Food Styling Tutorial: How to Style and Photograph a Meal
Chef, food stylist, and recipe developer Jodi Moreno shows you how to perfectly style and photograph a meal for two
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Chef, food stylist, and recipe developer Jodi Moreno shows you how to perfectly style and photograph a meal for two
Learn everything you need to know about designing and presenting food imagery, and bring your dishes to life
Maximalism, diversity, ethics, and anti-design are trends predicted to take center stage in the new year
Very Peri! A color that symbolizes technology and innovation, as well as creative possibilities for the future
Discover this broad discipline that reflects on how we create, present, and consume food
Pantone's Color of the Year doesn't only set the trends, it's influenced by them too
From thinking big to asking the right questions, learn the dos and don’ts of designing creative packaging for your brand
From bypassing borders to going beyond politics, discover the story behind the now globally-recognizable design
Discover the big-name brands that changed their visual identity in recent months and the trends that guided them
Incorporating eco-friendly packaging is one way in which businesses can show their commitment to sustainability
Learn how to use a Pantone guide to prepare your project for printing with these practical tips by Kris Osorio, director and founder of the Betún de Mantequilla printshop
This fundamental design concept conveys beauty, logic, and coherence through color, shape, and symmetry
Turn your designs into captivating book cover jackets with this free PSD template
Discover how branding expert Michael Johnson applies his definitive 5.5 Steps to three well-known brands
Learn the dos and dont's of creating a strong digital portfolio, with Mark Brooks
Learn to create engaging infographics with information designer Federica Fragapane's free Illustrator template Crafting graphs and tables that are easy on the eye can be a tricky task, but when elegant design meets data visualization, reading and understanding complex information becomes a genuinely pleasant experience. Taking infographics to the next level, information designer Federica Fragapane (@federica_fragapane) is renowned for her ability to transform tables and numbers into an opportunity to tell a captivating story. Here, she shares her free Adobe Illustrator template for designing data visualizations.
PET Lamp combines traditional international weaving techniques with PET plastic bottles to create design lamps
The rock star of visual identity gives us her unique insight into the world of branding and design Paula Scher is no stranger to success. The designer, artist, and teacher, is the creative genius behind the visual identities of some of the most important brands in the world, with an enviable client list that includes Coca-Cola, Tiffany & Co, Microsoft, the New York City Ballet, and the Museum of Modern Art. In this episode of Domestika Maestros, we discover the challenges she has faced in the industry, the defining moments of her career, and a few insider tips for aspiring creatives.
Discover how to professionally present your design projects in the most attractive way with these tutorials Mockups allow us to see how a design we’ve created will look in the real world. For example, you might use one to see how a poster you’ve designed would look on a billboard or how your business cards would work in card format. It is a way of getting to see the expected results ahead of time. Before diving into these video tutorials, let’s take a moment to remind ourselves what exactly a mockup is and why investing energy and effort into making one for your project is a worthwhile step.
Learn how to visually represent your spreadsheet data using the free online tool, RAW Graphs, with Federica Fragapane
Learn how to create a form containing all the elements you need in Axure RP, from scratch, with Diga33!
We reveal the history behind an artform practiced for over 5,000 years
Learn cake design techniques for making sugar flowers with basic tools and ingredients and meet inspiring cake artists The world is full of beautiful flowers that grab our attention with their unique colors and petal shapes. Such flowers can also be found in the kitchens of cake designers, albeit, flowers that are made of sugar. Cake artists are masters in creating different types of leaves and petals to decorate cakes. These edible sculptures usually leave everyone onlookers salivating. Nasima Alam (@sweetdropsofheaven) is a cake artist, owner of a specialist cake store, and the founder of the Sweet Drops of Heaven brand. These projects, along with her incredible talents, have led her to collaborate with many companies and her flowers have been featured in various industry magazines.
Discover 5 facts you never knew about the interesting world of logos A great logo should communicate a brand’s identity in an instant and be remembered for a lifetime. That’s a lot to ask of one tiny image, but the greatest logo designs do just that. Who couldn’t draw up the Mercedes logo in an instant, or recognize a Lacoste shirt from a tiny, open-mouthed crocodile? The fact is, there’s a lot we don’t know about these simple yet highly effective images. For example, do you know what the world’s oldest surviving logo is? Or which logo cost the most to design? Or perhaps you missed a few hidden symbols in some of the world’s most iconic logos? Find the answers to these questions and more in the video.
Learn about this systematic study of possible futures and how it is applied creatively We’re all curious to know what's going to happen in the future, yet, some people have gone as far as to turn pondering the possibilities into their day job. In an era where everything changes so rapidly, there are specialties, disciplines, and arts that focus on predicting and redesigning the future. Information is then used to create objects, services, strategies, and even policies. Cecilia Tham (@future_synthesist) is a biologist, architect, and founder of Futurity Studio. She has worked as a "future synthesist" for organizations such as NASA and the United Nations. She explains how to design from a futurist perspective and how it can impact both the world of both individual and global creativity.
Learn how to create a successful editorial cover from scratch using InDesign, by Friendhood Studio
Enjoy these incredibly creative cake designs by artists with large followings on social media Cake designing is a decorative baking technique that proves you can eat something with your eyes. Even the most greedy, those who never say no to trying something sweet, would probably be left speechless in front of such masterpieces and hold back for a minute. These artistic creations deserve time to appreciate their colorful look, rich in textures and endless details. Creative bakery is also perfect for a visual channel such as Instagram. By visiting the #cakedesign hashtag, you can get lost among the number of real masterpieces, in all styles and from all over the world.
Popular, baffling, or despised: we take a look at the most memorable Olympic mascots Pictograms, logo designs, advertising copy, and the world-famous Olympic rings: these are just a few examples of the pieces that make up the corporate identity of the Summer Olympic Games. Every four years, each host city creates a series of visual and graphic components to be reproduced throughout the month-long multi-sport event.
The Olympics played a major role on the development of this design element, from stick figures to bathroom signs Go to any swimming pool in the world and you'll probably be able to "read" some of the signs, even if you don't speak the local language. Maybe one tells you not to dive, another warns you to be careful not to slip, and yet another signals where you can go take a shower once you've finished your laps. But how is it possible that you can understand all of these messages, without ever reading a single word? The answer is simple: pictograms. And the fact that you can understand them so instantly is, in large part, thanks to the Olympic Games.
The Bristol-based Colombian designer shares her family routine and creative processes