DESIGN CHATTER
Don’t Let Your Brand Be Bland!
Jul 03, 2019
Brand guides: the skeleton that designers build their work around. Some companies have truly innovative guidelines that let you immediately have the creative juices flowing. Many…do not. Designer Vikki Ross has created a hilarious series of “Bland Guidelines” that hit a little bit too close to home to those of us in the graphic design field. If your brand is bland, contact KEYLAY Design to jazz up your graphics!
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Ever Wanted a Reversible USB Cable?
Jun 28, 2019
USB cables: they’ve been a daily part of our lives for 23 years, but for some reason, you can NEVER plug them in correctly on the first try! Turns out…it was designed that way on purpose! It may be irritating every time you go to put your external hard drive in, but making the connector reversible would have doubled the cost of the hardware. Sometimes, design decisions have to be made after weighing all the variables and finding the best possible solution…even if it’s not perfect.
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Farewell, Fox!
Jun 25, 2019
Mozilla has unveiled a new logo for Firefox…and it seems to be a little bit short on the “fox”! In an effort to show that they’re more than just a browser, Mozilla’s new Firefox logo is more abstracted and streamlined, in an effort to not just be seen as “Firefox”. Along with nixing the fox, the new logo and branding comes with an all-new custom typeface, and bright neon colors, which has been a steady design trend in tech lately.
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Selfie Retouchers, Watch Out!
Jun 21, 2019
You’ve seen them before, photos of people that seem just a little too perfect. A lot of the time they are, in fact, too good to be true, but it can be really hard to tell. Enter Adobe: they’ve created a new AI that can call out manipulation by its own software. Specifically, the “Space Aware Liquify” action in Photoshop, a common tool in the arsenal of photo retouchers. And not only can the algorithm figure out when the tool has been used 99% of the time,
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Adidas Gets In The Spirit for Pride!
Jun 19, 2019
June is Pride month, and Adidas has debuted a new line that celebrates LGBTQ+ representation! Nothing gimmicky here, this collection is an achievement of good design, and the pieces wouldn’t look out of place in any month of the year…unless you wore the sandals in December! We love seeing companies being inclusive….and using design to do it!
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Harry Potter Gets a Design Upgrade
Jun 14, 2019
Even though we’re all still waiting for your Hogwarts letter (it’s just lost in the mail, right?), we can make ourselves feel a little more connected to the magical world, thanks to a new Harry Potter Vans collection. The shoe company has a new collection that surely features all your favorite characters, and they look great, to boot. From shoes (obviously), to backpacks and apparel, there’s something here for every Harry Potter fan! We love seeing design cross over into unexpected collaborations,
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