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Toys aren’t just for kids! This collection of gadgets is all about fun and finding a way to bring something new and experimental to the table. Tapping into your inner child can be the best thing for your design – so take some tips from the product design below and make something unexpected. MaKey MaKey (you …

At 99designs, we cherish relationships and are proud to have a platform that connects designers and clients, even past a contest win. We regularly hear from designers who have built their business’ foundation solely from the clients they’ve met through our site, and these stories are what we love to honor and share. When 99designer Caryn Garabette created the …

Last week 99designs Student Delegate, Marko Agic (aka Kaplar) hosted a 99designs Student Meetup at University of Novi Sad, Technical Faculty Mihajlo Pupin in Zrenjanin, Serbia. Over 20 students attended and the event had faculty sponsorship from Professor Dr. Ivana Berkovic, who teaches computer graphics and other classes at the college. Marko gave a presentation …

They’ve done it again! It’s another amazing 99designs Meetup story from the Philippines. This time – it’s in Manila. The event was meticulously planned and drew in designers from locations as far as three hours away (shout out to Mhel Derillo, who drove three hours to get to the event!) Meetup leader DenZs (Dennis Sucgang) started off explaining …

Relating graphic design to modern art may seem like a stretch. On one hand, you have design which is a practical marketing tool used to appeal to viewers. And on the other is modern art which aims to challenge viewers and really get them to think. However, if you’ve encountered a design brief that asked …

At 99designs, we love praising not just winning designs but ALL awesome designs. In one given contest, designers are given the same creative problem — the design brief — then decode it with their own unique design solutions. Butchers, Rogers & Son decided to go with a feminine, young and classic look for their logo. …

We’ve tapped the vibrant world of beer label design, and now the time is ripe to uncork its close but unique cousin: the wine label. While connoisseurs will require little more than the region, vineyard and vintage to know what is worth drinking, the average consumer often relies on his or her eyes. An outstanding …

99designs had its first student meetup at Slobomir P Unverzitet, Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday, April 11th. The event was organized by 99designs Student Delegate, Igor Lale and supported by Slobomor P Unversity’s graphic design department. With help from fellow 99designs student designers, Zoran Maric and Zoran Iliskovic, Igor spoked to twenty five students from …

Earlier this week you got a glimpse into the history of Futura and now it’s time to delve into what makes typefaces, like Futura, really work. “Design, culture, society — with a little bit of kerning” – TYPO Conference Motto After a successful 16 years based in Berlin, the International Design Conference TYPO has been expanding, …

Choice of typeface can make or break a design. That goes for pages (web and print), sentences, words — as a matter of fact, typeface can quite literally make or break a single letter! Just ask the comic sans haters. Designers have been well aware of the importance of typeface for over a century, and …