Ninjawards – Print Design Trends 2014 Print Design Trends 2014 – Rad, Bad, and The Next Fad Past Ninjawards: Branding | Web | App Behold the power of print, and all the good it has done for the world. Don’t believe me? Think about the last time you handed out a business card with confidence, or even picked out an awesome book because of its cover. That’s print design playing a role in human behavior. Print design continues to be an important factor on how we communicate. Take a look at what’s rad, bad, and the next fad in print design 2014. Type-Only Design Type-only design is free of distractions, so the message is clear as ice. Image-Only Design High-quality images have the power to speak for themselves. White Space The images shown above highlighting some of the best in type-only and image-only designs take advantage of another trend we’re loving: white space. Full-Page Typographic “Lock-Ups” The typographic “lock-up” trend was a big win this year. QR Codes Social Media Icons Drop Shadows Luxury Printing Double Exposure
Designer's guide to DPI DPI or Dots Per Inch is a measure of spatial dot density initially used in print. It's the number of ink drops your printer can put in an inch . A smaller DPI yields a less-detailed image. This concept is applied to computer screens under the name PPI for Pixels Per Inch. Same principle: It counts the number of pixels your screen can display per inch. Windows computers have a default PPI of 96. Here’s an applied example: A Mac Cinema Display 27” has a PPI of 109, which means that it displays 109 pixels per inch of screen. *I know that 23.5*109 does not equal exactly 2560. Let’s say you design a blue square of 109*109px on the screen we just talked about above. This square will have a physical size on the screen of 1*1 inch. TakeawayLeaving color and resolution differences aside, keep in mind that everybody will see your design differently. Screen resolution can have a huge impact on how the user perceives your design. I said virtually because in this case it will be. BOOM!
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Adapting logos for small screens The logo in the header of this site is a raster PNG file (portable network graphics). I’m unsure if it’s worth changing it to a different file format, but it was interesting to read Jeremy Frank’s mini-series about using vector SVG instead (scalable vector graphics). Detail reduction from the Argento style guide (PDF) “SVGs are a perfect fit for resolution-independent logos. You’re probably familiar with Joe Harrison’s responsive logos gallery where he showcased the concept (view in a browser you can resize for full effect). Some further reading in Smashing Magazine’s 2014 piece titled rethinking responsive SVG, and more on responsive images in general at ResponsiveImages.org.
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Apprendre le Pixel-Art : Quelques conseils pour débuter | Turoriel Patience, motivation et assiduité. Voici les trois choses qu'il faut avoir lorsque l'on se lance dans le Pixel Art. C'est en tous cas ce que j'apprend, jour après jour, après m'être lancé dans cette activité passionnante et chronophage. Après avoir encaissé bien des difficultés en épluchant internet pour y trouver quelques tutoriels, je me suis dit qu'il vous serait sans doute utile de partager un peu mes trouvailles. Quels logiciels pour le Pixel Art ? S'il est possible de s'amuser sur Paint, ce n'est clairement pas ce soft qui pourra vous faciliter la tâche. Liens de téléchargement pour : ASEsprite et Pyxel Edit (Windows & Mac) Premiers essais "Ne visez pas trop complexe !" Des cours complets sur le Pixel Art chez Les Forges Partager et progresser Comme tous les apprentissages, le Pixel Art demande de la patience.
6 Free High Resolution Colored Background Textures Subtle textures are always handy when you’re looking to add some detail to your design projects or to just produce a cool background for your mockups. This free set of textures features 6 high resolution files, each with subtle markings and a muted colour overlay to quickly and easily add a touch of grunge to your work. This free pack contains 6 2000x2400px 300ppi image files each made with a mix of fabric and paper textures and finished with a subtle colour overlay to produce a soft grunge background for your projects and mockups. Download the free colored textures pack 20mb Join the mailing list to have every new post hand delivered to your email inbox.
Le guide d'une bonne charte graphique - l'importance de la palette de couleurs Une bonne charte graphique ? De quoi s’agit-il vraiment ? Voici le début d’une trilogie sur des conseils et outils utiles pour choisir la bonne palette graphique pour votre projet vidéo. Commençons par le début pour notre première partie : le choix d’un style graphique, d’une identité visuelle… La charte graphique– votre point de départ Votre lignée graphique est la pierre angulaire de votre branding. Cela vous permet de garder le contrôle sur votre design. Les principales composantes d’une charte graphique Une charte graphique peut aller d’un document de cinq pages, à un guide d’une centaine de pages. – Une brève introduction de votre marque : son message principal, la mission, le principe fondateur, les valeurs… Ça doit donner à votre lecteur une idée de votre positionnement et des valeurs de votre entreprise. – Le logo : l’un des éléments de différentiation de votre marque le plus important. Différentes versions de logos pour Brasil Télécom Projet Numm – Exemple de flat design A bientôt
Moockup.me | Show & Share your mockups Stephen Kroninger - HOW TO CREATE CARTOONS (complete) “According to Georges Sadoul, Frank Tashlin is a second-rank director has never done a remake of You Can’t Take It With You or The Awful Truth. According to me, my colleague errs in mistaking a closed door for an open one. In fifteen years’ time, people will realize that The Girl Can’t Help It served then — that is, today – as a fountain of youth from which the cinema now — that is, in the future — has drawn fresh inspiration ….To sum up, Frank Tashlin has not renovated the Hollywood comedy. He has done better. There is not a difference in degree between Hollywood or Bust and It Happened One Night, between The Girl Can’t Help It and Design For Living, but a difference in kind. Tashlin, in other words, has not renewed but created. "Canter through Coventry" original oil painting by Frank Tashlin.
Inspired Magazine | Blog Opting for Shopify as an ecommerce platform and page builder has its advantages. Not only does Shopify offer a full online store with advanced marketing tools at an affordable monthly rate, but the themes and apps for designing and extending your store are often free or rather inexpensive. Advertisment ⓘ We often recommend premium themes from Shopify due to their extra features and more intuitive designs, but there are also plenty of free Shopify themes to build modern, sleek ecommerce stores without the hassle or the extra cost. Continue reading "10+ Free Shopify Themes for a Sleek, Affordable Design in 2024" Finding the best WooCommerce themes takes patience and testing to locate the right features and appearance for your brand. After that, our testing allowed us to compare the best WooCommerce themes from a more subjective nature. Continue reading "Best WooCommerce Themes for the Perfect Online Store Design (2023)" Continue reading “Mobile Ecommerce: Website Design & Planning”
Comical Toilet Paper Stands Mr.T This toilet paper stand uses two rolls of bathroom rolls to complete its toy-like figure. Using a toilet paper roll’s shape, product and furniture design firm sooda-e have transformed them into barbells held up by the stout mr. T. Taking into consideration the shape and size of a mundane household item, the designer created something that could cleverly prop up bathroom rolls. It’s in red and blue and costs only $31.