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UX design
fromJonnyburch
5 days ago

I love AI, but it still can't design for shit

AI lacks a critical eye for its own output, leading to poor presentations and accountability issues for users.
UX design
fromFast Company
8 hours ago

Apple's HyperCard comes back to life in the form of this cool new animated browser

Flipbook revolutionizes AI interaction by transforming text prompts into visually engaging, interactive illustrations for deeper exploration of topics.
UX design
fromJonnyburch
5 days ago

I love AI, but it still can't design for shit

AI lacks a critical eye for its own output, leading to poor presentations and accountability issues for users.
Typography
fromFast Company
4 weeks ago

Meta's new AI tool turns anyone into a type designer

Meta's new AI tool simplifies font design, allowing users to customize text through prompts in its Edits app.
Graphic design
fromWIRED
1 day ago

InkPoster's Tela Is a Digital Frame Worth Hanging in a Gallery

The InkPoster Tela 28.5 is a premium E Ink picture frame that offers high-quality display but comes with a high price and some limitations.
fromItsnicethat
2 days ago

Yee Hawr: horsegiirL is the new face of Dinamo's half sans half serif experiment in type design

HorsegiirL was on billboards and posters across Berlin, London and New York, featuring cinematic studio shots with a hot desert sun casting five different, alphabetical shadows. This campaign was a serious move to share in the real world, as horsegiirL exists in physical space, in front of crowds.
Typography
#svg
Typography
fromFast Company
1 week ago

Meet Kyoto: the typeface that bleeds (on purpose)

Kyoto blends Japanese calligraphy with classic Latin forms, reflecting a handmade, human feel in design.
Television
fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

The 'Bait' title cards are an analog homage to spycraft, with their own hidden codes

Bait is a dramedy about a British-Pakistani actor grappling with identity and public scrutiny after a leaked audition.
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
3 weeks ago

Pressing issues: the vital role of printmaking in the history of art

Yale came to me and said there isn't an overarching book about the history of printmaking; they wanted it to be about the printed image. There are a lot of books about printing-about the history of journalism or the history of books, the printing press and the printed word-but not so much about the printed image and its processes. So that was my challenge.
Arts
#graphic-design
Graphic design
fromItsnicethat
2 weeks ago

Graphic design schools are teaching tech, but are they teaching taste?

Graphic design education should prioritize creativity and knowledge over job placement, treating it as a liberal art rather than a trade school.
Graphic design
fromPRINT Magazine
3 weeks ago

James Junk is the Voice Design Needs Now - PRINT Magazine

Andrei James Dominiq, a graphic designer, found his creative voice during COVID, transforming personal reflections into impactful visual designs.
#typography
Typography
fromI Love Typography Ltd
2 weeks ago

Steven Heller's Font of the Month: Gilway Paradox - I Love Typography Ltd

Gilway Paradox evokes nostalgia through its unique design, reminiscent of carnival signage and personal childhood memories of summer beach attractions.
Typography
fromI Love Typography Ltd
2 weeks ago

Steven Heller's Font of the Month: Gilway Paradox - I Love Typography Ltd

Gilway Paradox evokes nostalgia through its unique design, reminiscent of carnival signage and personal childhood memories of summer beach attractions.
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

Claude Takes On Monet

Anthropic set up an interactive experience that turned two typewriters into interfaces to chat with Claude. Visitors type questions about the exhibition, and Claude responds based on provided information.
Paris food
Design
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
1 month ago

a rich palette of saturated hues meet industrial precision in mara's renewed digital identity

Mara enters 2026 as a global interior design protagonist, expanding from office and hospitality into residential markets while strengthening its digital identity and sustainability commitment.
#typeface-design
Typography
fromMass-driver
4 weeks ago

MD UI: a Typeface for Interfacing

Typefaces deserve careful design and consideration, balancing quality and legibility while acknowledging the challenges of achieving perfection.
fromI Love Typography Ltd
1 month ago
Typography

Steven Heller's Font of the Month: Curve Display - I Love Typography Ltd

Curve Display is a Didone-inspired display font that balances classical elegance with experimental, abstract letterforms, making it distinctive yet accessible for contemporary graphic design.
Typography
fromMass-driver
4 weeks ago

MD UI: a Typeface for Interfacing

Typefaces deserve careful design and consideration, balancing quality and legibility while acknowledging the challenges of achieving perfection.
Typography
fromI Love Typography Ltd
1 month ago

Steven Heller's Font of the Month: Curve Display - I Love Typography Ltd

Curve Display is a Didone-inspired display font that balances classical elegance with experimental, abstract letterforms, making it distinctive yet accessible for contemporary graphic design.
fromAlexharri
3 months ago

ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering

One thing I spent a lot of effort on is getting edges looking sharp. Take a look at this rotating cube example: Try opening the "split" view. Notice how well the characters follow the contour of the square. This renderer works well for animated scenes, like the ones above, but we can also use it to render static images: The image of Saturn was generated with ChatGPT.
Software development
#typewriter-modding
Graphic design
fromItsnicethat
1 month ago

Lan Truong's pen plotter paintings are making us way less wary of art made by machines

Lan embraces using machines like plotters to create art, blending handmade spirit with mechanical precision.
fromBored Panda
2 months ago

80 Vintage Ads That Show Which Values Changed And Which Stayed The Same Over Time

We might be exposed to more ads and commercials today than ever before in human history, but the idea of advertising itself is certainly not a new concept. According to Instapage, the first signs of advertisements actually appeared in ancient Egyptian steel carvings from 2000 BC. Meanwhile, the first printed ad was published in 1472, when William Caxton decided to advertise a book by posting flyers on church doors in England.
Marketing
Humor
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Typoes are the new status sybmol. (Yes, we know.)

Typos and imperfect writing have become status symbols among the wealthy and powerful, signaling authority and importance rather than carelessness.
Digital life
fromMedium
2 months ago

Going analog in 2026

A 2026 cultural shift embraces analog technologies, crafts, and slow, intentional experiences as a counterbalance to digital overload and AI-driven shortform content.
Web design
fromRaymondcamden
1 month ago

Dyanimically Adjusting Image Text for Contrast

Color Thief library now includes TypeScript definitions and new contrast detection features, including a textColor property that automatically suggests optimal text color for readability over images.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

With its fluorescent characters and ASCII text, Marathon is a masterclass in 90s nostalgia

It's now an online sci-fi extraction shooter in which players beam down to the planet Tau Ceti IV to scavenge for loot, carry out missions and potentially blast each other in the process. Its closest rival is Arc Raiders, which makes a similar use of stylised retro-futurism.
Video games
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
2 months ago

A Typewriter-Inspired Calculator in Vibrant Coral Red Just Stole Our Heart - Yanko Design

At first glance, the GIA looks like it time-traveled from a 1960s Italian design studio, stopped briefly in 2026 to pick up some modern tech, and landed on your desk with a personality. The inspiration comes from Olivetti typewriters, those gorgeous mechanical machines that made office work feel like an art form. Remember when tools had character? When objects didn't just function but made you feel something? That's what Bedrina is tapping into here.
Design
Arts
fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 months ago

Beautiful Daily Retrowave City Pop Landscapes From Club Retro, A Neon-drenched Instagram Gallery Of Vaporwave Dream Worlds

Collection of diverse visual-art features and lifestyle pieces, including paintings, architecture drawings, illustrations, murals, vintage posters, surreal digital art, and practical guides.
fromTheSavvyGamer
1 month ago

10 Reasons to Keep a Printer at Home & 10 Why You Shouldn't - TheSavvyGamer

There's a real convenience to being able to print a lease agreement, a medical form, or a tax document without having to run to a copy shop or library. When you need something signed and returned quickly, having a printer at home means you don't have to rearrange your schedule around a trip across town. That kind of on-demand access saves both time and stress, especially during situations that are already a little chaotic.
Miscellaneous
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
2 months ago

Zerowriter Ink Is an Open-Source E-Paper Typewriter Built for Writers - Yanko Design

Trying to write on a laptop means fighting a machine that is also a notification box, streaming portal, and social feed. Distraction-free apps help, but they still live inside the same browser-and-tab chaos, surrounded by everything else your computer knows how to do. Some writers just want a device that only knows how to produce plain text and does not care about anything else happening in the world.
Gadgets
Design
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 month ago

5 Floating Designs That Look Like Photoshop (But They're Real) - Yanko Design

Floating design lifts architectural elements from the ground to create visual lightness, spatial clarity, and refined interventions that balance engineering precision with aesthetic intent.
Photography
fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 months ago

Artist Creates Nostalgic Pixel Tributes That Capture Gaming's Golden Age

A wide-ranging showcase of visual creativity, highlighting photography, illustration, sculpture, design, and inventive art projects from global contemporary artists and cultural oddities.
Typography
fromItsnicethat
1 month ago

Eleanor Yang merges the synthetic and organic to make typography you can touch

Synthetic Nature presents three typefaces—DNA, Mesh, and Data—that metaphorically represent life through biological, network, and computational structures, exploring how biology, computation, and culture merge.
fromWIRED
1 month ago

This Digital Picture Frame Wants to Bring People Closer to a Holographic Future

Upload any picture or video, and Musubi uses artificial intelligence to extract the most important part and hover it in space as a 3D image within the frame. That could be a video of a child's first steps or a snapshot of a birthday party. The image will be displayed in 3D form, viewable in all its holographic glory across nearly 170 degrees.
Gadgets
UX design
fromNeil Patel
1 month ago

How to Use AI for Graphic Design

AI accelerates design workflows through integrated tools that enhance ideation and iteration while requiring human judgment for brand strategy and final decisions.
Design
fromItsnicethat
2 months ago

Visual communication that challenges convention: Phantasia on how graphic design can forge true collaboration

Phantasia, a Barcelona-based design studio founded in 2021, prioritizes meaningful projects that serve communities through intentional collaboration, diversity, and accessible communication.
fromSmashing Magazine
1 month ago

Fresh Energy In March (2026 Wallpapers Edition) - Smashing Magazine

Designed by artists and designers from across the globe, each wallpaper comes in a variety of screen resolutions and can be downloaded for free. A huge thank-you to everyone who shared their designs with us - this post wouldn't be possible without your kind support!
Design
Design
fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago

Minimalism had its moment: now designers say this aesthetic is dominating 2026 - Silicon Canals

Interior design is shifting from minimalist, sparse aesthetics to a colorful, textured maximalist revival emphasizing personality and lived-in warmth.
fromI Love Typography Ltd
2 months ago

How Not to Take 10 Years to Design a Typeface - I Love Typography Ltd

I would listen with awe and think, 'That must have been a real challenge. It must be exquisitely crafted and probably a little bit groundbreaking too.' So it feels slightly absurd to admit that my last typeface, Nave, also took around ten years to complete. Not because I spent a decade polishing outlines or expanding the character set, but because I took so many wrong turns trying to chase a vision I hadn't properly defined.
Graphic design
fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 months ago

This Artist Perfectly Reimagines City Logos in Retro 80s Style

Kostya Petrenko reimagines famous city logos in a 1984-inspired aesthetic using neon palettes, bold geometry, heavy gradients and CRT-style looping animations.
Typography
fromFast Company
1 month ago

Claude can turn your handwriting into a font. Here's how

Claude AI can convert handwritten characters from scanned pages into installable TrueType fonts using Python tools, eliminating the need for specialized font creation software.
fromI Love Typography Ltd
2 months ago

Steven Heller's Font of the Month: Cattivo - I Love Typography Ltd

Infused with history, the slab cannot help but suggest the old West's frontier clichés, for such ephemera as classic wanted posters, political broadsides, cautionary warning signs, and more generic commercial applications. Cattivo is a brand-new 18-font family that, when used in any weight and size, cuts through nostalgic predictability and provides a welcome alternative to such popular Egyptian-style slab serifs as Stymie and Memphis.
Typography
fromFast Company
1 month ago

Mattel has a new custom font, and it's full of playful hidden details

Mattel operates dozens of brands under its corporate umbrella, each with their own visual identity and brand voice. But, until now, Mattel has never had its own proprietary typeface for its overarching brand, instead opting to license multiple existing fonts on a global scale—an endeavor that was not only expensive, but also came at the cost of visual consistency across Mattel's many product lines.
Typography
Typography
fromMedium
1 month ago

How Monotype turns selling fonts into daylight robbery

Singapore replaced the superior Gotham font with the inferior Metropolis font in their 60th anniversary logo, raising questions about font licensing and corporate practices.
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