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Anthony Wood: Design Showdown Between Fiverr vs. Professionals

Graphic Design USA

Anthony Wood argues that, yes, one can get graphic design on the cheap; but, just because you can doesn’t mean you should.

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Embracing Danger and Weirdness with Designer James Victore

High on Design by Wix

James Victore hopes to be Moses for creative people. It’s a bold statement, fit for his distinct bluntness and clear sense of passion. “I want to help give hope and freedom to the weird ones,” he tells High on Design. By weird ones, of course, he means creatives just like himself. With this as his mission statement, James’ design work and teachings are a celebration of self-expression, risk-taking, and autonomy of thought.

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What every New Designer should know about Typography

Design Soak

Ninety five percent of the information on the internet is written language thanks to typography. Typography in simplest words is the art of structuring text for human consumption.

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16 Design Symbols Your Business Can Use to Improve Its Brand Identity

crowdspring

Symbols are one of the earliest forms of written communication. From cave walls to hieroglyphics to the printed word as we know it today, symbols are a powerful way to communicate concepts at a glance. The ability of symbols to convey information, culture, and identity has made them an invaluable part of our shared visual language. This is true not only in popular culture but also when it comes to business.

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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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WHAT DO THESE 70 ILLUSTRATIONS HAVE IN COMMON?

Illustration Art

Dean Cornwell Skidmore James Montgomery Flagg Pruett Carter Gruger Harrison Fisher Charles Mitchell Richard Flanagan Answer: they were all in a typical issue of Cosmopolitan magazine in the 1920s. (In this case, September 1923).

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Katie Denton: Why You Should Hire Product Designers To Design Your Brand

Graphic Design USA

Katie Denton of Doberman on how and why product design firms make good branding partners.

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Books Are Magic

Diana Toledano Illustration & Education

Happy World Book Day! ¡Feliz Día del libro! Books were a fundamental part of my childhood. Growing up I didn’t always had friends… but I always had books, and for that, I’m grateful. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve read and re-read Anne of Green Gables, Matilda, Asterix & Obelix, Mafalda, Harry Potter… These books and comics were magic for me!

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Braving into the World of Code: 10 Online Courses for Designers

High on Design by Wix

The age-old discussion on whether designers should learn to code or not has been explored from pretty much every angle possible. So let’s just agree on the very general statement that “knowledge is power” and take it from there. Whether you’re looking to develop your skill set, tickle your brain cells, or are thinking of making a swift career change, we’re here to set you in the right direction (and help you smugly break the stigma that designers are solely visual people).

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5 Essential Ways To Stay Creative

Graphic Design USA

FunctionFox is offering a free online demo of its leading timesheet and project management software for creative professionals. The goal: stay creative, transparent, accountable, focused.

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Guesthouse Spring Update

Old Brand New

Sponsored by The Company Store. We’ve had our guesthouse up and running for five months now and it’s been really fun having family and friends stay with us. I’ve always enjoyed hosting and pretending to create my own boutique hotel experience. So much so that I’ve even created a business card and postcard for it. We’re calling it The Sterling Guesthouse.

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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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KANGAROO & Dolly Parton‘s Imagination Library

Anna Raff Illustration

Since 1995, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has been sending free picture books to children from birth to age five. (Yes, you heard that right—free books!) Launched as a benefit for kids in her home county in East Tennessee, over the years the program has grown to include five countries: USA, UK, Australia, Canada, and the Republic of Ireland. To date, they’ve registered 1.4 million kids, and mailed out 117,920,187 books!

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How To Improve Your Smartphone Security Right Now

Graphic Design USA

Some thoughts on the best ways of using your smartphone as safely and securely as possible.

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