[#Design] Three-Dimensional Embroideries

From TrendHunter.com – Design TrendsThree-Dimensional Embroideries – Justyna Wołodkiewicz Creates Unique Embroidery Fused with Clay (TrendHunter.com):


Three-Dimensional Embroideries - Justyna Wołodkiewicz Creates Unique Embroidery Fused with Clay (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) Artist Justyna Wołodkiewicz fuses unique embroidery with abstract clay design to produce gorgeous three-dimensional objects emerging from traditional wooden hoops. The age-old art of embroidery receives a playful twist through this project, which merges thoughtful and meticulous line work with a seemingly carefree spunk. The pieces feature a range of color, and place the clay objects strategically, helping the artist create a different narrative. The abstract pieces depict scenes of blue skies and flowers, along with more recognizable objects like clocks, water and human anatomy. The clay figures emerge from the threaded frame, creating a multi-textured piece of art that’s both stunning and unconventional.



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[Design] All About Titling Fonts

From CreativePro.comAll About Titling Fonts:


All About Titling FontsWhen looking for just the right display typeface, have you considered a titling font? If not, you are missing out on an entire category of possibilities. Titling fonts are typefaces designed specifically for headline or display usage. They are usually all caps, but some can contain lowercase, and even small caps! Titling fonts differ from their text counterparts in that their scale, proportion, and design details have been tweaked to look best at larger sizes. They often have an increased weight contrast between the thick and thin parts of the characters, and can sometimes have more condensed proportions than their text-sized cousins if part of a family. This sub-category of display typefaces tend to have a refined, even dramatic look ? qualities that make them an excellent choice for books, magazines, movie titles and sequences, logos, signage, or any usage that calls for large-sized type benefiting from finessed design details as well as a touch of elegance. Titling fonts can be part of an existing typeface or a stand-alone design. They are most often- but not always – serif designs with pronounced weight contrast, as it is the thin strokes that vary the most in typestyles intended for text…



[#Design] Top 75 Design Ideas in June 2017

From TrendHunter.com – Design TrendsTop 75 Design Ideas in June – From Collapsible Work Desks to Self-Inflating Lounge Seats (TrendHunter.com):


Top 75 Design Ideas in June - From Collapsible Work Desks to Self-Inflating Lounge Seats (TrendHunter.com) (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…



[#Design] Industrial Tokyo Salons

From TrendHunter.com – Design TrendsIndustrial Tokyo Salons – Luck Out Hair Salon is a Space Inspired by the Experience of Brooklyn (TrendHunter.com):


Industrial Tokyo Salons - Luck Out Hair Salon is a Space Inspired by the Experience of Brooklyn (TrendHunter.com) (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…



[#Design] Ceramic Waste Furniture

From TrendHunter.com – Design TrendsCeramic Waste Furniture – Bentu Design Makes Terrazzo-Style Furniture from Recycled Ceramic Waste (TrendHunter.com):


Ceramic Waste Furniture - Bentu Design Makes Terrazzo-Style Furniture from Recycled Ceramic Waste (TrendHunter.com) (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…



[#Design] Historical Seattle on a Typographic Pub Crawl

From CreativePro.comStepping Through Historical Seattle on a Typographic Pub Crawl:


Stepping Through Historical Seattle on a Typographic Pub CrawlWhen I found out that the annual North American typography conference, TypeCon, was going to be in my hometown of Seattle, I decided to create a conference event that would somehow provide a unique experience to typographers from out-of-town. My love for the city is deep since I’ve lived here my entire life (aside from spending my undergraduate years in Spokane, WA and at graduate school in Scotland). Seattle – nestled between the water and the mountains – offers everything our art-creating, coffee-drinking, airplane-making, software-programming locals desire. The knowledgeable Paul Shaw was already scheduled to give his famous TypeCon typography walk in downtown Seattle, so I wanted to choose a different neighborhood and add a little something to make it unique. After all, my first font release, Bemis, in 2013, was based on the 1917 inscription on the historic Bemis building in Seattle. I loved the look of the high-waisted capital letters, so I created a historical revival inspired by the B-E-M-I-S letterforms inscribed onto the front of the brick building. KUOW and The Seattle Times found the project intriguing, so it received a bit of publicity. So combining my interests in typography and in historical Seattle, it seemed as though I might have something…



[#Design] Free Lynda.com Video – Logo Design: Illustrating Logo Marks

From CreativePro.comFree Lynda.com Video ? Logo Design: Illustrating Logo Marks:


Free Lynda.com Video ? Logo Design: Illustrating Logo MarksProfessional logo design, like many creative endeavors, requires both great imagination and execution. You need both the right idea and the chops to pull it off with vectors. Von Glitschka’s Lynda.com course, Logo Design: Illustrating Logo Marks, covers the process of logo building from start to finish. Here’s the official course description: This logo design course is all about craftsmanship of the artwork, the minutia of building logo marks. It’s focused on what goes into the execution of a good logo?because it won’t matter what the idea is if you design it poorly. Von Glitschka explains how drawing complements the brainstorming and design process, introduces time-tested build methods for vector-based graphics, and explains how to make the critical decisions around format, color, and other aspects of brand identity. These creative tactics and workflows will help you create better, stronger workflows that display beautifully in all formats: in print, on the web, or in motion. Topics include: Drawing your design Selecting a logo style Building a logo with shapes Creating modular designs Establishing brand colors and visual continuity Iconifying complex shapes Adding dimension to flat motifs Using negative space Delivering the final logo files and style guides…



[#Design] Elegant Copper Watering Cans

From TrendHunter.com – Design TrendsElegant Copper Watering Cans – The Kaenjusai Watering Can is Both Practical and Visually Pleasing (TrendHunter.com):


Elegant Copper Watering Cans - The Kaenjusai Watering Can is Both Practical and Visually Pleasing (TrendHunter.com)(TrendHunter.com) The delicate and practical design of the Kaenjusai Watering Can is sure to keep green thumbs everywhere happy. The gorgeous rose gold watering can by designer Keita Suzuki wanted to ensure less…



[Design] Secrets of the Esc Key

From CreativePro.comSecrets of the Esc Key:


Secrets of the Esc Key
If you’ll pardon the pun, the Esc key might escape the notice of many Adobe Creative Cloud users, but it’s actually a great shortcut. You might already know that the Esc key can be a shortcut for the Cancel button, but it does a few more interesting things in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, and Adobe Illustrator. I wrote this article as a follow-up to my earlier CreativePro article about the hidden powers of the Enter key; if you like these tips you’ll want to check out that article too. But for now, let’s uncover some of the secrets of the Esc key. Esc: Your Easy Exit Esc is short for "escape," and that’s a good way to understand when to press that key. When you’re adjusting an option and you find yourself thinking "I’m going down the wrong road…", that’s when you might want to try the Esc key. In many applications, the Esc key is a keyboard shortcut for canceling the current operation. If you see a Cancel button on the screen, chances are pressing Esc will be the same as clicking that Cancel button. Similarly, Esc is often a single-key equivalent to pressing the Command-. (Mac) or Ctrl-. (Windows) shortcut for canceling…



[#ALA] User Research When You Can’t Talk to Your Users

From A List Apart:User Research When You Can't Talk to Your Users:


User Research When You Can't Talk to Your Users
It's not breaking news to say that the core of UX, in a vacuum, is talking to your users to gather insights and then applying that information to your designs. But it's equally true that UX does not happen in a vacuum. So what happens when you don't have the budget or the timeline to run user tests, card sorts, or stakeholder interviews? What should you do when your company doesn't want you bothering the paying customers who use their software? In short, how do you do UX research when you can't get direct access to your users? While the best methods for gathering user insights entail first-hand research, there are other ways to quickly glean qualitative data about your users 'wants and needs' beyond the usual lightweight guerrilla user testing options. For a start, companies that are new or have a smaller digital footprint can benefit from things like forums or even competitor reviews to get a better sense of the users in their industry vertical. And for more established companies, customer service logs and app reviews can be invaluable for learning what users think about specific products. Let’s check out a few techniques I like to recommend…



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