These are great for entertainment and app usage on at home or on the go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWI0TeZzfrw
The Battle of AI Copyright Law Continues
The response by the artificial intelligence firms raises questions about how copyright law principles such as authorship, infringement and fair use will apply to content created or used by AI.
App Store developers can link to payment methods outside the store, avoiding Apple's 30% fee, court rules in 'Fortnite' case
On Monday, a federal appeals court ruled that Apple's "anti-steering" provision was uncompetitive. So now App Store developers can link to outside payment systems to avoid the 30% fee.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/app-store-developers-can-skirt-30-fee-outside-links-court-2023-4?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab
RIP 🙏 Milton Glaser, designer of the "I ♥ New York" logo, dies aged 91
Condolences and huge respect to Milton Glaser, designer of the "I ♥ New York" logo who passed away in New York on his 91st birthday. Milton achieved goals many graphic designers dream of and goes down as one of the most influential designers in the history of design. From print to products, apparel, street art and personal tattoos, The I ♥ New York logo alone is a champion of iconic design.
Milton’s 60 year career includes co-founding New York magazine as well as logo designs for DC Comics, Brooklyn Brewery, posters for Bob Dylan and much more. Here’s a small sample of some of his well known work:
An interview with the design genius himself:
“Cultures are best when they’re most innocent.”
More about Milton Glaser’s life: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Glaser
Your work here is more then done Milton - Thank you!! 💪 (Rest In Peace) 🙏
2020 DESIGN TRENDS
What is Old is New Again
2020 introduces a new year for exciting and ground breaking graphic design. The ability to create and display stunning visual experiences for brands, products and more is available at our fingertips. Below are 8 selections with examples that I personally love from the Graphic Design Trends for 2020. Which are your personal favorites?
3D and Depth
I recall working with early 3D software applications in the 90’s such as AC3D and Bryce. I then moved on to 3D Studio Max (3ds Max) and Maya. Today there’s a lot of easily accessible 3D apps such as Blender and Cinema 4D that have their use cases and pack a lot of punch. Even smaller apps such as Adobe Dimension allow you to quickly create 3D imagery in record time. Here’s some sweet 3D style examples for 2020.
Line Art
Line art is a classic and beautiful illustration style that has stood the test of time and still continues to be a clean and clear visual communication language. Today’s drawing apps such as Procreate, Adobe illustrator and Sketch allow you to create everything from line based artwork to interactive interfaces and animations. Incorporating line art into page layout, UI design and iconography is a favorite of mine.
Image and Text Masking
Large letters, appealing background imagery and minimalistic layout design create a style that is still modern on today’s touch points. I love seeing this design style on websites, apps and social posts for Instagram, Facebook, etc. Object masks and letter masks can be created within a few clicks using today’s modern design applications such as Sketch, Figma, Illustrator and Photoshop. I look forward to continuing to utilize and see more of this trend in 2020.
Monochrome
What I enjoy most about monochrome design is that it quickly establishes a tone and mood that keeps the eye focused on the content. I love designing in black and white as well as a specific color’s tone mixed with an accent color to bring balance and contrast to a design. Want to try it for yourself? Check out this quick monochrome generator: Click here.
Artistic Typography
By using artistic typography alone, we can create beautiful compositions that make statements and grab audience’s attention. Artistic letters and words create messages and emotions that are visually captivating. Typography is more abundant then ever with endless font styles that can be utilized for every type of visual communication goal. If not based on a font, hand drawn custom type can also create works of art. From graffiti to fonts, letter art has always been one of my personal favorite forms of art and design.
Shiny Metals
There’s something about shiny metallic materials that always grabs your eyes attention. The combination of shiny materials and complimentary colors make you want to reach out and touch an object. For digital display, today’s 3D apps streamline the creation of metallic textures and objects. For example, Adobe Dimension comes loaded with beautiful shiny metal textures that you can quickly tweak and edit to get the effect you’re looking for. See some of them here.
Geometric Designs
I love geometric design. The ability to create icons, logos, layout pages, websites and apps with the use of geometry is like building a puzzle, piece by piece. Geometric and minimalistic design mixed together is muy-bueno. I appreciate the thought, creation and art process that exists behind geometric design that the normal eye doesn’t see. It’s definitely a gratifying style to achieve as a designer.
Isometric Illustrations
Isometric illustrations are another one of my favorite styles. I have to admit it is way overused today but that’s just because it’s so darn cool and continuing to go strong in 2020. I love 3d environments, elements of animation and spacial design abilities that this style is capable of expressing. Wether it’s 2D or 3D there is a lot of great design software that allows designers to create this style efficiently.
Which are your favorites?
If you enjoyed these design trends and believe any of them would help you communicate your brand, company or product’s mission, send me a message and let’s get started on achieving your 2020 goals!
TEDx Venice Beach "Wild Thoughts"
We were thrilled to be invited to the weekend's TEDx Venice Beach "Wild Thoughts" event and surrounded by many innovators from all areas of life. TEDx said it best "Venice Beach has always been wild-- artists, designers, innovators, freaks, and dreamers. Ambitious visions, radical experiments, and innovative designs -- were all hatched here." Peep some sights and sounds from the build up to the weekend's superb TEDx Venice Beach event.
Game Design 101 - Design a funner slide
Hirokazu Yasuhara is a Japanese video game designer. He is best known for designing the gameplay and stages of the initial Sonic the Hedgehog video games for Sega Genesis in the 1990s, based on technical demos and engines programmed by Yuji Naka. "There are so many fun games nowadays. And it is getting easier to make games by using various engines and tools. But it is hard to make them “fun” without game design, like as people can’t build high risen building without architecture. I think each game designer has his or her own theory of design. So I would like to talk a part of my game design theory which is - How to make a game fun." - Hirokazu Yasuhara
Great Time Speaking at Silicon Beach Fest
Great web design is no longer a differentiator but a necessity. Novoa was invited to this panel of world-class design agency founders and addressed how to find great web designers and, more importantly, how a client can avoid pitfalls while engaging designers to get the best results possible. This was a great opportunity for us to share our industry experience and confront the real-world applicable items that businesses face. We appreciate the questions and feedback we received from the Silicon Beach Fest audience. We're looking forward to the next event and to meeting colleagues who share the same passion within the tech industry. Let us know if you have any questions regarding this topic and we’ll tell you how we can assist your business with a plan for success.
Design Humor 101
It's never too early in the week for a little design humor. After decades in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator designing for print, web, video, and mobile, we had a great laugh at these. Here's a few of our favorites from the 75 Funniest Design Jokes Only Designers Relate To. Which is your favorite?
12% of Americans Plan to Buy VR Within 6 Months
VR is a new and exciting frontier and a recent study by RoadToVR shows that North America and Europe will be leading the field in the consumer market. This is exciting news as Novoa Media is working on a special VR project and the data reassures us we'll have a great audience to share the experience with.
There's different types of VR such as Immersive, Augmented, Video Mapping etc. and its interesting to see the battle of the platforms heat up as new cameras and tools to create VR content continue to emerge. This overview gives you an idea of the options you have in choosing a platform that fits your hardware budget.
If you want to get an explanation of VR, AR and platforms that exist here's a good overview by Marques Browniee.
When it comes to creating VR content there's a lot of do's, don'ts and challenges that arise but don't fear because there's also a lot of great advice in this area from early VR content creators. If you have any questions in regards to creating VR content or would like to get started on a project let us know.
SlideShare: Novoa Media at IRCE - How To Find Amazing Website Designers And Manage Them To Get What You Want
Incase you missed it, we added our IRCE panel discussion slides on important business strategies to manage the creation of your company's website to SlideShare. IRCE is North America's largest internet retailer conference. It was a great event and we look forward to speaking there again. If you have any questions on successfully building your company's website let us know. You can view the SlideShare presentation here.
Celebrating 10 Years of Business
Hope your 2016 is going great thus far! We are excited about this year as Novoa Media is celebrating our 10th year of business. It has been a great experience working with great people. Join our newsletters to keep up to date in the world of design, development and mobile. And have an amazing 2016!