8 Important Color Rules For UI Design
Color is one of the most important elements of UI design. Most rookie designers find an elegant palette online and incorporate the colors into their design, without considering branding, functionality, and accessibility issues like color blindness. London-based product designer Zander Whitehurst has come up with a handy list of color rules every UI … View Post ▸
A Minimalist Approach To Product Packaging Of Famous Brands
If you're into minimalist design, you'll like this project by Turkish designer Mehmet Gozetlik that tries to find alternate simple versions of product packaging of international brands. The project exhibits three types of packaging: 1. The original version 2. The simple version 3. An even simpler version It's interesting to note how most of them … View Post ▸
12 Visual Hierarchy Principles Every Designer Should Know
Visual hierarchy is the arrangement and presentation of design elements in order of their importance. It influences the order in which the human eye perceives the information that is being displayed. A simple example would be a business card - the name of the organisation is usually the most prominent element, followed by the name of the card holder, job … View Post ▸
The Most Popular Brand Colours In Each Industry And Their Impact On Consumers
Colour psychology has become an increasingly important part of branding, identity and logo design for businesses as each shade has a specific psychological impact on the consumer they are targeting. UK insurance intermediary Towergate Insurance analysed 520 company logos in a variety of sectors and compiled them into an infographic to determine which … View Post ▸
14 Graphic Design Terms That Most Designers Get Wrong
Most amateur designers don't know the difference between a font and a typeface. They use the two terms interchangeably. A font is the variation of weights (bold, italic, thin) of a typeface. A typeface is a family of fonts, like Arial, Helvetica, Bebas, etc. Another example is the usage of the terms 'color' and 'hue'. Color is an all-encompassing word … View Post ▸
Top 10 Ways To Use ChatGPT For UX Design
In the fast-paced and ever-changing world of technology, UX designers need all the help they can get to keep up with the latest trends and tools. ChatGPT, a state-of-the-art language model developed by OpenAI, offers a new and innovative way to assist UX designers in their work. Whether it's generating ideas, writing copy, or creating design guidelines, … View Post ▸
Hilarious McDonald’s Ads Show How Drunk People Order Food Late Night
So you've had a night on the town and it's time to get some food into your system. You see those familiar golden arches and head to McDonald's to place an order. You walk up the counter, ready to order a burger, fries, and a coke, but "bulga, flies, and a cloak" is what you end up saying in an inebriated state. Based on this funny insight, DDB Aotearoa … View Post ▸
How To Move Body Parts In Photoshop And Change Poses Like A Pro
The Puppet Warp tool is a powerful Photoshop feature that lets you add a visual mesh to distort specific areas of an image, while leaving other areas intact, with the help of anchor points that act like hinges. This gives you the ability to edit and move body parts in photos, change poses, edit facial expressions, reposition hair, create animations, and … View Post ▸
Top 7 Creative Trends For 2023
In 2023, brands are looking to engage consumers with new immersive experiences that break the monotony of routine and invite them to escape from the ordinary. Content creators are seeking to woo audiences with unique creative approaches, Extended Reality (XR) technology, and innovative production techniques. To highlight the ideas, aesthetics, and … View Post ▸
22 Differences Between Designers And Non-Designers
For regular people, the word "path" refers to a route or track between two places. But for us designers, paths are vector based-line drawings connected by anchor points. The word "channel" might remind people of their favourite TV channels and shows, but for designers, channels are separate layers of color information in Photoshop. Similarly, the word … View Post ▸
Programming Languages That UX Designers Should Know
You don't have to know how to code to be a UX designer. But you need to understand coding if you want to be a good UX designer. Why? Because a product’s design in Figma, even if it’s in line with every UX best practice, you can think of, without a developer, is still just that - a set of pictures in an app. To create a product, you need to collaborate … View Post ▸
The Art Of Deck Making – How To Create Presentations That Win Clients
"The success of your presentation will be judged not by the knowledge you send, but by what the listener receives." - Lilly Walters. A good presentation deck will tell a story that will connect with the client on an emotional level. Before we ask our clients to make a financial investment, we must first ask them to make an emotional one. Just like any … View Post ▸
Top 8 Graphic Design Trends For 2023
The need for good design has never been more relevant than in today's challenging economic environment. Now more than ever, brands need effective visual communication that is eye-catching, contemporary, and helps them connect with their audiences across several platforms. Information design platform Venngage has come up with an insightful report on … View Post ▸
Top 20 Free Games For Graphic Designers
Who says games can't be educational? In today's post, we've rounded up 20 of the coolest design-centric games that teach the basic concepts and fundamentals of design. These games help you learn about colors, fonts, typography, UI design, Photoshop and Illustrator tools, logos, and more. The best part is that all these games are free and browser-based. … View Post ▸
Designer Creates Typographic Logos Of Superheroes Using Their Faces And Names
Logo designer Sergey Kyrmanov has come up with an interesting project that features typographic logos of superheroes that combine their names with their facial appearance. The logos have been designed in a way that the name of the superhero takes the shape of the character's face or mask. For example, the Batman logo features an illustrated face of the … View Post ▸
Designer Creates Typographic Logos Of Supervillains Using Their Faces And Names
Logo designer Sergey Kyrmanov has come up with an interesting project that features typographic logos of supervillains that combine their names with their facial appearance. The logos have been designed in a way that the name of the supervillain takes the shape of the character’s face or mask. For example, the Joker logo features an illustrated face of … View Post ▸
This Samsung Flip Phone Ad At A Bus Stop Is Pretty Cool
Samsung has come up with a clever OOH campaign to promote their Galaxy Z Flip4 phones in Belgium. The benches inside some of the bus stops/shelters have been transformed into seats that look like large versions of the Flip4 phones. The installation invites commuters to "flip" the seat open, thereby creating a fun interaction with the consumer that … View Post ▸
Instantly Remove The Background Of Any Image With This Powerful, Free AI Tool
Looking for a quick and easy way to remove or replace the background of your images? PicWish is a powerful background remover tool that uses AI technology to detect and extract the subject from the background without compromising its quality. You can use PicWish for portraits, e-commerce, product photos, ID photos, logos, graphics, marketing, car sales, … View Post ▸
Why Most Brand Logos Look The Same Nowadays
Minimalism is a major trend in logo design nowadays with most brands stripping their logos down to a simple wordmark in a sans-serif typeface. These minimal, type-only logos look clean and are legible across all devices and screens, from mobile phones to smart watches. But have we reached a point where the personalities and characteristics of one logo are … View Post ▸
Learn In 30 Seconds How To Convert Low-Res Graphics To High-Res In Photoshop
So you're working on a design project and you have a low-res version of a logo or a graphic that you need in high-resolution. What do you do? You can vectorize the graphic in Adobe Illustrator, or use an AI Image Upscaler - but those processes can be tedious, time consuming, and not entirely accurate. Photoshop instructor Unmesh Dinda from … View Post ▸
37 Epic Memes For Graphic Designers
Stuck in the middle of a tough project with a stiff deadline? Is your client giving you sleepless nights? Are you tired of your boss micromanaging everything? If your answer is yes, then you need a healthy dose of meme-therapy to brighten your day. Memes stimulate the release of endorphins that create a sense of well-being in the body. In a study of 472 … View Post ▸
Designer Develops Revolutionary ‘Bionic Reading’ Method That Will Help You Read Faster
Swiss typographic designer Renato Casutt has come up with an ingenious new reading system called Bionic Reading that helps you read text faster by artificially emphasizing (bolding) the first few letters of a written word and letting your brain fill in the rest. How it works: Bionic Reading is based on the principle that our brain can identify whole words … View Post ▸
This Clever Billboard By Corona Beer Uses Sunlight To Create The Shape Of Their Bottle
Beer brand Corona has come up with a 'natural' billboard in Brighton, England, that uses sunlight and shadows to form the shape of its iconic bottle. The installation consists of a solid yellow board, 6 metres in height, with the Corona beer label in the middle. The foliage on the side consists of a cutout that lets sunlight in, and creates the shape of … View Post ▸
Mastercard Creates A Brilliant Ad To Launch Their Accessible Cards For The Blind
Mastercard has released a series of 'Touch Cards' with distinct notches on the top to help the blind and visually impaired distinguish between different types of cards. Designed with accessibility in mind, the cards consist of a square notch for credit, round notch for debit, and triangular notch for prepaid, so that they can be identified with just a … View Post ▸
KFC Launches ‘ChickenStock’ Image Library For Copycats To Steal Its Photos For Free
KFC is the world's second largest restaurant chain and one of the most recognizable food brands on the planet. Unfortunately, their product photos are also used by counterfeit restaurants who download low-quality images of KFC chicken from Google and use them to sell their chicken. But instead of going after them directly, KFC decided to have some fun … View Post ▸
How To Market Your Podcast Using Social Media
So, you’ve started a podcast and got a few episodes under your belt. Now, how do you get people to listen to your content? If you want more subscribers than just your mom and grandma, you’ll have to start marketing your podcast on social media. Using social media to market your podcast has a lot of benefits: It’s free, all your fans are there, and you … View Post ▸
How To Remove Impossible Objects In Photoshop
So you've got an image with a highly detailed background and you want to remove an object or two from it. You try using the Clone Tool, Content-Aware, and the Healing Tool but none of them do the job. What do you do? In this brilliant tutorial, Photoshop instructor Unmesh Dinda from PiXimperfect shows you how to remove complex objects from detailed … View Post ▸
8 Effective Tips For Usability In Web Design
Usability in web design is about more than an easy-to-use UX and some pre-installed text-to-speech page readers. It’s about thinking across the unique groups of people who might visit your website and catering to their needs. Today, we’ll look at usability in web design in a whole new way; and that means designing for everyone including the … View Post ▸
32 People Who Realized Famous Logos Are Not What They Thought They Were
Big corporations spend millions of dollars on their branding in an effort to make their logos memorable and establish brand recall with their consumers. But sometimes people mistake the elements of a logo as something else entirely. One such episode was shared by LA-based content director Freddie Campion when he tweeted that his wife always thought that … View Post ▸
Ad Of The Year – Emirates A380 Flies Past Woman Standing On Top Of Burj Khalifa
Emirates came up with the marketing stunt of the year in 2021 when they placed a flight attendant on top of the Burj Khalifa to promote the easing of travel restrictions between the UK and the UAE. The 'flight attendant' was actually Nicole Smith-Ludvik, a professional skydiving instructor, in the Emirates uniform. The ad went viral and questions were … View Post ▸
Graphic Designer Creates Typographic City Logos Based On Their Famous Landmarks
Yemen-based graphic designer Mohamed Aljaadaby has come up with an interesting project that features typographic wordmark logos of cities in the shape of their famous monuments and landmarks. For example, the logo for Sydney is the word 'Sydney' warped in the shape of the Opera House. The logo for Athens is the Acropolis with the word 'Athens' in the … View Post ▸
Photographer Shows Off Crazy Skills By Sharing Behind-The-Scenes Photos With The Final Photos
We see beautiful photos on Instagram everyday, and most of them look like they've been shot on elaborate sets with an entire team of professionals. But that is not always the case. LA-based photographer Geo Leon proves that sometimes all you need is a keen imagination and some Photoshop magic to create stunning images that turn heads. He captures his … View Post ▸
7 Useful Tips To Help You Create Beautiful Gradients
Gradients are a popular trend in graphic, web, and UI design nowadays, widely used in apps, websites, logos, illustrations, packaging, and more. However, the use of gradient as a design element can be tricky. If overdone, it can look tacky and cheap. One of the best ways to find inspiration is to observe nature - the sky, sunsets, plants, landscapes, etc. … View Post ▸
This Brilliant Free Tool Can Remove The Background From Your Photo Or Logo Within Seconds
The team at fashion portal Fynd has come up with a handy new AI tool called Erase.bg that lets you quickly remove backgrounds from any image and download it in the original resolution for free. Simply upload your image (JPEG, PNG, or WEBP upto 5000 × 5000 px) or paste an image URL. The machine learning model automatically detects the subject, removes the … View Post ▸
NVIDIA Develops Incredible AI That Can Create Images From Any Text That You Enter
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but with NVIDIA's new GauGAN2 artificial intelligence (AI), you can create a picture with just three to four words. The deep-learning model is able to generate a photorealistic image of different scenes using text, sentences, or phrases that you enter into the program. For example, if you type "Highway … View Post ▸
This Powerful New Tool Can Remove Anything From Your Photo In 4 Seconds
The engineering team at ClipDrop have come up with an incredible new web app called Cleanup.Pictures that lets you retouch and remove any object, person, or text from your photo within seconds for free. You can use the browser-based app to fix your images, remove unwanted people, create a clean background, or fill-up any missing spaces. Just upload your … View Post ▸
Can You Sharpen An Image By Using Blur In Photoshop? This Unique Trick Gives The Best Results
What if we told you there is a Photoshop technique in which the more you blur an image, the sharper it gets? And as unbelievable as that sounds, it does a better job than traditional methods. In this insightful tutorial, Photoshop instructor Unmesh Dinda from PiXimperfect shares a unique process that involves using Gaussian Blur and special Blend Modes to … View Post ▸
Google’s AI Technology Can Turn Low-Res Images To High-Res With Incredible Results
Researchers at Google's Brain Team have come up with a breakthrough AI machine-learning technology that can upscale low quality images effectively and turn low-resolution photos to high-res using diffusion models. The applications of these technologies can range from restoring old family photos to improving medical imaging systems. The first approach, … View Post ▸
13-Year-Old Boy Makes Miniature Cars Look Life-Size With His Amazing Photography
Anthony Schmidt is a 13-year-old boy on the autism spectrum from Woodinville, Washington, with a passion to photograph toy cars so they look life-size. Using an iPhone and forced-perspective photography techniques, he captures vintage and classic car models against backdrops of nature and architecture. Anthony's passion for cars began from an early age. … View Post ▸
Photographer Plays With Sunsets To Tell Beautiful Stories
Indian photographer Krutik Thakur captures amusing sunset silhouettes that showcase the orange setting sun as a tangible object that people can hold, move, and play with. His beautiful, whimsical scenes depict people interacting with the sun using different props and situations. They can be seen playing soccer with the sun, fishing the sun out from the … View Post ▸
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