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Brands Still Matter: Brandless Boom to Bust
The future of branding was no brand at all, and Brandless represented the best the movement had to offer. Until it didn’t. What happened? We share takeaways that no designer or business should ignore.
Micah Bowers
Micah helps businesses craft meaningful connections through branding, illustration, and design.
Solutions, Not Art – The True Business Value of Design
Designers who focus on the business value of design will make themselves more indispensable to companies because businesses aren’t buying design; they are buying outcomes.
Andres Esquivel
Andrés is a graphic designer and web designer who specializes in brand positioning through design strategy.
Visual Shelf Life: Why Web Design Illustrations Go Stale
Illustration makes the web a brighter place, but there’s a risk it will grow stale. We explain how designers can avoid imitation with web design illustrations that give clients a competitive edge.
Micah Bowers
Micah helps businesses craft meaningful connections through branding, illustration, and design.
A New Brand with an Edge
Today is an exciting day at Toptal: We are announcing a new logo to complete our new brand!
Taso Du Val
As CEO, Taso has led Toptal to become the largest high-skilled, on-demand talent network in the world. He serves on the board of multiple organizations, advising on talent strategy and innovation, and has guest lectured at Harvard Business School, Wharton, and Oxford on talent management and entrepreneurship.
Looking at the Future – Design Trends of 2020
We’ve identified 20 emerging design trends for 2020, but we’re not just naming fonts and colors. We’re showcasing game-changers that will define our experiential landscape for the year to come.
Micah Bowers
Micah helps businesses craft meaningful connections through branding, illustration, and design.
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Designed, Sealed, Delivered – The Power of Logo Package Express
We test the limits of Logo Package Express, a tool that claims to name, save, and organize every file needed for a logo package in under two minutes.
Micah Bowers
Micah helps businesses craft meaningful connections through branding, illustration, and design.
Maximalist Design and the Problem with Minimalism
We live in an era that exalts minimalist design above all other forms of creative expression, especially maximalism. But what is the cost of our obsession with graphic simplicity?
Danae Botha
Danae is an experienced designer who has developed digital products for international clients such as the Cambridge Dictionary and Subway.
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