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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: Gina Nadal Shares a Favorite Movie, a Memorable Project + More

Design Milk

“But weaving became an instant passion, offering a unique language of expression through colors, yarns, and textures.” Nadal does this by turning people’s text into a pattern, giving them an active role in the process, and thereby creating a lasting bond between the owner and the end piece.

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RetroSupply’s Most Popular Design Resources

Just Creative

In business since 2012, RetroSupply equips graphic designers with some of the most amazing tools and plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Affinity, Procreate and more. Some of the most popular tools of this bundle include inking brushes, texture brushes, halftone brushes, gouache paintbrushes, and comic book brushes.

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Ann Weber Elevates Discarded Cardboard Boxes and Staples to New Heights in Billowing Sculptures

Colossal

She then applies layers of strips cut from other boxes and staples them into place in a repetitive, textured pattern. “You’re My Butterfly” (2012), found cardboard, staples, and polyurethane, 88 x 30 x 20 inches and 88 x 36 x 23 inches. Installation view at Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco (2012).

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Top 10 Friday Five Posts of 2022

Design Milk

Through his work he depicts layers of his Nigerian culture via color, pattern, dimension, and texture. Megan is the creative designer, shop owner, and author behind The ZEN Succulent, a modern terrarium and plant craft line founded in 2012. Temi Coker’s Appreciation of Art Books, His Biggest Supporter + More.

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Rosie Li and MONDAYS Collaborate on a Sculptural New Lighting Series

Azure Magazine

Take her Bubbly series, a soap bubble- and botryoidal hematite-inspired collection that explores naturally occurring attractions and cluster patterns to stunning effect. Since each fixture is handmade, they are all one-of-a-kind pieces with subtle variations in shape, texture and finish.

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What Can Metaverse Planners Learn from Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities

UX Collective

If we take a look at the layouts of some metaverse platforms, we can see the opposite pattern. In Las Vegas, the vacuum effect of the automobile and highway created “vast expansive texture: the mega texture of the commercial landscape,” making it the archetype of the American suburb.? but also because at night.