20 TED Lectures for Designers

 Design 20 TED Lectures for Designers TED lectures have been an inspiration and opportunity to learn from anywhere in the world for thirty years. The article contains presentations by designers and visionaries about thinking outside the box, technologies in design and the nature of the creative process. All videos have ...
Magazine grid rules

Magazine grid rules

 Design Magazine grid rules Didactic introduction Meshing is an extremely simple exercise with little theory; however, students regularly experience difficulties due to their inability to operate with traditional polygraphic units of measurement. Of course, today you can do without accurate typometric calculations, choosing the type size “in place”, but this ...

Mastering Gradients in Adobe Illustrator

 Lesson Mastering Gradients in Adobe Illustrator It may seem that creating gradients is very simple: choose one color, choose a second color – Illustrator will do the rest for you. In general, this is true, but the capabilities of the program are much wider and with their help you can ...
From techies to designers

From techies to designers

 Design From techies to designers Is it difficult to become a designer with a higher technical education behind you? Alexander Moiseev, a graduate of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, told his story: how during his studies he became interested in design, worked as a freelancer, and then joined the Yandex.Search ...
Create a fast food illustration in Adobe Illustrator

Create a fast food illustration in Adobe Illustrator

 Lesson Create a fast food illustration in Adobe Illustrator In this tutorial, we will draw a fast food illustration in Adobe Illustrator. We’ll use basic shapes, live corner functions, and contour manipulation. As a result, we will get a flat illustration, which we will add volume using highlights and shadows. ...
5 lessons from Google Senior Designer Richard Fulcher

5 lessons from Google Senior Designer Richard Fulcher

 Design 5 lessons from Google Senior Designer Richard Fulcher Designer Saeed Taheri spoke to Google Senior Designer Richard Fulcher and talked about the conversation on his blog. Here is a translation of his article for you. 1. How to see details that others are missing Train empathy Try to see ...
The MacLeod Brothers “Create Your Universe”

The MacLeod Brothers “Create Your Universe”

 Book The MacLeod Brothers “Create Your Universe” The McLeod brothers opened the veil of secrecy, which was interesting to many, but not everyone dared to find the answer on their own – what path do ingenious ideas go from their appearance in the author’s head to the implementation of the ...
What you need to know about typography in email

What you need to know about typography in email

 Design What you need to know about typography in email Arthur Koch, a creator and typesetter for emails, spoke on a blog on Medium about why typography in email newsletters is so important and should never be forgotten. At the moment I am working on a completely new version of ...