Tag: graphic design

Duet Atelier built a reputation on restraint. Their LE ARCHIVE Social Media Template Collection is the clearest proof of that yet. I tested every...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

Honestly, my Adobe Stock download library is a mess. Hundreds of purchases are in there, most opened once, then forgotten within a week. But...

Back in 2012, WE AND THE COLOR ran a feature on a small gingerbread company's holiday tins. The illustrations were bright, the folk-art patterns...

I spent six weeks running the same design tasks through Adobe Stock, Envato Elements, and Creative Fabrica. Same logo concept, same social carousel, same...

A timeless brand identity is not one that never changes. Identities that last usually evolve as the business, audience and platforms around them change....