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Brand Guidelines: What They Are and How to Build Them

Brand Guidelines Are Not a Nice-to-Have. They're What Keeps a Brand From Becoming a Rumor. A rebrand can cost a company millions of dollars. Somewhere...

Dictionary of Color Combinations Volume 2: A Book Review of Sanzo...

Some of you may have already read my review of A Dictionary of Color Combinations Vol. 1 here on WE AND THE COLOR. After...

Fabric Grotesk Font Family by Fontfabric

Fabric Grotesk Is the Neo-Grotesque That Finally Gets "Neutral" Right The Fabric Grotesk font family was published by Fontfabric just recently, and I spent one...

This Coffee Shop Brand Guidelines Bundle Actually Covers Every Touchpoint, Not...

Seriously, I've seen brand guidelines templates that stop at the logo lockup and call it a day. But this coffee shop brand guidelines bundle...

Adobe Stock Without Creative Cloud? Who Actually Wins on Price?

Adobe Stock does not require a Creative Cloud subscription. That single fact surprises almost every designer I talk to. People often assume the two...

Avada WordPress Theme Review: The #1 Bestseller Installed & Tested in...

Fourteen years at the top of ThemeForest's bestseller chart is a strange kind of record. Themes come and go every year, and trends shift...

This Fun Halloween Party Poster Template for Adobe Illustrator Proves Minimalism...

A single eye peeking out from under an orange blanket sold me on this poster before I read a single word of the description....

Myquillyn Smith’s New Book House Hushing Proves Minimalism Was Never the...

Myquillyn Smith has a theory, and it's a good one. Empty rooms don't feel peaceful. They feel abandoned. In House Hushing: The Simple Method...

Maltique Font by Zarma Type Is an Extra-Bold, Chunky Sans-Serif Display...

Let's get one thing straight before we go further. The Maltique font from Zarma Type isn't trying to whisper. It's built to shout across...

This New Adobe InDesign Portfolio Presentation Template Fixes the One Thing...

Honestly, I often think that many portfolio decks look like a résumé wearing a costume. There are boxes of text. A headshot in the...

8 Amazon Supplies We Used for Upcycling Mid-Century Modern Thrift-Store Furniture

Upcycling thrift-store furniture sounds like a hobby for people with a garage, a truck, and unlimited patience. It isn't. My friend does this most...

Geometric Shapes Still Run Graphic Design. This Book by Shaoqiang Wang...

I bought this book on a whim back in June, mostly because the cover pattern looked sharper than anything else on my shelf that...