Every year and sometimes every season we see a new crop of styles or patterns in design and the marketing and branding it contributes towards. Just to keep you abreast of what seems to be the case at the moment here are some ideas and some new resources to help you along the way.

Brighter colours seem to be something people are talking about. Are we looking to brighten everything? Is this just a way of differentiating now compared to then? But there is so much more …

a variety of graphics resources including patterns, textures, stock images, from the abstract and coloured to grunge and beyond – for photoshop, illustrator and morehere you have the urban, plantlife,

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Top Trends in web design, audio, video, graphics design, and more – all picked by the Envato team.

Source: The Top Design Trends of 2017, and Envato’s 2018 Predictions – Envato

Are you looking for ways to improve your SEO? Want to know how to use the Ahrefs tool to your advantage?

Source: How to Use Ahrefs to Improve SEO – Infographic

Is 2018 the year you start your own business? Need some help getting the business noticed by potential customers?

Source: 10 Ways to Increase Brand Awareness – Infographic

Let’s stop waging a popularity contest over design approaches and document the way we work without so much bias.

Source: They’re not design trends. They’re design patterns.

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