It is their first collaboration with architect Edition Office—an innovative practice with a strong conceptual focus—and part of the developer’s ongoing enquiry into and interrogation of the […].
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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.
Creative Market
OCTOBER 23, 2019
Made especially for touch devices, Adobe Fresco is a dream come true for anyone who wants to indulge in the thrills of painting and drawing right from their digital devices. Released on September 24, Fresco gives free rein to illustrators and designers who want to let loose with their creativity. The app’s user experience was designed to be simple and straightforward, making this program an accessible illustration and design tool for even beginners.
Envato Tuts+
OCTOBER 24, 2019
Have you ever wondered what goes into the creation of a successful design piece? Here are some visual tools that can help you structure your design compositions. In this article, I'll show you the definition and importance of the principles of design. This set of visual tools can help you create an organized structure to deliver a clear message. These principles are also applied in art and different design sub-disciplines.
Tuts Plus
OCTOBER 22, 2019
In this tutorial, we'll look at the famous Mid-Century Modern design style. We'll look at some of the characteristics, typography, and a few Mid-Century Modern font suggestions. What Is Mid-Century Design? We've all seen the flat design comeback that happened a few years ago. This particular style stems from the design period starting from the 1930s all through to the mid-1960s.
Trendland
OCTOBER 25, 2019
Digital artist from Bulgaria, George Stoyanov has recently introduced us his latest 3D illustrations series of random stacked objects & forms. His work is focused on CGI, 3D illustration and design. He’s using various colors, forms and conceptions to achieve more intensive emotions, closeness and sense of detail. Constantly aiming at improving his skills and developing a style of his own. www.georgestoyanov.com.
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BP&O
OCTOBER 21, 2019
Opinion by Richard Baird Lagotto is a new all-day café, wine bar and food store situated inside Nth Fitzroy, a residential property development project from Milieu located at the heart of Melbourne’s, inner north. Named after the truffle-hunting Italian dog breed, the café offers a relaxed European surrounding in which to enjoy an Italian menu with a “joyful vibrancy […].
Envato Tuts+
OCTOBER 19, 2019
Understanding the fundamentals of design is the first step to creating cohesive and harmonious visuals. When we look at a design piece, our eyes are looking at a composition. By carefully and thoughtfully arranging elements on a page, you are able to portray more than just visuals. . Design is made up of basic elements built into a structure that communicates a message.
Noupe
OCTOBER 24, 2019
Photos in design can kill it or breathe life into it. You can spend days and weeks on creating a fantastic design but use too generic hero image , and people won’t notice your work at all; they will see a stock-looking picture and leave. In this article, you will find tips on getting quality photos, not an obvious choice of photo stocks, and some handy tools to ease up your work.
Its Nice That
OCTOBER 22, 2019
The Olympic and Paralympic Games committee has revealed the Paris 2024 identity, with an emblem that combines the national personified symbol of France with two other recognisable Olympic icons, while the art deco and art nouveau-inspired typography is designed to vary for every outlet. Read more.
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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
OCTOBER 21, 2019
We’ve been covering some of the work of French photographer Vincent Fournier for more than 10 years now, always loved his eye and compositions – For his stunning Brasília, Modernist Utopias series, Vincent and Spazio Nobile carefully selected 10 photographs to be presented at Photo Brussels Festival in close dialogue with Atelier Jespers’s Modernist House.
Speckyboy Design Magazine
OCTOBER 22, 2019
Being a web designer isn’t easy. Depending on your niche, it requires a combination of finely-tuned technical and visual skills. And it takes a major commitment in order to keep those skills relevant in an ever-changing industry. What’s more, the proverbial rug can be pulled out from under us at any moment. Tried-and-true methods can turn to dust and great tools can disappear without a trace.
Noupe
OCTOBER 22, 2019
Today businesses and organizations are connected to their clients, customers, users, employees, vendors, and sometimes even their competitors. Data can tell a story about any of these relationships, and with this information, organizations can improve almost any aspect of their operations. Although data can be valuable, too much information is unwieldy, and the wrong data is useless.
Tuts Plus
OCTOBER 25, 2019
When you're learning anything, you can see a certain distance between. who you are now and who you want to become. It's a path that you must. walk if you ever want to reach the state of "being good". It's very much like a journey, and even if you've never thought about it, you probably have certain expectations about how your journey should look. Imagine you're walking on a rocky path, climbing a hill.
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.
Colossal
OCTOBER 24, 2019
The urban architecture of Sofia, Bulgaria becomes an oversized Tetris game in a series by Mariyan Atanasov. To create the visual allusion, Atanasov abstracted the Eastern European city’s geometric buildings into minimal images, editing out distractions like phone wires and trees. In each photo sections of architecture seem to float down, ready to slot into the stack in the same mode as the classic 80’s video game created by Soviet Russian software engineer Alexey Pajitnov.
Graphic Design Junction
OCTOBER 19, 2019
Latest Adobe Photoshop tutorials, video tutorials and amazing photo manipulation tutorials for beginners to expert Photoshop designers. There are 30 Fresh tutorials to learn tips and tricks on how to create Photoshop Actions , how to convert boring photos into dashing portraits, photo editing and much more. As we know Adobe Photoshop is the one of the best tools for photo editing, manipulation and graphic design.
Tuts Plus
OCTOBER 23, 2019
What You'll Be Creating Need to create beautiful looking Instagram stories , but don’t have the required tools to start doing so? Well, what if I told you that there’s an easy way you can change that, using Placeit ’s online Instagram Story Templates. Believe it or not, you can actually use templates for Instagram stories, such as an Instagram caption template, an Instagram story highlight template, an Instagram story cover template, or maybe an Instagram question template, which you can customi
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.
Colossal
OCTOBER 24, 2019
Using a combination of pencil, crayon, and gouache, Bristol-based illustrator Rosanna Tasker creates evocative illustrations that convey lively energy and fantastical nostalgia. In Tasker’s illustrations, female figures are often the protagonists, with animals and plants playing supporting roles. Strong geometric shapes, concentrated mark-making, and carefully considered negative space in tightly controlled color palettes form dynamic imagery.
Its Nice That
OCTOBER 22, 2019
For this month’s edition of our partnership Call for Collaboration with Dropbox Paper, graphic designers are being offered the rare chance to work with Spanish illustrator, María Medem. Read more.
Design You Trust
OCTOBER 22, 2019
Daniele Gasparini is an Italian freelance artist who loves art, graphism and web. He created The Skie Graphic Studio project in Rome in 2007. Graduated in graphic design from a school in Rome, he is currently working as webmaster and graphic designer in Adobe Authorized Training Center (AATC). His influences are large: video games, films, art, books, 90’s and also apocalyptic and retro vibes….
Fotor
OCTOBER 25, 2019
We have talked about how to start a youtube channel and make money. Now, we are going to talk about YouTube thumbnails. Thumbnails are the most crucial aspect to leverage potential viewers and make them click to enjoy. Undoubtedly, this is one of the biggest deciding factors whether or not to click to watch […].
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