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Previous Issues
- AD79: The Canva Report PLUS a Big Announcement
26 January 2025 | Issue #79 In this issue: The Canva Visual Economy Report Announcing The Visual Marketer Design Quote of the Week Midjourney Prompt: a person is working at a computer. She is happy. The art style should look like a brighter version of Adam Hughes. Use #16203e for the shadows. Use bright colors like Yellow: #fdfcc8, pink: #f86786, and blue: #7ee1ec for the rest. Angled lighting would be great. --ar 16:9 Canva released its Visual Economy Report and the results are a mixed bag....Read more - AD78: What Will Business Look Like in 2030?: WEF
20 January 2025 | Issue #78 In this issue: World Economic Forum's 290 page jobs report Perception of AI's impact on jobs, by country [infographic] The future of digital must be cultivating community LinkedIn introduces new job application tools Design Quote of the Week Midjourney Prompt: colorful image with stats and graphs --ar 16:9 A tip before we get started. Whenever I show the prompt for my images, you'll notice "--ar 16:9" at the end of the prompt. This tells Midjourney to create an...Read more
- AD77: CMOs Cautiously Optimistic About 2025
12 January 2025 | Issue #77 In this issue: The CMO Survey: Results are Mostly Positive How to Craft a Visual Marketing Strategy That Sells 2025 Salary Guide for Marketing and Creative Professionals The Illustration Trends Set to Take Shape in 2025 Why Community Will Make or Break Creators and Brands in 2025 Design Quote of the Week Prompt: an illustration of a person holding a clipboard. She is standing on a busy street in a city. Bright colors. --ar 16:9 Over the break, I was reading through...Read more
- AD76: 2025 Marketing/Design Trends Compilation—It’s More Than AI
5 January 2025 | Issue #76 In this issue: Most Popular 2025 Predictions The Things Nobody Else Is Talking About What This Means for Marketers and Designers (this is the good part) Design Quote of the Week Prompt: a cartoon illustration of a wizard. He is precariously holding a pile of crystal balls. A couple of the balls are falling down out of his hands. --ar 16:9 If your inbox is anything like mine, you've been flooded with year-end recaps and predictions for 2025. All of the predictions...Read more
- AD75: How Things Evolved in 2024
29 December 2024 | Issue #75 In this issue: Top-clicked articles from the past year of After Design Midjourney Prompt: A marketer looking at statistics. Illustrated style --ar 16:9 Looking back on a full year of After Design, reviewing the links you clicked on the most is interesting. Earlier in the year, you tended to be more interested in AI and its impact to your job and career. As the year went on, you tended to click on articles focused on design and marketing. I use Bitly to track the...Read more
- AD74: PowerPoint: Love it or Hate it, it's Here to Stay
22 December 2024 | Issue #74 In this issue: PowerPoint is Here to Stay The Design Community Has Turned a Corner 9 Branding Tools To Use When Marketing Your Business AI Adoption Gap Found Between Executives and Entry-Level Marketers Design Quote of the Week Prompt: a designer using PowerPoint. --ar 16:9 Business Insider recently published an article lamenting the overuse of PowerPoint and how some high-powered individuals are trying to do away with it. (for the duration of this post, if you...Read more