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As interior designers, one of the most important aspects of staying ahead of developing trends is to stay current with what’s going on in the world of fashion design. Most people know, or at least won’t find it hard to believe, that the leap from fashion trends to interior trends isn’t very far. Perhaps before the good old days of digital media, the leap was a bit further from what we can fathom today; but with the inside scoop so readily available, it’s no wonder why fashionable forms of expression are seeping into the world of interior design. In old days people had to wait for the trickle down of high fashion to easily accessible mediums like magazines and TV to know about the latest trends in Fashion. Now, however, we only have to Google a designer’s name to see his or her latest and greatest trend-setting runway collection. So what does this have to do with interiordesign? The answer is that the relationship between the two industries has never been more intertwined than...

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Sketches are an important part of the design and development process. Sketches help to convey ideas, demonstrate functionality, visualize user flow, and illustrate anything that requires human interaction. Sketching ideas are the first steps in the design process and something every designer should do. Sketching is not just limited to designers, it occurs in many careers that require something to get built. The beauty of sketching is that you are not required to be an artist to produce them. Sketching is only to help explore and explain design concepts. Sketches can be easily created using pen and paper or a whiteboard. Using something permanent like a pen or marker is best. The idea is to keep your sketches fast, rough and dirty. This helps you worry less on design aesthetics and focus more on rapid formulation of ideas. So without drawing skill it’s not possible to survive in art and design industry. So we are sharing a few tips which will help you improve your drawing skill...

In the visualage of the Internet it’s relatively easy to create your own graphic designs, but they don’t have to look homemade. Whether you’re designing a logo, an event announcement, a social network banner, a letterhead, or an email newsletter; you absolutely need to know basic principles of graphic design. Graphic designer and bestselling author Robin Williams explains these principles in her classic book, The Non-Designer’s Design Book. Today we will be providing an overview of these principles using a few contemporary examples. Proximity Proximity means grouping elements together so that you guide the viewer/reader to different parts of the message.   Though at first the elements may appear scattered, their proximity adds unity and continuity to the page. Even if you intend on sticking to templates, it still helps to know design principles for the purposes of customizing an existing design. Alignment Another important design principle is aligning elemen...