25 Epic Design Tips for Non-Designers. Get your graphic design game-face on with these inspiring tips!
Whether you’re a creating graphics for social media or designing an invitation for an upcoming event, the application of graphic design is vast and versatile. From font pairing and scale, to alignment and white space, the facets of the design world are complex. Let these twenty five epic design tips help you through the pits and the peaks of the creative process. Click on the images throughout this post to create your own designs with a remix link.
Happy designing! 01. Use easy to read fonts for simple and effective graphic design. 02. Apply scale to type, shapes or compositional features that need proportionate emphasis. Use appropriate colors to enhance this technique while making sure that you choose suitable typefaces that look great when increased in size, here I used Raleway for the word ‘Scale’ as it has strong, bold and clear letter forms. A Beginner’s Guide to Pairing Fonts. Pairing fonts can be a challenge.
Selecting two or more fonts which work well is one thing - selecting two which work together to achieve your typographic aims may have you reaching for the aspirin. Let's see if we can alleviate any headaches. This guide will help you get started with font pairing for the web. Luckily, typography has been around a lo-oong time. Typographic rules and conventions have had plenty of opportunity to establish themselves and there are loads of resources to help you out. Here's a quick breakdown of what we'll cover in this guide: Your Aim Keep the essentials in mind. How Many Fonts Should I Use?
What to do with an Old Crib… 15 Great Ideas for Repurposing Baby Cribs! ~ Baby Coupons and Stuff. Welcome to Baby Coupons and Stuff ~ Printable Baby Coupons, Baby Deals, Kids Deals and More! If you are new here, be sure to sign up for Free Email Updates or subscribe via RSS so you never miss a deal! Easily Recreating The Look of a Classic Wallpaper: Patterned Paint Rollers. We ran across an interesting idea on The Painted House, which most of you DIY enthusiasts will probably enjoy.
Found via FloDeau, the patterned paint rollers can easily recreate the look of a classic wallpaper; if you are willing to take things further, they can even be used to print patterns on various fabrics. Founder Clare Bosanquet discovered the unusual tools in Romania- where many creative folks use them as alternatives to wallpaper. As she further explains, “there are two parts to the roller system: firstly, there are the 6 inch wide, embossed patterned rollers in 9 different designs; then there is a choice of two applicators, one for use on fabric and the other for paper & walls“. In The Middle Of The Village / STEINMETZDEMEYER Architectes Urbanistes. Architects: STEINMETZDEMEYER Architectes Urbanistes Location: Dalheim, Luxembourg Design Team: F.
Legros, M. Vereecken, R. Fichant Project Year: 2009 Photographs: C. Weber This single family house was built to replace an old barn in Dalheim, a village 20 km from Luxembourg. Working in the volume of the original barn which butted up against another house, the design aims to remain modest and complementary to the ‘art-deco-rural’ style of the neighboring house. The house is developed on 3 levels. On the first floor to the garden side are two children’s and one guest bedrooms.
Clad in natural red cedar wood, the facade evokes the appearance of a functional farm building in the local tradition, and it also gives the façade an unusual materiality. The back of the house which faces the private garden is comparatively more open, featuring a wide span of floor to ceiling glazing. Mediterranean Concept House with Round Pole for Army Colonel. Concrete Design Ideas, Contractors and Pictures - The Concrete Network.
L'Observatoire by CLP Architectes. This woodland observatory by architecture collective CLP Architectes is a patchwork of square wooden panels and windows.
The structure is one of 20 created for the Archi<20 competition, which invites architects to create temporary huts on sites smaller than 20 square metres in a nature reserve in the district of Muttersholtz. Wooden staircases lead up past the first floor to a roof terrace, which provides a panoramic lookout point for surveying the surroundings. Sheets of chunky chipboard create deep shelves for storing or displaying small items behind the windows. Adore Home Online Mag. Yes, there is yet another e-magazine to drool over, this time it is published by an Australian designer and it is called Adore.
Their first issue just launched (don’t let the Spring bit on the cover throw you off, for in Australia it is Spring) and it is a home and lifestyle magazine founded and created by interior designer Loni Parker. Would you like a peek? “Adore Home’s mission is to bring you beautiful homes from across the globe, tips and design advice from interior experts, as well as easy online access to the latest home treasures. Our magazine makes design resources and products just a click away.” I enjoyed seeing the home of fellow design blogger, Caitlin Wilson, who lives in Dubai and works there as an interior designer. (images: adore magazine)