The Design Update: June 2017

Friday 30 June 2017

The rise of the McModern: The creator of McMansion Hell on a new strain of modern houses for the masses

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted July 01, 2017 at 02:09AM by SuccessfulOperation http://ift.tt/2sqQpt2

Elastic Vehicles: Warped and Contorted Car Designs by Chris Labrooy

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 30, 2017 at 04:03PM by tellman1257 http://ift.tt/2tsgxU4

Ghostbusters Poster I recently created.

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 30, 2017 at 01:57PM by simondmeredith http://ift.tt/2txuxN5

Thursday 29 June 2017

Someone Claims My Logo Is Similar To Theirs And Wants Me To Change It, I state it is different. I need someone with knowledge of plagiarism.

So a guy reached out to me claiming that I got a logo similar to theirs. My full logo is Rider in Red (it's for my motovlogging) as you see in this image but I use the RIR one on anything that is square.

He asked to change it, I said it doesn't resemble his logo especially when his logo is for a different word (Ruthless Ryders) and is mainly two RR with a line in the middle which doesn't represent a letter, unlike mine. In addition they got the full name over the logo, while mine is rather the acronym for Rider in Red.

I'm trying to be nice to the guy, but I honestly don't get how you can 'change it a little to make it a bit different'. By his standards, it seems, no one can use two R letters because it'll be similar to their logo. I told him mine is short for Rider in Red but he still believes he has a reasonable request.

So, I need your sound advice on how I can convince him that from a designers point of view, these two logos don't have enough similarity to request 'changing it' on the 'plagiarising' ground.

I know he can't sue me since he hardly will have a trademark over the logo, nor do I atm though. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this.

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 29, 2017 at 09:22PM by VMSstudio http://ift.tt/2sW3326

( pdf ) -- 'design: creation of artifacts in society' (upenn) - how helpful was this to you?

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 29, 2017 at 10:31AM by makealldigital http://ift.tt/2tuDDKd

What to put in an UX design portfolio.

With UX design, just flyers aren't going to do. So how would I effectively place entire projects in my portfolio? We have different things on my study we need to be able to do.

Correct Research
Concepting (And correctly explain why we made the choices.)
Visual Design
Usability Testing
Communication abilities (Working in a group, but also public speaking etc, to present ideas.)
Empathy (Being able to understand people that aren't at all like you, taking interviews, knowing about applied psychology)

Some of these things are quite easy to show. Visual Design, I could simply make a UI and then show which visual theory I've applied (gestalt, color theory, etc). But others are not so easy.

One idea I had for my portfolio was creating an app for classical musicians. And then showing the entire process.

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 29, 2017 at 12:00PM by xynaxia http://ift.tt/2skvIPD

Wednesday 28 June 2017

tryhard, ironic design feel free to hate

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 29, 2017 at 02:07AM by nerdlabco http://ift.tt/2u0eCDM

Anyone here interested in a r/ClassicMoviePosters subreddit?

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 28, 2017 at 10:44PM by VanceDesoto http://ift.tt/2s3taRO

Accidental Cuppa Design: The Silk Sample Sacks that Turned into Tea Bags

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 28, 2017 at 07:00PM by 42net http://ift.tt/2ujcztX

Help me help my Wife!

My wife has gone from computer illiterate to a super user in the social media world. She is now working on creating content in videos and picture designs. She currently video tapes herself giving reviews of her products but is always looking for a way to make it more entertaining and professional. As far as screen design, she currently is grabbing multiple images and creating invites, banners and motivational posts. She is currently using Canva to do her design and it seems like a very poor tool that is internet and browser dependent. We are looking for free software, however, if there is low cost but superior alternatives we welcome that advice that as well. (Windows 10) Thanks!

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 28, 2017 at 07:43PM by Ryham http://ift.tt/2ujaeio

Has anybody seen a tutorial on how to make stuff like this? Or does anyone know how to start them/any advice?

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 28, 2017 at 04:19PM by XXI-MCMXCIV http://ift.tt/2t1lIb4

New Sketch 45 is here

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 28, 2017 at 12:59PM by LisaDziuba http://ift.tt/2shqOTl

Tuesday 27 June 2017

The Use (and Misuse) of Period Typography in Movies

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 28, 2017 at 06:12AM by pier25 http://ift.tt/2tj9gpf

In 1977 the british newspaper Guardian created a fake island nation of San Serriffe with a capital named Bodoni

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 27, 2017 at 09:11PM by gordori http://ift.tt/2thIPQD

A collection of interaction sounds for prototypes.

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 27, 2017 at 09:34PM by LisaDziuba http://ift.tt/2seW3OR

Reddit tinder-style concept ios app.

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 27, 2017 at 05:04PM by dhotlo2 http://ift.tt/2rYoixf

I'm working on a Kendrick Lamar Kung Fu Kenny Comic series (6/14 complete)

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 27, 2017 at 03:42PM by Miguelpaco http://ift.tt/2sikYw9

Where can I find more animations like this?

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 27, 2017 at 02:07PM by GoogleHolyLasagne http://ift.tt/2tivad8

“McMansion Hell” used Zillow photos to mock bad design—Zillow may sue: “It is my sincere hope that this issue is resolved as amicably as possible.”

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 27, 2017 at 02:26PM by parrishthethought http://ift.tt/2sWMktE

A Beautiful Free Vector Icon Set

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 27, 2017 at 10:21AM by ralitsa_ http://ift.tt/2sWyOWX

Monday 26 June 2017

Does anybody know how to create 80s/90s background textures like this?

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 27, 2017 at 12:58AM by _ShyGuy__ http://ift.tt/2tgquUW

What do you guys think of the new IMAX Spider Man Homecoming Poster?

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 26, 2017 at 08:01PM by adamwintle http://ift.tt/2tdlu2V

Color theory book recommendations?

Choosing color palettes isn't my strong suit. What are your recommendations for books on color? Any other resources besides books?

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 26, 2017 at 06:59PM by hisblacksmile http://ift.tt/2sTDj4H

How do feel about putting a rug on wall-to-wall carpet?

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 26, 2017 at 06:08PM by alohasnafu http://ift.tt/2sTGTvC

How San Francisco Got Its New Rider-Friendly Transit Map [2015]

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 26, 2017 at 06:38PM by cos http://ift.tt/2s9xi6B

Hey guys! See ya next time at Mug Shits!

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 26, 2017 at 03:55PM by MOOzikmktr http://ift.tt/2tMRngc

My 12 yo daughter illustrated a portrait of me and put in on a mug for Father's Day

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 26, 2017 at 03:52PM by austinmiles http://ift.tt/2tMRatB

Do you think its possible making a case to fit multiple tablets?

Hi, I have just been tasked with making a tablet case that has the ability to fit multiple tablets, while mantaining strong aesthetic appeal, I am completely lost, can anyone provide any inspiration?

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 26, 2017 at 03:26PM by fl0wper http://ift.tt/2s8EJv8

The origin of the ’80s aesthetic

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 26, 2017 at 03:21PM by nffDionysos http://ift.tt/2sSYtzM

The 1,000 Floor Elevator: Why Most Designers Fail Google’s Infamous Interview Design Challenge

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 26, 2017 at 02:39PM by speckz http://ift.tt/2u89yfU

Sunday 25 June 2017

I wrote a tutorial on how to create those noisy, risography-like gradients in Photoshop (X-POST r/graphic_design)

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 25, 2017 at 06:57PM by zwordi http://ift.tt/2saPvMc

My most ambititous design yet

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 25, 2017 at 04:08PM by qu8it http://ift.tt/2t9z4F3

2017 Solar Eclipse post from Midwest National Parks

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 25, 2017 at 08:04AM by nolanater5711 http://ift.tt/2t55AYg

Saturday 24 June 2017

BTTF Poster Concept

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 25, 2017 at 05:16AM by simondmeredith http://ift.tt/2t4NFk7

A Geometric Poster I recently Designed - XXVI

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 24, 2017 at 09:06PM by simondmeredith http://ift.tt/2t3SBpt

Shade – The greatest contrast tool in the galaxy 🚀

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 24, 2017 at 07:33PM by jordanscales http://ift.tt/2t7yvf4

Shade – The greatest contrast tool in the galaxy 🚀

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 24, 2017 at 06:47PM by jordanscales http://ift.tt/2t79115

How fake logos are applied(X-post)

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 24, 2017 at 01:43PM by ArthurCaine http://ift.tt/2rNi3w3

Friday 23 June 2017

Have a desire to pursue Design, but am being put off by the difficulty to find work/low average income.

Hello all,

I am an 18 year old currently working a gap year, who will be attending University next year here in Aus. I've struggled for years on what I want to do with my life, and I think Design (mainly Graphic but I'm open) is the path is want to take.

However, I see so many posts and stories both on here and elsewhere on the internet about the difficulty to find work in the field, as well as the lower income then other similar degrees may provide.

Can anyone provide any clarification, or experience they had once graduating? Or anyone in Aus who is currently working the field, I'd love to hear anything you have to say about it.

Thank you all so much, a very good community here and it's very inspiring seeing all the great work which gets posted.

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 24, 2017 at 01:17AM by KB_Bro http://ift.tt/2sLkVLq

My brother-in-law's artwork is being sold without permission. Today is his birthday. All he wants is to harass these a-holes until they take his work down. Links below.

Here is the link to the shady Facebook page

Here is my brother-in-law's site for proof he made this artwork.

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 23, 2017 at 10:18PM by TerrificEnt http://ift.tt/2t0IeTg

i'm looking to do foil stamping on box packaging for a shampoo as well as foil stamping for the bottle as well. Any thoughts, tips, advice?

I'm new to printing in general so this is a big leap for me.

Any tips are appreciated :D

-Line

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 23, 2017 at 06:05PM by LineDetail http://ift.tt/2tCZ5JS

Deep Thoughts: A BI-MONTHLY animation series by MEDIAMONKS.

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 23, 2017 at 04:06PM by expothefuture http://ift.tt/2t2M6Ef

As someone who is struggling feeling valued as a designer, getting this in my email didn't help. Apparently the more experienced you get, the less you deserve to make.

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter) Submitted June 23, 2017 at 02:50PM by InvaderDem http://ift.tt/2sYJK8y