Pantone continues to dazzle us with 2019’s color of the year: Living Coral (16-1546) To select their Color of the Year, Pantone sends a team out into the field for months to explore different trends, industries, and influencers, discover where there...
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When you’re working on a new design for print, typeface choice may not always the first thing on your mind. Often, the overall concept of your design, as well as other important factors like color, images, and graphics come first....
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So far in our ongoing series about Color Theory, we’ve introduced you to the color wheel, warm and cool colors, active and passive colors, and additive and subtractive colors. Now that you have a good understanding of the different types...
So far in our ongoing series a...
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In the next instalment of our ongoing blog series on the principles of graphic design, we’re taking a look at one of the most important design principles: contrast. Employing contrast adds visual interest to your designs, and it also helps communicate...
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In Part 2 of our ongoing blog series about color theory, we took a look at active and passive colors and how to incorporate them into your creative designs. Part 3 will examine color from a different perspective by exploring...
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Every designer has experienced the pain and frustration of spending hours perfecting a design only to have it return from the printer looking nothing like their original vision. From color production to setting the proper margins to finding the right...
Every designer has experienced...
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Whether you’re designing in-house or for a client, brochures are classic method of attracting attention and promoting your brand in a tangible way. From graphic design to paper choice, there’s a lot that goes into creating an effective and attractive brochure....
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It’s that time of year again! Yesterday, Pantone announced their 2017 Color of the Year: Greenery (15-0343). To select their Color of the Year, Pantone sends a team out into the field for months to explore different trends, industries and influencers,...
It’s that time of year again...
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The temperature may be getting cooler, but the leaves are getting warmer - at least, their colors are! The distinction between “warm” and “cool” colors has been in use since the late 18th century, and is an essential component of color...
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Over the past few months, we’ve been exploring Principles of Design like alignment, balance, the rule of thirds, and white space. But there’s more to design than just these principles – designers also need to consider the elements of design. What’s...
Over the past few months, we...
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