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From TrendHunter.com – Design Trends –Top 75 Design Ideas in June – From Collapsible Work Desks to Self-Inflating Lounge Seats (TrendHunter.com):
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(TrendHunter.com) As the June 2017 design trends reveal, the rise of small-space living is radically changing modern design. Whether it is our workspace or our home, there is a growing emphasis on compact and modular…
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From TrendHunter.com – Cool Gadgets and Gifts –Top 100 Gadget Ideas in June – From Mosquito-Repelling AC Units to Smart Waterpark Wristbands (TrendHunter.com):
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(TrendHunter.com) With summer just around the corner, the June 2017 gadget trends reveal a strong emphasis on products that help consumers avoid the many issues that come with warmer weather. Whether it is staying…
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From TrendHunter.com – Design Trends –Industrial Tokyo Salons – Luck Out Hair Salon is a Space Inspired by the Experience of Brooklyn (TrendHunter.com):
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(TrendHunter.com) The Brooklyn-inspired Luck Out Hair Salon is a laid back space that recently opened in Tokyo, Japan. Designed by Iku Shoji Evans of Bonfield Interiors, the space plays up the industrial theme with…
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From TrendHunter.com – Marketing Strategy –Geometric Cocktail Mixer Labeling – Shrub & Co. Offers a Collection of Refreshing Syrups for Drinks (TrendHunter.com):
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(TrendHunter.com) Shrub & Co. enlisted the creative agency Norvik Design to create the brand identity for its collection of cocktail and sparkler syrups. The syrups come in flavors that are relatively standard for cocktail mixers, but are nonetheless refreshing and dynamic. The labels created by Norvik Design feature a variety of geometric shapes in different shades of the same color, as well as illustrations of the flavor that the bottles contain. The bottles themselves are a dark amber in color, and come in flavors like Spicy Ginger, Organic Blood Orange, Organic Strawberry, Organic Yucatan Honey, Organic Red Grapefruit and Organic Apple.”
From CreativePro.com –Free Lynda.com Video: Developing Visual Campaigns:
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It’stime for another great free video from Lynda.com! This time it’s from Amy Balliet’s course on Developing Visual Campaigns. Here’s the official course description: Today’s audiences crave custom, quality visual content delivered with intent?but they don’t respond to one-off content pieces the way they used to. Gone are the days when a single infographic could garner thousands of views and backlinks. Today, audience expectations have grown and with that, successful brand marketers are combining 12-14 types of visual content into single campaigns to meet those expectations. This means that the growing demand for skilled designers will continue long into the future. To remain relevant, designers will be expected to both art direct and execute on these campaigns, stretching their skillsets across dozens of visual content mediums. In this course, Amy Balliett – CEO of the visual communications agency, Killer Infographics?provides an in-depth look behind the curtain of visual campaigns. She shares her experiences and the lessons she learned from developing over 100 visual campaigns for Fortune 1000 clients and nonprofits, explaining how to develop a successful campaign from start to finish. She walks through how to concept and plan a campaign, and how to pitch that campaign to clients and colleagues…
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From TrendHunter.com – Marketing Strategy –Top 70 Packaging Trends in June – From Marbled Honey Labeling to Medicinal Protein Packaging (TrendHunter.com):
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(TrendHunter.com) June 2017 packaging trends reveal a more modern focus on products that have more often been considered “traditional”, as well as a medicinal twist on food packaging that makes products…
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From TrendHunter.com – Viral Humor and Comedy –Cartoon Character Cakes – This Marge Simpson Cake Depicts a Donut Factory Hidden Under Her Hair (TrendHunter.com):
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(TrendHunter.com) The Letterpress bakery in Vancouver, BC has designed an impossibly realistic, completely edible Marge Simpson cake. The iconic cartoon character is brought to life through this intricate design which depicts Marge from the shoulders up gazing into the distance, adorned with her classic red pearl necklace. The cake takes a humorous twist by depicting Marge as hiding a fully functional donut factory under her iconic blue, bee-hived locks — a nod towards her fictional junk food-loving husband, Homer. The cake was designed with such intricacy, the yellow-clad character looks as though it could come to life…
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From TrendHunter.com – Marketing Strategy –Franchised eSports Bars – The New Meltdown City Clash Tournament (TrendHunter.com):
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(TrendHunter.com) Meltdown eSports Bars are a European franchise that recently moved to North America, and the franchise organized a Meltdown City Clash tournament that recently took place at its Montreal location. Meltdown Montreal offers a distinct service when compared to other bars and establishments that offer traditional arcade games and board games, although it does feature retro console gaming. The bar also hosts video gaming events and has done so since it opened last year, with its most recent one being the Meltdown City Clash tournament in which the winner received a €1,200 prize. ..
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From TrendHunter.com – Design Trends –Ceramic Waste Furniture – Bentu Design Makes Terrazzo-Style Furniture from Recycled Ceramic Waste (TrendHunter.com):
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(TrendHunter.com) Bentu Design has released a terrazzo-style furniture collection made entirely of recycled materials. The furniture and lighting collection made from ceramic waste was created with the intention of drawing a bridge between environmental consciousness and design. To make the house ware collection, Bentu Design used 4 million tonnes of ceramic waste from China’s Foshan city. The area is the ceramic production capital of the world, generating immense amounts of leftover materiel that typically gets dumped in neighboring villages. “Not only is the cost of disposal high, but the non-degradable materials can also not be digested by nature, hence occupy the land, affect the growth of vegetation and even pollute the water,” said Bentu Design…
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From TrendHunter.com – Marketing Strategy –Top 25 Mobile Marketing Ideas in June – From AI Matchmaker Chatbots to Augmented Reality Egg Cartons (TrendHunter.com):
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(TrendHunter.com) Immersive augmented reality technology, interactive chatbots and specialized apps are just a few of the ideas that are present in the top June 2017 mobile marketing concepts. A number of forward-thinking ideas meld digital technology with tangible objects, resulting in the creation of everything from augmented reality magazine covers and egg cartons to fast food containers and grocery store food labels that can be brought to life with the use of one’s phone…
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