Friday, 31 March 2017

Gift ideas for my SO?

Heya. I'll be straight forward and say I don't know shit about what you all do and I want to get my SO a gift relevant to what you all do.

If I were your SO how can I score a win in your book with a design relevant gift?

Edit: hoping this kind of post is okay here. If not I'll remove it. Thanks !



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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted April 01, 2017 at 12:27AM by Trestar11 http://ift.tt/2okYj4T

Dilemma; Merging several applications into one

I'm having a problem. The idea/plan is to merge 3-4 or more applications/websites into one.

Similar to what Google has done, with it's services.

So far, the ideas me and my teammate/partner has are;

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  • A resource archive

Here people can find resources like music, footage, pictures, etc. but also submit.

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  • Disc/Drive

An application where people can browse through a public folder to download finished designs of stuff, but also manage their own folders with their own files and designs.

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  • Start-up help

This idea is that we help people start up with a logo creator, website templates, etc.

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  • Interactive lessons/learning platform

Where people can learn in new interactive ways.

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In most of these, could possibly all; people would need an account. Because some of them can in a way be used together well (at least in theory), an account for all of the applications would in my opinion be much better.

However, I don't have much of a clue of how to set this up/design this. Could be similar to what google has done.



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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 31, 2017 at 06:25PM by Al-Jamahiriya http://ift.tt/2oi5r1t

Im designing my own drinking game (card based) and would like to hear how I could improve the design. I feel like it is lacking some depth. Thoughts?

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 31, 2017 at 04:15PM by Arsky http://ift.tt/2nHydr4

The Unnecessary Fragmentation of Design Jobs

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 31, 2017 at 03:17PM by speckz http://ift.tt/2mVxiEF

This watch gives a clear graphic indicator of what time it is using a gradient (gradient all the things!)

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 31, 2017 at 03:03PM by stairapprentice http://ift.tt/2nSvgol

It Took Three People Two Months to Create Hillary Clinton's Campaign Logo

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 31, 2017 at 04:14AM by tellman1257 http://ift.tt/2nBCM4P

Thursday, 30 March 2017

What the hell do I search for to find those stock images with cutouts you can drop print files on?

I'm looking for a desk with a print ad on, cutout with shadows.

A computer desk with the screen cut out.

Things like that. I can't for the life of me find any! What search terms should I use. "desk cutout for print" doesn't show me anything.

Sorry, it's been along day :(



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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 30, 2017 at 11:35PM by redonculous http://ift.tt/2nFdG6y

I am making a live color picker app and I need beta testers

Hi r/design!

I am a designer and a developer, and I am currently working on an app which lets you pick colors around you using your phone camera.

This is mainly targeted to designers so I couldn't think of a better place to find people who might be interested in testing it out!

The app is completely free to test. If you have an iPhone, just pm me your apple id and I'll send you the testflight invite. Thank you so much!



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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 30, 2017 at 08:27PM by kushsolitary http://ift.tt/2omoULE

Help

The problem I'm making my portfolio And have hyperlinked animations for my menu. What format will just show the gif or other format information but not show a content menu like a pause button. I just don't have the time to build an actual application. Is my only solution building a site.

-All i want is animated introductions to the different ux projects but they are supposed to be there own elements.

-thinking of using a ipad pro for a tactile interaction. So no hover over only click.



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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 30, 2017 at 08:04PM by ListningForTheEchoes http://ift.tt/2nkoGms

Organizing The Everyday: The Art of Clean Up - Design Milk

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 30, 2017 at 02:54PM by polepoleyaya http://ift.tt/2mSBkhb

Zaha Hadid's Kushner tower reimagined as the Eye of Sauron

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 30, 2017 at 02:04PM by internetsquirrel http://ift.tt/2nP8SfE

Designing Charts — Principles Every Designer Should Know

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 30, 2017 at 01:43PM by speckz http://ift.tt/2oCbieB

Why I Prototype

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 30, 2017 at 01:39PM by rb6teen http://ift.tt/2oemBgM

Wednesday, 29 March 2017

New Logo and Packaging for Carmex by Anthem

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 29, 2017 at 08:51PM by westondeboer http://ift.tt/2o8Z14z

Wreck it ralph 2 official logo. Feels really off, like they've kept TOO close to the app idea.

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 29, 2017 at 07:35PM by fossmonz http://ift.tt/2ohODop

Designing a coloring book, looking for ways to segment numbers. Any tips?

I'm designing a coloring book and one of the pages involves coloring in your age. I want the page to have an easy-to-fill outline that anyone could color in any number.

My first go-to is the 7-segment system, which everyone knows from LCD displays. This technically solves my problem, but I was wondering if there were alternative systems out there that are as simple but also a bit more unique.

7-segment system, for reference

Thanks!



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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 29, 2017 at 05:35PM by vittorioe http://ift.tt/2njHBPa

Share your views on icon design of recent app button on Galaxy S8?

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 29, 2017 at 05:52PM by DeboBi http://ift.tt/2obrx5Y

Looking for some inspiration pieces to work on a poster(political/business)

I'm in my college business club and we're hosting a speaker featuring a Los Angeles city councilman. Looking to promote his background, with a clean/simple design to get the college audience hyped up.

The speaker's background is very distinguished and I'd like to highlight it without looking busy (Stanford/Harvard educated, exec of US Bank, city councilman, former mayor, former exec of KPMG, American Express, Ernst Young, etc.) Kinda going for an art-deco/vintage travel or movie poster look, but if there's a better theme to go with, I'm open to suggestions.



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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 29, 2017 at 04:50PM by ShootThe42Messengers http://ift.tt/2nMa3wk

Where can I sell custom made album art?

For the last few years, I've been creating all the artwork for my band's releases, and I decided to try to sell custom cover art to artists, for cheap (10-20$).

Where can I sell my service?



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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 29, 2017 at 03:35PM by omeucao http://ift.tt/2nvicTm

Student and Recently grad awards like new blood?

Hey guys I'm looking for student and recently grads awards like D&AD New Blood Award and Young Guns Awards .

Preferably those with challenging briefings and with entries open or to be opened this year. I love these challenges and they motivate me to create portfolio and research new trends.

I also would be glad to compile a list of them somewhere for other redditors with a calendar reminder :)

Thanks! edit:formatting



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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 29, 2017 at 03:48PM by SuperMassiveCookie http://ift.tt/2nAn6jM

Know thy enemy — using design trends to your advantage

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 29, 2017 at 02:01PM by speckz http://ift.tt/2ngHO4S

We’re Inbal and Francois, Creative Directors on the product design team at frog, a global design and strategy firm. We solve complex problems by designing unique and new experiences, and may have even designed something you use. AMA! [X-Post /r/product_design]

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 29, 2017 at 01:51PM by evilquail http://ift.tt/2nuXyD2

“Ghost in a shell” inspired street art from Russia themed as “City is only for humans”

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 29, 2017 at 12:12PM by andrey_shipilov http://ift.tt/2ogf8e6

Tuesday, 28 March 2017

The Trouble Is You Think You Have Time.

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 29, 2017 at 02:49AM by Siiitttdown http://ift.tt/2nfnReK

The Trouble Is You Think You Have Time.

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 29, 2017 at 02:30AM by Siiitttdown http://ift.tt/2o4KwPg

How to make this chart look more presentable? I plan to print and laminate it for education purposes

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 29, 2017 at 12:36AM by aItalianStallion http://ift.tt/2nsytsr

Muhammad Ali Photo-Collage Tribute Poster.

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 28, 2017 at 09:00PM by redditmilkk http://ift.tt/2ngeuMN

New Logo for The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 28, 2017 at 08:37PM by westondeboer http://ift.tt/2mNy7iQ

How to conduct a successful design studio

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 28, 2017 at 05:09PM by casito_luchador http://ift.tt/2ouQVzJ

Where can I get a decent icon made for ~100$?

I need an icon for my android app, so I'm looking for a material design icon.

Fairpixels and 99designs are a bit out of my budget.



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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 28, 2017 at 02:41PM by ulterior-motives http://ift.tt/2nHLpgg

Top 12 freelancing websites for designers

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 28, 2017 at 10:51AM by gntmag http://ift.tt/2nqv0dU

Monday, 27 March 2017

[Help] Which logo do you like better?

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 27, 2017 at 08:50PM by iHazParanoia http://ift.tt/2orHYaw

How Should I Save My File?

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 27, 2017 at 09:22PM by spudd01 http://ift.tt/2nb02Wk

HuulaTypesetter - A Bot that Suggests Font Size for Web Pages

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 27, 2017 at 03:35PM by speckz http://ift.tt/2nsDtyI

I need more responses on a survey for my thesis

Hello, I am a Multimedia Arts and Sciences student from Mapúa Institute of Technology. I already posted this survey in this sub a month ago but I currently need more responses.

If you already answered the survey, it's okay for you to answer again because I added a new question in the survey.

Don't worry there are only 5 questions in the survey, and all are easy questions so it won't take a lot of your time

This is the link for my survey

Thank You very much :D All responses will be a very big help in finishing my thesis and my studies.



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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 27, 2017 at 02:05PM by Aoshiro http://ift.tt/2nXTQEO

I created a free guide to help freelance creatives in London, get set up, find work and make the most of working in the capital. Enjoy.

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 27, 2017 at 12:17PM by craigbarber http://ift.tt/2o0ACyN

Is Graphic Design necessary in Web Design?

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 27, 2017 at 10:20AM by gntmag http://ift.tt/2nmsB3Q

A logo for a mock-company I designed for my graphics class. What do you think?

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 27, 2017 at 04:33AM by Reed18 http://ift.tt/2mGaGI9

Sunday, 26 March 2017

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Friday, 24 March 2017

After All These Years I Still Can't Optimize My PDFs Correctly. Help.

Agency Owner/Designer here. I run a design/technology firm and we constantly send out PDFs for portfolios, projects, proposals etc. The issue is that they can be massive and we're forced to send them via Dropbox, or our new favorite tool, DocSend. The issue is that even when we try to minimally reduce the file size we lose image resolution on all our beautiful mock-ups, wireframes, and UI designs. It's so incredibly disappointing to produce pixel perfect work and not be able to showcase it that way in a PDF. We've tried a number of solutions to reducing PDF file size below 20 mb, including within Keynote, externally through SmallPDF, and even use the long and arduous PostScript method through distiller.

I see other agency portfolios (most are bad) that are super crisp, flawless really, and operate smoothly as a 20mb file. No one on my team can solve this challenge. Reddit, come to our rescue. Come to the rescue of all designers out there who struggle with optimizing PDFs. Come save us.



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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 24, 2017 at 11:39PM by TowelSnatcher http://ift.tt/2nOeVkJ

hourly rate for a good designer

Hey there I just got a quote from a designer to do a simple layout for a moo.com post card. She just needs to insert the logo and add some text and give me three different layouts to choose. The photo goes on the front. There isn't a lot of work. She quoted me $ 250 ( Canadian ) does this sound fair? ( not complaining just curious )



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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 24, 2017 at 05:22PM by britboy1998 http://ift.tt/2nw7HS7

What are some keywords I can use to find more references like this? I know I could use words like retro, vintage and industrial but they don't yield similar result

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 24, 2017 at 04:25PM by TheWordOfTyler http://ift.tt/2neYpaJ

playing around with halftones in illustrator!

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 24, 2017 at 03:36PM by nuclear85 http://ift.tt/2nQfH1l

How to Design a Large Scale Responsive Site

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 24, 2017 at 01:24PM by speckz http://ift.tt/2nvnWyT

9 Alternatives to iStockPhoto Review - 123rf, Shutterstock, Dreamstime, Fotolia. Alamy, Fotosearch, Bigstockphoto, Depositphotos, Canstockphoto

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted March 24, 2017 at 10:42AM by thumbsdrivesmecrazy http://ift.tt/2n0WGF7

Thursday, 23 March 2017

Help with a birthday gift for a designer (Gocco PG-11)

My girlfriend is a designer, and I want to get her a nice gift for her birthday. She recently unearthed something she hadn't used in a while, her old RISO PG (Print Gocco) 11.

What are some nice accessories, besides just a supply of bulbs, that I can for her? Thinking things like:

  • Cloth or paper that work especially well for screen-printing
  • Nice ink (paint?) to go with it
  • drawing and writing instruments to make the initial designs (some kind of special carbon, I believe)
  • Any other cool stuff I might not even be aware of.

Any help would be appreciated!

Also, if you've never heard of this thing, it seems really cool!



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