The best print ads of the 2000s, as chosen by experts
Creative Bloq
MAY 9, 2025
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Textile Offcuts Are Reimagined by Nendo for the Hana-arashi Exhibition
Design Milk
MAY 9, 2025
A swirling shower of colorful petals seen from the busy street, happily signifying spring, unveils a sneak peek into Hana-arashi , Robina Benson Design House’s inaugural exhibit, on display at their new Soho location. One of New York City’s most highly anticipated galleries, Robina Benson provides a welcoming backdrop for the exhibition from Japanese design house Nendo and Italian brand Paola Lenti , lending their whimsical vision to the blank canvas.
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My pocket-sized 2TB hard drive may be a marvel of technology… but it also makes me nervous
Creative Bloq
MAY 9, 2025
I’ve been using it alongside my old hard drive, which needs a mains connection, and I’m conflicted.
F5: Jun Aizaki on his Motorcycle, Yunomi, Knives, Plants + More
Design Milk
MAY 9, 2025
When Jun Aizaki was a child he loved to build houses out of LEGO bricks and sketch imaginary spaces. Travels with his father, who was a journalist, left a lasting impression on the young creative. Seeing the food, the architecture, the energy, sparked a curiosity about the world thats stayed with me ever since he says. Without that early exposure I might have stayed in Japan, and looking back, it feels like those experiences helped build the foundation for my life in design.
Let's Talk Trends: Designing for Maximum Impact
Speaker: Amber Asay, Creative Director and Founder of award-winning design studio Nice People
Understanding what trends are happening and how they’re impacting the competitive landscape is crucial to providing top dollar design strategy to your clients. With so many trends coming and going, it can be overwhelming to determine which ones you should capitalize on and which ones might not be worth the trouble. In this exclusive webinar with Amber Asay, we’ll explore graphic design trends that need to die, trends that are starting to pick up and why, trends that have come and gone, and how t
25 Best CV / Resume Templates with Cover Letter (Free & Paid)
Graphic Design Junction
MAY 9, 2025
A strong cv / resume templates with matching cover letter increase your chances of landing a job. Using professional resume templates helps you present your skills clearly and effectively. The post 25 Best CV / Resume Templates with Cover Letter (Free & Paid) first appeared on Graphic Design Junction.
Meet female character designs with attitude in this artist's distinctive illustrations
Creative Bloq
MAY 9, 2025
Our 2D art of the week blends modern aesthetics with fantasy elements.
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“Involuntary Photographs” by Photographer Alexis Vasilikos
Booooooom
MAY 9, 2025
A collection of accidental exposures by artist and photographer Alexis Vasilikos.
Words shape worlds: The role of language in better design
UX Collective
MAY 9, 2025
Shifting linguistic defaults toward attuned, inclusive, and caringdesign The alien vessel from Arrival: a visual metaphor for nonlinear language, ambiguity, and the need to rethink communication from the ground up or the cosmos down. Still from Arrival (2016), directed by Denis Villeneuve. Image via WallpaperAccess. If all I ever gave you was a hammer Everythings a nail. - Arrival (2016) When NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory prepared instructions for the Mars rover, engineers turned (oddly enough
Adobe Illustrator Text to Vector Graphic: Instantly Create Stunning, Editable Vectors with AI!
We And The Color
MAY 9, 2025
Have you ever stared at a blank artboard, wishing your brilliant ideas could just leap from your mind into fully formed vector graphics? Imagine typing a simple description “a serene mountain landscape at sunset” or “a playful robot cat icon” and watching it materialize in Adobe Illustrator , ready for you to tweak and perfect.
5 Sculptural Fixtures That Marry Light and Form
Azure Magazine
MAY 9, 2025
Who says art has to be limited to just the walls? In the right context, design details like lighting can become artworks in their own right, introducing colour, texture and an expressive quality to interiors that transcends two dimensions. Below, weve rounded up five sculptural light fixtures that would feel equally at home in a residential or commercial setting, or a gallery. 1 WOAW by Mr.
The Democratization of Design: Giving Creators & Marketers the Tools to Succeed
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Brands must create and share impactful content to thrive, but they have less people, tighter budgets, and fewer resources to do so. Learn how to publish and market digital content with the same professionalism as organizations with million-dollar budgets.
Surgena Font Family by Digitype Studio
We And The Color
MAY 9, 2025
Surgena Font Family: Your Next Design Obsession? Unpacking Modern Elegance Today, we’re going to explore a new typographic gem: the Surgena font family from Digitype Studio. You might find yourself wondering how a collection of letterforms can evoke such a distinct personality. Well, prepare to be intrigued. The Surgena font family isn’t just another sans-serif; it’s a statement.
Redesigning football? How Rematch reimagines the sport as utopian 'painterly and impressionistic' cartoon chaos
Creative Bloq
MAY 9, 2025
Art director Sabrina Tobal shares how 'movement, cooperation, and bold optimism' drive a reimagined version of the beautiful game.
Celeste’s Immersive Textile Installations Embrace the Warm Intimacy of Home
Colossal
MAY 9, 2025
When Mara Fernanda Camarena and Gabriel Rosas Alemn aren’t in their Mexico City studio, you might find them pulling weeds or chopping vegetables. “We love cooking and gardeningpractices rooted in care, and ones wed love to weave into our work someday,” they say. “Theres a quiet mindfulness in both that aligns perfectly with what we aim to express.” This desire to care roots much of the artists’ practice, which they present together under the name Celeste.
From Visualization to Execution: Exploring Our Strengths as Designers
Speaker: Sean Adams, ArtCenter College of Design
Thomas Edison once said “Vision without execution is hallucination.” This statement applies not just to invention, but to graphic design. One of the greatest strengths of graphic designers is the ability to first develop a concept and then execute it to make it real. From visualization and ideation all the way through to actuation and execution, each step of this process takes skill and expertise.
The 'low-end' 2025 iPad is still a high value tablet
Creative Bloq
MAY 9, 2025
The 11th Gen, A16 Apple iPad is only a small evolution over what’s gone before, and yet. it's so much fun!
Time saved with AI creates more work elsewhere
FlowingData
MAY 9, 2025
Benj Edwards reporting for Ars Techinca : In “Large Language Models, Small Labor Market Effects,” economists Anders Humlum and Emilie Vestergaard focused specifically on the impact of AI chatbots across 11 occupations often considered vulnerable to automation, including accountants, software developers, and customer support specialists. Their analysis covered data from 25,000 workers and 7,000 workplaces in Denmark.
Video games meet real Lego in this innovative Unreal Engine project
Creative Bloq
MAY 9, 2025
Both kids and adults will adore this Unreal Engine 5 project.
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UX Collective
MAY 9, 2025
The world speaks,too. 1973, Harvard Square, Cambridge. In the middle of a busy intersection stands a piano, surrounded by a small crowd. A bearded man in his sixties approaches, calmly sits down, and starts a stopwatch. Silencefalls. He lifts the piano lid with precision, places his hands in his lap, and stares ahead. He does nothing. The sounds of the city continuecars, footsteps, conversations, a siren in the distance.
Rethinking Creative Workflows: Increasing Efficiency in the Design Process
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As the design industry evolves, teams are facing new challenges and a need to produce more outstanding creative work than ever. Leaders must learn how to adapt their processes to solve today’s—and tomorrow’s—unique design challenges. In this e-book, you’ll learn how to establish your creative workflow and leverage the power of CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite to streamline the entire design process, from start to finish.
The Thunderbolt 5 Anker Prime TB5 docking station offers blazing speeds and multiple connections
Creative Bloq
MAY 9, 2025
This retro Apple-looking bit of kit incorporates the latest and fastest tech into a solid desktop dock.
Limited surveying of the deep sea, a tiny 0.001%
FlowingData
MAY 9, 2025
Researchers from the Ocean Discovery League estimated how little we know about the deep seafloor : We then used two independent methods to estimate the amount of deep seafloor observed globally over the past seven decades (see Methods). Using the dive-based method, we estimate a maximum visual seabed coverage of 2130 km2. Using the time-based method, we estimate visual seabed coverage of 3823 km2.
Tesla's Robotaxi trademark rejection shows it needs to get more creative with its branding
Creative Bloq
MAY 9, 2025
Robotaxi and Cybercab are out, but the internet has alternatives.
Fancy hammer
FlowingData
MAY 9, 2025
Seth Godin on the importance of judgment : AI is a tool, and judgment, for the foreseeable future, remains our job. It doesnt matter how cool your hammer is, its still on you to decide which nails need hammering. And to be responsible for what happens when you use it. There’s been a shift in wording brought on by the AI wave. People “ask” the AI to do things versus “use” our tools to solve problems, as if we should pass responsibility of thought to statistical model
Creative Insights: Data-Backed Trends to Help You Design Successful Content
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In today’s competitive markets, how do you make sure that your content not only stands out but performs well? How can you predict whether certain design choices will result in clicks, engagement, downloads, and other drivers of ROI? Shutterstock’s Creative Insights Report (Q3) is your window into the hottest trends that are transforming the creative world.
I spent a week playing Doom: The Dark Ages for my review, and it does the unthinkable – this retro icon is relevant again
Creative Bloq
MAY 9, 2025
id Software has deftly redesigned Doom for a new generation.
Necto – 3D Knitted, Anticlastic, Spatial Surface
Creative Applications
MAY 9, 2025
Get full content RSS Feed Necto explores the theme of Intelligens through an immersive and computationally derived membrane structure that speculates on the future of temporary structureslightweight, flexible and efficient, and embedded with latent intelligence. Read More CreativeApplications.Net is a community supported website. If you enjoy content on CAN, please become a member.
I tried a 2-in-1 laptop that beats BOTH Surface Pro and MacBook Air in creative tests. but it's pretty pricey
Creative Bloq
MAY 9, 2025
The ASUS ROG Flow Z13 2025 is a gaming tablet with the power to shift plenty of pixels.
Casa Zempoala by o.d.e. — Thisispaper
This is Paper
MAY 9, 2025
A serene retirement home by o.d.e in Hidalgo, Mexico, Casa Zempoala blends tradition and modernity through pink stone, courtyards, and timeless Mexican architectural references.
How to Create Stunning Typography With the Corel Type Tool Kit
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Download this free eBook to learn how you can create stunning typography, using the basics, such as placing text, to advanced controls like ligatures, variable fonts, effects, tracking, range kerning, and everything in between. Learn how to: Use Character Control to add variety to your font styles. Use Paragraph Control to manage spacing, alignment, justification and more.
The Psychology Behind Personas: Why They Work in Any Job, Any Industry
Interaction Design Foundation
MAY 9, 2025
When you think of personas, your mind might jump to UX design or marketing. But the truth is, personas are far more versatile than most people realize. Whether you work on mobile apps, train staff, manage patients, or in human resources, personas help you make better, more human-centered decisions. Why? Because theyre rooted in powerful psychological principles that apply to everyone.Personas work because they mirror how our brains understand, remember, and relate to people.
Caio Marcolini Weaves Delicate Metal Mesh into Spawning Cellular Sculptures
Colossal
MAY 9, 2025
Caio Marcolini s fascination with organic systems began simply enough. It was “the trail left by the sea on the sand, the intertwined roots of trees within the forest, (and) the flowers falling from trees” that he found enchanting. But then, when his first child was born in 2021, he began investigating how these same winding, looping, knotted patterns appeared inside the body.
The liminal epistemology of ChatGPT — a radical design perspective
UX Collective
MAY 9, 2025
The liminal epistemology of ChatGPTa radical design perspective Radically new ways to engage with fictional knowledge. The traditional epistemological categoriestruth, belief, inference, and justificationwhich we normally use to define how knowledge is recognized and validated, are ill-suited to describe ChatGPT. It does not possess beliefs or human grounding in real world experience, nor does it verify claims.
Despite the new trade deal, could tariffs still destroy the UK film industry?
Creative Boom
MAY 9, 2025
Image licensed via Adobe Stock Today, everyone is celebrating the signing of a historic trade deal between Britain and America. But the US President has also threatened huge tariffs on foreign films, which could be catastrophic for freelancers and the industry as a whole. Last Friday, Britain and America signed their first trade deal under Trump: hooray!
Web Design for All: Accessibility, Inclusivity and Beyond
Speaker: Eden Spivak, Design Expert and Editor at Wix & Nir Horesh, Accessibility Lead and Senior Product Manager at Wix
When we design products or websites for people like ourselves, there are many others who are, as a result, left out. From visually impaired users who rely on assistive technology, to people with a temporary injury such as a broken arm, tech users are forever diverse and beautifully unique. The products we design can, and should, reflect the extremely wide range of human experiences and needs.
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