As a small business owner you’ve probably found yourself in this situation: you have to design something. Maybe it’s a graphic to post to your business’s social media account, a flyer for the craft fair next week, or a quick ad for an event you sponsored. And you don’t want to waste all day on it because you still have to actually run your business.
Where do you find photos you can use? What about fonts? You don’t like any of the fonts on your computer, but where do you find [legal] free fonts that don’t suck? What about non-cheesy…
Design is trending simultaneously in two different directions — towards the organic and towards the wildly unnatural. This reflects our (humans from industrialized counties, that is) split desire to make our lives easier and more connected with technology, but also to unplug and reconnect with nature. We are being drawn in both directions. Technology is great — almost every daily task is easier than it was a few decades ago, saving us time and money. Technology allows us to stay connected with our friends, family, and the world. Also, there’s Netflix. But technological advances have also lead to mass-produced monotony…
