DESIGN CHATTER
Boldly Going Where No Chair Has Gone Before
Apr 14, 2021
In the Star Trek universe, one thing is for sure: those star ships had a hell of an interior decorator. An Argentinian 3D artist, Tadeo D’Oria, went on a personal quest to model all of the chairs you see in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and figure out what real-world chairs they were that made it on the show, and the results are surprisingly sophisticated! We give a lot of props to the production designers who found things on Earth that looked out of this world enough to seem right at home on a futuristic space ship!
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Why is Social Media Marketing Such a Powerful Tool for Brands?
Apr 10, 2021
Companies that use social media marketing effectively speak to their audiences with a unified, authentic voice. And with so many channels to choose from, it’s easier to cultivate conversations about your brand and get valuable feedback from followers.
But let’s go into a few other reasons why social media marketing benefits businesses of all sizes.
It gives you direct access to your audience through multiple channels
As of 2020,
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Adobe Joins TikTok!
Apr 09, 2021
…And they have design jokes and memes for days! If you had been sleeping on joining TikTok because you needed dedicated graphic design content, your problems are over 🙂 Their intro video is full of fun memes and design jokes, but the community is intended to ultimately feature user content, as well as provide bite-size tutorials and advice around using their products. We can think of many times easily-digestible tutorial information at your fingertips would have come in handy,
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Build Your Own Adidas with Lego
Apr 07, 2021
Stepping on Lego just got a whole lot more fun! Introducing the Adidas x Lego collaboration, a shoe that is buildable with your favorite plastic bricks! The UltraBoost sneakers feature sports built-in Lego studs to make these sneakers truly one of a kind and personalized, the possibilities are endless! With Lego details from the insole to the toe, these newly designed shoes are sure to appeal to sneakerheads and Lego lovers everywhere!
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Know Your Font!
Apr 02, 2021
It’s quiz time! As a graphic designer, do you pride yourself on being able to differentiate fonts in the blink of an eye? Well, time to put that skill to the test! Is it Lato or Roboto? Garamond or Times New Roman? (Yes, ok maybe those are the ones we commonly confuse together…) Foont is here with a quiz to give you the chance of walking your talk! It’s surprisingly difficult, and gives your design eye a nice refresher on the minute details and differences between our favorite typefaces.
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Be Your Own Beeple
Mar 31, 2021
Earlier month, the art world was taken by storm with the massive sale of…a JPG. That’s right. Digital artist Beeple created his work, titled Everydays, as a composite of 5,000 daily works of art he has been making every day since 2007. And it sold at auction for $69.3 MILLION. The JPG, known in the art auction world as a non-fungible token, or NFT, is the most expensive one sold yet. Ok, we’re graphic designers, how do we make a million-dollar JPG?
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