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These are the fonts designers are sick of pretending to hate

Creative Bloq

We know you really love Futura.

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The best new typefaces for May 2025 by leading foundries and designers

Creative Boom

Need a fresh burst of typographic inspiration? Our latest monthly roundup of new and revived fonts is a must-read. Ever feel like you're drowning in a visual sea of AI slop? Fortunately, the world of type design seems to be sticking fast to the twin values of innovation and craftsmanship. And if you ever needed proof of that, just check out this month's selection of new typeface releases.

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Take 5: Modern Hardware, Moiré, a Monumental Table + More

Design Milk

1. Lock-it From Door Gems by George Ranalli DESIGNS Design is an awesome responsibility, and according to tradition, architects should be master builders capable of conceptualizing, communicating, and crafting detail regardless of project size, scale, or scope. Architect George Ranallis home furnishings and architectural hardware are seemingly plucked from a time when building was a venerable practice far less commodified.

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Shape Psychology in Graphic Design: Why Your Logo’s Circle Feels So Friendly

We And The Color

Ever stopped to think about why certain logos just feel right? Or why do particular buttons on a website seem more inviting to click? It goes beyond just pretty pictures. A huge part of it involves the shape psychology in graphic design (also known as the psychology of shapes). Just like colors whisper messages to our subconscious, the circles, squares, and triangles designers use are constantly talking to us, influencing our feelings and decisions without us even noticing.

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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

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Bubble and toil: Inside Hanna Karraby and James Paris’ eerie branding for a horror-inspired coffee shop

Its Nice That

We speak to the dream team about their blend of playfulness, stamp-inspired typography, spooky illustrations.

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Best Office Suites for Teams and Businesses in 2025

Design Beep

In today’s digital workplace, a reliable office suite is essential for creating documents, analyzing data, and developing presentations. Whether you’re a student, professional, or small business owner, finding the right collection of productivity tools can significantly impact your workflow and efficiency. This article explores the top office suites available in 2025, highlighting their unique features, strengths, and limitations.

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This Resume Brochure Template by E-Type Will Make You Rethink Your Job Application

We And The Color

Is your standard, single-page resume feeling a bit predictable? You’ve poured your skills and experience onto the page, but does it truly capture you ? In a competitive job market, making a memorable first impression is crucial. Perhaps it’s time to explore a format that offers more depth and visual storytelling, like a resume brochure template.

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How to use Photoshop's Generative Expand tool

Creative Bloq

Follow these steps to expand your images and save a bundle of time.

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Star Wars movie posters from Hungary

Fonts in Use

Contributed by Florian Hardwig Source: movieposters.ha.com Image: Heritage Auctions. License: All Rights Reserved. Csillagok hborja ( Star Wars ), 1979. The custom acute accents are simple squares. The secondary typeface is ITC Avant Garde Gothic. More info on StarWarsMoviePoster.com. Tibor Helnyi (19462014) was a Hungarian painter, graphic designer, and poster artist.

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The Sweet Art Collection Marks New Direction for BoConcept

Design Milk

The Sweet Art Collection by Charlotte Hncke celebrates Helena Christensen as new Global Artistic Director for BoConcept. Hncke was inspired by Danish pastry for this collection, featuring scalloped boucle detailing that is happily reminiscent of softly rising dough. As Danish pastry culture is revered around the world, it just seems fitting that the first collection with Christensen’s guidance at BoConcept remain refined, thoughtful, and culturally conscious, with a hint of sweetness.

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The Democratization of Design: Giving Creators & Marketers the Tools to Succeed

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.

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Gimme Extra Bold Sans Serif Font by BilberryCreates

We And The Color

Rock Your Designs with The Gimme Extra Bold Font, a Groovy 80s Sans Serif Typeface! Have you been searching for a font that just screams personality? Something that grabs attention and refuses to let go? Let’s chat about Gimme Extra Bold. It’s a fantastic sans-serif font crafted by the talented folks at BilberryCreates. Now, this isn’t just any typeface; Gimme Extra Bold packs a serious punch with its, well, extra bold weight and unmistakable 80s energy.

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This is rare! Adobe drops Creative Cloud price by 40% for a whole year

Creative Bloq

Get Photoshop, Illustrator and other favourites for an unusually low price.

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Star Wars Hungarian movie posters

Fonts in Use

Contributed by Florian Hardwig Source: movieposters.ha.com Image: Heritage Auctions. License: All Rights Reserved. Csillagok hborja ( Star Wars ), 1979. The custom acute accents are simple squares. The secondary typeface is ITC Avant Garde Gothic. More info on StarWarsMoviePoster.com. Tibor Helnyi (19462014) was a Hungarian painter, graphic designer, and poster artist.

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Preview: The 19th Venice Architecture Biennale

Azure Magazine

When Carlo Ratti was first named the curator of the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale, it was almost guaranteed that technology would be a major theme of the seven-month event (which opens to the public on May 10). Instead, Ratti, who is synonymous with the Senseable City Lab that he set up at MIT, is more interested in the broader theme of intelligence in all of its myriad forms.

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Rethinking Creative Workflows: Increasing Efficiency in the Design Process

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.

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Poster Design Template: Create Stunning Visuals with Chrome & Clean Lines for Your Next Event

We And The Color

Are you on the hunt for a poster design template that doesn’t just whisper but truly resonates with modern flair? Imagine a design that seamlessly marries the cool, reflective allure of chrome with an impeccably clean, contemporary aesthetic. This isn’t merely another downloadable file; it’s a powerful launchpad designed to elevate your creative vision.

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Why B2B Content Needs Great Visual Design to Perform in 2025

Noupe

In the early days of digital marketing, B2B content often meant long whitepapers, text-heavy PDFs, and dry blog posts. Fast forward to 2025, and were looking at an audience that demands more, not just in value, but in experience. Buyers today skim, scroll, and evaluate in seconds. Your content doesnt just need to be informative it needs to look and feel professional.

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Crafting Indie Identity and Branding: Big Cartel's New Look

Abduzeedo

Crafting Indie Identity and Branding: Big Cartel's New Look abduzeedo 05/07 2025 Explore How&How's fresh branding and visual identity artifacts for Big Cartel, empowering independent artists and small businesses. How&How recently partnered with Big Cartel, the e-commerce platform built for independent artists and small businesses. The goal was a full repositioning and rebrand.

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A Jaw-Dropping, Triangular-Shaped House in Melbourne

Design Milk

Most architects would probably run from a tiny, triangular site like this one in Melbourne, Australia. But not OOF! Architecture , who turned arundown Victorian weatherboard cottage into a compact home, named the Acute House , for a modern family. The original cottage sat on a severely constrained lot in a neighborhood rich in character and conservation requirements.

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Creative Insights: Data-Backed Trends to Help You Design Successful Content

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.

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The liminal design of opening sequences, Top Gun and Henry V

UX Collective

Planes on a boat: a cinematic seduction to have the film take proper flight, courtesy of the director(RIP). The opening sequence of TOP GUN stands out as a liminal masterpiece, leading us resolutely from a handful of over-salted popcorn in a darkened room, to the make-belief world of its heavy handed commercial and homoerotic film franchise. It is one of the most direct technical examples of an implicit structure that brings us step-by-step away from our own ordinary reality, while simultaneousl

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“Contrapasso” by Photographer Massimiliano Corteselli

Booooooom

A haunting series drawing parallels between Dante's Inferno and the wildfires in the mediterranean region by photographer Massimiliano Corteselli.

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This rebrand revolves around the Rorschach Test, and I can't stop staring at it

Creative Bloq

What do you see?

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NeoCon 2025: What’s New + What We’re Excited To See

Design Milk

NeoCon 2025 is just around the corner, and were packing our notebooks, cameras, and walking shoes. As the premier commercial design fair in North America, NeoCon brings together the best in contract furniture, flooring, lighting, textiles, and more June 9-11, 2025 all under the very busy roof of THE MART in Chicago. From innovative materials and workplace solutions to playful collaborations and wellness-centric design, this years lineup promises no shortage of inspiration.

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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.

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Can Can Press is the Risograph studio reshaping the print and zine scene in Mexico City

Its Nice That

Bringing print off the page and into all kinds of imaginative formats, this small press is inspired by the local vernacular.

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Explore an Incredible 108-Gigapixel Scan of Johannes Vermeer’s Most Famous Painting

Colossal

One of the inimitable joys of visiting an art museum is being able to view paintings up closeto see their textures, frames, and the way the surface interacts with the light. But even if you had the opportunity to step past security wires and get within inches of an original canvas, you’d still never be able to see the work quite like the new, 108-gigapixel scan of Johannes Vermeer s “Girl with a Pearl Earring” (1665).

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The best print ads of the 2000s, as chosen by experts

Creative Bloq

From witty one-liners to character-led masterpieces.

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Information is Beautiful Awards shortlist and community vote

FlowingData

The Information is Beautiful Awards, brought back with the help of the Data Visualization Society, announced the shortlist recently. It is a collection of 89 entries narrowed down from almost one thousand by a judging group comprised of visualization professionals. A nice surprise: My work on age and everyday life made the cut in the People, Language, and Identity category.

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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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31 Best Logo Fonts – Stylish, Versatile Fonts

Graphic Design Junction

Logo fonts are the foundation of strong branding and the unsung heroes of visual storytellingsetting the tone, feel, and first impression in a split second. In a world where milliseconds count, the right typeface The post 31 Best Logo Fonts – Stylish, Versatile Fonts first appeared on Graphic Design Junction.

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Vibrant Woodblock Prints Traverse a Bygone Japan in ‘Hiroshige: Artist of the Open Road’

Colossal

Utagawa Hiroshige (17971858) was born in Japan on the brink of a national transformation. The Edo Period, characterized by the military rule of the Tokugawa Shogunate, had seen economic growth and sustained peace since its establishment in 1603. But 200 years on, the government’s staunch policies, hierarchical structure, and isolation from the outside world was beginning to erode.

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How Met Gala 2025’s most striking looks can inspire your next character design

Creative Bloq

Are Zendaya, Chappell Roan and Dua Lipa on your next mood board?

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“Place by Place” by Photographer Taylor Naoko and CJ Tuff

Booooooom

An interview with Taylor Naoko and CJ Tuff, one of the winners of our previous Art & Photo Book Awards!

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How to Create Stunning Typography With the Corel Type Tool Kit

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.