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Nashville Design Week Recap

Nashville Design Week Recap

  As the first ever Nashville Design Week comes to a close, we are so excited for our community and the momentum for our city going forward. With 90 events, Nashville Design Week has exposed […]

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Design Inspiration
Design For Happiness: The Holy Grail of UX Design

Design For Happiness: The Holy Grail of UX Design

When I started my design career, one of my main goals was to create things that have real emotional impact. I most appreciate design that makes me stop and look, or compels me to interact […]

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Team DesignUps
Creative Works Conference in Memphis TN – A Recap

Creative Works Conference in Memphis TN – A Recap

What an Amazing Event! As a company, we have kept our eye out for good design events in our home state of Tennessee. Creative Works has been on our radar for a couple years now. […]

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Join DesignUps for Nashville Design Week

Join DesignUps for Nashville Design Week

We’re participating in the First Ever Nashville Design Week! Nashville Design Week is a week-long, city-wide series of interdisciplinary programs and events to unite the design community, promote collaboration and idea sharing, engage the public, […]

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Art Design Inspiration
Design Influencers Spotlight #2

Design Influencers Spotlight #2

Looking for new artists to add to your Instagram feed? Or maybe you’re interested in getting someone a unique gift? Then you’re in the right place!   Loreta Isac Portfolio Site Loreta Isac is an […]

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Branding
Logo Design – It’s Not Just a Logo

Logo Design – It’s Not Just a Logo

A company logo is an important aspect of any effective marketing model, I can bring up brands like Coca-Cola, Mercedes, or Nike and I can be nearly certain that any person I am talking to […]

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DesignUps is Going to Creative Works

DesignUps is Going to Creative Works

We’re going to the Creative Works Conference! It’s this October 4-6th in Memphis and we’re pretty excited. Why exactly, you might ask? Oh, let me elaborate…   SO MANY AWESOME PEOPLE ARE GOING. AND WE’RE […]

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Environmental Design
Environmental Design – How to reduce waste via good design

Environmental Design – How to reduce waste via good design

Our era is characterized by an extreme focus on user-ease. We have grown up in a world that has marginalized the value of quality, made-to-last, reusable pieces and has opted into a culture that favors […]

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Digital Marketing
E-Book: Design for Email Campaigns

E-Book: Design for Email Campaigns

Effective digital marketing is essential to any marketing campaign. Storytelling is about capturing your audience, encouraging them to be curious and then allowing them to become interested in whatever service or product you are looking […]

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Design Inspiration
Art: A Funny Thing in Business

Art: A Funny Thing in Business

Many look at historic art as a very serious genre, typified by the large, intimidating, grandiose museum structures strewn across every major city. We think of endless walls adorned with bigger than life Renaissance paintings […]

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Design Inspiration Web Design
Design Trends: Thoughts on Brutalism

Design Trends: Thoughts on Brutalism

Brutalism is taking over the web. You may have noticed a number of websites that deviate from modern design practices, or at least call back to earlier forms of design. Loud headlines, repeating patterns, and […]

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Art Design Inspiration
Design Influencers Spotlight #1

Design Influencers Spotlight #1

I regularly look for new artists to follow, and I think it’s important to share talented people! Keeping up with artists who are active is one of the most motivating activities around for me.   […]

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Environmental Design
For-Profit Social Enterprises: A Sustainable Business Model

For-Profit Social Enterprises: A Sustainable Business Model

Social Enterprise: A social enterprise is an entity that is run like a business but has the quality of incorporating a social mission. This business model allows a company to sell products / services to […]

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Branding
Brand Design – Empower The Seekers

Brand Design – Empower The Seekers

What is it that you want, right at this moment? Maybe you want a quick bite to eat, or you’re thinking about that vacation right around the corner. Maybe you just want to kick back […]

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Branding Design
The Importance of Brand Guidelines for Design

The Importance of Brand Guidelines for Design

Why brand identity? Having brand guidelines, or a style guide is important for quite a few reasons: It establishes the voice of your company and keeps branding brand consistent through different types of marketing. This […]

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Web Design
2018 Web Design Trends

2018 Web Design Trends

As technological capabilities increase, more people will have access to an increasingly beautiful web. Wide use of VR is right around the corner, and fiber connections for just about everyone isn’t too far off. As […]

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