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Social marketing, PR insight & thought leadership - from The PR Coach
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Jeff Domansky
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Designing newspapers, magazines and books has become particularly challenging as digital takes over most of our communications. While we must learn to adapt our concepts to various screen sizes, paper will always be an essential medium for creative expression. Throughout this article, I’ll introduce 50 incredible newspaper designs (and the design lessons they bestow) to inspire your work....
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Creativity with your coffee. Recommended viewing for creatives, bloggers, marketers and PR. 
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As most of you guys probably know, the footer is the last significant part of a website. It tends to be used for placing important information, such as the RSS feedback button, slide galleries, contact information, latest posts, the site map, among others. But the footer its not just a large space to fill the bottom of the page. It's a whole design area, in which the designer can place some pretty cool ideas that will not fit inside the main space of the site. In this countdown, we will be showing you some of the coolest footer ideas on the web, so lets get it started.
Jeff Domansky's insight:
More creativity with your coffee and 200 inspiring footer designs you can learn from.Recommended viewing! 10/10
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An online portfolio website is an extreme important part of this process. Here, I bring you 50 breathtaking portfolio websites for inspiration.
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Here's a great design collection to get your creative juices flowing. Recommend viewing. 9/10
Gemma Shannon's curator insight,
March 16, 2015 8:45 AM
Fantastic selection of websites in this article, showcasing the best of website design.
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You notice well designed food packaging while wandering grocery store aisles. You try to identify the fonts used on advertisements or store signs. You’re tempted to buy greeting cards just because they have a really great design or illustration.If you’re like me, maybe you’re constantly bookmarking designs you find online or you compile boards of inspiring work on Pinterest....
Jeff Domansky's insight:
If you're interested in design, you're probably looking for inspiration. Creating a mood board can help you find it.
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In this series of posters, graphic designer Nick Barclay illustrates 14 famous films as circles of color. Dracula's poster features two red fang marks; Harry Potter's depicts the outlines of his famous broken spectacles; The Lord of the Rings is a giant gold ring to rule them all; Trainspotting is a series of pink track marks on pale flesh; and The Matrix is one red and one blue pill. The posters are eye-catching pieces of abstract decoration, letting you pay homage to your favorite movies without making you cover your wall with giant photos of Keanu Reeves in a trench coat or Daniel Radcliffe holding a wand. Each poster is complete with some film buff stats: the date the picture was released, its budget, and how much it earned at the box office....
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Here's a great quiz for movie buffs and a real source of inspiration for graphic designers.
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Your memory of 2014 won’t be defined by those things. Instead, you’ll remember the Ebola outbreak, Lavern Cox, Ferguson, LeBron’s return home, the World Cup, True Detective, missing flight MH370, and maybe even Alex from Target. These and many other cultural and political moments shaped the year and will continue to be part of our conversations in 2015. To commemorate these events, Beutler Ink created Here’s to 2014!, a graphic featuring 91 memorable moments. The poster is a follow-up to the 2013 edition, which featured Miley Cyrus, Prince George, and Pope Francis...
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Discover the cultural moments that defined 2014 in this wonderful illustration by Beutler Ink.
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Graphic designer portfolios are an essential tool for anyone needing to showcase their work, list their qualifications and convince clients to hire their services. The portfolio websites of famous graphic designers are a great source of inspiration for web design.In this article we’ll take you through some inspiring examples. The designs themselves are often as innovative and inspiring as the designers’ most famous work, and serve to remind visitors of their legendary careers....
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Inspiration for all in this collection of 14 famous graphic designer portfolios that are as stunning and innovative as their work.
Bartek Daniel's curator insight,
January 20, 2015 12:12 PM
Portfolia znanych Grafików Komputerowych.
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Website design process takes a lot of time and consists of a number of steps: starting from the search of inspiration and information gathering to prototyping, testing and even content filling. As a result, having the right tools simplifying some of these steps can make your work more efficient and enjoyable. Google Chrome has a robust extension platform featuring lots of useful tools, which web designers can benefit from. For this reason, I decided to gather and review the best Chrome extensions that can provide shortcuts on various routine, but sometimes really time-consuming steps in website design.Below is a compilation of top 15 Chrome extensions I’ve discovered....
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Google Chrome has a robust extension platform featuring lots of useful tools, which web designers can benefit from. Here are 15 of the best Chrome extensions
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We all need inspiration at one point or another. Whether it's Monday morning or Friday afternoon, sometimes we need to kickstart our creative juices. With that said, we're here to help! Our web design team has picked some of their favorite blogs for education, inspiration, and procrastination. Are we missing any of your favorites? Hit us up on Twitter. Without further ado...
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Useful list of the best web design blogs for creatives, designers and developers to follow.
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iStock has queried creatives from around the world to determine what to look for in 2014 design trends. Entitled Hot or Not (oh how we miss the original Am I Hot or Not), the infographic gives a thumbs up/thumbs down look at flat design and skeumorphic design; short form storytelling versus long form; real models versus retouched; 3D and offset printing; and more. Give it a look.
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Interesting designer POVs on trends.
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In 1953, writers George Plimpton, Harold L. Humes, and Peter Matthiessen banded together to found The Paris Review, the famed magazine that gave voice to literary giants like Ernest Hemingway and Jack Kerouac. Today the formidable institution is celebrating an impressive 60 years in operation....
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Whether you're a designer, a reader, literary type or student of the Beat Generation, you'll be in awe at these covers. WOW!
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Typically, a logo’s design is for immediate recognition. The logo is one aspect of a company’s commercial brand, or economic or academic entity, and its shapes, colors, fonts, and images usually are different from others in a similar market. Logos are also used to identify organizations and other non-commercial entities. These types of corporate identities are often developed by large firms who specialize in this type of work. However, if you want to save some bucks and want to design your logo then there are many sources to get logo design inspiration. Infact, we might able to help you by presenting this showcase of Highly beautiful, original and creative logo designs for your design inspiration. All of these logos are very creative and following different trends like PhotoFill, Concealed, VariDots, Candy Stripe, Flip Flop, Sequential, but most importantly Texting which is a common element among all of them. Also, try to catch how they created using specific colors combination, typography adjustments and font selection....
Jeff Domansky's insight:
What an exceptional collection of logo designs. Creativity with your coffee. Highly recommended viewing! 9.5/10
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Graphic design is an industry that has been growing and changing for centuries at the hand of countless designers. So, to celebrate this rich and exciting history, we’ve compiled a list of 40 famous designers that have done their part in shaping graphic design in some way. From those who specialize in typography or magazine design, through to album covers and political posters, each of these people have made their mark on the industry and shaped it in some way through hard work and some great designs. With that, let’s have a look at 40 people who changed graphic design for good....
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Meet the pioneers of graphic design. Creativity with your coffee. Recommended reading. 9.5 / 10
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Featuring an awesome line-up of designers, illustrators and typographers who are sharing their fantastic portfolios on the image-sharing site, this article is a must-read if you are looking to turn up the beauty, style and creativity on your daily feed.
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Creativity with your coffee: is some great inspiration from these top instaGram designers.
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Your Facebook page cover photo is a small but powerful tool when it comes to promoting yourself, your services or your business. It’s the first thing seen by anybody who visits your Facebook page and you have the power to decide whether they just scroll past it or stop and have a proper look. Have a look at these creative examples to see how you can make the most out of your Facebook cover!...
Jeff Domansky's insight:
These Facebook covers are superb creativity and highly recommended viewing. 10/10
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There’s a great abundance of web design galleries, and you probably already know about the popular ones. But in this roundup I’d like to share 10 web design galleriesthat I recently discovered.
Jeff Domansky's insight:
10 Web design galleries for your web and blogging inspiration. Recommended viewing. 9/10
Gary Campbell's curator insight,
February 20, 2015 9:24 AM
I must say when you find a aesthetically pleasing website, it makes you just want to stay there, at least for a few minutes regardless of the content of the site. It is like a new place of refuge for the Internet traveler. 
Lori Wilk's curator insight,
February 20, 2015 3:09 PM
Thanks for this great resource list of #design galleries.
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So another year comes to a close and BrandNew have published their now traditional ‘The Best and Worst Identities of 2014′ In which (as the name suggests) they highlight the Best and the Worst of Identity design, all in their opinion of course, but they are usually pretty spot on. Overall I agree with most of the selection of the good and the, ahem, not so good (to put it politely). Here’s a selection of some of our favourites of the year….
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Creativity with your coffee. Enjoy these inspiring visuals. Recommended viewing. 9/10
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There are over 650 Google Fonts available for free. But, pairing typefaces isn’t easy and many of those fonts don’t work for typical websites. Part of the 25x52 initiative, this collaborative, ongoing project offers inspiration for using Google’s font library.
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Wonderful typography, creative design and inspiration for all. Recommended reading. 9/10
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Single page designs can be an excellent technique for tackling smaller websites, even those that you might not think could ever be done without multiple pages. There are tons of great reasons for using a single page site, from ease of maintenance to reduced bandwidth needs.
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Great tips for one-page website design.
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Ryan McArthur is a famous graphic and web designer who has turned famous inspirational quotes into excellent graphic design in these minimalist designs.
Jeff Domansky's insight:
If you love creativity and ideas, you MUST see these incredible designs built around inspirational quotes. Very inspiring. and recommended viewing. 10/10
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A lot goes into a great logo design. While a logo seems like just a little thing to create, it represents an entire company or brand, and must convey identity, values, and more. You can’t think of it as just a “little” design job. It can be the most important design a company has, and one that guides future design and branding decisions. With this guide you’ll learn all the steps necessary for creating a fantastic logo for your own project or a potential client’s.
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Creativity with your coffee: some lessons, some logos and some inspiring designs.
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Creating compelling visual imagery for your social media profiles has never been more important for your brand. ... graphic design plays an important role, not only in building brand awareness and recognition, but also attracting the user’s attention. Because of this, marketers and social media managers should have a basic understanding of graphic design, especially design that works where your social audience spends most of their time: online and on mobile devices. When graphics are used consistently over various platforms, customers may view it several times over, in turn generating more brand recognition. Social media imagery is essential to getting people to follow you, so here we will provide you with a few tips on how to create the best imagery for your posts....
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The color scheme of a site creates its atmosphere. It should be fitting, good looking, and attractive. At the same time, it should not impede visitors to use the website and easily find all necessary information. No matter what kind of business you have, don’t be afraid to use bold color schemes for your website.
Here I have showcased 50 fantastic websites with extremely bright color palette for inspiration. All of them are great examples of beauty and creativity in web design....
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Enjoy a creativity break with these colorful inspirations...
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