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DOX: A museum with a strong corporate identity

Post author By admin
Post date January 16, 2020
Categories In Corporate Identity, Design, Inspiration

DOX Centre for Contemporary Art is not like many other museums. Located in the charming neighbourhood of Prague-Holesovice and housed in a redesigned former factory, it is definitely the place to go for design lovers. The entrance price is 180 CZK (25 euros) and allows you to access the exhibition area, the cafe, the bookstore, and the design shop.

Even though probably his most catchy characteristic is the Gulliver Airship, a zeppelin that lays on its roof (and that is used as a venue for concerts and other events), what really got my attention was its corporate identity.

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Webclerks: a 1-day conference in Vienna worth attending

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Post date December 30, 2019
Categories In Articles & Collaborations, Design, Events, Inspiration, Web

I want to dedicate the last post of the year to Webclerks, as events-wise, it was one of the highlights of the year.

Webclerks is a non-profit organization that has been organizing Webckerks Meetup since 2016. This year, for the first time, they organized a 1-day conference. And despite how difficult is to get something right the first time, the organizers did a great job.

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The place to get inspired: Forward Festival

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Post date December 18, 2019
Categories In Design, Events, Graphic, Inspiration

Last October I was lucky to attend the Forward Festival in Hamburg: 2 days, 2 stages and a lot of workshops and happenings, all focused on Design.

Created 5 years ago in Vienna, it is a place where the creative community can inspire and learn from each other. The core ambition of the festival, as they state on their website, is to bring each other’s ideas, projects, and goals forward. I felt this was totally true, as I came back with a lot of ideas and drawings in my notebook, and a bunch of new interesting profiles to follow on Social Media.

I am not gonna extend this blog post through all the talks I attended, but instead, I am just gonna focus on 5 ideas that stuck in my head.

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Shake Your Shame: Porn Film Festival Vienna

This article was written for Kapitál magazine. You can read the Slovak version here.

I am sitting in the dark, surrounded by almost a hundred strangers, ready to watch porn on the big screen of a small, independent cinema in the city centre of Vienna…

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Beginners Guide to Interior and Product Photography

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Post date April 25, 2019
Categories In Design, Interior Design, Photography

As most of you already know, apart from a designer, I am also a photographer. Photography has a lot of categories and fields. Which means that even if you already know the basics of photography, you may get a bit lost when it comes to photographing a product or an interior.

Also, I think that being able to set up and take a nice photography, for example, to create a mock-up, is very interesting also for designers. And that is why I decided to share with you this quick and basic guide to interior and product photography by Brittany Goldwyn.

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10 Chrome Extensions for Web Designers (and Developers)

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Post date April 4, 2019
Categories In Design, Inspiration, Web

We all know how hard web design can get sometimes, so I decided that it was about time for me to share with you these 10 Chrome extensions that will make your work as a designer way easier.

With these tools, you will save a lot of time, especially if you need to gather information about an existing website, or if you need to test the design once your website is online.

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“Should I Work for Free?”: The Dilemma of all Fresh Graduates

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Post date September 18, 2018
Categories In Design, Graphic

While the easy and correct answer to this question is a categorical “NO”, I have to confess that in my case, working for free was the takeoff of my career.

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Interior Design as Inspiration for Graphic & Web Design

Post author By admin
Post date July 4, 2017
Categories In Design, Inspiration, Interior Design

As any designer knows, the different fields of design influence each other easily. From fashion to editorial design, trends like Pantone’s Top Colors for each season are transversally applied in many elements.

But, when it comes to looking for inspiration, I like to have a look at the latest trends in interior design.

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Bratislava Design Week 2017

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Post date June 19, 2017
Categories In Design, Fashion, Graphic

The Bratislava Design Week is an International Festival of Contemporary Design. It started a few years ago, in 2009, as the Designweek. There you can find the best of the Slovak design scene: designers, independent brands, students, experimental design, fashion, products and even some designers from abroad.

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KC Dunaj~: An Example of a Well-build Corporate Identity

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Post date June 4, 2017
Categories In Corporate Identity, Design, Graphic, Web

Corporate identity is not only a “good” logo, it is about how you present yourself to the public. Maintaining a consistent identity, that allows your clients to recognize you in every graphic or digital material you create is essential, and KC Dunaj~ knows it to perfection.

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