Styles come and go. Good design is a language, not a style.
– Massimo Vignelli, Designer
⚡️Pop Quiz: Who were the first logo designers in the world?
In today’s issue:
- Breaking Language Barriers with Design
- Design for Hospitality
- Design for Kids
Let’s dive in, shall we?
MULTILINGUAL DESIGN
Breaking Language Barriers with Design
How to transcend language barriers and make your designs more accessible.
Why Multilingual Design?
As a designer, your goal is to communicate with diverse audiences from all over the world. Multilingual design makes sure your design doesn’t get lost in translation.
Tips for Multilingual Design
- 👩🏫 Hire Professional Translators – Don’t fall for erroneous automatic translations.
- 👁️ Use Visual Cues – Universally recognized icons are your best friend. Use them wisely.
- 🌐 Make it Obvious – Place language switching options where they can be found easily. Let the user choose their own language.
🍿Here’s how Netflix handles multilingual design!
Go deeper:
- How to Design for Multiple Languages – Web Designer Depot
- How to Use Visuals to Transcend Language Barriers – Day Translations
- Multilingual Graphic Design: Why It Pays to Hire Specialists – Vera Content
- Graphic Design: The Universal Language – Linkedin
Design Trends
Design for Hospitality: Redefining Luxury
How fresh brand identities are redefining luxury in the hospitality industry.
Staying ‘On Brand’
From brochures to social media messaging, the success of a hospitality business depends upon staying ‘on brand.’
This means you need to evoke certain emotions and curate an experience through your brand identity.
Reimagining Luxury
What does luxury mean to you? DesignStudio is making luxury look comfortable and homely with their new brand identity for The Other House.
🏘️ Go deeper:
- 8 Graphic Design Essentials for Every Hotel – The Print Authority
- 4 Clever Ways to Use Graphic Design to Market Your Hospitality Venue – Design Cloud
In Other News: Design for Kids
🧸 Kid-friendly Design
- Designing for Kids: 3 Ways to Make Children Love Your Product – 99 Designs
- What Makes a Good Logo Design for Kids? Grafix Father
- Web Design for Kids – Rasmussen University
🖍️ Graphic Design for Kids
⚡️The Answer: Egyptians are known to be the first logo designers.
Egyptians marked ownership of their animals by branding them with hieroglyphs that are special symbols with meanings. These unique hieroglyphs are said to be the first instance of logos recorded in human history.