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20 Things to Replenish Your Idea Vault (When You Run Out of Ideas)

HONGKIAT

This post is a reflection of my state of mind. As I am writing this, my mind has just suffered through a writer’s block , a lockdown of countless hours where no idea could make the cut, and there is nothing constructive to write or speak about. These are just some of those times when I have no topics, titles or ideas to look up.

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Will Design Conferences Stay Digital or Re-Embrace the IRL?

Eye on Design

Like most gatherings over the past year-and-a-half, design conferences have been relegated to virtual space. But now that social circles can extend beyond our immediate bubbles, new questions are emerging, like: What will the design conference look like moving forward? Will organizations continue to go digital now that they have an online playbook?

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How is the Rule of Thirds Used in Design | Tips & Templates

Design Wizard

Understand how the rule of thirds is used in design to create designs that are naturally pleasing to the eye. The rule of thirds provides a framework that helps you with the composition of your designs. Graphic designers, artists, and photographers rely on this principle that offers direction on structure, hierarchy, and balance of design elements.

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The Latest Design Books to Look Out For

Design Week

Make to Know, by Lorne M. Buchman. The pandemic has unsettled creatives the world over. But as art and design teacher and ArtCenter College of Design president Lorne M. Buchman explains in his new book, uncertainty is a deeply creative state to be in. In Make to Know, Buchman uses direct interviews with artists and designers to make the point.

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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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Amazing Illustrations Artwork by W.Flemming

Graphic Design Junction

Today we are featuring creative graphic artist, designer and digital illustrator artist “ W.Flemming ”, with his amazing illustration art collection. He was was from Manchester United Kingdom. He migrated from traditional media to digital in a journey through fine arts, commercial graphics and illustration. He finished his degree in Communicative Arts , and start working in advertisement, where he developed a taste for digital art and eventually turned to illustration.

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Unfold Is the Tool You Need to Dominate Your Brand’s Social Media

Design Milk

We’re proud to create the following content in partnership with Squarespace , an easy-to-use website builder. Our partners are hand picked by the Design Milk team because they represent the best in design. You can start your free trial today. Use code DESIGNMILK for 10% off. After everything it takes to start a business — picking your niche, setting up online, creating your brand, hiring and documenting and inventorying and everything else – you still have one job left: social media management.

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Internet rejoices as beloved Animal Crossing character finally hits the Switch

Creative Bloq

The update's been brewing for a while.

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New Fresh Free Fonts (18 Fonts)

Graphic Design Junction

New fresh fonts collection for print and graphic design. New free fonts included serif fonts, script fonts, handwritten fonts and brush fonts. 100% free available for commercial use. The following fonts are ideal to make an creative design and perfect for any artwork. All fonts are perfect for logo design , branding, apparel, business cards, Web UI and legible and looks great as a headline or in body text.

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nlumec® Will Have You Seeing Candles in a New Light

Design Milk

nlumec® encourages us to rethink the way we consume candles. Each meticulously crafted candle is a modern representation of emotion designed to be transformed when lit. You might consider nlumec®’s candles too intricate to burn, but the brand actively invites viewers to light their candles and witness the transformation that takes place. To enjoy the light, you must erase the art.

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Create All Kinds of Cool Photo Effects with This Essential Photography Bundle

Spoon Graphics

If you’re a keen photographer—as either a hobbyist or a professional—this new bundle from Design Cuts will be right up your street! Inside you’ll discover all kinds of tools and resources for adding interesting styles and effects to your images. Whether you’re looking to clean up your wedding or portrait photography, apply visual effects to your images, or add the finishing touches to make your work look better than ever, this collection has you covered!

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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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AndaSeat T-Pro 2 Series gaming chair review

Creative Bloq

AndaSeat's new gaming chair is one for animators as well as gamers.

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100+ Free Premium Vector Icons

Graphic Design Junction

Profesional outline vector icons set for your design projects. There are 100+ outline figma icons. These sets are easy to use for both designers and developers. All icons are highest-quality design, so you can easily change the outline thickness without loosing quality. Icons that included in the sets are very common ones that any UI design can require (Communication, Media, Signs & Symbols, Developers icon, Tools, Settings & Display, files & Foldes, Office & Finance, Graph, S

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Poltrona Frau Launches Their Boundless Living Outdoor Collections

Design Milk

In a first for Poltrona Frau , they’ve introduced three outdoor collections referred to as the Boundless Living Outdoor Collections. Designed by Roberto Lazzeroni, Ludovica + Roberto Palomba and Kensaku Oshiro, the versatile furniture is meant to be used indoors and outdoors. The pieces can adapt to the seasons and various activities of every day, with outdoor life acting as an extension of indoor living – no boundaries.

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30 Student Council Election Ideas to Boost Your Campaign!

Design Wizard

Good student council ideas are hard to come by. That’s why you are here. If you are preparing to run for student council, you will need some solid ideas that can be the foundation of your campaign. With some planning and research, you can start to understand which ideas will work best for your campaign and put a pull strategy together. Devising a campaign strategy is easy.

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Rethinking Creative Workflows: Increasing Efficiency in the Design Process

As the design industry evolves, teams are facing new challenges and a need to produce more outstanding creative work than ever. Leaders must learn how to adapt their processes to solve today’s—and tomorrow’s—unique design challenges. In this e-book, you’ll learn how to establish your creative workflow and leverage the power of CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite to streamline the entire design process, from start to finish.

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In CAPS LOCK, Ruben Pater Untangles the Relationship Between Graphic Design and Capitalism

Eye on Design

Two things about capitalism: graphic design is totally bound up with it; and it really has to end. . You won’t hear much debate about this first point, only a dizzying range of views about how capitalism and design relate. One diagnoses design as commodity culture full-stop, while another celebrates it as an engine of innovation. Yet another sees it as a basic human capacity to solve problems, which only became entangled with capital during the Industrial Revolution.

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50+ Creative Negative Space Logo Designs

Graphic Design Junction

How to use Negative space in Logos? Here is the best examples of Negative space logo design for inspiration. Negative space logos or negative space is not just an artistic effect it can make your brand unique and multi-concept. In this logo design gallery I just gathered some similar negative space logos. The all logos are creative and cleverly used negative space.

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Superficiale by Martinelli Venezia Was Made to Alienate Your Senses

Design Milk

At this year’s Milano Design Week, designers Carolina Martinelli and Vittorio Venezia of studio Martinelli Venezia showcased their latest project Superficiale , a collection of furnishings, accessories and lighting that collectively create a very jarring and disorienting domestic landscape. Superficiale is a part of SuperSuperfici – The Spirit of Memphis (Reloaded), an initiative curated by Giulio Iacchetti and Matteo Ragni and promoted by Abet Laminati to celebrate the historic Memphis mo

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Your Ultimate How to Guide for Local, National and International SEO

Canny

SEO stands for search engine optimisation. This is the process of refining your website so that it is the most appealing to Google and other search engines. This process involves curating content and pages for user experience and sending all of the right quality signals to the Google crawler. It also involves creating a sensible internal linking structure so that the Google crawler (and users) can navigate the site and figure out what content is important and what content isn’t.

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Creative Insights: Data-Backed Trends to Help You Design Successful Content

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.

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Richard Bernabe Online Photography Classes

Richard Bernabe

For many years I’ve been working to create online photography classes with KelbyOne, a worldwide leader in photography education and Photoshop/Lightroom instruction. The post Richard Bernabe Online Photography Classes appeared first on Richard Bernabe.

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Joi Fulton inspires happiness and nostalgia in her blend of 2D and 3D illustrations

Its Nice That

We talk to the Illinois-born and Chicago-based young artist on the vast expanse of her incredible talents, and marvel at her unwavering positive disposition.

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Design Milk + Heymat Bring Modern Design to Your Doorstep

Design Milk

We don’t want the party to stop! So we’re continuing to celebrate Design Milk’s 15th anniversary by rolling out another special collaboration – this time with Heymat. The brand is one we know and love, making this exclusive doormat design really special to us. The “Diamond” mat is the second launch in our lineup of anniversary products, featuring a look inspired by the sleek lines of modern architecture and bold graphic elements.

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The Introvert Collection by Jeff Aphisit

We And The Color

The Introvert, a collection of stunning illustrations by Jeff Aphisit. Jeff Aphisit is a skilled freelance illustrator who lives and works in Bangkok, Thailand. Just recently, he published his amazing “Introvert Collection”, a set of three amazing artworks as shown below. For more, feel free to take a look at Jeff Aphisit’s portfolio on Behance.

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From Visualization to Execution: Exploring Our Strengths as Designers

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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30 Home Office Designs That Truly Inspire

HONGKIAT

For people who work from home , the home office is an area that must be detached from the rest of the home. It is a place where productivity and creative ideas must be allowed to roam freely, where work can be done without distraction or interruption. Therefore it is no wonder that many will put effort into turning that corner of the home into a home office that is conducive for work, rest and pondering.

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Navigating Harsh Judgements and Self-Worth in Web Design

SpeckyBoy

I make no secret of my love for the web design community. There’s something both unique and beautiful about sharing code, assets, and advice. But, just as a community can lift you up , certain dark corners of it can put you down. Intentional or not, some commentary can bring about a number of negative feelings. So much so that even an experienced designer can feel them.

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Get Inspired by Iris Apfel + Her Hand-Selected Color Palette for Lowe’s

Design Milk

Lowe’s recently celebrated their 100th anniversary in color by inviting Iris Apfel to join them. Now, if you don’t know who Iris Apfel is, have a Google and come back. The partnership makes sense considering how Iris is one of the most colorful style icons out there and she just turned 100 herself. When asked to create a Centennial Color Palette , she selected 8 diverse colors: Red Bliss, Ripe Pomegranate, Dark Kettle Black, Delicate Pink Rose, Rose Dust, Winter Flannel, Rushing Stre

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Blink Coffee Branding by Ana Miminoshvili

We And The Color

Check out this fun, vibrant, and eye-catching brand design created by Ana Miminoshvili for Blink Coffee. Ana Miminoshvili was commissioned to work on a visual identity for an exciting new coffee brand launching in UK & Ireland called BLINK. The client asked for a fun, vibrant, and eye-catching brand design that highlights their core values. Ana Miminoshvili’s brand and packaging concept focuses on their target audience, millennials who value coffee as much as creativity and social just

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Web Design for All: Accessibility, Inclusivity and Beyond

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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Nichrome, a New Display Font Inspired by 70’s Sci-Fi Paperback Covers

Eye on Design

Name: MD Nichrome. Designer: Rutherford Craze. Foundry: Mass-Driver. Release Date: August 2021. Back story: The design for MD Nichrome began in late 2016, when Craze started collecting second-hand sci-fi paperbacks from the 1970s and early 80s. He soon became inspired by the bold display typefaces accompanying richly-detailed and brightly-colored illustrations by artists such as Chris Foss and Roger Dean.

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Layout in ancient writing: UX inspiration from history

UX Collective

Studying for any job includes studying the history of that job. I think that the history of UX starts not from the creation of the phrase… Continue reading on UX Collective ».

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Domino’s Kate Berry On Designing Honestly + Intuitively For Crate&Kids

Design Milk

If you didn’t know Kate Berry but just started following her Instagram , you would have thought she was a born and bred New Yorker, with her fabulous rooftop soirees, weekend farmers market jaunts, and insider knowledge of NYC dining culture that should only come after years of living in the city. However, the Chief Creative Officer at Domino actually hails from Southern California, and it was here that she turned to for inspiration when designing Domino’s new collaboration with Crate&Kids.

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The Future Museum in Nuremberg presents Science and Fiction by ATELIER BRÜCKNER.

We And The Color

“Five color-coded theme-based areas invite visitors to take a close look at what the future has in store…” “In the center of Nuremberg’s historic district, “Das Zukunftsmuseum” (The Future Museum) – an offshoot of the Deutsches Museum Munich – will open on 18 September. The inviting museum on the banks of the Pegnitz is located in the Augustinerhof, a new building locality created by Staab Architekten.

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How to Create Stunning Typography With the Corel Type Tool Kit

Download this free eBook to learn how you can create stunning typography, using the basics, such as placing text, to advanced controls like ligatures, variable fonts, effects, tracking, range kerning, and everything in between. Learn how to: Use Character Control to add variety to your font styles. Use Paragraph Control to manage spacing, alignment, justification and more.