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If you're looking for the latest in advertising and marketing, design related technology and lifestyle tips, and art or design highlights then you're in the right place. Find all this and more with the Design Block blog.
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12 fun pet side hustles for pet-preneurs
Did you know that you can make a surprisingly decent amount of supplementary income working with pets?
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Zach Painter
August 1, 2019
Infographic
Work & Productivity
Handcrafted beach jewellery made from sand and resin
Using real beach sand and blue resin, each piece looks like a tiny, wearable beach that wearers can take with them.
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Daniel Swanick
July 31, 2019
Art & Design
Fashion & Beauty
How to find clients and get noticed
Here are five tips to help you find clients, with some help from industry pros thrown in for good measure.
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Daniel Swanick
July 29, 2019
Work & Productivity
Famous creatives lesser-known hobbies & side gigs
Many famous creatives have side gigs or hobbies to help them relax and be more creative.
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Daniel Swanick
July 26, 2019
Habits
Infographic
Washington’s Metro launches ad about manspreading
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority asks manspreaders to think about the comfort of other passengers.
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Daniel Swanick
July 25, 2019
Advertising
Habits
Surreal plant sculptures look like a garden of death
Life-like sculptures created with a combination of faux greenery and real natural elements.
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Daniel Swanick
July 24, 2019
Art & Design
Nature
Instagram influencers are upset after Likes display is disabled
Instagram's hiding of Likes will allow users to focus on quality as well as what they really want to post.
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Daniel Swanick
July 22, 2019
Health
Social Media
Reusable mesh produce bags are a sustainable shopping alternative
Reusable mesh produce bags are a sustainable alternative to plastic produce bags.
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Daniel Swanick
July 19, 2019
Habits
Technology & Innovation
Burger King’s 50/50 menu has you guessing if it’s meat or not
Is it meat or not? BK is playing roulette with your taste buds by giving you a 50/50 chance at eating meat or plant.
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Daniel Swanick
July 17, 2019
Food & Beverage
Marketing
Graffiti artist transforms buildings into surreal 3D art
Using a variety of shading, gradients and shadows, static buildings become visually-striking optical illusions.
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Daniel Swanick
July 16, 2019
Art & Design
KFC Russia introduces a fried chicken bucket hat
If you ever wished you could wear a KFC bucket on your head, now you can with KFC Russia's bucket hat.
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Daniel Swanick
July 15, 2019
Fashion & Beauty
Marketing
Amazing sculptures made out of driftwood by Jeffro Uitto
Jeffro Uitto is able to bend wood to his imagination in such a cool way that it doesn't begin to compare to others.
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Daniel Swanick
July 11, 2019
Art & Design
Nature
Instagram model’s bottled bathwater sells out
NSFW cosplayer decides to make money by selling her fans her own bathwater.
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Daniel Swanick
July 10, 2019
Marketing
Social Media
Adobe’s new AI can detect Photoshopped faces and reveal the original
Adobe is outing its own software with a new AI that can detect Photoshopped faces in photographs.
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Daniel Swanick
July 8, 2019
Technology & Innovation
Handy skills you might need to future-proof your career
By 2030, about 800 million jobs around the world will be replaced by bots. Is your job secure?
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Daniel Swanick
July 4, 2019
Tips
Work & Productivity
Revisit the 80s with Nike’s Stranger Things collection
Nike has looked back into its archives to create a collection of clothing and sneakers based on Stranger Things.
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Daniel Swanick
July 3, 2019
Fashion & Beauty
Marketing
Artist turns dried leaves into delicate crochet artworks
These delicate crochet artworks pay tribute to the enduring beauty of nature.
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Daniel Swanick
June 28, 2019
Art & Design
Nature
IKEA wants to send you to Denmark for free to experience Hygge culture
IKEA wants to send someone to live in Copenhagen for two weeks to explore what makes its residents so happy.
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Daniel Swanick
June 26, 2019
Lifestyle
Travel
Get close to wildlife in treehouses at this eco-friendly forest resort
The biophilic design of the resort integrates its infrastructure with the natural surroundings of the park.
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Daniel Swanick
June 24, 2019
Nature
Travel
Inventor creates taller glasses to help shorter people see above crowds
The One Foot Taller glasses work like a periscope so that the wearer can see beyond the crowd no matter their height.
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Daniel Swanick
June 20, 2019
Lifestyle
Technology & Innovation
KFC’s new vegan Imposter Burger tastes like chicken
The Imposter Burger is made from meat substitute Quorn and is coated in the Colonel's Original Recipe.
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Daniel Swanick
June 19, 2019
Food & Beverage
Marketing
Detailed balloon sculptures by Masayoshi Matsumoto
This artist blows and twists balloons into a wide range of intricately formed balloon sculptures.
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Daniel Swanick
June 17, 2019
Art & Design
Instagram page shares amazing creations from designers
Topdezigners is an Instagram page that reposts gorgeous sleek, modern, and innovative designs.
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Daniel Swanick
June 13, 2019
Art & Design
Social Media
Burnout is now a recognized medical condition by the WHO
Creative burnout can happen to all of us, even those who don't consider themselves naturally creative people.
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Daniel Swanick
June 12, 2019
Health
Work & Productivity
Intricate, 3D lace-patterned sculptures of animals
These multilayered animal portraits look amazing in photographs, but are even more impressive in Facebook's 3D photos.
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Daniel Swanick
June 11, 2019
Art & Design
Coca-Cola transforms logo to point to recycling bins
Coke uses its logo to point people to the nearest recycling bin to place their bottles and cans.
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Daniel Swanick
June 7, 2019
Marketing
Nature
21 places to get free tools and software for your startup
Wikibuy has compiled 21 free startup tools to get an idea of how your business can save on costs.
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Zach Painter
June 5, 2019
Infographic
Work & Productivity
Apple kills off iTunes to replace it with 3 other apps
Apple has announced that iTunes is no more and its music library will be divided across three apps.
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Daniel Swanick
June 4, 2019
Technology & Innovation
Artist uses graffiti to bring fine art paintings to the streets
Julio Anaya Cabanding takes well-known masterpieces and recreates them in urban environments.
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Daniel Swanick
June 3, 2019
Art & Design
15 simple LinkedIn profile tips to boost your career
LinkedIn is the key social media network to grow your career and these simple tips can help.
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Safiyyah Bazemore
May 30, 2019
Infographic
Work & Productivity
Pop culture-inspired lip art are amazing masterpieces
The immense talent of Ryan Kelly's lip art takes make-up to a whole new level.
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Daniel Swanick
May 28, 2019
Fashion & Beauty
No money to travel? Photoshop yourself a trip with ‘Fake A Vacation’
Fake A Vacation allows Instagramming wannabes to have a photo of themselves appearing like they're on vacation.
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Daniel Swanick
May 27, 2019
Graphic Design
Lifestyle
Travel
Outdoor chandelier collects up to 800lbs of rainwater
John Grade's latest installation, Reservoir, appears like a chandelier glistening among the pine trees.
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Daniel Swanick
May 22, 2019
Art & Design
Nature
Game of Thrones-inspired fire-breathing dragon lamp
Bring the GoT fantasy vibe to your home with a 3D-printed, fire-breathing dragon lamp.
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Daniel Swanick
May 21, 2019
Art & Design
Technology & Innovation
Funeral LEGO kits helps children learn about death
Funeral Museum in Vienna decided to help their young visitors by introducing funeral LEGO kits.
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Daniel Swanick
May 16, 2019
Lifestyle
Marketing
Canadian sculptor takes 1st place at Texas SandFest
Canadian sculptor Damon Langlois was awarded first place for his sculpture, "Liberty Crumbling".
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Daniel Swanick
May 15, 2019
Art & Design
Adidas announces first 100% recyclable running shoe
The Futurecraft.Loop is Adidas' first shoe that can be completely remade into another high-performance shoe.
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Daniel Swanick
May 14, 2019
Fashion & Beauty
Technology & Innovation
Burger King unhappy meals, because not everybody wakes up happy
BK has teamed with Mental Health America to release five unhappy meals called The Real Meal.
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Daniel Swanick
May 8, 2019
Health
Marketing
LEGO releases Braille bricks for visually impaired children
For children who are born visually impaired, Braille is a crucial skill to learn and LEGO has come up with a way to make it fun.
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Daniel Swanick
May 7, 2019
Lifestyle
Technology & Innovation
How to negotiate freelance rates like a pro
45% of Canada’s workforce will be freelancing by 2020, so what better time to discover your worth.
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Daniel Swanick
May 6, 2019
Work & Productivity
Giant mirror installation is a kaleidoscope of colour
The multi-coloured panels of the installation refract a dazzling kaleidoscope of light from the sun.
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Daniel Swanick
May 1, 2019
Art & Design
Customers are protesting McDonald’s new paper straws
Apparently people aren't lovin' it after McDonald's UK replaced its plastic straws with eco-friendly ones.
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Daniel Swanick
April 30, 2019
Marketing
Embroidery tattoos look like they’re stitched into skin
Tattoos and embroidery, when combined, make for eye-catching 3D ink that doesn't involve a needle and thread.
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Daniel Swanick
April 29, 2019
Art & Design
Fashion & Beauty
An influencer’s nightmare: Instagram experiments with removing likes
Imagine influencers on Instagram when no one but you can see how many followers or likes you have.
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Daniel Swanick
April 26, 2019
Health
Social Media
Spectacular winners of the 1st annual infrared photography contest
Kolari Vision created their first annual infrared photography contest called Life in Another Light.
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Daniel Swanick
April 22, 2019
Nature
Photography
German cycling safety campaign being called sexist and stupid
A German ad campaign to get cyclists to wear helmets has sparked accusations of sexism.
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Daniel Swanick
April 17, 2019
Advertising
Health
Colourful 8-bit graphics transformed into 3D sculptures and paintings
Distance, Speed, Time, Formula, presents an incredible technicolor series of graffiti, paintings, and 3D sculptures.
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Daniel Swanick
April 16, 2019
Art & Design
Boost website conversions using colour psychology
The simple use of colour can either create a positive or negative user experience.
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Daniel Swanick
April 15, 2019
Infographic
Marketing
HBO & Oreo recreate Game of Thrones opening with 2,750 cookies
To celebrate the final season, Oreo has released a special line of limited-edition GoT cookies embossed with the last remaining houses.
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Daniel Swanick
April 11, 2019
Food & Beverage
Marketing
Video
12 ways to recover from being laid off
Whether you were caught off guard or saw it coming, you can’t control any aspect of a layoff except for how you handle it.
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Karlie Kramer
April 10, 2019
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