December 6 (18) 09:31 am
Heury & Heury is a French design studio (and a brother / sister collective) – and their accomplishments are what most of us – still consider dreams.
1. Break the rules
2. Do what you love
3. Don’t compare to others
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Their approach is minimalist – reductionist in fact. Keep only what is essential. B&Wth is
a perfect example (in 3 models)!
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They self-publish a magazine – aptly titled: Duo: of course right? Worth reading the interviews with Berger & Föhr + Anton & Irene (who were featured on ND).
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ndlr: If you want to know more about their collaboration read their Medium intro (if you speak French that is).
November 9 (17) 07:54 am
Discover the amazing 3D work of Umberto Daina although a freelancer – he has led seminars, workshops and lectures in various faculties, academies.
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Minimal compositions + lots of pink!
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.
October 4 (17) 13:39 pm
What the heck is Sugru? The world’s first mouldable glue that sets strong, by turning into a durable, flexible silicone rubber.
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In a saturated market how do you convey that a product is an innovative – a simply out of this world smart solution (we all need!)??
Animade designed + animated The Fixer’s Manifesto – with funny captions to show what the product is about and drive its uniqueness to consumers.
If it’s broken, fix it!
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Give your stuff a longer life
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Embrace the stuff we already have.
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The Fixer’s Manifesto is free and available for download.
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ndlr: Wow oh wow oh wow – I need some creative solutions to hang / fix stuff around the studios – ah! and the Rebel Tech Kit comes with a booklet + a remover tool.
And on sale now!
September 25 (17) 11:07 am
Mohamed Samir designed Geometric City – Vol.01 – a sumptuous pastel colors abstract posters essay simply delicious to look at.
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Study of Geometric — Arabic Calligraphy. View the whole project! Wow!
September 20 (17) 08:22 am
Read Becky Simpson summary of her recent one year creative residency at Adobe whereas she completed her 2nd book and opened her online store: Chipper Things.
It’s important to challenge ourselves so that when we win, we really win.
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Affirmative (and funny) captions – that empowers and makes us think.
June 16 (17) 11:26 am
20 design studios to pay tribute (posters) to the Helvetica typeface! Happy 60th anniversary to my fav font!
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Estudio Pep Carrió
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Mario Eskenazi Studio
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Socio Design UK
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Design by Toko
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via: Estudio Husmee <- view the presentation video
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We use it everyday.
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This private (free) app I use daily for taking notes or writing. Back up to the cloud for multi-devices access. Runs locally.
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I paint abstract with pretty colours ~ I play with mobile apps to create unique generative art.
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Communication Arts 24-25—calls for entries.
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The Smashing Conferences explore real-life projects, workflows and hands-on insights.
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Upcoming: Oct 28-31/24
SmashingConf - Workshops
Online: check dates.
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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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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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