'Artivist' Nikkolas Smith Combines Art And Activism Into A Singular Superpower
For the past seven years, the Los Angeles-based artist has celebrated and mourned Black lives in his work. Smith's portraits are sometimes unfinished — a reflection of Black lives cut short.
Fine Acts collaborated with a dozen amazing Black typographers and lettering artists on an open pack of protest posters – ready to be used in action, all yours to print and share. Take them to the streets. Place them around your neighbourhood. Put them on your windows. Send them to friends and loved
When we built websites we usually started by defining the body text. The body text definition dictates how wide your main column is, the rest used to follow almost by itself. Used to. Until recently, screen resolution was more or less homogeneous. Today we deal with a variety of screen sizes and resolutions. This makes things much more complicated.
Hey guys! Welcome to episode 2 of redesigning logos. This week: COFFEE. If you have a logo you would like for me to redesign, shoot me a DM on instagram :) E...
A Quick Look at Types of Grids for Creating Professional Designs
The secret to any good design lies in the way its visual elements are organized and positioned in relation to each other. This is exactly what layout design is all about. Layout gives meaning to your design and makes it ...
What is mixed methods research? - Optimal Workshop
OptimalWorkshop explains the benefits of using a mixture of qualitative and quantitative research to identify design problems and direction, and lists examples of each type of research using a real world design problem.
This book was written in 1969 for a lettering course at the Pratt Institute. This chapter is a treasure trove on spacing - between letters, between lines, and between words. Lots of great examples and ideas here to improve your legibility in Layout 1, and a good head start for some of the ideas we'll discuss next class with creative typography.
Google Fonts is a great place to get free fonts of all kinds. Just keep in mind that you'll need to evaluate each typeface for quality, readability, and how it matches the information you're trying to communicate. Does the typeface have several weights to help you control hierarchy? Are the shapes balanced and easy to read for body copy? Great typefaces are at the root of great design. Good typography will support your design without becoming noticeable, while bad typography and typeface choice will detract from it.