If you’re an aspiring magazine designer, whether it’s photography, graphic design or art direction sparks your interest, chances are you’ve been influenced by the work of famous art director Fabien Baron if you’ve read the fashion glossies over the course of the past 20 years. Considered a modern-day icon whose design aesthetic has influenced the
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Calling all Fashion Photographers! Crossroads Trading Co. Invites You to Enter its 20th Annual Fashion Photo Competition
All amateur and professional photographers are invited to enter Crossroads Rading Co.s’ 20th annual Fashion Photo Contest April 1st through May 26, 2013. Winning photos will show “the most attractive presentation of currently fashionable clothing.” Photographs will also be evaluated on the basis of originality, creativity, composition and overall quality. enter Share your fashion vision with the
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Double Take! Stylesight Predicts Sunbleached Double Vision Graphics in S/S ’13 Activewear
Leading trend forecast and analysis company, Stylesight, compiled their recent graphic design findings for activewear clothing based on leading tradeshows in the United States and Europe from June through September 2012. Active tradeshows Agenda, Bright, ISPO, Outdoor Retailer and SnowSports Industries America (SIA) revealed the following graphic design trends according to Stylesight in its Active
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NBA Careers, Gaming Consoles, Bigfoot & More – Infographics by FIDM/SF Graphic Design Students
Graphic design can evoke emotions, communicate complicated ideas and at its best, do both. Given the fast-paced and overwhelming amount of information that’s thrown at us every day, it’s no wonder that we are seeing more and more infographics (a.k.a. information graphics or graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge) crop up in all
Get Fresh Design Inspiration During Portfolio Week on FIDMDigitalArts.com
FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising celebrated its Graduation Ceremony over the weekend, unleashing another class of talented creative graduates into the fashion and entertainment industries. On the FIDMDigitalArts.com Blog, our special focus on FIDM Digital Media and FIDM Graphic Design Students and Alumni continues this week. We’ll be posting photos from graduation, new portfolios,
Vote for Photos by FIDM Alumnus, Alex Martino, in Crossroads’ 19th Annual Fashion Photo Contest
Alex Martino, a Graphic Design/Branding graduate from FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, submitted three of his fashion photos into the Crossroads Trading Co.’s 19th annual Fashion Photo Contest– and he needs your votes to win. Click here to vote for Alex Martino’s photographs (shown below). Martino graduated from FIDM’s Graphic Design program in June
Featured Photography & Digital Publishing Contests from Crossroads Trading Co. & Mag+
Check out the details for two exciting design contests, open to students and pros, from Crossroads Trading Co. and Mag+. Crossroads Trading Co., a leading new-and-recycled fashion retailer, is hosting their annual Fashion Photo Contest open to professional and amateur photographers; while Mag+, a leading digital publishing platform used to create digital books and magazines, is
Featured Contest: Enter the (free) Pinup 2012 Student Competition Using Mobile App
Check out this interesting design competition, open to students of all disciplines, that is supported by major design organizations like the Art Directors Club (ADC), the Professional Association for Design (AIGA), and the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS). The Pinup 2012 Student Competition invites design students to “submit a collection of their work comprised of up to
New Portfolio: FIDM Grad, Lauren Corallo, Hired as Jr. Graphic Designer upon Graduation
“Art was my passion from the time I could hold a crayon,” says recent Graphic Design graduate, Lauren Corallo. “It wasn’t until an amazing high school teacher, Dianna Cure, [at Arcadia High School] introduced me to the world of graphic design and all of its creative career possibilities that I knew this is what I
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