DESIGN CHATTER
The Biggest Movie Star You’ve Never Heard Of
Jan 06, 2023
Have you ever heard of a title designer? Well, even if you haven’t, there is no way you haven’t seen their work: these designers who create the titles and accompanying visual hallmarks of films. This interview with Dan Perri takes you into the mind of one of the best. Responsible for the title design of Raging Bull, The Exorcist, and the beyond-iconic opening title crawl of Star Wars. Just like design for any other medium, films have a lot of information that has to be shown,
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Best Magazine Cover Roundup: 2022 Edition
Jan 04, 2023
We made it to 2023, guys! And what better way to get the creative juices flowing after a holiday break than to check out what worked best in 2022, and carry that success forward. Creative Review has rounded up the best in magazine covers from 2022. Covers are obviously the first impression a publication can give, so the graphic design involved is usually held to the highest quality, and it’s safe to say these specimens delivered.
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WB Celebrates 100 Years with, Appropriately, an Animated Logo
Dec 23, 2022
Warner Brothers is turning 100! In April of 2023, WB turns the big 1-0-0, and they’ve got a commemorative logo to put them all to shame. The animated logo features the WB shield mark that we all know so well, and a stylized “100” that acts as a backdrop, foil, and plot point to a host of WB favorites over the years. There are appearances from Batman, Wyle E. Coyote, Harry Potter, Bugs Bunny…the list is lengthy!
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Kellogg’s Adopts Adaptive Packaging
Dec 21, 2022
Grocery shopping can be overwhelming, there are so many choices, and it can be hard to weed through them. Imagine trying to do that if you were visually impaired! One of the most overwhelming aisles is undoubtedly the cereal aisle, and Kellogg’s has decided to take steps with their packaging to make it easier for shoppers with visual impairment to select their products. The cereal company is working with NaviLens, a tech company that makes adaptive technology,
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Own a Piece of Twitter
Dec 16, 2022
If you’ve ever wanted to own a little bit of Twitter, well now is your chance. And Twitter has great taste! In furniture, at any rate. Elon Musk seems to be thinking he’ll completely refurnish the Twitter HQ to mark the new ownership, and that means everything that’s already in there has to go. The sale officially starts January 18, but you can go and check out the goods: Eames chairs, fancy espresso machine, even giant Twitter birds are all up for grabs.
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2023 Looks Bright and Colorful
Dec 14, 2022
It is somehow basically already 2023. While you take a minute to think on that, check out Adobe’s predictions for creative trends in 2023. Some, like nostalgia and retro heavy designs, are no surprise, those have been on the horizon for a while. Adobe predicts that coming out of the heavy pandemic years, design is going to take some dreamy departures from reality and push the envelope towards surrealism. Look for metaphysical and spiritual influences, and most of all: authenticity.
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