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No. 699650

Discuss Graphic Design or Ask anything about it.
>Poster, Packaging, UI, etc

Anon what is your
> Favorite Design Trend?
> Hated Design Trend?
> Personal Style /Aesthetic

Everyone is welcome expect Twitterfags and Vendettachan

No. 699653

Shouldn't this go in /m/. Graphic Design is basically media.

No. 699655

>>699653
If this should go to /m/ then art discussion should too

No. 699656

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/840.The_Design_of_Everyday_Things
I've written about this on lolcow before, but I cannot recommend this book enough, one of my favourites, and I'm not even into design. The author is both an engineer and psychologist and a pioneer in user-centered design. He us the one who invented digital screens on phones so you could see what number you're dialling. He's also responsible for hot and cold water being color-coded and standardised hot=left cold=right. He analyses and talks in detail about mundane things as door knobs with such insight, I never thought I'd enjoy reading about door-knobs that much. It's interesting to see the thought process behind so many things we take for granted today.

No. 699658

What are some good books to read about the basics of graphic design for someone who's a complete n00b?

No. 699659


No. 699665

>>699655
I guess the farmhands don't agree but I think the art discussion thread(s) should go there too, yes.

No. 699684

>>699655
Don't agree with this, because the art discussion is more about Milky stuff than just art.

No. 699699

>>699684
That's a good point actually.

Nvm my post about moving this to /m/, I guess it hardly matters anyway.

No. 699712

I love Chip Kidd's designs

No. 699772

>>699659
thank you!!

No. 699846

>>699658

free online course:
https://www.kadenze.com/courses/introduction-to-graphic-design-history/info

no book but website for current hot shit (which I loathe tbh):
https://www.itsnicethat.com/

No. 700158

fun thread!
i recently transitioned to a career in UI design/research after working as a dev for a period of time.
i'm enjoying it a lot more since there's definitely more creative freedom for the designers compared to to the devs who are essentially handed a schematic to build and have little say in design choices otherwise. anecdotal, but i also just vibe with my design coworkers so much better than my former co-engineers.

>>699658
not books and i'm sure seasoned design anons are already familiar with these, but i'll drop a few general links for the tech design noobs seeking inspo:
> https://www.awwwards.com/
> https://www.behance.net/
> https://dribbble.com/
> Pinterest has also been a surprisingly good resource as well.

No. 703940

>>700158
Can I ask about how you made the transition? Did you just make a portfolio on your own and started applying to places?

No. 703970

>>703940
NTA, but that's a good place to start, I always make portfolios for the thing I want to get a job for.

No. 704637

What design trends do you think will be prevalent in 2021?

No. 704712

>>704637
I still think its minimalism though, people like it because its easier on the eye. My prediction is they prolly last for another year or two before they got sick of it.

No. 704767

What are graphic design farmers' opinions on Kel Lauren? Innocent question. Sometimes I like her work and sometimes I find it a bit too reliant on trends, but I guess that can be a good thing.

No. 704774

>>704767
She's very hit or miss. Sometimes she makes logos that are good, but not always. I didn't like the Petco redesign she did recently tbh. The old petco olgo (the one with the dog and cat) was better, her logo was just needlessly complicated and wasn't all that appealing

No. 704776

>>704774
logo* how tf did I misspell a 4 letter word

No. 704983

>>704776
How could you forget Olgo, the demon of graphic design? If you do not worship him, he will crash all your WIPs and eat your logo folder

No. 705435

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>>704767

I'm glad this thread was made because I wanted to hear some opinions on this situation between Julia Fletcher (close friend of Kel Lauren's and fellow designer/youtuber) and Raissa Pardini. Julia was called out by Raissa for copying her designs and selling them, Julia claims it was inspired by another image and you cant claim a font/aesthetic as your own.

>I was following Julia Fletcher (juliaflatcherphoto) until not long ago. She tagged me a few times in her own inspirations board and I was grateful. But then she started replicating designs of mine for commercial purposes, putting to risk her work and mostly her clients. Left alone the respect she has for my work and for the bands I designed those posters for. I approached her very nicely and privately twice and she blocked me and kept designing like nothing has been said. She admitted the designs were the same in our first conversations (which I have). Today, with no space left for me to talk to her, I had to call her out. Design platforms reviewed the work and regardless what she told everyone of you today, the work is the same. She blocked everyone of you to tag her, comment on her designs, message her or say anything freely. She put the poster on sale on her website and didn’t apology or has been in touch. I get copied all the time, everyone does! But plagiarism is going against copyrights. And all our works are automatically copyrighted by law in the U.K., for a long time.

No. 705437

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>>705435

samefag

No. 705455

>>705435
Not really an opinion on the two designers here, but just how people in the design community preach about how you should “steal” ideas from others. I think it’s a little ridiculous how up in arms people get about copying ideas. Lots of design is extremely similar these days. Like, I wish the community would make up its damn mind on the matter.
Tbh, both designs are ugly. I think Julia needs to not be so “obvious” about where she gets her inspiration from. I’d be mortified and ashamed if I were her.

No. 705456

>>705435
Honestly? Even if I lowkey believe Julia's claims that she wasn't directly inspired by Raissa, she needs to be a professional and 1) do her goddamn research before debuting a new piece, i.e. see if her peers have done anything similar and 2) put some effort into making more unique work.

No. 705478

>>705455
>>705456

In design school they constantly told us to be Magpie's; take little things from the work you enjoy and people you admire and incorporate it in your own work, but the most important part is to make it yours. I think Julia was being willfully ignorant in her post with the "it's literally just stacked type!" "it's literally just the same font and colours!" as if any design can't be boiled down to that. I think she could've handled things with a bit more grace. The black and white poster is still up in her shop and the baltimore poster is on her website (though altered to look less similar).

No. 712745

What would you consider a good portfolio?

No. 734248

Moved to >>>/m/126814.



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