Reader’s Digest Unveils Its New Look
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[responsive][/responsive]Launched almost 100 years ago in 1922, Reader’s Digest is arguably one of the most successful magazines on the planet. And it’s undergone a facelift recently, with the new October cover unveiling a bold new look. As Casey Welton notes...
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7 Things You Can Learn from an Ikea Catalog
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Maybe it’s just a home goods catalog. But perhaps it’s much, more more than that. In her article in YouTheDesigner, self-proclaimed design slave and font geek Claire Jariss Manlapas waxes poetic about the 7 lessons designers can learn from an...
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Design Tip: Extracting Images from Their Backgrounds in PS
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[responsive][/responsive] Photoshop is another of those design tools that has a seemingly endless learning curve. If you’ve ever tried to mask out an irregularly-shaped image (like a head of human hair) from its background, you’ll appreciate this tutorial from YouTheDesigner....
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44 Ways to Rock Adobe InDesign
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[responsive][/responsive]It could take years to become proficient at everything Adobe’s InDesign has to offer. That’s why we found this article “44 brilliant InDesign tutorials” in Creative Blog to be such a good read. Whether you are just learning the ropes...
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Christie’s Catalog Gets a Stunning Modern Update
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Christie’s archives go back more than 300 years, and their new magazine design team dug into the time capsule to get inspiration for their new look. The makeover is the brainchild of David Mckendrick, formerly of Esquire, and Wallpaper’s Lee...
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Dear Hot Shot Young Designer: You’ve Got a Few Things To Learn
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Technology has radically changed the work of graphic designers. It doesn’t seem all that long ago some of us were working with typeset copy, waxers and razor knives…and no, I’m not old enough to collect Social Security. So this open...
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54 Fantastic Magazine Layouts 
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[responsive][/responsive]Today’s post is for the design geek in all of us, the lover of all things beautiful and creative. Inspiration Hut has put together a list of 54 Fantastic and Modern Magazine Design Layouts to Inspire You. And boy do...
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Why Getting it Wrong is the Future of Design
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[responsive][/responsive] Art historians describe a cycle to creative movements that we’ve seen repeated through the centuries. And Wired’s Scott Dadich believes we are on the cusp of an important shift in technology design today. Dadich relates the story of Edgar...
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Mastering Type: The Essential Guide
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If you’re a graphic designer, a certified typophile or just keenly aware of nuance in word design, you’ll appreciate this book, “Mastering Type: The Essential Guide to Typography for Print and Web Design” by Denise Bosler. In it, typography expert...
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Ten Paradoxical Traits of the Creative Mind
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[responsive][/responsive]Creativity: In any career, it can mean the difference between adequate and stellar. On a team, it often is the spark for truly game changing paradigm shifts. Yet what is that ineffable quality, and how do you know it when...
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