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This flag project uses data to highlight danger of “glacier extinction”

Design Week

German design studio Moby Digg has unveiled a series of redrawn country flags as part of a “digital protest” to highlight the danger of melting glaciers around the world. The digital protest will be held between the 9 -19 November, the original dates of the COP26 climate change conference. This is reflective of the 64.3

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Illustration Series: Portraits

Mindsparkle Mag

If you've ever done an illustration before, digitally or old-school, you already know that what matters the most is to reflect yourself and your style! Selfportraits 2050 by Omar Aqil. Back with the Illustration Series, we're featuring some stunning real-life portraits and some very conceptual ones. Illustration by Airing Nahar.

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DDW23: Raw Color Celebrates Award Win With Vibrant Show

Design Milk

Photo: Katie Treggiden In a similar vein, the Sea Level Socks , visualize predicted rising sea levels – the four pale green lines represent the predicted rise of 7 cm in 2020, 12 cm in 2030, 17 cm in 2040, and 22 cm in 2050 – as well as all the integers in between.

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Digital Renderings Collage 3D Objects into Futuristic Self-Portraits by Artist Omar Aqil

Colossal

Lahore, Pakistan-based artist Omar Aqil ( previously ) digitally assembles technology, 3D objects, and textured masses into figurative collages for his series Self-Portraits 2050. All images © Omar Aqil, shared with permission.

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Digital accessibility is an opportunity, not a burden

UX Collective

An older man and young child using a tablet device Originally published via PA Consulting Newsroom on November 28, 2018 When we talk about accessibility in digital, we mean making sure those with impairments to vision, hearing, mobility or cognition can use a service. In 2016, the most recent figures available, the UK had 6.1

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A typeface has been designed for the Welsh language

Design Week

This is the first time that the Welsh alphabet has been translated into a digital typeface. It is part of a wider ambition for the Welsh Government’s plans to have 1m Welsh speakers by 2050. Welsh is one of the oldest living languages in Europe, but only 29.8% of the country’s population are able to speak it.

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Meltdown Flags Visualize the Climate Crisis’s Toll on Glaciers Worldwide

Colossal

A new digital project called Meltdown Flags envisions the disastrous effects of the ongoing climate crisis. Canada’s middle section begins at full width in 1995 before condensing in both 2020 and 2050. Canada’s middle section begins at full width in 1995 before condensing in both 2020 and 2050.

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