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Resources
Portfolios
Alex Ryan
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Communication designer consistently building memorable and influential brands.
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Belen PicherResources
Portfolios
Thomas Provost
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Thomas Provost is a brand & digital designer based in Amsterdam. He is specialised in crafting brand identities, alongside distinctive and functional digital experiences with always a dynamic touch of motion design.
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Anton WadeResources
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Fable
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Fable is where teams design, animate, and scale meaningful creative work.
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Anton WadeResources
Portfolios
Eva Sánchez
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Eva Sánchez is an Interactive Designer based in Barcelona and working globally. Specialized in translating brands into digital experiences.
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Belen PicherResources
Portfolios
Sarah Bassett
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Sarah is a multidisciplinary Creative Director between New York & Paris. Her work comes from a spirit of curiosity and sits at the intersection of fashion, digital and youth culture. She aims to offer a subversive means of cultural reflection through her work; grappling with mainstream consciousness and our collective understanding of youth and identity.
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Belen PicherResources
Tools
Are.na
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Are.na is a place to save content, create collections over time and connect ideas. Privately or with other people.
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Belen PicherResources
Websites
Bendito Mockup
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Bendito Mockup brings to life the aesthetic potential of your projects.
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Manon ProstResources
Studios
Dirtyline Studio
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Dirtyline Studio are multidisciplinary designers who share a unique and fresh design idea.
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Anton WadeResources
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Shots
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Multiple phone mockup with simple background. iPhone mockup with to show case wallpaper with magic background.
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Anton WadeResources
Studios
Landor
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World-leading brand specialists.
Consulting. Design. Experience.
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Belen PicherResources
Studios
Brutto Studio
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Bruto Studio ranges from photography, brand identity, illustration and much more.
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Belen PicherResources
Studios
helloMuller
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Founded by award-winning designer and creative director Tom Muller, helloMuller is a design studio that helps innovators, storytellers and content creators make an impact on the cultural landscape through unifying narrative-led design and brand storytelling into compelling identities and experiences that inspire a global audience.
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Belen PicherResources
Books
How To Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul
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How to Be a Graphic Designer offers clear, concise guidance along with focused, no-nonsense strategies for setting up, running, and promoting a studio; finding work; and collaborating with clients.
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Anton WadeAdvice
Starting a studio
How to start a design studio
12 Mar
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12 Mar
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12 Mar
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A step-by-step guide to starting a design studio by Studio Output.
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Anton WadeResources
Books
Creativity, Inc.
24 Apr
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24 Apr
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An inspiring look at how creativity can - and should - be harnessed for business success by the founder of Pixar.
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Belen PicherResources
Websites
Spectrum shapes
27 Apr
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1 Feb
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27 Apr
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Spectrum is dedicated to empowering designers by providing a comprehensive collection of vector shapes. Our goal is to unlock your creative potential by offering a diverse range of high-quality resources. With 100 shapes available for free and new additions every week, you'll have a constant stream of inspiration at your fingertips to craft truly remarkable designs.
Curated by
Sachin dhyaniResources
Books
Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz
29 Apr
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29 Apr
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In the spirit of Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock, a social critique of our obsession with choice, and how it contributes to anxiety, dissatisfaction and regret.
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Anton WadeResources
Podcasts
Twenty Thousand Hertz – Interesting stories about (but not only) sound
30 Apr
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30 Apr
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The way we each experience sound depends on so many unique factors, from tiny receptors in our ears to the way we were taught to communicate.
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Anton WadeResources
Websites
AIGA Eye on Design
30 Apr
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30 Apr
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AIGA Eye on Design covers the world’s most exciting designers—and the issues they care about. They’re published by AIGA, the professional association for design, the oldest and largest not-for-profit design organisation in the United States.
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Laura BertinelliResources
Books
The New Typography by Jan Tschichold
1 May
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1 May
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it opens up a whole new world for those who's just starting learning typographic rules, later on allows you to break those rules safely and have a solid understanding of that remote typographic universe
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Diana ValotResources
Podcasts
Endless Vital Activity
2 May
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2 May
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Endless Vital Activity is a podcast developed by creative studio Accept and Proceed, bringing you conversations to inspire radical action.
Curated by
Belen PicherResources
Websites
It’s Nice That
2 May
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2 May
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It’s Nice That believes passionately that creative inspiration is for everyone and by championing the most exciting creative work on our website and social channels, and through our events programme, we want to open up this world to the widest possible audience.
Curated by
Belen PicherResources
Studios
Fluent Format
3 May
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Friday
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3 May
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Fluent Format is a global B2B brand agency.
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Belen PicherResources
Newsletters
Medium
10 May
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10 May
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Medium is a home for human stories and ideas. Here, anyone can share insightful perspectives, useful knowledge, and life wisdom with the world—without building a mailing list or a following first.
Curated by
Claire CessfordResources
Books
The Geometry of Type by Stephen Coles
14 May
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14 May
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The Anatomy of 100 Essential Typefaces
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Belen PicherResources
Newsletters
Typewolf
15 May
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15 May
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Typewolf helps designers choose the perfect font combination for their next design project—features web fonts in the wild, font recommendations and learning resources.
Curated by
Ana IugulescuResources
Newsletters
Creative Mornings
16 May
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16 May
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CreativeMornings is the world’s largest face-to-face creative community
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Ana IugulescuResources
Studios
Chloe Norman design
17 May
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17 May
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Delivering impactful brands through meaningful design, animation and illustration.
Curated by
Belen PicherResources
Newsletters
Type Thursday
24 May
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24 May
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Type Thursday is a global meetup for type lovers.
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Ana IugulescuResources
Studios
Evoke
24 May
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24 May
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Evoke is a multi award-winning brand design studio based in Brighton.
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Belen PicherResources
Studios
Badberries
24 May
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24 May
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A creative studio using Motion Thinking to build irresistible brands and compelling activations that stop people in their tracks.
Curated by
Belen PicherResources
Books
B2B is dead: Welcome to business to people branding
25 May
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25 May
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In the business world, there seems to be a rigid tickbox of either B2B or B2C. This binary approach isn’t just dated, it’s dead. The critical question now is, what will you do about it? This book gives you the secret insights needed to become a client-attracting brand today. We highlight the mistakes we see businesses making time and time again and give practical solutions so you can avoid them. If you’re looking to rejuvenate, refresh or redefine your business in the mind of your audience, this concise read is for you.
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Alice SaundersResources
Books
Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez
25 May
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25 May
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Imagine a world where your phone is too big for your hand, where your doctor prescribes a drug that is wrong for your body, where in a car accident you are 47% more likely to be seriously injured, where every week the countless hours of work you do are not recognised or valued. If any of this sounds familiar, chances are that you’re a woman.
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Belen PicherAdvice
Workshops
Workshops
28 May
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4 Jun
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28 May
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This online workshops aim to give the same experience and access to experts that you would have in an in-person workshop, without needing to leave your desk or couch. All video recordings are included, so if you miss a session, you can re-watch any time.
Curated by
Anton WadeResources
Newsletters
Driftime
28 May
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28 May
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Driftime® are a design and impact agency approaching the complex challenges of today with progressive brands and businesses to design an impact-driven digital future. Our mission is to empower social, environmental and economic impact through ethical strategy and digital design.
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Abb-d Taiyo Resources
Tools
Space type generator
29 May
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29 May
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SpaceTypeGenerator is a kinetic type generator that allows to create animated text.
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Anton WadeResources
Websites
Ridiculous
29 May
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7 Dec
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29 May
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Collection of ideas that may sound absurd to people & businesses
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Yatrik RaithathaResources
Newsletters
Halfvet
29 May
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18 Sep
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29 May
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Digital design with a thick dollop of typography. Every fortnight. By Jeroen Disch.
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Jeroen DischResources
Tools
Death to Stock
31 May
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31 May
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Cool stock images that don't look like stock images
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Manon ProstResources
Tools
Designmodo
1 Jun
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1 Jun
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Designmodo is an all-in-one solution to create website and email newsletter designs that impress and engage your subscribers and customers.
Curated by
Anton WadeResources
Portfolios
Jin su park
4 Jun
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4 Jun
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Design portfolio of a multi-disciplinary Product Designer and Creative Developer based in Brooklyn, New York.
Curated by
Anton WadeResources
Books
Beauty Book
4 Jun
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4 Jun
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Over the course of the last century, beauty was displaced by functionality in design and architecture. As a result, something essential was lost. Beauty not only impacts the way we feel, but it also changes the way we behave. Stefan Sagmeister & Jessica Walsh show us how this shortsighted disregard of beauty can be reversed.
Curated by
Anton WadeResources
Tools
Around
4 Jun
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4 Jun
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Meetings don't have to crush your soul. Discover radically unique video calls designed to help hybrid-remote teams create, collaborate and celebrate together.
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Anton WadeResources
Studios
makedo.design
5 Jun
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5 Jun
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Your neighbourly Webflow Studio ready to make your design a reality.
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Belen PicherResources
Podcasts
Invisibilia
5 Jun
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5 Jun
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Unseeable forces control human behavior and shape our ideas, beliefs, and assumptions. Invisibilia—Latin for invisible things—fuses narrative storytelling with science that will make you see your own life differently.
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Zie KirkResources
Studios
Alice Rotelli
6 Jun
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6 Jun
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Creative couple with 6+ years of international experience in the advertising industry, and a passion for pitches, concepting, storytelling and all things video related.
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Belen PicherAdvice
Freelancing
How To Get Clients as a Freelance Graphic Designer
9 Jun
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9 Jun
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Advice on getting clients as a freelancer from an Art Director + Graphic Designer and influencer based in Atlanta.
Curated by
Anton WadeResources
Websites
Identity Designed
9 Jun
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9 Jun
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Identity Designed is a website and books devoted to the design of visual identities.
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Lydia Fee Resources
Books
Corporate Rebels by Joost Minnaar
11 Jun
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11 Jun
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8 radical lessons from 150 of the world's most inspiring companies. This book explores the stories and strategies of companies that have successfully implemented highly progressive and employee-centered approaches to work.
Curated by
Matteo ValfreResources
Workshops
GHTK x M–N Associates – Brand Design
12 Jun
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12 Jun
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£3.99-5.99
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12 Jun
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£3.99-5.99
e are a creative design firm in HCMC, Vietnam specialising in branding. At M–N Associates, we work with clients starting from initial strategy to execute design, content, customer experience and art direction to the finest production of every project.
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Anton WadeResources
Studios
Airborne Studio
12 Jun
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12 Jun
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brand & digital creative studio for innovative start-ups and wide-eyed visionaries.
Curated by
Belen PicherResources
Studios
Ginger fox studio
12 Jun
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12 Jun
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A team of creative thinkers creating brands that people love!
Curated by
Belen PicherResources
Workshops
Noughts & Ones – Digital Sustainability
13 Jun
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13 Jun
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We build low impact Shopify stores for e-commerce brands who care about people and planet. We believe that profit should never come at the expense of people or planet. As a Certified B Corp™ agency, we're on a mission to make a positive impact by working with like-minded clients and partners to sell more products in the right way.
Curated by
Anton WadeResources
Studios
Alternative aesthetics
17 Jun
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17 Jun
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Illustration for advertising, products, murals and more!
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Belen PicherResources
Websites
Slosh Seltzer
20 Jun
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20 Jun
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House maximalist design exploration.
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Belen PicherResources
Newsletters
Lovers Magazine
20 Jun
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20 Jun
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The go to newsletter for forward thinking product leaders.
Curated by
Belen PicherResources
Workshops
Regular Studio – Brand Design
21 Jun
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21 Jun
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21 Jun
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egular Studio is an independent design agency based in London, specialising in branding, campaign & digital. During this workshop their co-founder, Josh Evans, will share the processes they use when developing brand identities.
Curated by
Anton WadeResources
Podcasts
The Great Design Lead Podcast
23 Jun
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23 Jun
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A no-code/design podcast & my wonderful excuse to meet new people and chat about life.
Curated by
Anton WadeResources
Tools
Artboard studio
27 Jun
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27 Jun
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Visual Content Creation Tool for Smart Designers.
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Anton WadeAdvice
Freelancing
Finding Clients As A Freelance Web Designer: 6 Proven Strategies
27 Jun
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27 Jun
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6 proven ways to get clients as a freelance web designer.
Curated by
Belen PicherResources
Studios
The Sand Studio
28 Jun
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28 Jun
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The Sand Studio specializes in the development of innovative visual identities, motion graphics, web solutions, and architectural designs, utilizing technology to actualize creative visions.
Curated by
Belen PicherResources
Studios
Made by Analogue
28 Jun
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28 Jun
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A playful and passionate team delivering diverse experiences to a client base worldwide.
Curated by
Belen PicherResources
Newsletters
heydesigner
28 Jun
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28 Jun
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Daily curated newsletter for product people, UXers, PMs and frontend developers.
Curated by
Anton WadeResources
Books
Now You See It, and Other Essays on Design by Michael Bierut
28 Jun
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28 Jun
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Design is a way to engage with real content, real experience," writes celebrated essayist Michael Bierut in this follow-up to his best-selling Seventy-Nine Short Essays on Design (2007)
Curated by
Paulina JaworResources
Newsletters
OMGLORD
29 Jun
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29 Jun
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OMGLORD is a curated directory and newsletter by Gabby Lord, sharing thoughts on design, creativity, and handy resources.
Curated by
Zie KirkResources
Websites
bpando
2 Jul
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2 Jul
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For over a decade BP&O has offered a distinctive point of view on brand identity design and packaging, carving out a space alongside legacy publishers.
Curated by
Anton WadeResources
Books
Don't Make Me Think, Revisited by Steve Krug
3 Jul
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3 Jul
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Since Don’t Make Me Think was first published in 2000, over 400,000 Web designers and developers have relied on Steve Krug’s guide to help them understand the principles of intuitive navigation and information design.
Curated by
Belen PicherAdvice
Finding clients
How to Find Clients Efficiently Using AI Tools for Graphic Designer
6 Jul
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6 Jul
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Learn How to Get Graphic Design Clients Using the Help of AI for Graphic Designers. In the realm of a design business, AI can be a game-changer. It won't simply bring in freelance design clients automatically, but it can significantly simplify our efforts in acquiring design clients by offering assistance in crafting attractive messaging, identifying potential clients, and much more.
Curated by
Belen PicherResources
Studios
Eric Hu studio
8 Jul
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8 Jul
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Eric Hu studio is the creative consultancy and design practice of New York art director Eric Hu.
Curated by
Anton WadeResources
Tools
Magicpattern
12 Jul
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12 Jul
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12 Jul
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Create unique graphics for social media posts, landing pages and branding in a few clicks. Then export them as images, or even code (SVG & CSS).
Curated by
Anton WadeResources
Websites
women who design
12 Jul
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12 Jul
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Women Who Design is a Twitter directory of accomplished women in the design industry. It aims to help people find notable and relevant voices to follow on Twitter by parsing Twitter bios for popular keywords.
Curated by
Belen PicherResources
Websites
Cargo
16 Jul
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16 Jul
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CARGO is a site builder designed to meet the various needs of creative professionals. There is (of course) single portfolio type use — but you can also design and publish a whole group of sites, each with its own purpose.
Curated by
Emily WangResources
Books
Hooked by Nir Eyal
18 Jul
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18 Jul
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A must read for everyone who cares about driving customer engagement.
Curated by
Anton WadeResources
Newsletters
Dense Discovery
22 Jul
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22 Jul
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A weekly newsletter sharing useful apps, tools and websites related to art, design projects, technology, sustainability and culture.
Curated by
Abb-d ChoudhuryResources
Books
The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
30 Jul
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30 Jul
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The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe, changing the way companies are built and new products are launched.
Curated by
Anton WadeResources
Studios
This is rice
1 Aug
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1 Aug
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1 Aug
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rice is an award-winning creative studio. rice is a company that designs new futures.
Curated by
Belen PicherResources
Tools
Pacdora
2 Aug
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2 Aug
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2 Aug
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4900+ Packaging templates, dielines, and mockups
Curated by
Anton WadeResources
Newsletters
e-flux
21 Aug
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21 Aug
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e-flux was started by artists in 1999. Online, e-flux.com spans numerous strains of critical discourse in art, architecture, film, and theory, and connects many of the most significant art institutions with audiences around the world.
Curated by
Luisa HilmerResources
Books
Flow: The Psychology of Happiness by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi
22 Aug
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22 Aug
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What really makes people glad to be alive? What are the inner experiences that make life worthwhile? For more than two decades Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi studied those states in which people report feelings of concentration and deep enjoyment.
Curated by
Belen PicherAdvice
Finding clients
How To Build A $1,000,000 Personal Brand
24 Aug
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24 Aug
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Dive into a thorough discussion on what makes some personal brands so influential and others not as much. We analyze cases like Seth Godin, Gary Vaynerchuk, and Kanye West, and discuss the critical components required for a strong personal brand.
Curated by
Anton WadeResources
Portfolios
Jason Walkow
27 Aug
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6 Dec
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27 Aug
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Creative based in Los Angeles, CA.
Design strategy,brand, product and development.
Curated by
Belen PicherResources
Tools
Same Energy
27 Aug
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Tuesday
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27 Aug
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Same Energy is a visual search engine. You can use it to find beautiful art, photography, decoration ideas, or anything else.
Curated by
Anton WadeAdvice
Ideation
Learn brainstorming from IDEO
28 Aug
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28 Aug
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Wednesday
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28 Aug
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Brainstorming is an activity that will help you generate more innovative ideas. It’s one of many methods of ideation—the process of coming up with new ideas—and it’s core to the design thinking process.
Curated by
Anton WadeAdvice
Finding clients
How Freelancers Find BIG Clients on LinkedIn
29 Aug
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Thursday
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29 Aug
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Joey Korenman, author of The Freelance Manifesto, shares inside secrets on how you can use LinkedIn to further your freelance career.
Curated by
Belen PicherResources
Studios
Pendo
6 Sep
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6 Sep
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Friday
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6 Sep
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Pendo is an award winning brand and creative agency.
Curated by
Belen PicherResources
Tools
AnimStats
7 Sep
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7 Sep
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Saturday
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7 Sep
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Generate Eye-Catching GIFs/Videos in Under a Minute
Curated by
Anton WadeResources
Tools
Colormind
7 Sep
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7 Sep
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Saturday
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7 Sep
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Colormind is a color scheme generator that uses deep learning. It can learn color styles from photographs, movies, and popular art.
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Anton WadeFrom UX to ROI: Transforming Ecommerce with User-Centered Design
10 Sep
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10 Sep
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Online
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Free
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10 Sep
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Online
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Free
In this webinar, Nomensa’s Creative Director, Chris Richards and Experience Strategy Director, Hannah Tempest walk you through the key moments in ecommerce where deep human insight can transform success and drive conversion, and the human psychology and design cues that make the difference for any retail experience.
Curated by
Anton WadeResources
Books
A Designer's Art by Paul Rand
11 Sep
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Wednesday
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11 Sep
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If Paul Rand was the most influential American graphic designer of the twentieth century, then Paul Rand: A Designer's Art is the most important on his work.
Curated by
Sara CaldasResources
Websites
Design Systems International
12 Sep
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Thursday
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12 Sep
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Design Systems International is a digital design consultancy that builds products at the speed modern business requires.
Curated by
Belen PicherResources
Tools
Internet Archive
13 Sep
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13 Sep
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Friday
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13 Sep
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Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
Curated by
Anton WadeResources
Tools
Webflow
18 Sep
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18 Sep
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Wednesday
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18 Sep
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In 2017, I built the first version of Design Calendar over a weekend while learning Webflow. It is a super powerful tool and very easy to learn. Since then I've used Webflow on hundreds of client projects and recommend it to everyone I mentor.
Curated by
Anton WadeResources
Books
Run Studio Run by Eli Altman
18 Sep
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Wednesday
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18 Sep
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The book is a step-by-step guide that helps you look at your studio critically — as a business as opposed to an artistic endeavor
Curated by
Erica Choi