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Portland's designers enhanced PDX with a stunning timber roof and flexible layout, doubling capacity while retaining the airport's cozy feel, making it a standout in American airport design.
Reddit offers graphic designers and artists a unique platform for networking, receiving feedback, staying updated on trends, and promoting their work within a supportive, global community.
New features are being introduced to Google's Meet app, enhancing personal video calls with in-call messaging, emoji reactions, and screen sharing. These updates aim to align the call experience with meeting functionalities, creating a unified user interface. The redesigned UI and added features will gradually become available to all users.
Instagram's head, Adam Mosseri, confirmed that the company was testing a new vertical profile grid layout, moving away from the iconic square grid to align with the rise of vertical content like Reels and Stories. Currently limited to a select group, the final decision will depend on user feedback and engagement during the testing phase.
Following a limited release to select Vertex AI users, Google's advanced text-to-image AI model, Imagen 3, is now available to all U.S. users through the ImageFX platform. This quiet expansion has sparked mixed reactions, with some praising the tool's improved texture and word recognition capabilities while others criticize its strict content filters.
The evolution of UX design has significantly improved our online experience but also led to addictive behaviors. The root problem lies in how technology exploits human tendencies. Actual change requires reforming our relationship with technology and building a more robust identity rather than relying on temporary fixes like app blockers.
Exploring diverse career paths can significantly enrich a designer's approach. These varied backgrounds offer fresh perspectives, enhancing design thinking and content creation.
The design industry has to choose between continuing its consumer-driven focus or embracing radical change to address the planetary crisis. This shift will prioritize redesign, reuse, and sustainable practices, with designers specializing in repair, adaptation, and end-of-life processes.
Avaaatars features a vast library of customizable, high-quality avatars for free commercial use.
This plugin seamlessly manages Figma styles, components, and variables across files. Features include selective swapping and efficient library organization.
Select a Component or Instance, and this plugin will search the Figma file, listing all Instances used across pages and frames. The list is organized by pages for easy navigation, allowing designers to click on any item to zoom in on the specific Instance.
Assistive technology includes more than screen readers. It encompasses various tools like screen magnifiers, voice control, and Braille displays. Misusing "AT" to mean only screen readers can narrow the scope of accessibility and exclude other essential tools and disabilities.
Nespresso and Pantone have launched a campaign called "Unforgettable Mediterranean Summer" that features limited-edition Vertuo Pop+ Pantone machines, accessories, and two new iced coffee flavors. The collaboration emphasizes simplicity, approachability, and the beauty of color while also promoting sustainability with 85% recycled aluminum Vertuo capsules.
Amplie's branding, designed by Victor Berriel and Lorena Giostri, uses a calming blue palette and a modular logo to evoke trust and simplify the user experience in financial management. This thoughtful design approach strengthens the company's mission to consolidate credit cards and fosters lasting customer relationships by ensuring security and clarity in every interaction.
When designing hand icons, start with sketches, focus on synthesis, and ensure consistency across styles. Maintaining proportions and legibility is key.
To attract ideal clients, focus on targeted marketing strategies like email outreach, showcasing work on design sites, and blogging for clients rather than relying on social media followers or general guest posts.
The frantic race to push out half-baked AI features into enterprise products is a cynical subversion of foundational UX principles. Their customers may never forgive them.
The new Harris-Walz campaign logo underwent subtle changes, including centering the crossbar in the "H" and reshaping the "R" legs, with an overall design aimed at simplicity and adaptability. The logo sets Harris' name in Fearless, a sans-serif inspired by 1980s French road signs, and Walz's in Balto, a versatile Gothic sans-serif. The redesign addresses early criticism over kerning and height differences, aligning with historic, straightforward presidential campaign designs.
Google introduced Pixel Studio, an innovative image generation app, at its Pixel 9 event. Preinstalled on all Pixel 9 devices, the app allows users to create and edit images through prompts, altering elements and styles post-creation. During the demo, it transformed a bonfire picture into a beach scene with the Golden Gate Bridge using a pixel art style, showcasing its capabilities. Powered by on-device AI and Google's cloud-based Imagen 3 model, the app enhances Pixel phones' suite of AI tools.
The countdown for the LA 2028 Summer Olympic Games has begun. A series of vibrant and eclectic logo designs crafted by top creatives and iconic celebrities has been revealed. These logos celebrate the original talent from Team USA, each telling its own unique story that embodies LA's culturally diverse and creative spirit. The many designs mark an unprecedented approach, blending contemporary flair with the Olympics' traditional heritage.
Smartphone design has been criticized for its lack of innovation over recent years. However, the Pixel 9 series introduces distinct design elements, including a pronounced camera bar, setting it apart. These unique, aesthetically bold devices show that Google focuses on enhancing camera technology and user experience.
This case study from IBM's Design team is about designing a scalable pattern to improve threat alert correlation, allowing analysts to map attacks, identify vulnerabilities, and prioritize security incidents. The new design enhances usability and aligns with IBM's Carbon design language, offering a clearer and more cohesive user experience.
Availability is a valuable asset in any profession, complementing talent and ability but not replacing them. Being consistently present and effective can open doors to new opportunities, even when you're not fully prepared. Long-term success requires balancing availability with intentional unavailability to avoid burnout and ensure sustainability.
This Figma plugin converts your 2D text and vector layers into 3D models with just one click. With the built-in powerful ray tracing renderer, you can create nice 3D icons, banners, mockups, or any other 3D-style images without being a 3D specialist.
Brandfetch allows instant access to millions of logos, colors, fonts, and more to streamline your designs.
This Figma plugin quickly creates customizable perspective grids and tunnels by adjusting horizontal and vertical lines and changing grid angles with an intuitive interface.
ORCA, a Bristol-based brand agency, developed a visual identity for St Austell's new series of tap rooms, led by Harbour Brewing Co, to appeal to a diverse audience while staying connected to the master brand. The brand strategy, 'Deeply connected,' draws inspiration from the coastal culture of Charlestown, reflected in the color palette, typography, and interior design, creating a cohesive brand experience.
Fast food self-service kiosks transform the dining experience by offering speed, convenience, and autonomy. These kiosks tap into our psychological need for control and instant gratification, influencing consumer behavior and boosting sales. However, poorly designed kiosks can lead to frustration, decision fatigue, and increased impulse spending, highlighting the importance of thoughtful UX design.
Omse rebranded Other Box, a company founded by Leyya Sattar to address workplace power imbalances and promote DEI. The new branding, featuring construction signage, bold shapes, and diverse imagery, reflects the core strategy "Make Space For Difference," which is to create a more inclusive world.
Designing legible and aesthetically pleasing typefaces involves understanding the structure and components of letters, such as baselines, serifs, and ascenders.
Analyzing users' mental models helps align user expectations with AI functionality, ensuring transparent, responsible, and personalized experiences that evolve with user interactions.
The latest Incredibles 3 logo showcased at Disney-Pixar's D23 expo subtly updates the classic design with a lighter color palette and clever line splicing, impressing fans despite sequel fatigue.
Marshall, a legendary speaker manufacturer, partnered with Barkas to rebrand and enhance its digital presence, preserving its rebellious spirit while adapting to the digital era. The new design system is bold and flexible, future-proofing Marshall's identity and uniting its businesses under one brand. The updated marshall.com now serves as a hub for music lovers to explore products and content.
The new version of Halide introduces "Process Zero," a non-AI image processing feature that uses 12-megapixel RAW DNG files. This feature offers photographers a natural look with sensor grain and slight color aberrations. It provides a 10-25x speed advantage over Apple's ProRAW capture and allows for recreating classic digital camera aesthetics. Another feature, Image Lab, enables users to fine-tune exposure and edit photos taken with Process Zero.
The redesigned Photos app in iOS 18 offers a unified, streamlined interface, eliminating separate tabs and consolidating all content into a single, scrollable view. Users can navigate through their Photo Library with new swipe gestures and access collections like Recent Days, Albums, and Memories directly from the primary grid. Enhanced customization allows users to rearrange collections for quicker access, while improved search capabilities enable finding photos through detailed natural language queries.
The trend of one-person design agencies is to offer unlimited revisions for a fixed price - this has fundamental issues. The primary challenges include time constraints, as one person needs to work on managing extensive workloads and client demands efficiently. High churn rates indicate clients leave once their projects are completed, leading to instability and a need for constant new business. Unlimited revisions can attract scope creep, degrading work quality due to excessive demands.
Spacemade, a UK flexible workspace company, rebranded with Wildish & Co. to transition from B2B to B2B2C, focusing on 'meaningful connections' and in-person communities with a logo symbolizing an open doorway. The new identity features a versatile typography system and design elements that reflect the company's industrial aesthetic and are adaptable to sub-brands and local needs. It will be rolled out across various channels and physical spaces in the UK.
Stack Overflow has implemented a proactive approach to accessibility, establishing guidelines aligned with WCAG standards, creating accessibility scores, and forming a champions group to advocate for best practices. By prioritizing high-impact issues and improving its design system, it aims to develop inclusive products for all technologists, with ongoing efforts to enhance accessibility.
Built by Siri's creators, this plugin gives feedback and suggestions in minutes to enhance your website and mobile app designs with GPT-4o and become a better designer.
A digital archive of graphic design-related items available on the Internet Archive.
Tokens Studio features a dynamic node-graph-powered platform for managing collaborative design systems. It enables seamless brand design decisions and effortless export across platforms.
Design studio HATO crafted a brand identity for the Barbican and Golden Lane Neighborhood Forum inspired by the area's brutalist architecture, particularly the Barbican complex. The identity features a custom logotype with curved forms and bold lines, a color palette of bright yellow, red, and blue, and archival photographs to represent the forum's ethos and encourage community participation.
The seven core elements of interior design, space, line, form, light, color, texture, and pattern, combine to create cohesive and visually pleasing spaces. Each element influences layout, furniture, and lighting decisions, emphasizing balance. Effective use of these elements can transform any space into a stylish and welcoming environment, reflecting personal taste.
Japan's brand equity faces challenges in the 21st century due to economic decline and competition from neighbors like China and South Korea. To rebuild, Japan must address cultural barriers, including seniority customs, patriarchy, English language proficiency, ineffective corporate storytelling, and indecisiveness. Mindset shifts are crucial for revitalizing Japan's global influence.
Great work is created by bending the design process, skipping unnecessary steps, and relying on intuition.
Signal detection theory (SDT) enhances UX research by analyzing user decision-making under uncertainty and identifying errors like missed signals or false alarms.
Rumors suggest the redesigned Mac mini, featuring the powerful M4 chip, enhanced portability, and performance, could be Apple's smallest yet, making it an appealing option for creatives.
Opera One has launched on iOS with a minimalist design that features a full-screen browsing experience and an integrated Aria AI assistant for quick search suggestions and voice input. The browser also includes a built-in ad blocker, free VPN, customizable themes, and a new homepage carousel for news and tips.
Microsoft introduced Paint 3D in the Fall Creators Update of Windows 10, aiming to replace the classic MS Paint with advanced 3D editing features. Due to user backlash, the older Paint app was retained and enhanced with new features, while Paint 3D fell into obscurity. By November 4, Paint 3D will be deprecated, with users directed to alternative apps for 2D and 3D editing needs. This deprecation aligns with Microsoft's recent trend of streamlining and refocusing its built-in Windows apps.
The Google Home app update, expected around the release of the new Nest Learning Thermostat on August 20, introduces a new design with revamped thermostat controls and updated UI elements. The update also allows temperature adjustments from the Favorites menu and relocates the Nest app and Energy Dashboard icons underneath the main thermostat controls.