Print as the Platform for Creativity in Advertising
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[responsive][/responsive] It’s #TBT, so we thought we’d revisit a terrific article from last spring, “If Print Dies It’s the End of Creativity in Advertising” by Simon Greasey. In his piece, he gathers thoughts from four of the world’s top designers...
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This is NOT Your Boss’ Businessweek
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Bloomberg’s Businessweek is on a roll, thanks to a creative team that is firing on all cylinders to bring the formerly stodgy brand screaming into a new image of honest, authentic and wildly witty storytellers. “Chances are a Bloomberg Businessweek...
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Designers: Get Your Hands on net’s Special Anniversary Issue
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[responsive][/responsive]Are you a working designer looking to hone your craft? Then you have to get your hands on this special issue of net magazine. It’s absolutely loaded with good stuff to know and use. “This issue also marks the 20th...
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For the Font Geeks: The 100 Best Free Fonts
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[responsive][/responsive]Who doesn’t love free stuff? And what designer doesn’t love to browse through new fonts? Well, it’s Friday, and time to relax a bit. Unleash your inner font geek and dive into this article from the Creative Blog on the...
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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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