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How to Not Suck at Color

How to Not Suck at Color

Beeple NFT art makes history–selling for millions $$$ at auction!!!

Beeple NFT art makes history–selling for millions $$$ at auction!!!

Visual Trends 2019

Visual Trends 2019

Brand Identity Design Presentations and Critique - Young Guns EP 10

3 Ways to Reclaim Your Creativity and Productivity

3 Ways to Reclaim Your Creativity and Productivity

Design Advice for Young Designers

Design Advice for Young Designers

How To: Tell A Great Story—5 Storytelling Tips

How To: Tell A Great Story—5 Storytelling Tips

How To Find And Do Work That You Love (Ikigai)

How To Find And Do Work That You Love (Ikigai)

Make A Case Study That Gets Client Work

Make A Case Study That Gets Client Work

Why Redesign the Dropbox Logo? Design Master Brian Collins Explains

What is Branding? A deep dive with Marty Neumeier

What is Branding? A deep dive with Marty Neumeier

F1 Formula 1 Logo Review Critique

What is the Difference Between Branding & Marketing? What’s More Important?

What is the Difference Between Branding & Marketing? What’s More Important?

Beer Brewery Makeover — Building a Brand, Ep. 11

Making the Perfect Beer Commercial – Building A Brand, Ep 10

What is Branding? 4 Minute Crash Course

What is Branding? 4 Minute Crash Course

How to Position a Brand

Brand Identity Design Presentations and Critique - Young Guns EP 10

How She Went From Charging $0 to $5k For Strategy in 6 Months

How She Went From Charging $0 to $5k For Strategy in 6 Months

Designing a Beautiful Beer Can – Building A Brand, Ep. 9

A Better Way to Present to Clients – Building A Brand, Ep. 5

Working on a Design Team – Building A Brand, Ep. 3

How to Narrow Down Your Design Ideas – Building A Brand, Ep. 4

Logo Design Process with a Client - Building a Brand, Ep 6

Identity Design: Branding

Identity Design: Branding

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Where to Find the Best Black Friday Deals for Creatives

We’ve teamed up with a few of our friends and put together this guide to the best Black Friday deals for creatives. Save on creative assets, courses, tools, and more this weekend only.

I Copied a Year's Worth of Seth Godin's Writing in a Week.

Here's what happened after I tried to do a year's worth of Copywork in one week.

3 Tips to Have a Long Creative Career

Pursuing a creative career is no easy journey. There’s no final destination or roadmap; only progress. So what does it take to have a long creative career?

The Ultimate Guide to Self-Quarantining

Our ultimate guide to self-quarantining contains picks from The Futur team to keep you inspired, informed, productive, creative, and most importantly, not bored.

The Art of Deconstruction

You can appreciate good work, but how do you make it yourself? Matthew Encina breaks down The Art of Deconstruction and how to reverse engineer success.

Essential Design Books Vol. 2

If you're a designer, check out our curated list of essential design books. From typography, to logo design, and more.

Massimo Vignelli: Best Quotes

Massimo Vignelli was one of the most iconic designers. Here's a collection of some of his best quotes to inspire you.

Von Glitschka Show Notes

There's no right or wrong way to take notes. But for those who are curious, here are my notes from my conversation with illustrative designer, Von Glitschka.

Handstyle Lettering Style by Victionary

Interested in trying out handstyle lettering? Check out this handstyle lettering book by Viction:ary.

Ten Business Books All Creatives Need to Read

Are you a designer looking to refine your business chops? Check out these ten business books all creatives need to read.

Futur Daily Design Initiative

We want to help spark some creativity for you. Check out the Futur Daily Design Initiative, and get ready to start designing.

Get Your First 5 Graphic Design Clients on LinkedIn

Looking for graphic design clients on LinkedIn? We show you step-by-step how to find them.

Essential Design Books Vol. 3: Typography

Interested in learning Typography? Check out our recommended list of essential design books to add to your shelf.

Visual Vocabulary Worksheet

You don’t have to be a good copywriter to know how valuable words are when describing your work, but how do you break free from writer’s block when it happens? This worksheet will show you the steps we take to get the descriptive language flowing.

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Making The Internet Fun Again

Making The Internet Fun Again

The Science Of Sleep

The Science Of Sleep

Into the Creative Unknown

Into the Creative Unknown

Make enemies, gain friends

Make enemies, gain friends

Copywriting and Cold Emails

Copywriting and Cold Emails

Everything is a Remix

Everything is a Remix

What to do when you’re stuck in your career

What to do when you’re stuck in your career

How to Become a Creative Director

How to Become a Creative Director

Why Quantity Leads to Quality

Why Quantity Leads to Quality

Deep Dive: Pricing Creative Work

Deep Dive: Pricing Creative Work

High performance creativity

High performance creativity

Pricing Creativity

Pricing Creativity

Scaling a business during a pandemic (Part 2)

Scaling a business during a pandemic (Part 2)

Starting a business during a pandemic (Part 1)

Starting a business during a pandemic (Part 1)

Making art that matters

Making art that matters

Making it in Film and TV

Making it in Film and TV

Deep Dive: How to be a professional

Deep Dive: How to be a professional

Tales From a Creative Director

Tales From a Creative Director

Tapping Into Your Subconscious

Tapping Into Your Subconscious

Interior Designer, True Entrepreneur, Queen of Taupe

Interior Designer, True Entrepreneur, Queen of Taupe

Don’t Be Afraid, Just Try

Don’t Be Afraid, Just Try

Work-Life Balance As A Creative

Work-Life Balance As A Creative

Inclusion and Belonging: The Difference

Inclusion and Belonging: The Difference

Believe You Can

Believe You Can

Making it as a Young Designer in L.A.

Making it as a Young Designer in L.A.

Branding: Identity Design

Branding: Identity Design

Cultivating Creative Culture

Cultivating Creative Culture

Where Do You Draw Confidence From?

Where Do You Draw Confidence From?

The Pursuit of a Creative Life

The Pursuit of a Creative Life

Living in the Dogma of your Parents

Living in the Dogma of your Parents

How To Win Without Pitching

How To Win Without Pitching

A.I. & Creativity

A.I. & Creativity

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Color for Creatives

Color for Creatives

Go beyond theory and learn color like a pro in this course from Greg Gunn. You'll master how to see, understand, and use color to create fresh, original work.

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Illustration for Designers

Illustration for Designers

Bring more visual interest and emotion to client work, stand out with your own illustration style, and break free from your reliance on overused stock photos and clip art.

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Styleframes

Learn the fundamentals of creating dynamic style frames that tell compelling stories, and take your motion design to the next level with Matthew Encina.

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Hand Lettering Kit

Hand Lettering Kit

Included in this kit are practice worksheets, helpful tips and tricks for lettering, and 3 cursive alphabet styles. It’s hand lettering at the next level.

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Develop expertise and confidence by immersing yourself in the history, process, and techniques to master the skill of lettering.

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CORE Discovery

CORE Discovery is a simple way to help any business understand, prioritize and focus on a clear vision and a plan to help them achieve their goals.