It's A New Year to Go UltraViolet

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Happy New Year! As we begin 2018, a new Color of the Year emerges. Pantone released their new color, UltraViolet. Pantone announced the new color, Ultra Violet 18-3838. This years' color completely contrasts previous years' Greenery, Serenity and Rose Quartz which conveyed calmness, relaxation and nature.

Ultra Violet invokes and encourages ingenuity, originality and an increase in imagination. This rich blue-based purple is a mysterious, multi-dimensional color that reflects the cosmos. It inspires creatives to use their potential to reach towards the stars and see what comes of the hard work. Ultra Violet reflects the emotion behind the new year of reaching new heights and achieving goals.

Ultra Violet stands out and can be a sophisticated color in package design with Primrose Yellow as its analogous partner. Island Paradise can harmonize with Ultra Violet in web design to create a soothing theme. Many companies are already embracing this new color and incorporating it into their social media and even their products. Are you going to incorporate Pantone's Ultra Violet into your designs for 2018?

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Design Is In the Details

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Ever hear the phrase, "the devil is in the details"?, well so is design. Being detail-oriented is a must as a designer, delivering designs full of mistakes to a client is unprofessional. The stage of the design process where this becomes critical is the revision stage.

In every aspect of design; typography, illustration, publication, motion design and animation require minute details to be believable and effective. The first stage in the design process is to connect with a client then research the needs of the client, design the concepts, present a final, revise the design with the clients notes, present the revision to the client and finally deliver the finished product. The details happen within the revision stage to improve the design and make it the best it can be for the client.

Certain aspects of design such as animation and illustration come to life with details of light source, shadow and perspective. Other forms of design like typography and publication design require details in the copy writing, text, layout and negative and positive space.

For any design to succeed, it has to be perfect down to the details. The details of a design need to be executed well to improve the design and deliver what was agreed upon with the client. In the next project, pay attention and zoom in on the details.

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Cause Design

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Designing for a cause, charity or non-profit is a different experience than a typical client; it pulls at the heart strings of the audience you are trying to reach through promotional materials, infographics and motion graphics/ animation.

Designing for a cause is meant to inform, be memorable and encourage a call-to-action through charitable giving.

Infographics

Infographics, or information graphics, are meant to convey a clear graphical representation of bulk information that is easy to understand. Designing for causes, charities and non-profits utilize these simple symbols to convey their messages in an attractive way. Designing for a cause relies on attracting attention and spreading an important message like the one below about donating supplies for children globally to have an education.

Infographics make bulk information more engaging to read rather than reading paragraphs of type on a page. In order to be effective, the infographics must be simple, easily recognizable and attractive to draw attention from the target audience. Negative space, color and balance are key when creating infographics. For the example below, you have what the charity is for, what is needed, where the supplies are going, and a call-to-action to give in various ways. There is also a graph showcasing how much the charity has raised.

Charitable Marketing

For a design to be successful, it has to convey a clear message to an audience. Designing for a cause has to allow the audience to feel they can give to something beneficial. In return for their generosity, it is common to gift the giver a product more commonly known as swag.

Swag bags or product giveaways and materials are a gift for the giver to encourage awareness and attract more of the target audience. More often than not, the audience will not be willing to be charitable or giving unless they recieve something in return. These items are meant to be a representation of appreciation. These promotional items can be designed simply, they do not have to be complex designs but they need to be useful to the recipient. For instance, if the fundraiser or charity is for education, like our example above, then the most common swag would be a notepad/notebook, folder/binder and totebag. The promotional items have to make sense with what is being marketed, even if it is for a cause, charity or non-profit.

Promotional items are also an encouragement for further call-to-action by the recipient spreading the message through word-of-mouth. If you are looking to expand your portfolio, try doing some work with non-profits and charities because you will benefit them and yourself with what you create.

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