Logo Design Love

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The 25-foot-high, internally lit Las Vegas sign was designed by the late commercial artist Betty Willis (pictured below in 1998). Photo via Las Vegas News Bureau (LVNB). Betty started designing neon signs in the 1950s for Thomas Young’s YESCO and other sign makers. In 1952 she moved to Western Neon, a small local outfit, where, in 1959, salesman Ted Rogich, the father of political consultant Sig Rogich , got the idea to propose a welcome sign for the highway from Los Angeles.

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Graphic Design USA

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Sean Loose, an illustrator for Indeed.com and an appreciative SCAD graduate, has created illustrations that are the face of this year's U.S. Open.

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Spine Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 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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Tuts Plus

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

What You'll Be Creating Mockups are a very effective way of showing a design in its intended form without actually investing any time and money in its production. You don't have to print your design on a T-shirt to see how it looks—you just need a mockup. But how do you create mockups? For years, designers have been using Photoshop for this task, but it's not necessary anymore.

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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

Graphic Design

Old Brand New

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Sponsored by Spoonflower. Check out all these really fun designs from Spoonflower ! Their Marketplace now offers table linens. They have over a million designs created by independent artists. It’s a great place to get inspiration on color and patterns. I found quite a few so let me show you how I styled my dining table three ways. These are super quick and easy to put together for a dinner for two or four even.

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Marloes De Vries

AUGUST 31, 2019

If you’re an illustrator or just have a passion for drawing, you’ve probably been there: you’re in an art supply shop filled with the most lucious sketchbooks. But what sketchbook should you get? Depending on what you want to use it for, and what kind of materials you are using for your drawings and illustrations, the answer varies.

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Illustration Age

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Bruno Paul (1874-1968) was an architect, interior designer, educator and illustrator. His contributions to Simplicissimus (1897-1906) gained him international acclaim and, according to one historian, served as a visual manifesto for the magazine*. It also gave Simplicissimus its first characteristic style and individual artistic merit. He had quite an impact on the magazine, especially for someone who only worked there for a limited time (I know 9 years is a long time, but in comparison Eduard

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Graphic Mama

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Wondering which are the top presentation software options available right now on the market? In this article, we’ll throw some light on the subject. Multimedia presentations have become an inevitable part of business and education nowadays. With the rising demand for powerful and feature-rich presentation software, developers keep presenting more and more advanced tools that actually make users create impressive presentations faster and more easily than ever.

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Six Leaf Design

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Hello all you happy people! September marks 6 years that I’ve been doing the free digital wallpaper for Six Leaf Design and sometimes I hate it because it’s a hassle and time consuming, but most of the time I love it when it’s done because it literally doesn’t matter how it comes out and I’ve had so many people tell me that they love it. So no worries, I plan to continue and this month I’ve got a super fun design for you that I’ve poetically named “Blobby Blobs.

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Spine Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Courtesy Photo. Poet and writer Hanif Abdurraqib strives to pursue whatever curiosities are in his mind when he sits down to write. The end result this time around is his latest poetry collection A Fortune for Your Disaster , exploring grief, change, heartbreak, history, and moving forward. Fortune, out this month from Tin House Books, is his second poetry collection, following 2016’s The Crown Ain’t Worth Much.

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Brown Paper Bag

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

This post contains some affiliate links. If you make a purchase, Brown Paper Bag may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more here. I’m so excited to announce that my book Embroidered Life: The Art of Sarah K. Benning is out today! It’s been a long time coming and I can hardly believe it’s here. Whether you’re an embroiderer or an independent maker trying to grow your business, you’ll find something in this book that speaks to you.

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Spine Magazine

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Courtesy Photo. In Mistress of the Ritz , Melanie Benjamin’s most recent novel (May, Delacorte Press), Benjamin takes one of the most popular and captivating eras for historians, both professional and amateur, World War II, and shines a light on two individuals who remained in the shadows: Blanche and Claude Auzello. As caretakers of the Hôtel Ritz in Paris, hub of elegance and glamour, they had the awesome responsibility of keeping face for the Nazis while plotting subterfuge.

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