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How The Designers Foundry went from side project to global type provider

Creative Boom

From their humble beginnings as a simple Tumblr-linked store with PayPal buttons to licensing fonts to industry giants like Apple, Nike and Disney, The Designers Foundry (TDF) has come a long way over the last 12 years. Whenever I posted, my 'asks' inbox would often get messages from people wanting to know what fonts were used.

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Fantasy Island shows Ireland from 70 photographers’ alternative perspectives

Its Nice That

Attempting to encapsulate this sprawling project, Belfast-based Joel Seawright, fine artist and founder of Rotten Books, and graphic designer Lucy Jackson, lift the lid on how the book came together. Above Matt Glover: At the Forest’s Edge (Copyright © Matt Glover, 2016) Above Rotten Books: Fantasy Island (Copyright © Rotten Books, 2025).

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10 Famous Failed Logo Redesigns: How Ego and Bad Strategy Cost Billions

Inkbot Design

The One Question Most Brands Forget to Ask Before thinking about colours, fonts, or symbols, you must answer one brutally honest question: “Why are we really doing this?” Gap (2010): The Poster Child for Public Outcry The Before: The iconic, confident, all-caps serif font inside a dark blue box. It was a mess.

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Evolution of the Gap Logo Design: From Helvetica to Backlash

Inkbot Design

The shift from Helvetica wasn't just a font change – it represented Gap's transformation from a casual jeans store to a global fashion powerhouse. Gap replaced their classic navy-blue box logo with a new Helvetica font design and a slight gradient square. I've always admired how Gap's 1986 logo embodied pure modernist principles.

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UX or PX, the problem with research, semantic tokens, 5 tips for vibe coders

UX Collective

Generative fonts Make methink Stamina is a quiet advantage While stamina is the ability to sustain focused effort despite pain or discomfort, you should also think of it as the ability to stay true to your values and commitmentsto hold fidelity to a worthy purposeespecially when its hard to doso. What killed innovation?

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Neighbourhood app Nextdoor relaunches with new brand and product design

Design Week

Launched in the US in 2011, it came to the UK in 2016, and has ten million verified users here – one in four UK adults. Neighbourhood app Nextdoor is relaunching with a new product design and brand identity to reboot its mission to connect local communities.

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Innovative new calendar plugin celebrates LGBTQIA+ history – download it today

Creative Bloq

TOPICS Graphic Design Rosie Hilder Social Links Navigation Deputy editor Rosie Hilder is Creative Bloqs Deputy Editor. After beginning her career in journalism in Argentina – where she worked as Deputy Editor of Time Out Buenos Aires – she moved back to the UK and joined Future Plc in 2016.