Just Creative
DECEMBER 14, 2020
This article has been contributed by Julio Perez. Creating content might seem like a difficult task at first. You need to what to create content about, how to create it , where to post your content, when to time your posts and more. But unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know you have to do it. Content is the first step of the sales funnel, even if you aren’t directly selling anything.
Inkbot Design
DECEMBER 12, 2020
Sans Serif vs Serif Font – Which Should You Use & When. Every designer knows that choosing a font makes a huge impact. Fonts have an essential role in our designs, so we should always choose them with care. You always have to decide which font is the right font for your website or any other piece of written content, digital product or graphic design.
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Designer Daily
DECEMBER 17, 2020
The interesting news of the past week if you are a graphic designer, web designer, product designer, or pretty much anyone that has an interest in design. How to estimate the ROI of design work? As designers, we have two options: We can wait for business people to learn design’s value or we accelerate the process by better communicating our work’s value.
I Love Typography
DECEMBER 13, 2020
Read the book, Typographic Firsts. For more than a thousand years the meaning of Egyptian hieroglyphs was completely lost. For centuries, many assumed that they were magical symbols that might never be understood by mere mortals. In the seventeenth century, the polymath and walking encyclopedia, Athanasius Kircher, came closer than most to understanding how Egyptian hieroglyphs worked, but the real breakthrough only came with the discovery of a 2,200-year-old black basalt slab.
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
DECEMBER 15, 2020
A great opportunity to give your font library a major upgrade has just arisen, which will save you thousands of dollars on some high-quality typefaces, including some huge font families! This new Font Collector’s Handpicked Selection contains a total of 16 font families, each selected for its class and professionalism. Acquire some best-sellers from Set Sail Studies, Latinotype and TypeType, along with a well-balanced selection of serifs, sans-serif, and elegant script typefaces to provide you w
BP&O
DECEMBER 18, 2020
LogoArchive is a series of booklets dedicated to the modernist logo-making of the mid-century. It can be enjoyed as is and just for that. However, the ideas within these booklets, in the words of Ian Anderson “exist both on and below the surface” for anyone with the inclination to dig a bit deeper. These zines […]. The post LogoArchive: A Graphic Design Laboratory appeared first on BP&O - Branding, Packaging and Opinion.
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Creative Review
DECEMBER 14, 2020
It’s been a strange year for cinema. Films like Wonder Woman 1984 and No Time to Die – what should have been 2020’s big blockbusters – have had their promotional campaigns thrown into a bizarre holding pattern; new variations of their key art emerging every now and then to keep audiences warm for those elusive release dates. One example of this perpetual eking-out: Andy Park’s poster for Black Widow was on our 2019 list , but now isn’t due to be released until
Spoon Graphics
DECEMBER 16, 2020
I’m not entirely sure what to call the text effect I’ll be showing you how to create in this Adobe Illustrator tutorial, but it’s the kind of futuristic text style you might see on old VHS tapes, old sci-fi movie titles, or maybe even classic sports or tech brand logos. The best name I can come up with is ‘futuristic gradient speed lines’!
Speckyboy Design Magazine
DECEMBER 16, 2020
Since the beginning of the World Wide Web, the venerable hyperlink has been a crucial feature. Remember the amazement when you found out that a single click could take you anywhere in the world? OK, maybe that gee-whiz moment has passed. But links are still as important as ever. And they’re something designers need to make both obvious and accessible.
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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 Review
DECEMBER 14, 2020
During the eight months since the UK declared the first of its nationwide lockdowns, writers have still written, publishers have still published and book designers have continued to produce an ever-varied range of covers for new titles. Yet there’s no denying that, as with pretty much every job in every sector across the country, the worlds of design and publishing have had to change and adapt accordingly throughout most of 2020.
Azure Magazine
DECEMBER 18, 2020
When FreelandBuck was commissioned to create a permanent artwork for the lobby of a newly established behavioural health centre in Los Angeles’ Willowbrook area, the architectural design studio found its inspiration in a number of disparate sources, from digital photography and surrounding streetscapes to a local quilting group. “We are thankful to Silver Threads for opening their door and welcoming us to learn about quilting,” David Freeland, co-principal of FreelandBuck , says of the sewing ci
Design Week
DECEMBER 18, 2020
“One day I’m designing a pair of socks, the next day I’m designing a campaign for the side of a bus,” William Allen tells Design Week. “You just never know what you’ll have.” Allen is one quarter of the Barbican’s in-house design team, established in 2011 and in more normal times based in the Brutalist arts centre itself.
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Creative Review
DECEMBER 17, 2020
This year offered ample opportunities for people to immerse themselves in games, and for many of us, they became much-needed forms of escapism during repeated lockdowns. And there was plenty to choose from, as independent studios and major companies alike released game after game to eager audiences. We saw blockbuster titles such as the long-awaited Cyberpunk 2077 and the Last of Us 2, as well two new consoles in the form of the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox series X|S.
Trendland
DECEMBER 17, 2020
Words Marta Knas. Weronika Kuc is a Warsaw-based illustrator and graphic designer mixing digital and traditional drawing techniques. She compensates her flair for minimalism with bold splashes of color, adding a metaphorical quality to each of her works.
Speckyboy Design Magazine
DECEMBER 14, 2020
As a freelance web designer, you’ll have the opportunity to work with a wide variety of clients. And it’s likely that some of them will want to enter into different types of working arrangements. One common example is billing. You may run into a client that prefers to pay a flat monthly fee rather than be charged hourly. Some might even aim for a yearly invoice.
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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.
Feature Shoot
DECEMBER 15, 2020
HIDDEN: Animals in the Anthropocene , a revelatory new book from We Animals Media. Last summer, the photojournalist and animal rights activist Konrad Lozinski went undercover to document life inside an integrated pig fattening barn in Poland. “This photo was taken during the daytime, in the early morning, but only bits of light could get through the little windows of the farm’s building,” he tells me. “I realized very quickly that this pig was in poor condition.
Creative Review
DECEMBER 16, 2020
According to Eilidh Reid, her career to date has been a series of serendipitous opportunities and unexpected wins. After four years of multidisciplinary experimentation at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, her confidence was dealt a blow. An external examiner derided her portfolio as ‘too broad’ and said no one would ever hire her. “I was so worried,” she admits.
Colossal
DECEMBER 17, 2020
Colombian illustrator Daniela Gallego takes us on a delightful journey through a world tinged with magic and brimming with plants. Her subdued color palette enhances the effect, firmly planting each of her drawings somewhere between fantasy and reality. The Barcelona-based artist creates works for children’s picture books , editorial, and corporate clients, and produces some of her own prints or calendars that you can request on Facebook.
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.
I Love Typography
DECEMBER 13, 2020
Read the book, Typographic Firsts. Tens of millions of broadsides were printed from the very earliest days of printing. Many were cheap and ephemeral, eventually being recycled or ending up in the trash. Others, like rebus and puzzle broadsides were novel and engaging enough to live longer lives. This is my very brief look at some early examples of these curious so-called hieroglyphic broadsides.
Creative Review
DECEMBER 16, 2020
Along with the rest of the creative industries, the ad world has been thrown into chaos this year thanks to the arrival of the pandemic. In the wake of a series of national lockdowns across the globe, much of the early coronavirus ads were marked by sombreness and uncertainty, while production challenges and our new online lives subsequently birthed what has come to be known as the ‘Zoom aesthetic’ Despite all of the challenges that the industry has faced in recent months, 2020 has p
Colossal
DECEMBER 18, 2020
In an exquisite if not terrifying act of self-preservation, the Monkey Slug Caterpillar has evolved to disguise itself as a predator, mimicking the form and color of a Tarantula Spider on it’s back. Nature photographer David Weiller captured this particular specimen while in the Amazon Rainforest of Puyo, Ecuador. He shares: This mesmerizing caterpillar mimics a hairy tarantula spider with its oddly long hairy arms curling out.
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.
Design Week
DECEMBER 16, 2020
Covid-19: How graphic design can support vulnerable communities. As the world went into lockdown in March, many people faced a situation like no other. “I’ve been feeling pretty helpless watching the news,” Becky Wass wrote on Facebook. “I wanted to do something about it, so I’ve made a postcard that I’ll be posting to my older neighbours as this progresses.” The postcard was a simple piece of graphic design – asking people if they needed help pick
I Love Typography
DECEMBER 12, 2020
Read the book, Typographic Firsts. For more than a thousand years the meaning of Egyptian hieroglyphs was completely lost. For centuries, many assumed that they were magical symbols that might never be understood by mere mortals. The breakthrough only came with the discovery of a 2,200-year-old black basalt slab. But what does that have to do with typography, dragons and unicorns?
Creative Review
DECEMBER 14, 2020
In 2020, people turned to photography for support, inspiration and sustenance, as well as to document their experiences of the pandemic and of the many protests that took place. Here, Diane Smyth looks back on a year that will be impossible to forget. The post Trends of 2020: The Year in Photos appeared first on Creative Review.
Abduzeedo
DECEMBER 16, 2020
Thoughtful Illustrations by Audrey Prokopenko. AoiroStudio 12.16.20 Some artworks are very straight-forward, it tells you the story behind them the second you looked at them. Some you'll need to think harder about its meaning. Some that will make you love or hate and then love or maybe hate again. Art isn't set into one vision for one's perspective, it reflects the emotion you had right in the moment.
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