design news
To celebrate #WorldEmojiDay ❤️, Adobe released its Emoji Trend Report
It's #WorldEmojiDay! To celebrate this visual digital language that changed the way we communicate, Adobe shared it's Emoji Trend report that can be viewed here.
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Typography
œnotypo Exhibition Blending Typography and Wine
Graphéine shared a super cool project on their Behance profile for œnotypo, an exhibition that blend typographic creation and South African wines.
industrial design
Fold Lamp Clever Industrial Design by Jaekyu Jung
Let me start this post by stating that I am a fan of IKEA. It might sound crazy, but for me they apply the Bauhaus principles to make design simple and accessible to all.
cinema 4D
Art Direction & Motion for Watch 11 - Maxon Cinema 4D
Javier Tommasi is an art director & 3D Animator currently based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He shared on Behance, a lovely project for Watch 11 for which involved art direction and motion design.
Typography
Typography Design Inspiration: A Roundup by Brooke Chantrachuck, Mark van Leeuwen and more
A new Pure Design Inspiration is up! One burst of inspiration roundup to kick it off. For this week, I decided to naviguate back into 'typography' for a change in your inspiration. Give it a look, it's filled with different styles, type of typography and colours too.
daily inspiration
Daily Design Inspiration
The unfamous Daily Design Inspiration series that started it all on Abduzeedo. Where you'll find the most interesting designs/artworks/concepts curated by one of us to utterly inspire your day.
Car UI
Concept Design for Lexus ES300H Car UI
Junkyu Han shared a cool project on his Behance profile for a concept design for the 2019 Lexus ES300H Cluster/Dashboard Car UI. I have been paying more attention to projects related with cars due to my increased interest in this particular industry.
peak design
Peak Design is back. Introducing the Travel Tripod
To me, Peak Design is one of the best in the industry at creating useful and durable products for photo gurus like us. There aren't many brands that emphasize good design and they are one of them. Now Peak Design is back with their 9th Kickstarter piercing through the market of? Tripods!
illustration
Random Type Projects Series by Muokkaa Studio
Muokkaa Studio aka Alejandro López Becerro is a graphic designer currently based in Madrid, Spain. I don't think we have featured Alejandro's work before and this is the right opportunity to share the second part of this series: Random Type Projects. Which is a mix of personal and commissioned projects for clients like Facebook, Goop, Fortune and JA NGO.
news
Adobe Announces Updates to Dimension for Photorealistic 3D Scenes
Our friends over at Adobe announced updates to Dimension, including new features and improvements that will enable users to more easily create incredible photorealistic 3D scen
guide
Prime Day '19 deals we have found for you: Editor's edition
It's been a little while since our last guide so why not to do one for Amazon Prime Day which is little different this year.
digital art
Various Commissioned & Personal Illustrations by Romain Trystram
We are huge fans of Romain Trystram on ABDZ, his work has inspired many and still do provide this edgy & futuristic illustrative style that we dearly cherish. In this feature, we are collecting hand-picked projects from the past year and 18' to the masses, I am very glad to see a few and new visual directions in terms of the outcome.
illustration
Estudio Pum Brings Stylish Tropical Look to Havaianas Illustrations
Estudio Pum shared an incredible set of illustrations they did for Havianas. If you don’t know Havaians, it’s one of the most popular Brazilian brands in the world. They create the timeless sandals that have been around for decades. I remember growing up wearing them.
motion design
Monday Motion Design Inspiration - Symbiose
Bring back another edition of our sometimes forgotten series, Monday Motion Design Inspiration, we are excited to feature the project that Benjamin CROCHET shared on his Behance profile. Titled Symbiose, this project is a fictive AI device, creating and transmitting sounds by bone conduction to help user feel better.
cool tech
Cool Tech: Wood & Leather Headphone Stand, Self-Changing Trash and more
The so-long Perfect Office series now turning into Cool Tech Series. A roundup of cool gadgets and tech for your perfect office; not necessarily for designers explicitly but for all of you tech-savvy nerds out there. This is an open concept! if you have any suggestions, please let us know!
Illustrations with a Surreal Mood by Dániel Taylor
Dániel Taylor is a freelancer digital artist and illustrator from Budapest, Hungary with some incredible surreal style work, some of them also remind me of the art direction of the video-game
branding
Brand Identity for Womena by Mohamed Samir
Mohamed Samir shared a beautiful brand identity project he created on his Behance profile for Womena. Womena is a platform dedicated to encouraging gender diversity and inclusion in the regional entrepreneurship ecosystem.
Varg Veum Aquavit Brand Identity by KIND
KIND | Conceptual Branding has developed the brand identity and design for Varg Veum Aquavit. The aquavit has been produced in cooperation with Gunnar Staalesen, author of the best-selling Varg Veum novels, the aquavit-loving private detective who has also featured on the big screen.
illustration
Linear Thinking Series: Colored Pencil Illustrations
Lui Ferreyra's art really caught my eye today, Lui is a freelance artist based in Denver, CO, USA. I am featuring the first series of colored pencil illustrations shared via Behance, the skills have greatly improved since.
case study
Case Studies Inspiration: A Roundup by aida pacheva, Henry Kunjumon and more
A new Pure Design Inspiration is up! One burst of inspiration roundup to kick it off for the Weekend? Why not! For this week, I decided to pull together a collection of 'case studies' inspiration.