Spoon Graphics

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Traditionally, engraved designs are carved into metal or wooden surfaces with sharp tools, but the visual style of engraving is also replicated in design and illustrative work. Ornate floral elements, detailed patterns, and intricate linework are common features that make engravings such a fascinating art style. In today’s inspiration showcase I present 40 amazing designs that are based on the aesthetics of scratchboard illustrations, etching, and vintage engravings.

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BP&O

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Opinion by Richard Baird Origen México is a encyclopaedic collection of cultural reference points from Mexico, and an expression of love for its land and identity, edited by Ámbar Editores and Paola Gonzalez Vargas. Written in Spanish it covers things such as, Barro negro pottery; the black clay pottery of Oaxaca, Barrancas del Cobre; the six canyons […].

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Creative Market

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Call it Dadaism or Dada, but it put avant-garde design and abstraction on the map in a big way. Emerging from the ashes of World War I, this movement was as anti-establishment as you could get for the times. The curious element of this way of looking at art was its revolutionary worldview that rejected the norms, both in design and society, of the culture around it.

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Graphic Mama

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Logo design trends 2020 are here and they look amazing! Scroll down to check them out. Logo design is a quite major and important niche of graphic design. Although let by graphic design trends, logo design trends are usually more stable and don’t change as much from year to year. The reason is that a logo’s life lasts long – sometimes up to a decade, sometimes even more before the company decides to redesign.

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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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Booooooom

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Klee Larsen is a Vancouver based visual artist, inspired by horizon lines in nature. Klee loves to combine old and new technologies by using film and then digitalizing the image. Working with film gives Klee her favourite end result of grain from high speed film and being able to work with a large negative. Painting has become a part of her practice and you can find her in her studio at 1000 Parker Street.

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I Love Typography

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Type designers take care of the details, so that we aren’t unnecessarily distracted by them. And good type designers relish those details. To listen to them explain their craft and describe their font-making processes is like watching the child of zero-sugar parents eat its first candy bar. Talking of ‘deep dives’, if you haven’t already, then […].

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SpeckyBoy

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

All websites should start with a good plan. Focussing on the design process first may be common for smaller sites. For larger sites, when user experience is paramount, creating an initial sitemap or user flow map is an effective way of working out how you want visitors to use and navigate around. UX is key to a successful site. And always remember the 5PS of planning a site – Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance.

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Canny

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Brand marketing campaigns are all the rage. They’ve always been happening, but lately, every brand and their parent company are getting in on the show. Traditional sales marketing is dying. People want to buy into things they believe in or believe (rightly or wrongly) they have a connection with. Companies like MailChimp and Wistia are setting up their own content production studios.

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Its Nice That

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Glittering 3D graphics, dystopian metal-inspired typography, and futuristic streetwear feature heavily in the work of Obby & Jappari, the Frankfurt-based graphic design studio. Read more.

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Booooooom

OCTOBER 28, 2019

New York-based photographer and director Ryan Struck. Each week our members share their projects with us and we highlight our favs as Editors’ Picks. If you have work you’d like to submit, you can learn more about becoming a member. Ryan Struck’s Website. Ryan Struck on Instagram.

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Graphic Design Junction

OCTOBER 29, 2019

A Logo is like a face for a company, it defines your whole corporation in a single name, pattern or design. However, the question is why do we need to update this face? Well not everyone gets their logo right for the first time (of course except some classic logos of companies like Mercedes, Audi, apple etc). A logo designed in the 90’s might not connect to people of the present day.

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The Logo Smith

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

The post CMYK Printing Demonstration using 4 Individual Colour Acrylic Slides appeared first on The Logo Smith. CMYK Printing Demonstration using 4 Individual Colour Acrylic Slides Having come from the traditional side of commercial printing, whilst serving out my apprenticeship, I found this simple demonstration of 4 colour CMYK Printing to be pretty useful.

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Its Nice That

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Whimsical and playful is not usually the first thing you think of when someone mentions the medieval ages, but that is precisely the world that Jakarta-based illustrator creates with her work. Often mashing together multiple historical references in a single image, Anindya’s artistic practice came from a rather unusual origin. Read more.

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Spine Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Artist Matt Huynh works with brush and ink, pulling technical inspiration from Western comics and Eastern sumi-e (ink brush painting). He frequently uses his art to explore and amplify stories of refugees, of migrants and asylum seekers and their communities. For the October/November issue of The Believer , Huynh created Cabramatta, pulling readers into the Australian city he grew up in.

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Graphic Design Junction

OCTOBER 31, 2019

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Shillington

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Inspiration can come from anywhere. So, on the first Friday of each month, we’re sharing some of our Shillington team’s favourite things from the past four weeks. This month, Shillington Manchester Teacher Nick Smith tells us what was on his radar in October. 1. To Follow: Birmingham Design. Being a Brummie in Manchester there is a constant struggle to defend good ol’ Brum as the second city.

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Its Nice That

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Inspired by typographic Swiss posters from the 60s and 70s, the Lausanne-based designer wanted to add another dimension to modernise that tradition: motion. Kenny’s work turns simple ideas into complex, eye-catching animations that anyone can admire. Read more.

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Colossal

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Photographs: Griffin Simm. To balance out his working life as a graphic designer focused on 2-D digital projects, Greg Olijnyk creates cardboard sculptures in his free time. The remarkably refined artworks are made with packaging-grade cardboard and tracing paper, and finishing touches added with LED lighting and glass accessories. Cardboard’s affordability and malleability, as well as its surprisingly pleasing surface texture and color, have made it the medium of choice for Olijnyk.

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Creative Review

OCTOBER 30, 2019

The ramifications of our hyperconnected culture have been widely reported, but they’re mainly been framed within the context of big data and global corporations. Yet, as a new exhibition in Somerset House points out, just as important is privacy in the sense of peace and quiet, dreams, and switching off – not just from the outside world but your own body too. 24/7 examines how, or indeed whether, people can disconnect in the modern world.

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Spine Magazine

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Steve Attardo is Design Director for W. W. Norton. Here he details his process for creating the cover of Nicole Dennis-Benn's Patsy. I wasn’t in the office when the finished jackets for Patsy arrived. The first time I saw them they were stacked neatly next to my keyboard on top of a few other hot-off-the-press jackets. I immediately inspected every line, felt the paper stock, ran my hands over the surface and exhaled in relief.

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Its Nice That

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Type foundry Fontsmith has released a collection of nine variable fonts, which are available to download and trial for free via a dedicated microsite. Variable fonts have become a hot topic among graphic designers tackling type for digital formats, as the technology allows for entire font families to be condensed within one file, as opposed to multiple files for each style (weight, width, etc), hence speeding up load times.

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Booooooom

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Ioanna Sakellaraki. Ioanna Sakellaraki’s Website. Ioanna Sakellaraki on Instagram.

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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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Design You Trust

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Piotr Foksowicz is a concept artist and illustrator from Wroclaw, Poland. His work is mainly sci-fi art that focuses on post apocalyptic environments as well as exceptionally detailed character and cover designs for publisher Fabryka S?ów. “Inspiration for painting may come from many sources, and I often have plenty of ideas about the way I want my image to look,” he says.

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Spine Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

We welcome you to another in our ongoing feature in which notable book cover designer Jordan Wannemacher periodically highlights a selection of recent university press cover designs. Please enjoy this celebration of amazing work. This list is in no particular order. Credits are listed below. If you are a book cover creative and want your work or the work of your department reviewed by Jordan be sure to get in touch with us!

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Its Nice That

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Recently adding animation to her practice with the helping hand of her partner Lorenzo, we catch-up with the Italian-born and now New York-based illustrator on how making elements move is building upon her characterful work. Read more.

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Creative Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Inspired by the theme of this year’s Dutch Design Week – ‘If not now, then when?’ – Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam has launched a show dedicated to raising awareness around lost animal species and the impact of human behaviours like pollution and poaching. Lost and Not Found has been curated by W+K Amsterdam’s in-house Design Studio, and features work by over 50 artists and designers.

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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.

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Trendland

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Last Friday, for its opening I was invited with my kids to go test and discover the newly launched Sloomoo Institute, a vibrant 8,000 square-foot space located in the heart of SoHo, NY – filled with experiments, interaction, inspiration, and sensory delights – All about Slime! The collective founded by three female entrepreneurs, Karen Robinovitz, (Co-Founder of DBA), Sara Schiller, (founder of MEET and co-founder of Wooster Collective); and Toni Ko (Founder of NYX Cosmetics); Sloomo

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The Die Line

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Hello Kitty is everywhere—everywhere. From the usual suspects like stuffed animals and backpacks to the bizarre—engine oil, guitars, and a high-end clutch)--this fine little feline makes roughly $6 billion per year with her empire. Here’s how she grew from her humble beginnings in Tokyo to a worldwide phenomenon.

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Its Nice That

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Bless You! sees the Berlin-based illustrator and animator tackle a somewhat timely obstacle: the seasonal winter sneeze that, as the colder months arrive, tends to take command of us all in an unstoppable manner. Read more.

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Abduzeedo

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Incredible Reinterpretations of Picasso in 3D using Cinema 4D and Octane. abduzeedo Oct 28, 2019 Construed MIMIC III is the 3rd installment of the series of studies of Picasso's artwork and translation to 3D form using Maxon Cinema 4D and Otoy Octane. The project was created by Omar. Aqil and it's been a great experience for him as he mentioned on his Behance post.

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