Speckyboy Design Magazine
MARCH 8, 2021
Growth is among the most desirable goals for any web design business. Whether you’re a freelancer or an agency, it’s likely that you’ll want to become bigger and more profitable over time. It takes a lot of planning and hard work to get there. And your business will continue to evolve all the while. Things such as pricing, workflow and ideal projects will change along with you.
Graphic Design 24
MARCH 12, 2021
Convert Raster or Vector Graphics: Which Should You Go With? In case you're working in a product configuration program regularly you most likely end up exchanging between various kinds of designs. Which one do you utilize the most? Indeed, on the off chance that you own a computerized camera with which you use to take pictures routinely, you presumably go into a program like Photoshop to adjust or make changes to your advanced pictures.
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Just Creative
MARCH 11, 2021
While graffiti was originally intended to describe inscriptions during the times of Ancient Greece and Rome, in modern culture, graffiti has taken on more meanings as a sign of expression, protest, or simple to tell someone that “Killroy was here.” While many see physical graffiti as an act of vandalism, digitally, graffiti fonts can add a new level of uniqueness and excitement to your work.
Spoon Graphics
MARCH 8, 2021
I have a new collection of textures for you to download today! It’s easy to get carried away with texturing, but sometimes just a subtle addition of grain is all that is required to give a clean digital design a tactile appearance. This collection of Subtle Grain Brushes & Patterns contains 6 grainy textures ranging from ‘so sparse you can hardly see it’ to ‘this is probably too much’.
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
I Love Typography
MARCH 8, 2021
Read the book, Typographic Firsts. Women of Letters is the first in a new series of short interviews. We begin with a collection of four interviews with creatives from New York to Saigon: Lynne Yun a NYC-based type designer, technologist, and educator; Deb Pang Davis, a product designer with The 19th in Texas; Coleen Baik, a designer and artist in […].
Creative Review
MARCH 11, 2021
New York-based designer Alex Merto says he got into graphic design by accident. Deeming himself a failed student in high school without a “clear path to anywhere”, he spent a lot of time making music in various bands and designing album art along the way. He eventually moved from California to New York to study at the School of Visual Arts. “I think the first piece of graphic design that I really noticed and impacted me was a book designed by Peter Buchanan-Smith for the band W
Graphic Arts Today brings together the best content for graphic arts professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
ID Identity Design
MARCH 7, 2021
Foundry is a brutalist-inspired progressive art, culture, and co-working space created for Emaar communities. Emaar defined an opportunity to add culture destinations into their mass scale communities spread across the Emirate, starting with Downtown Dubai. Their plan was to develop multifunctional spaces to engage the surrounding community through expression and culture.
Graphic Design USA
MARCH 6, 2021
D.J. Haddad is Founder & Creative Director of Haddad & Partners and Co-founder and Chief of Operations for 321 Ignition. Here are his thoughts on why starting a business is extra-challenging for graphic designers.
Creative Review
MARCH 7, 2021
The pair had the idea for the Think Food Bank project after noticing that most donation stations are placed, unhelpfully, by supermarkets’ exits – meaning many people only see them once their shop is done and paid for. To encourage shoppers to remember food banks while they’re still browsing the aisle, the two designers created a set of illustrated stickers that can be stealthily stuck around the store – each tailored to the colour scheme of a different supermarket brand.
Just Creative
MARCH 11, 2021
While graffiti was originally intended to describe inscriptions during the times of Ancient Greece and Rome, in modern culture, graffiti has taken on more meanings as a sign of expression, protest, or simple to tell someone that “Killroy was here.” While many see physical graffiti as an act of vandalism, digitally, graffiti fonts can add a new level of uniqueness and excitement to your work.
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Speckyboy Design Magazine
MARCH 9, 2021
Every chef has their favorite tool. Mine happens to be a wooden spoon I’ve had since forever. I call it “Suzie” (because I’m a weirdo). Some people actually keep their wooden spoons in the family for generations – talk about a collector’s item! Today, I’m going to share some tips on how the tools you select as a designer can help improve your creative process , and aid you in creating work you can really stand behind.
Noupe
MARCH 8, 2021
“Tis better to give than receive.” You’ve heard this your whole life and now that you’re beginning to gather email subscribers or even if your list is already steadily humming, it’s wise to remember it. Because email is one of the hottest marketing tools, it can be tempting to believe that the purpose is to “take.” I want you to stop and think again.
Creative Review
MARCH 11, 2021
Global Women New Zealand ’s campaign for this year’s International Women’s Day saw the platform highlight the ‘motherhood penalty’ in a short animation directed by Passion Pictures director Anna Mantzaris with Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand. The film builds on the concept of the director’s 2019 short film Enough and sees humorous workplace-based sabotage play out to illustrate there is almost nothing a woman can do in the workplace that is more career limit
Just Creative
MARCH 8, 2021
Demand for video content grows by the day. More and more, creatives and agencies are investing in the right equipment to create high-quality video content that will not only be popular but connect them with their audience. A huge piece of this equipment is a high-quality 4K camera. Regardless of the type of video content being produced, whether it’s a YouTube video or TikTok clip, the best videos tend to also look the best and the right 4K camera can make that possible.
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Speckyboy Design Magazine
MARCH 12, 2021
Google Fonts ❤️ Material Icons – Google Fonts now supports open-source icons, starting with the Material Design icon set. CSS Grid Cheat Sheet Illustrated in 2021 – Use this guide to learn the intricacies of creating CSS Grid layouts. Cistercian SVG – A look at generating SVG glyphs that represent numeric values. Leveraging the Power of Sushi to Improve Your Designs – Six ways sushi (yes, sushi!
Interaction Design Foundation
MARCH 8, 2021
User Experience design, like so many other disciplines, has a lower representation of women as compared to men. Things are changing now, though. Slowly, but surely. From strategy to tactics and from ideas to actionable tips, here is a curated playlist of talks by, and stories of just some of the most influential voices in business, technology and design.
Creative Review
MARCH 9, 2021
In The Lonely Orbit, a man leaves home for his dream job as a satellite technician. Feeling isolated, he constantly texts old friends but with his mind elsewhere, his work suffers, and things start to go wrong with the satellites he’s looking after. The short was created by Zurich-based animation studio Team Tumult, a team of six long-time friends and collaborators, who all met each other through studying and freelance work in Zurich and Lucerne.
Just Creative
MARCH 8, 2021
Already one of the oldest art forms in the world, watercolor has also made its mark on the world of digital art. Having the right tools at your disposal can help you perfect your skills in using watercolor in a digital medium. Brushes you use should be competent enough to emulate the exact texture, tone, and gradient you’re looking for. They should also provide you with an entire range of color options plus a complementing range of brush-stroke variations.
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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.
Colossal
MARCH 9, 2021
Detail of “Kulu.” All images © Josh Dykgaaf, shared with permission. Melbourne-based artist Josh Dykgraaf has a discerning eye for matching two seemingly disparate elements. In his ongoing Terraforms series, autumn leaves become feathers, magnolia petals wind into scales, and plumes form fins that swish through water. Each illustration merges flora and fauna into an entirely new fantastical creature, and a single piece can take days to complete, with the pair of Tawny Frogmouths, for
Spine Magazine
MARCH 12, 2021
Gabriele Wilson is a New York and Berlin-based graphic design studio creating book publications, restaurant branding, packaging and identities for an array of clients. Prior to opening the GWD studio, she worked as a jacket designer at Alfred A. Knopf. Here she takes us through her process for designing the truly gorgeous cover for Rabbit Island. I have had the honor to be the main cover designer for Two Lines Press / The Center for Art of Translation in San Francisco, CA since 2013 with CJ Evan
Creative Review
MARCH 12, 2021
Created by New York-based agency Small for Italian charity CoorDown, the ad is a whimsical tale which opens by showing a bakery hiring a young woman with Down syndrome. When customers to the store witness her skills, it sets off a series of positive actions by other local companies. The film aims to raise awareness of the barriers and prejudices that people with Down syndrome can face in the workplace, which include a lack of opportunities, low expectations, and stereotypical attitudes.
Just Creative
MARCH 7, 2021
Are you looking for monitor for your graphic design needs? We’ve got you covered. But before we jump in, whenever you start shopping for new tech, a shopping list of what you’re looking for should be considered. So with that in mind, let’s start our Best Monitors for Graphics Designers in 2021 list with what should be on your shopping list. How to choose the right monitor for graphic design.
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.
Colossal
MARCH 12, 2021
All images © Enoch Ku, shared with permission. Suit-inspired landscaping, overgrown shrubs, and misaligned stripes are just some of the scenes that comprise Enoch Ku’s Ordinary Sacramento , an ongoing project documenting the visual language of the Californian city. Ku is adept at identifying humor and quirkiness among the otherwise mundane urban landscape, framing a street sign or bike rack in a playful manner.
Design Week
MARCH 10, 2021
A Line has designed a new identity for US-based Norwegian bakery Rolfsen, which hopes to put a “warm, modern twist” on traditional Nordic heritage. The international design studio has crafted a new logo, strategy, packaging and website for the family-run bakery. [link]. The bakery was “looking to bring a little more ‘hygge’ to the US”, A Line co-founder Nick Monkhouse says. “Using family recipes handed down over generations, they wanted to capture their
Creative Review
MARCH 11, 2021
In new book The Design of Race, Peter Fine discusses how technology, graphic design, typography and photography have all influenced ideas of race in America. The post Tackling graphic design’s relationship with race appeared first on Creative Review.
Booooooom
MARCH 9, 2021
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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.
Colossal
MARCH 11, 2021
All images © Shawn Theodore, courtesy of Paradigm Gallery, shared with permission. “To create in blue, one must first understand its powerful nature,” says Shawn Theodore in reference to Night Stars , an extensive new series of photographs that radiate the primary hue. Shot using a variety of filters and lights, Theodore’s ethereal works are multivalent in aesthetic and affect.
Noupe
MARCH 8, 2021
The business has always been a gamble, but finding ways to keep your company financially stable during a period of global economic hardship might feel like an impossible undertaking. Small business owners are faced with restrictions, dwindling consumer bases, and reduced profits that threaten their entire livelihood on a daily basis; recovering from the sustained economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic requires both personal and professional tactics.
Creative Review
MARCH 11, 2021
Studio DBD founder Dave Sedgwick came up with the name for the eatery – which is located in Prestwich – after delving into historic maps of the area and discovering it was once home to a water well. He says it’s also a gentle nod to the challenges of setting up a new business in the midst of Covid. Sedgwick says he knew the restaurant needed to appeal to both adults and children, as Where There’s a Well is intended as a family destination. “It was a bit random, but
Azure Magazine
MARCH 12, 2021
In Inuktitut, the principal language of Inuit Nunangat (the Inuit homeland stretching from the Northwest Territories to Labrador), Qaumajuq means “it is bright, it is lit.” Following an official naming ceremony in the fall of 2020, the word was bestowed on the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s new beacon — the long-awaited 3400-square-metre addition dedicated solely to the work of Inuit artists, past and present.
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