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Where Can I Find Creative Infographic Design Ideas?

Where Can I Find Creative Infographic Design Ideas?

Preston Lee • Jul 15, 2021Jul 15, 2021
Are you looking to make an infographic but have no idea where to start? Or maybe, you have a few ideas up your sleeve, but it’s not flowing ont...
Design
How to Design a Compelling Brand Identity

How to Design a Compelling Brand Identity

Preston Lee • Jul 7, 2021Oct 24, 2024
Your brand identity reflects your vision and value; it helps build credibility and trust, making it a crucial aspect of any company. In the era of cut...
Design
How to Use Social Media to Get Clients as a Designer

How to Use Social Media to Get Clients as a Designer

Preston Lee • Jul 6, 2021Jul 19, 2021
Social media has become the go-to place for most people searching for goods and services. Businesses that understand the massive audience in this spac...
Business
A Designer’s Guide to Adobe Fonts: Top Picks and How to Use Them

A Designer’s Guide to Adobe Fonts: Top Picks and How to Use Them

Nicole Hardy • Jan 23, 2021Jan 23, 2025
Adobe Fonts is like a treasure chest for designers and creators. Whether you’re designing a poster, crafting a logo, or just trying to give your cla...
Design

Perfect Fonts and Formatting for College Essays

Preston Lee • Jan 17, 2021Jan 17, 2025
When writing college essays, students often focus on content, research, and analysis. While these elements are critical, presentation also plays a sig...
Design
How to Create Face Swap Videos Online for Free Using Pollo.ai

How to Create Face Swap Videos Online for Free Using Pollo.ai

Jack Nolan • Jan 15, 2021Jan 15, 2025
Imagine stepping into your favorite movie scene or creating a hilarious mashup with friends’ faces swapped into iconic moments. Pollo.ai makes this ...
Design
5 Tips to Choose the Perfect Typeface

5 Tips to Choose the Perfect Typeface

Nicole Hardy • Jan 15, 2021Feb 7, 2025
Selecting the right font can make or break your company’s image. Whether you’re looking at a font for a company logo or for an academic project, i...
FontsTypography
The Power of Visual Communication in Sales

The Power of Visual Communication in Sales

Jack Nolan • Jan 15, 2021Jan 15, 2025
In sales, where competition is fierce, and attention spans are short, the way a message is presented can significantly impact its effectiveness. Visua...
Design
10 Cool Fonts to Inspire Your Next Design Project

10 Cool Fonts to Inspire Your Next Design Project

Nicole Hardy • Jan 13, 2021Jan 15, 2025
If you’re anything like me, you already have over a thousand fonts installed on your machine. But every time you start browsing your collection, all...
DesignFontsTypography
Guts & Glory Projects

Guts & Glory Projects

Courtney • Mar 6, 2020Jul 6, 2021
I recently came across the work of Guts & Glory, the Oakland, California-based studio founded by Faun Chapin and Meg Paradise, and I am loving wha...
Design
Easy, Tiger: Cards for Awesome People

Easy, Tiger: Cards for Awesome People

Courtney • Mar 4, 2020Mar 4, 2020
Easy Tiger is a new Kansas City based stationery business that strives to make “cards for awesome people.” And they are certainly distribu...
DesignPaper Goods
Painted Canoe Paddles

Painted Canoe Paddles

Brad Woodard • Feb 28, 2020Mar 4, 2020
For the month of August, a series of guest posters will be filling in on DWL with daily posts. Today’s posts come to you fromBrad Woodard ofBrav...
Products
Recommended Resources: Behance Creative’s Outfitter

Recommended Resources: Behance Creative’s Outfitter

Courtney • Feb 23, 2020Jul 6, 2021
I have proclaimed my love for Behancein all its formson this blog many times, but one of their services I use the most is Creative’s Outfitter, ...
ProductsRecommended Resources
Fun New Things from Elsewares

Fun New Things from Elsewares

Courtney • Feb 20, 2020Mar 4, 2020
Stationery from Chewing the Cud Let’s Ketchup Card, $4.25 right here. Jewelry from We Dream in Colour Ines Necklace, $42 and Athena Silver Ring,...
Paper GoodsProducts
A Master of Her Brand

A Master of Her Brand

Courtney • Feb 14, 2020Mar 4, 2020
Everyone seems to be talking about the new Kate Spade collection right now. And as much as I love the clothes and accessories, I’m more impresse...
Design
Anderson Design Group: Rahal Farms Branding

Anderson Design Group: Rahal Farms Branding

Courtney • Feb 12, 2020Mar 4, 2020
Nashville-based Anderson Design Group recently completed this branding project for Rahal Farms, a holistic and sustainable farm, also in Tennessee.The...
Design
Rebecca Green Illustration

Rebecca Green Illustration

Karen Kurycki • Feb 10, 2020Jul 6, 2021
For the month of August, a series of guest posters will be filling in on DWL with daily posts. Today’s posts come to you from designer and illus...
ArtIllustration
Badass Lady Creatives: Art Director/Designer Jenny Tondera

Badass Lady Creatives: Art Director/Designer Jenny Tondera

Melanie • Feb 7, 2020Mar 4, 2020
Jenny Tondera, Art Director at Spring Studios NY, hasquite a bit under her belt: she’s designed atMCAD DesignWorks, 160over90, andBloomingdale&#...
Badass Lady CreativesDesign
Franklyn: Betaworks Identity and Collateral

Franklyn: Betaworks Identity and Collateral

Courtney • May 30, 2014Jul 6, 2021
Brooklyn-based studio Franklyn?recently completed a rebrand for Betaworks,?who builds and invests in companies and products in the digital realm. Part...
Design
Rebecca Mah: Culture Caps

Rebecca Mah: Culture Caps

Garth • May 30, 2014May 29, 2014
For her senior thesis, Tyler School of Art graduate Rebecca Mah created Culture Caps, a drop cap alphabet influenced by different regions correspondi...
Design
Kelli Anderson: Russ & Daughters

Kelli Anderson: Russ & Daughters

Courtney • May 30, 2014Jul 6, 2021
I am incredibly impressed with the extensive?project that Kelli Anderson recently completed for New York institution, Russ and Daughters. Working alon...
Design
Roger Dario Design

Roger Dario Design

Courtney • May 30, 2014Jul 6, 2021
I just recently stumbled upon Roger Dario‘s portfolio?which he just redesigned this past winter?and found a selection of really impressive ident...
Design
The Fox and King Illustration

The Fox and King Illustration

Garth • May 29, 2014May 28, 2014
There’s something sly and regal making magic in Melbourne, Australia, and that something is Glenn Thomas, AKA The Fox and King. Glenn’s r...
DesignIllustration
Etsy Finds: Boyoun Kim

Etsy Finds: Boyoun Kim

Courtney • May 29, 2014Jul 6, 2021
I’m loving the whimsical and?colorful illustration style of Boyoun Kim, who I stumbled upon on Etsy. Her shop features?the?selection of prints y...
Etsy Finds
J.Crew for Paperless Post

J.Crew for Paperless Post

Courtney • May 29, 2014Jul 6, 2021
Paperless Post’s latest collaboration is with none other than major fashion brand?J. Crew, who created a collection of 42 greetings and invitati...
Design
Alliteration Inspiration: Zoos & Zzz’s

Alliteration Inspiration: Zoos & Zzz’s

Garth • May 29, 2014May 28, 2014
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This weekâ€...
Alliteration InspirationDesign
Kelly Thompson: Design & Illustration

Kelly Thompson: Design & Illustration

Garth • May 28, 2014May 28, 2014
Kelly Thompson, a Texan designer/illustrator based in Seattle, has combined her southern spice and northwestern quirkiness into a wide range of notewo...
DesignIllustration

Kevin Cantrell: Terra Poster

Courtney • May 28, 2014May 27, 2014
Kevin Cantrell just completed the next poster in his 7 Days series, Terra, and it is—as expected—just plain gorgeous. This time around he has prin...
Design

Wise Words: Francis Bacon

Courtney • May 28, 2014May 27, 2014
This week’s Wise Words come from English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, essayist, and author, Francis Bacon. via The Quoter...
Wise Words
Badass Lady Creatives [in History]: Amrita Sher-Gil

Badass Lady Creatives [in History]: Amrita Sher-Gil

Melanie • May 28, 2014May 27, 2014
Amrita Sher-Gil (1913–1941) was an influential painter in the Indian modern art movement. Amrita is often labelled the “Frida Kahlo of India&...
Badass Lady Creatives

Meagan Tidwell Design

Courtney • May 27, 2014May 27, 2014
Meagan Tidwell has a beautiful portfolio filled with work that is sophisticated, elegant and often soft, light, airy. Below are a few projects that ...
Design

Type Love: Laski Slab

Courtney • May 27, 2014May 27, 2014
Laski Slab is a new release from Amsterdam-based foundry Re-Type. Conceived for editorial purposes, the typeface includes a total of 20 fonts, includ...
Typography

Neenah Env Papers Notecards + A Giveaway

Courtney • May 27, 2014May 27, 2014
Neenah Paper recently worked with Design Army to reinvent their line of Environment papers, including the development of a new color palette and...
Design

The Fascinating World of the Global Web

Jackson • May 27, 2014Mar 24, 2021
If you haven?t had a chance to click through the 113-slide deck on The Emerging Global Web yet, you?re seriously missing out. 25 years on and the web ...
Design

Triboro: Narcissa Identity and Collateral

Courtney • May 26, 2014May 18, 2014
Triboro recently relaunched their website with a ton of beautiful, new work. One project that particularly caught my eye is their identity and collat...
Design

Mirth Studio Hardwood Floor Tiles

Courtney • May 26, 2014May 18, 2014
Not your typical DWL post, but I cannot get enough of these gorgeous, patterned hardwood floor tiles by Mirth Studio....
Design
Inspiring Instagramers: anasbarros

Inspiring Instagramers: anasbarros

Ashley • May 26, 2014May 23, 2014
Username: anasbarros Name: Ana Sampaio Barros Info: Portuguese architect living in Vienna …a day in the office is just not creative enough | ...
iPhoneography

KNOCK Inc: We Heart Trees 2014

Courtney • May 23, 2014May 22, 2014
This year, for their annual Arbor Day initiative, KNOCK Inc put together a Buzzfeed-style quiz that tells users what CelebriTree they are. Results a...
Design

A Few Fuzzco Projects

Courtney • May 23, 2014May 18, 2014
It’s been a little while since I checked in with what Fuzzco was up to, and since I always love their work, I figured now is the time. Here are ...
Design

Quick Links: 05.23.14

Courtney • May 23, 2014May 22, 2014
Looking for some new color inspiration? Check out The Day’s Color, a daily color digest. If you’re looking for icons to use in your next d...
Design

Etsy Finds: Hooray Today

Courtney • May 22, 2014May 21, 2014
Illustrators Alyssa Nassner and Allison Beck just recently launched Hooray Today, a new line of colorful greeting cards and paper goods. They have lot...
Design

Student Work: Rosie Gopaul Packaging Projects

Courtney • May 22, 2014May 21, 2014
I’m really enjoying these two student packaging projects by Rosie Gopaul, a designer based out of Vancouver, BC. Hushh Stewards Soapery Messy M...
Design
Alliteration Inspiration: Wheels & Water

Alliteration Inspiration: Wheels & Water

Garth • May 22, 2014May 21, 2014
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This weekâ€...
Alliteration InspirationDesign

Wise Words: James Victore

Courtney • May 21, 2014May 21, 2014
This week’s Wise Words from James Victore remind us that a change of attitude can go a long way. Check out the companion Burning Questions vid...
Wise Words
ASCD: 2013 Annual Report Website

ASCD: 2013 Annual Report Website

Garth • May 21, 2014May 28, 2014
Every annual reporting season, companies and nonprofits alike step up their design game to create a solid impression of the past year’s progress...
Design
Badass Lady Creatives: Hattie Newman

Badass Lady Creatives: Hattie Newman

Melanie • May 21, 2014May 20, 2014
I don’t know what’s in the water over in London, but the city boasts some pretty serious set design talent. A recent favorite is Hattie Ne...
Badass Lady Creatives
Digital Tales From 2 Days in Seattle

Digital Tales From 2 Days in Seattle

Jackson • May 20, 2014May 27, 2014
This past weekend we had the great fortune to join the gang from Creative Social for their latest global event in Seattle. For this group of talented ...
Art & Code
Sense: Oblica Catalogue

Sense: Oblica Catalogue

Garth • May 20, 2014May 20, 2014
Bask in the warming glow of beautiful design found in this catalogue for Oblica fireplaces created by Sense, a creative agency based in Melbourne, A...
Design

Type Love: Urban Grotesk

Courtney • May 20, 2014May 18, 2014
Urban Grotesk is Suitcase Type Foundry‘s most recent release. A traditional grotesk sans serif, this typeface includes six weights with matching...
Typography
Baron Fig: The Poster Project

Baron Fig: The Poster Project

Garth • May 20, 2014May 18, 2014
Baron Fig, a small business making “sketchbooks and notebooks for thinkers,” just launched a lovely new side project simply titled The Pos...
Design

BLOW: Project Charisma Teaser

Courtney • May 19, 2014May 18, 2014
New from BLOW is their work for Project Charisma, a teaser promotion for Polytrade Paper. To promote their range of eight papers, BLOW developed eight...
Design

Recommended Resources: The Design Method

Courtney • May 19, 2014May 18, 2014
This week’s recommended resource is a book I just finished reading and found incredibly insightful, The Design Method by Eric Karjaluoto. You m...
Recommended Resources
Inspiring Instagramers: chrysti

Inspiring Instagramers: chrysti

Ashley • May 19, 2014May 18, 2014
Username: chrysti Name: Chrysti Hydeck Info: Co-Author of Photo Craft (transform your photos!) Storyteller. Dreamer. Seeker of Light. Wanderer. In ...
iPhoneography

Marriott Hotels’ Meetings Imagined Inspires You to Travel Brilliantly

Courtney • May 16, 2014May 16, 2014
Last week I had the incredible opportunity to travel to Atlanta and work with Marriott Hotels as they celebrate the launch of Meetings Imagined, an am...
Design
Signs of Hawaii

Signs of Hawaii

Courtney • May 16, 2014May 16, 2014
Since Hawaii is my absolute favorite place on earth, I am loving this Instagram photo series of vintage signs found there. Most of the images have be...
Design
Quick Links: 05.16.14

Quick Links: 05.16.14

Courtney • May 16, 2014May 15, 2014
Discover.typography is a really cool tool developed by H&Co that provides users with the ability “to experience type, an environment that ...
Quick Links

Etsy Finds: Ghost Signs

Courtney • May 15, 2014May 11, 2014
Ghost Signs is a New Jersey-based shop featuring photographs of ghost signs, brick ads, painted advertisements, faded signage, and old hand painted ...
Etsy Finds
Jon Newman: Daydreams & Nightschemes Studio Launch

Jon Newman: Daydreams & Nightschemes Studio Launch

Garth • May 15, 2014May 14, 2014
Designer Jon Newman took the leap from the comfort of his day job at MTV to start Daydreams & Nightschemes, his own new studio. Among Jon’s ...
Design
Alliteration Inspiration: Veggies & Vacation

Alliteration Inspiration: Veggies & Vacation

Garth • May 15, 2014Mar 25, 2015
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This weekâ€...
Alliteration InspirationDesign

Kyrö Distillery Company on Behance

Courtney • May 14, 2014May 13, 2014
I am by no means a whiskey fan, but I definitely love the bold identity and packaging that Werklig developed for Kyrö Distillery Company, a rye wh...
Design
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