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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). Jarom Vogel Jarom Vogel is a prominent illustrator, designer, and digital artist who hails from Utah, USA.

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F5: Sam Sacks Talks Records, Spanish Cedar, Anthropomorphic Furniture + More

Design Milk

When the market crashed in 2008, and print magazines were among the hardest hit, Sacks decided it was time to pivot and approach this familiar arena from a new angle. It’s the ultimate more-is-more of a deep pattern layered on top of a deep pattern. She reveled in using words and photographs to paint pictures of how people live.

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Fairness isn’t a metric: what creatives in tech should learn from the WGA strikes

UX Collective

Image AI Generated: Midjourney The 2008 Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike reshaped media labor, and tech may be on the verge of a similar reckoning. Image Credit: Open AI The Strikes I stood across the street from a picket line in 2008. 2008 turned out to be the year that changed my life, though it didn’t feel like it at the time.

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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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15 Top Design Trends to Watch For

Inkbot Design

As a reaction to the pared-back minimalism of previous years, maximalism embraces rich layers, mix-and-match patterns, bold colours, and eclectic decor. ” “After a decade of pale Scandi style, this post-modern collision of patterns, colours and textures is an assault on the senses,” explains Elle Decoration.

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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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Create a Spectacular Grass Text Effect in Photoshop

Tuts Plus

Today, we have decided to bring back a post by Envato founder, Collis Ta’eed, from May 2008, that demonstrates how to create a spectacular grass text effect in Photoshop. Now for this image we want to create a really textured background, faintly resembling paper. a paper texture! Let’s get started! Love text effects?