This summer, graphic design trends have been undergoing significant changes. It is highly possible that those trends that existed before soon will be gone. They are making way for completely new tendencies that are twice more dazzling, expressive and daring. DesignContest is eager to introduce these tendencies to you!

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The language of icons

How many languages do you know? Which of them is the most useful? Which is Lingua Franca? I guess you all think of English. And you will be wrong. Lingua Franca (in other words, the language everybody knows and uses) in today’s digital world is the language of icons. Icons speak in a loud and clear voice, they help you to navigate everywhere: in airports, unknown cities, and a new software.

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Do you remember the poll DesignContest has posted on Facebook recently? It was called It’s in the water, baby! and we’re finally ready to share its results with you! Our Facebook community of more than 400 000 followers has chosen the design by LotusBlue to be a winning one. So, we decided to ask this extremely talented designer (whose name, by the way, is Maria Biru) on her work, relationships with clients etc. and it turned out she could give lots of useful tips to our designers, as well as to our clients. Thus, enjoy her answers!

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So, you are a designer. You have great web design skills. You have a vivid imagination and thousands of ideas you want to implement in life. Would that be enough if you want to achieve a considerable success in terms of web design? Sadly, no. In order to be on top, you need to know specific web design techniques that will differentiate you from other designers in a very beneficial way.

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Instagram is one of the world’s most popular social networks which is why any business promotion can benefit from it a lot. However, most people use their company’s Instagram accounts and aren’t aware of the most favorable features Instagram provides its users with. Some of these features can assist significantly in the business promotion. Instagram buffer is one of such features.

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