January 18 (19) 08:55 am
Margaret Zhang on the secrets of creative success by Hunger
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Margaret Zhang is an Australian-born-Chinese director, photographer, consultant and writer based between New York and Shanghai.
She models, styles, writes, directs in front and back of cameras, made her film debut – There’s no Space in C # Minor – in which she plays the piano brilliantly.
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She also earned double degrees in commerce and law and is widely recognized as one of the most influential millenial – though she is not fond of the naming..
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Her intelligence and depth of thought have comforted me while going through a tough spot in my art career:
“That’s near impossible when you bare your soul, nake and vulnerable in an oversaturated and harsh terrain of judgment.”
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photographed by: Luis Monteiro
October 10 (18) 08:15 am
If and only if, you have used or seen ban.do products will you make sense of the following homage to this entrepreneurial pop girls phenomena.
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It started in August 2008.. and it went ‘boom’ in a matter of a couple of years. Their mission? Stay serious about fun! Follow the link to read about their trajectoire.
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I am using their 19-month planner and I love it! At onset – I went.. mmm.. a bit too girly for me.. but it grew on me and now I am sold. Oh I love stickers too!
September 19 (18) 08:25 am
Kickstarter alert! Anton & Irene have designed a mind-blowing watch (limited edition of 500) of NU:RO.
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So you like it – don’t wait (too long).
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With a design that is sooo simple and ingenious and minimalist and unisex – imo – it deserves a Red Dot award!
October 30 (17) 11:20 am
Made by Folk is a place to find original designs, created by a community of artists from around the world.
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Love the simplicity and the minimalist design of their website.
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MbF is the brainchild of designer Daniel Freytag.
September 18 (17) 09:57 am
Sing-Sing teamed up with Sagmeister & Walsh to design and shoot this new campaign for Aizone, with wild optical illusions, and the best crew in the world.
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Gotta love the high contrast colors of flat 2D meets 3D staging decor. Ohlala the eccentricity of it all.
September 13 (17) 13:57 pm
The spatial worlds of Johan Moorman are reminiscent of classic arcade games, the works of graphic artist Escher, and old Lego catalogues.
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Cool svg animation on index!
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From meta scale (building facades) to wearable and almost anything in-between.
September 11 (17) 18:30 pm
Rylee & Cru is a dream kid fashion lines designed and founded by illustrator Kelli Murray and inspired by her own little ones.
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Their lookbooks are fantastic!
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We use it everyday.
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Obsidian
This private (free) app I use daily for taking notes or writing. Back up to the cloud for multi-devices access. Runs locally.
Deep and complex.
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I paint abstract with pretty colours ~ I play with mobile apps to create unique generative art.
Look 'Ma no AI.
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Communication Arts 24-25—calls for entries.
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AIGA call for submissions
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50 Books | 50 Covers: February 26 / 24
365: AIGA Year in Design February 26 / 24
Alt Summit 2024.
It is a conference and a community of thousands of women influencers and entrepreneurs in creative fields.
Upcoming: March 17-20 / 24
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YouWorkForThem — Good design needs good fonts! YWFT is privately owned and run by designers.
Rocking it since 2001.
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They LUV design! #13
Mind-blowing visual feats and original designs I recently discovered.
Previously: #12 - #11 - #10 - #9 - #8 - #7 - #6 - #5 - #4 - #3 - #2 - #1
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They LUV drawing! #3
Illustration is probably the largest creative area to express (mostly without words) a message.
Previously: #1 - #2
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A type of Show #5 – I love typography - these projects caught my eye.
Previously: #4 - #3 - #2 - #1
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Moodboards #1 – Branding collaterals staged and served with conceptual brilliance.
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/ 2016 edition
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Netdiver Vintage edition
What was new in design worldwide—sort of a very unofficial record of web history as captured from {1998 - 2007}.
Over 2.3k+ projects.
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