One of the greatest pleasures in Photography is experimentation. To come up use a shot, a view of the world that none has seen yet is a challenge… a work for a visionary. But, aren’t we all visionaries?
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I’ve seen these in the web a while ago… and was thinking that… read more
I simply love beautiful packages! It’s great that some companies give the proper care and attention on providing great packages for their products and consequently, their clients. I’m the kind of person that would try a new product because of its package. The style, color, shape, material… everything counts. And… read more
Alex Dukal is a graphic designer and illustrator based in Buenos Aieres, Argentina. He has done works for popular magazines in Argentina such as Fierro, Lápiz Japonés and others. Also he has contributed with his illustrations to some childeren’s books, which it’s his currently job.
In 2000 Alex traveled to… read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
Wojciech Toast is a photographer and web designer from a small town called Jelcz-Laskowice in Poland. He works alongside with two other friends in a web design studio called Helldesign. However his real passion is photography. As he says, it’s through photos that he can unleash his artistic imagination, and… read more
There are two things I really enjoy, big cities and good photography. When these two combine it’s just magic, I enjoy looking a concrete jungles from the top view and see how big and full of buildings they are, the show of lights that it makes at night it’s just… read more
Finaly our Abduzeedo iPhone App is up at the Apple App Store and it is free. The first version is all about inspiration and you will be able to access the images from the Daily Inspiration series on the go. If you have an iPhone give it a try.
Abduzeedo is… read more
Some time ago we began a series of posts on logo design. Our goal? To cover as many logos as we can until the end of the year… we started with logos starting with A, today is all about W’s. We’ve been seeing some great logos, and we wish to… read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
Typography Mania is a weekly post series that comes around every Wednesday with the best of Typography work on the web, from videos to images everything is full of great design and inspiration. Check out this weeks Mania and comeback in 7 days for more.
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I’m pretty sure all of you guys read our post A World in HDR – A Great book by Trey Ratcliff and got simply amazed with the images and tiny portions of the book’s content we showed here! And I’m also convinced that if you are a HDR lover, you… read more
Russian-based illustrator, Eika Dopludo’s portfolio is filled to the brim with interestingness. Her pencil work is fantastic. I’m sure you’ll be left saying the same thing once you check out her hand-drawn alphabet…crazy stuff. She has so many exciting projects that I can hardly contain myself! I made a selection… read more
The building will be open only in 2011 but the project of the Qatar Convention Center already deserve being featured here. The organic shapes and structural solutions explore limits of imagination and transform a simple convention center in a master piece, a landmark of the Education City.
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The QNCC is a… read more
The building will be open only in 2011 but the project of the Qatar Convention Center already deserve being featured here. The organic shapes and structural solutions explore limits of imagination and transform a simple convention center in a master piece, a landmark of the Education City.
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The QNCC is a… read more
It’s always a good surprise when you go at google.com search for something and you get to see another great Google custom logo. This past year was a true treasure chest, full of great designs, and I bet this year will also be a great year for these custom logos…. read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
Alex Trochut, based in Barcelona, is totally in love with type and illustration, thats why we love him so much. 1981 born and just graduaded from design university. But he already has a very impressive design portfolio. Make sure to check out his website
I believe “More is More”. I… read more
Tuesday Total Textures is post series that will bring a new life to your Tuesdays. Every week I’ll be posting some free hi resolution textures that you can use in your projects. Check out this week’s textures, download the ones you like and start making your texture collection.
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David Chipperfield is an architect who serves as inspiration for many artists. His eye on all aspects of architecture and design is fascinated by the intensity and feeling that his projects present.
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Photos from site davidchipperfield.co.uk.
Sir David Alan Chipperfield was born in London in 1953. He studied at Kingston School of… read more
Time Lapse is by far one of the most beautiful video techniques in the world. We often get to see some breathtaking footages, but we found some that are truly magical. These are some Time Lapse videos of the Alps, and it’s beautiful.
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The guy behind these is Michael Rissi. For… read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
Every month a design is voted as the Bestee of the Month at Threadless. At the end of the year the Threadless community votes on the Bestee of the Year. The winning designer gets the prize of $20,000, Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium, a $500 Threadless Gift Certificate, and… read more
The Music Series is a collection of posters done by the Argentinian graphic design studio called Minga. The series features ten posters that each represent a style of music, check out the posters and see what style fits you best.
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For more from studio Minga visit http://www.estudiominga.com or behance.net/minga
A musician… read more
We’ve seen some great gadgets and equipment for designers. So many cool stuff, that we could actually assemble infinite perfect office spaces! Every week we’ll assemble a perfect office, and we’d like you to help us. What equipment would the perfect office have?
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Not only gadgets and equipment, but also furniture,… read more
Last week I was checking out some of the Typography Mania posts, and got really inspired to try something new. So I decided to create an abstract composition with light effects and apply that as a texture of a text, everything done only using Photoshop.
So in this tutorial I will… read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
In this tutorial I will show you how to create a really cool effect. First, we will use basic filters to create a 3D text effect; then, we will blend some stock photos and textures to produce one hell of a wallpaper.
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Open Pixelmator and create a new document. I’m… read more
The wallpaper of this week is an amazing image created by Erik Schumacher, a German student currently studying Physics at the university of Dortmund, specialised in the fields of photomanipulation and space art, but always trying to broaden his skills into other areas such as matte painting and digital painting…. read more
It’s time for our best news of this week, the first one of 2010. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to… read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
No, this article has nothing to do with marijuana. Indika is a design studio located in both Los Angeles and New York. It was founded in 1994 by James Verdesoto & Vivek Mathur and specializes in the creation of print campaigns for Feature Films, Network Television, Cable as well as… read more
I will be posting some fresh free fonts every Friday, yes I know it’s awesome. I will look forward to bring a lot of great fonts that will sure help you improve your typography work. Check out what I selected for you on the FFFF#34 and make sure to comeback… read more
For this Sites of the Week we have selected some great sites such as Jilion and Philadelphia Official Visitor Site. Also we’re featuring the new Aiga Design Archives, and much, much more! As usual we would love to hear from you, keep sending your suggestions to us and we will… read more
I had seen these on the web a few times, but never really got to find the artist behind it. These are some awesome montages of superheroes and villains placed in historical moments, like the World War II. It’s pretty amazing how realistic these are. That shows us how good… read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
Romain Lenacker is a freelancer art director and graphic designer from Lyon, France. He also works in Paris and with expertise in creating intelligent solutions in packaging, print media and paper-made illustrations.
For more information visit Romain’s site at http://www.lenancker.com/
BLR – Bonjour les Requins (Hello sharks)
PETER PAN
First Chapter : The… read more
Romain Lenancker is a freelancer art director and graphic designer from Lyon, France. He also works in Paris and with expertise in creating intelligent solutions in packaging, print media and paper-made illustrations.
For more information visit Romain’s site at http://www.lenancker.com/
BLR – Bonjour les Requins (Hello sharks)
PETER PAN
First Chapter : The… read more
There are thouasands of amazing freebies for Graphic Designers on the internet. We will hand select a collection of freebies from various websites that you can use in your designs every other week. They will include vectors, textures, brushes and more. Abduzeedo has you covered on getting you the very… read more
Some time ago we began a series of posts on logo design. Our goal? To cover as many logos as we can until the end of the year… we started with logos starting with A, today is all about V’s. We’ve been seeing some great logos, and we wish to… read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
Iain Crawford is a beauty and fashion photographer based in London that has a pretty impressive portfolio. His images are beautiful, colorful, creative and full of style… Some of them have a retro felling while others are modern and contemporary. Among his clients you can find names as Lancome, Max… read more
Typography Mania is a weekly post series that comes around every Wednesday with the best of Typography work on the web, from videos to images everything is full of great design and inspiration. Check out this weeks Mania and comeback in 7 days for more.
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Stefan Sagmeister is a Austrian designer working in New York City whose work gets attention worldwide. He’s done projects for so famous clients like, e.g. Adobe, the Rolling Stones, Talking Heads, Aerosmith etc. Sagmeister got awarded with the Lucky Strike Award 2009 which is endowed with 50.000$. Moreover, he got… read more
Today our architecture inspiration comes from Cordoba, Argentina. It’s a campus with ateliers to several art classes, such as painting, sculpture, photography and music. I can say that the mix of colors and the vibrant forms are amazing, and I can imagine how all this architecture can influence each one… read more
Sometimes I forget that it’s winter on the north hemisphere. I really love snow… we don’t have it here in Brazil… it really sets the mood for a great winter scenario. I mean, we usually wear shorts and eat pineapple on christmas. I would love some snow down here.
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This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
Steve Wilson is a recognized illustrator based in Brighton, the UK who has a impressive list of top clients including names like Sony BMG, Coca-Cola, Virgin and many more. What is really cool about his work is the retro style from the 80′s, very colorful and playing with neon effects… read more
Tuesday Total Textures is post series that will bring a new life to your Tuesdays. Every week I’ll be posting some free hi resolution textures that you can use in your projects. Check out this week’s textures, download the ones you like and start making your texture collection.
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Santiago Calatrava adds to his architecture the art and of power engineering. After years of study in these areas, he can bring large structures to existence, giving life to his paintings.
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Photos from site calatrava.com.
Santiago Calatrava was born on July 28, 1951 in Valencia, Spain. At age 8 he began to… read more
I just love to find out about great artists that live nearby. Rafael Albuquerque is a Brazilian illustrator from our home city, Porto Alegre. It’s great to find such an amazing artist from our town.
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He has some kickass illustrations, really worth checking out. For more of his work, you may… read more
Alex Cornell is a San Francisco based, musician, designer & blogger for the famous design blog ISO50. He has a very clean and simple, but powerful, style which often reminds me of posters from the 80′s. In this interview he will tell us a lot about how he became a… read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
Matthew Lyons has quickly made his way onto my list of favorite illustrators. His work reminds me a lot of Mark Weaver’s, which I absolutely love. In particular I’m really digging his fake movie title screen shots. I wish somebody would make these into actual movies.
I’m a 21 year old… read more
This calendar is totally the most creative and fun I’ve seen in a while, if you used to have those calendars they give away on the store near your house this will totally rock your wall, check it out!
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With these 12 individual 3-color screen prints each measuring 5.5″x8.5″ you can… read more
What’s up guys, this tutorial is a kind of special for me, since I saw for the first time this site I was amazed with the colors, the shapes and the real life that it appears to be. I’m talking about The Beatles Rockband’s website, it’s simply wonderful. And thinking… read more
There are some illustration style that are pretty handy, like this one. I really find this style really adorable and useful, since one could use it all over the place. It would fit in webdesign, as a nice header, or background… and it definetely works just perfectly in graphic design.
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I’m really loving the creativity behind this video by Langara College in Vancouver. The video basically consists of a bunch of really awesome paper techniques coming together to convey important messages about the design process. Things like “don’t fall in love with your first idea” and “figure out what you… read more
Today I’ll start a post series talking about houses! I will show houses collections with something in common, like colors, materials, shapes, the location of the building and so on. And to start this series, today we will see only white houses, made with several materials and from the whole… read more
Alex Lataille is a freelance photography manipulator, who resides in Connecticut, United States. He has been working on manipulations for over two and a half years, and at the age of 20, he is proving to be quite an impressive artist.
Alex is part of various art collectives including slashTHREE and… read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
Doodling finds his part in design, when you still looking for ideas how to move on with your draft. But most of the time it is done when you are bored and want to kill time. Magnus Muhr gave dead flies life when he doodled around them, and they are… read more
Tuesday Total Textures is post series that will bring a new life to your Tuesdays. Every week I’ll be posting some free hi resolution textures that you can use in your projects. Check out this week’s textures, download the ones you like and start making your texture collection.
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Dirceu Veiga is a Brazillian Designer living in Curitiba ( South of Brazil ). He started his career in 1994, working as an illustrator artist for children’s books in several Publishing Companies. Dirceu really loves coffee and he goes a little bit further with his passions mixing illustration and coffee,… read more
Last week I saw a pretty cool article showing 99 Brilliant Examples of Infrared Photography and I simply loved it!! I mean, I always liked infrared photos, but I have to say that it was a while back that I found a cool selection of them. And this kind of… read more
With a discerning eye for detail, Marcio Kogan leads a generation that brings a new concept of architecture to Brazil. With exciting projects, he works wonderfully well with the textures of materials, creating spaces where every detail leads to perfection.
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Photos via marciokogan.com.
Marcio Kogan was born in São Paulo and graduated… read more
I remember killing all sorts of insects as a kid. I never took a enough time looking at these tiny insects to realize just how some of these can be really adorable. Of course, I know that jsut a few are cute… but these pictures just show us these little… read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
We’ve seen some great gadgets and equipment for designers. So many cool stuff, that we could actually assemble infinite perfect office spaces! Every week we’ll assemble a perfect office, and we’d like you to help us. What equipment would the perfect office have?
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Not only gadgets and equipment, but also furniture,… read more
How did objects come to enter the human collective? Inspired by the research work of Bruno Latour, these graphics were created with the idea to speak about the marketing hidden behind objects the main goal of the serie and the forward on is social life. And having some distance about… read more
I’ve already published some architecture posts with amazing photos, and if you realize, a lot of them are from the same phtographer, he’s the portuguese Nelson Garrido. His technique and style for photos like those are simply awesome. The lights and colors bring even more value to each project. And… read more
I mentioned before that one of my goals for 2010 is to practice and learn more about 3D, especially Cinema 4D and the new 3D features in Photoshop CS4 and the new CS5 that is right around the corner. Then last week, when I was preparing the Daily Inspiration, I… read more
Big shout out to Trey Ratcliff for clearing things up for me with HDR’s–he has a great tutorial and I will always be a fan of his amazing work–to Nicalai, for taking this wonderful picture and, last but not least, to Abduzeedo for making this public.
We start from this original… read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
Many people have been asking me how to create a nice, Apple-style UI in Pixelmator with bevels and letterpress effects. I have also received some inquiries about creating rounded corners. So, I created this tutorial to explain some efficient, helpful tips.
Step 1
Open Pixelmator and create a new document. I used… read more
The wallpaper of this week is the new symbol design I created for Abduzeedo that will be used for icons and other materials. I also published a tutorial showing how to create this effect, you can check it out here.
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About the author
My name is Fabio Sasso, I’m… read more
It’s time for our best news of this week, the first one of 2010. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to… read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
I will be posting some fresh free fonts every Friday, yes I know it’s awesome. I will look forward to bring a lot of great fonts that will sure help you improve your typography work. Check out what I selected for you on the FFFF#32 and make sure to comeback… read more
I came across Basilio Silva’s portfolio the other day and was instantly drawn to his super edgy style. His fashion work is a sublime mixture of bright colors and sharp angles that really leaves me wanting more. I found virtually no information about him except that he’s based in Buenos… read more
Eika Dopludo is an illustrator and fine artist from Saint Petersburg, Russia. She runs a collective called Dopludo and they have a very cool portfolio with all sorts of works, from toy design, book covers, drawings, graphic design and typography, which was what really caught my attention, especially the… read more
For this Sites of the Week we have selected some great sites such as the Digital Podge and IGN. Also we’re featuring a amazing flash site for Alice in Wonderland, and much, much more! As usual we would love to hear from you, keep sending your suggestions to us and… read more
Some time ago we began a series of posts on logo design. Our goal? To cover as many logos as we can until the end of the year… we started with logos starting with A, today is all about T’s. We’ve been seeing some great logos, and we wish to… read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
Ok, this is amazing. This is a FULL – CG animated short film, that is so amazingly done that most times you actually forget that what you’re saying is not real. It tries to illustrate architecture art across a photographic point of view where main subjects are already-built spaces. Sometimes… read more
My name is Fabio and I was born in 1982, in the concrete jungle of Sao Paulo, Brazil. I’m a graffiti artist known as “CRANIO”, I’ve been working on the streets of SP since 1998. My goal is to bring art to the whole population, with a contemporary language.
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Andrew is a 23 year old illustrator from Auckland, New Zealand. I wish I knew the right words to describe my feelings for his work. If I had to try I think it’s probably his kooky style that I really dig– his off-beat color schemes, low saturation, and cartoon-y figures…. read more
We have already featured Pawel Fabjanski here on Abduzeedo. He is Poland based advertising and editorial photographer, it’s fantastic the way he takes an urban style into most of his work and merge it into awesome fashion photos. For this post we will show you some photos from his exhibition… read more
This is what I call an amazing urban revitalization! The way people interact with the space and how this space is designed to bring new emotions to them is a challenge on urbanism, and this particular project is a great example. The New Domino is an imaginative redevelopment planned for… read more
Last week I published the first part and we got some really nice comments from designers all over the world. Most of them need music to finish a piece or get inspired & motivated in use of color and shapes. There were some more artists who want to spread their… read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
Typography Mania is a weekly post series that comes around every Wednesday with the best of Typography work on the web, from videos to images everything is full of great design and inspiration. Check out this weeks Mania and comeback in 7 days for more.
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I’m sure that architecture is made by emotion, a building should express sensations, rhythm and should put together art and use. A bit complex, but is this way I believe architecture must be, and I think I’m not alone, the people at Barbosa & Guimaraes agree with me, and they’ve… read more
Hu2 is a London-based company comprised of four crazy dudes (and one dudette!). They have some simply awesome ideas when it comes to creative uses of vinyl. Flicking through their online catalogue, we’re reminded of some of Banksy’s pieces, which we really dig here at Abduzeedo.
Vinyl wall decals are… read more
We’ve been working in project for a Web Hosting client. After doing a few wireframes, we realized that we had to find good references to the pricing page. A good table just pops out in the middle of the layout, and makes it unique.
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So, I had to find some examples… read more
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more
Tuesday Total Textures is post series that will bring a new life to your Tuesdays. Every week I’ll be posting some free hi resolution textures that you can use in your projects. Check out this week’s textures, download the ones you like and start making your texture collection.
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As this is one of my first posts on Abduzeedo I decided to write a quite unconventional one. I’m a regular reader of Abduzeedo since about a half year – I’ll never regret – but articles about printed mediums are pretty rare on Abduzeedo. So, in this post I’ll show… read more
With a vast and fair amount of awards received, Sir Norman Foster, is one of the best portfolios of architecture in the world. His works are functional, well established and with a unique beauty, taking advantage of the brilliant and detailed structures used, reach a final result perfectly balanced.
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Robert Carteris an award-winning illustrator. He combines a strong foundation in portraiture with a unique sense of visual and conceptual problem-solving to create striking, vibrant, and textured illustrations and portraits with subjects ranging from the realistic to the surreal.
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For more of his great work, visit his portfolio. Cheers!
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This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more