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The 20 illustrators inspiring us the most in 2025

Creative Boom

Christoph Niemann Christoph Niemann is an illustrator, graphic designer, and children's book author who has been writing and illustrating The New York Times blog Abstract City since July 2008 (renamed Abstract Sunday in 2011). © Maïté Franchi © Maïté Franchi 9.

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Hotlist 2025: the 25 most popular design studios, as voted for by their peers

Creative Boom

A favourite recent project is their work for Asian spice brand Jahan , which translated the client's desire for a non-traditional approach using typography inspired by Afghan culture, patterns with unique glyphs, and zestful colours that highlight the founder's heritage.

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Patterns are good

UX Collective

Source: Tidbits A design pattern is a document that describes a common solution to a recurring design problem. According to Tibor Kunert (2009), using design patterns allows designers to quickly find solutions to problems using proven designs, rather than starting from scratch each time. Welcome to Design Patterns.

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F5: David Oldroyd Talks his Piano, a Utah Desert Resort + More

Design Milk

As a child I was mesmerized by the swirling patterns of hand-braided cotton area rugs, woven from the last use of hand-me-down fabrics.” P_Wall Sculpture In my living room I have the “P_Wall” sculpture (2006) by Andrew Kudless of Matsys , acquired in 2008. Certain pieces – from the pre-Instagram days – still remain vivid in his mind.

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Dissecting deceptive patterns in nature and technology

UX Collective

Learning to spot the patterns. Image by DavidZydd (CC0), pixabay.com “There are only patterns, patterns on top of patterns, patterns that affect other patterns. Patterns hidden by patterns. Patterns within patterns. These are common ways we see patterns. Palahniuk (1999, p.

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F5: Architect Eddie Maestri’s Dream Car + His Favorite Role

Design Milk

Eddie Maestri , AIA, started designing homes in Dallas in 2004 before officially founding Maestri Studio in 2008. I remember sitting on the side of the Grand Canal in Venice and soaking in the rhythm, patterns and little quirks of a grand home there.

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Spoon Graphics Turns 13 Years Old — Traffic Down, Subscribers Up!

Spoon Graphics

Highest Traffic Peak (This Year): Tuesday May 14th 2019 – 17,517 visitors ( 10 Distressed Vector Halftone Patterns for Illustrator ). Email Subscribers: 189,773 (up 14% from 2019)*. YouTube Channel Subscribers: 332,014 (up 30% from 2019). That’s down -56% from its peak in 2012.

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