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Brochure Design Software: 3 Options Compared

Brochure Templates / 11 Mar 2022

Brochure Design Software: 3 Options Compared

So, you need to design a brochure? Where do you start? We’re comparing three different pieces of brochure design software to see how they stack up.

For web and digital designers creating a printed brochure for the first time, to designers that have been making print pieces for a while, using the right tool can make brochure design a more efficient task.

Choosing the right software, and sticking with it over time, is a sure-fire way to speed up your design workflow.

Adobe tools are the common starting place. Today, we’ll compare using InDesign, Illustrator and Adobe Spark (a free offering) as different options creating a brochure design.

We’ll look at the pros and cons of each (including the cost), and suggest which options are best for different types of brochure design project.

20+ Best InDesign Calendar Templates 2025

InDesign Templates / 10 Mar 2022

20+ Best InDesign Calendar Templates 2025

A great way to promote your business and thank your customers at the same time is to send them a custom calendar in the mail.

While most promo mail usually ends up in the trash, a desk calendar is something that your customers will use throughout the year. And every time they look at the calendar, they will be reminded of your brand and how much you care for your customers.

That’s why calendars are a very effective way of promoting a business. The best part is you don’t even have to spend a fortune to print a custom calendar. In fact, you can make one yourself using a pre-made template.

If you’re thinking about printing a calendar to promote your business or even printing one for home use, we have the solution. With the help of these InDesign calendar templates, you can easily print desk and wall calendars for all purposes. Grab a template and get started.

10 Best Prototyping Tools for Designers 2025

Software / 25 Feb 2022

10 Best Prototyping Tools for Designers 2025

Prototyping is part of every designer’s creative process. It’s an integral part of your work that helps win projects and clients. We believe every designer should have a proper prototyping tool. And today we aim to help you find one.

Whether you’re a user experience designer or an interface designer looking for a good prototyping tool, we’ve got you covered. In this guide, we take a look at the best prototyping tools for UI and UX designers of all kinds.

You’ll find both free prototyping tools as well as paid apps and even online prototyping tools to suit your budget and needs. Let’s get started.

10 Websites We’d Love to See Redesigned in 2025 (And Why)

Graphics / 16 Feb 2022

10 Websites We’d Love to See Redesigned in 2025 (And Why)

Different designers have different takes on what makes a great website. But, one thing we can all agree on is popularity never makes a website design great. We have proof.

Today we take a look at a few popular websites owned by well-known companies and brands. These websites receive millions of visitors every month. And they are well-known around the world. All these websites have one thing in common—they could all use a bit of a visual refresh!

Even though web design has come so far as an industry and has evolved with amazing new technologies, there are companies that still use outdated website designs.

We’re unsure whether these brands are afraid of change or simply don’t prioritise design as highly. Either way, we believe these websites need to be revamped for the better of their users. Keep reading to find out why.

Forms for the Win: 8 Types of Forms You Should Know How to Design

Graphics / 15 Feb 2022

Forms for the Win: 8 Types of Forms You Should Know How to Design

Form design can often be one of the most overlooked elements of a website. And it can be a fatal flaw.

Forms are the foundation for communicating with your audience, generating leads, making sales, creating great user interactions, and expanding your marketing reach.

Every designer should have a good idea of how to design these eight form types to help create the most meaningful experiences possible for your online audience.

How to Design a Flow Chart That Works (And Different Applications for Them)

Software / 10 Feb 2022

How to Design a Flow Chart That Works (And Different Applications for Them)

Flow charts have a ton of practical application but aren’t often thought of as a design project. A flow chart can be a beautiful and functional design element.

When it comes to using flow charts, the most common reason is to communicate complex information more visually. You can see processes and how elements in the process or flow relate to one another.

The design ensures that the flow chart communicates this information clearly. But it can be a more complicated task than you might think.

25+ Drink & Food Label Design Templates 2025

Inspiration / 8 Feb 2022

25+ Drink & Food Label Design Templates 2025

Designing a product label is one of the toughest jobs there is. You have to follow the requests made by the client, make the label compliant with industry standards, and make it attractive enough to win over the consumers at the same time.

If you’re struggling to find inspiration for your product label design, we’ve got you covered. In this post, you’ll find many different styles of drink and food label design templates.

The best part is you can download these templates and use them for your projects. Or you can use them as frameworks for crafting your own label designs. Either way, have a look below and save some of these templates for later.

20+ Best Adobe InDesign Tutorials for Beginners 2025

InDesign Templates / 31 Jan 2022

20+ Best Adobe InDesign Tutorials for Beginners 2025

Whether you’re getting started on your first brochure design project or looking for a way to create a unique promo poster, Adobe InDesign is the most comprehensive software you can use for all sorts of publication designs.

InDesign is a little bit more sophisticated than most other apps in the Adobe Creative Cloud software suite. You could easily get lost and frustrated if you try to use the app without a proper introduction.

To help you avoid that problem, we’ve handpicked some of the best tutorials you can use to learn the basics of Adobe InDesign. There are YouTube tutorials, articles, guides, and even free online courses on this list.

20+ Best PowerPoint Poster Templates (+ Tips for PPT Poster Design)

PowerPoint Templates / 26 Jan 2022

20+ Best PowerPoint Poster Templates (+ Tips for PPT Poster Design)

PowerPoint is more than just a presentation app. It can also be a great tool for designing simple posters for various purposes as well. In this post, we’re featuring a set of great PowerPoint poster templates you can use to craft posters using the popular Microsoft app.

It may sound strange, but designing posters in PowerPoint is quite common and very easy. Especially when you’re working on a rushed college assignment or when you have to use a colleague’s computer to design a poster, PowerPoint can actually be a lifesaver.

The PowerPoint poster templates on our list, and our helpful poster design tips, will make that process even simpler.

7 Tips for Using Background Textures in Web Design

Background Textures / 21 Jan 2022

7 Tips for Using Background Textures in Web Design

This is not your typical roundup of textures to use for website backgrounds. What if you want to create your own? Or find a way to customize a texture to fit your project? That’s what we’ll focus on today.

While there are many ways to use textures in web design, you’ll get a lot more mileage out of those backgrounds if you take a modern approach, and follow a few simple rules.

Here are seven tips to help you use background textures in web design well (all of which are in-line with the latest and greatest 2019 design patterns and trends).

25+ Cool T-Shirt Designs for Printing Custom T-Shirts

Mockup Templates / 25 Dec 2021

25+ Cool T-Shirt Designs for Printing Custom T-Shirts

Designing and wearing your own custom-made T-shirts is all the rage these days. It’s a way to stand out from the crowd as well as to show off your personality.

Due to the popularity of the trend, it’s now so easy to print your own T-shirts. There are many platforms you can use to upload a design to print custom T-shirts. All you need is to come up with a cool design. To help you get started, we handpicked a collection of cool custom T-shirt designs.

These T-shirt designs are easy to use. Just download and upload the design to a T-shirt printing service and you’re all set. You can also customize the designs as well. You can edit the text to add your own name or your favorite quote into the design.

Whether you’re a designer working on a T-shirt design for a brand or printing a T-shirt for yourself, these custom T-shirt designs will make the process so much easier. Have a look.

10 T-Shirt Design Tips (For Shirts People Will Wear)

Graphics / 17 Dec 2021

10 T-Shirt Design Tips (For Shirts People Will Wear)

Designing a t-shirt that people will actually wear can be a design challenge of epic proportions. Let’s take a look at some tips for creating a t-shirt that won’t just get left in a drawer!

You have to create something that people connect with and want to wear. You have to deal with issues such as color and sizing (which aren’t really a concern for many other design projects). And even the style of apparel or brand can impact someone’s desire to wear your design.

Today, we’re breaking it all down with tips for creating a shirt design that people will want to wear (and maybe even buy in your e-commerce store!)