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UX design
fromMedium
17 hours ago

"Vibe coding" is accelerating the erosion of design authority

Google Stitch impresses as a rapid interface generator but suffers from common flaws of vibe coding tools, including visual homogeneity and unrefined code.
Graphic design
fromdesignyoutrust.com
14 hours ago

This Artist Creates Dark Wood-Burned Illustrations Exploring Identity And The Human Psyche

Robb is an Italian artist known for his intricate pyrography, creating dark, psychological imagery that explores themes of identity and isolation.
#ai
fromBrad Frost
1 week ago
Graphic design

The Creative Infinite

AI as a design material allows anyone to create and iterate on ideas instantly, unlocking unprecedented creative potential.
fromMedium
1 week ago
Graphic design

Disruption has a shape. Design history shows us what it is.

AI is causing anxiety in design, echoing past technological disruptions like the printing press and desktop publishing.
Typography
fromFast Company
4 days ago

Meta's new AI tool turns anyone into a type designer

Meta's new AI tool simplifies font design, allowing users to customize text through prompts in its Edits app.
Graphic design
fromMedium
1 week ago

Disruption has a shape. Design history shows us what it is.

AI is causing anxiety in design, echoing past technological disruptions like the printing press and desktop publishing.
fromPetaPixel
8 hours ago

The Secrets Behind a Successful Photography Business

Running a photography business can be incredible fun, offering unique experiences and opportunities to meet diverse people. However, it requires significant dedication and effort, often demanding extra hours beyond a typical workweek.
Photography
Software development
fromMedium
2 days ago

How To Automate Product Design Tasks with Claude Code

AI agents can independently perform specific tasks in product design, enhancing efficiency and effectiveness.
#art
Arts
fromIrish Independent
5 days ago

'You have to step in and experience it' - artists on the rise of AI-generated art and the 'essential' gallery visit

Miriam Fitzgerald Juskova's exhibit combines paper quilling with mathematics, showcasing intricate art that engages viewers and emphasizes the value of handmade creations.
Arts
fromIrish Independent
5 days ago

'You have to step in and experience it' - artists on the rise of AI-generated art and the 'essential' gallery visit

Miriam Fitzgerald Juskova's exhibit combines paper quilling with mathematics, showcasing intricate art that engages viewers and emphasizes the value of handmade creations.
Education
fromPR Daily
2 days ago

Why writing skills matter more than AI for the next generation of communicators - PR Daily

Karen Freberg emphasizes the importance of experiential learning and clarity in writing for effective communication in a rapidly changing industry.
Data science
fromMedium
2 days ago

Context matters... A lot

Large language models excel at tasks but struggle with context, leading to potentially misleading answers despite their capabilities.
Fashion & style
fromElite Traveler
1 day ago

The Underrated Status Clue? It's Sitting by Your Sink

Aesop's hand wash has become a symbol of aesthetic literacy, influencing home decor and luxury branding beyond traditional markers of wealth.
#architecture
Renovation
fromwww.architectsjournal.co.uk
4 days ago

Practices launch architects on your doorstep' mobile AI advertising drive

The Architects on your Doorstep project uses AI to generate home makeover ideas, helping architects engage with the public and drum up business.
Design
fromwww.archdaily.com
4 days ago

Light, Lighter, Lightest: ArchDaily's April Editorial Focus

Building lightly is an ecological and ethical imperative shaped by environmental concerns and technological advancements.
Renovation
fromwww.architectsjournal.co.uk
4 days ago

Practices launch architects on your doorstep' mobile AI advertising drive

The Architects on your Doorstep project uses AI to generate home makeover ideas, helping architects engage with the public and drum up business.
Design
fromwww.archdaily.com
4 days ago

Light, Lighter, Lightest: ArchDaily's April Editorial Focus

Building lightly is an ecological and ethical imperative shaped by environmental concerns and technological advancements.
Writing
fromItsnicethat
3 days ago

Elizabeth Goodspeed on why design writing needs designers writing

Writing and design stem from a shared love of history and complex ideas, with personal expression being key to the author's creative process.
Tech industry
fromFortune
4 days ago

Do creators still need Adobe in the AI era? | Fortune

Adobe must adapt to AI rapidly while maintaining trust with enterprise customers reliant on its software.
Bootstrapping
fromTheregister
2 days ago

When a billboard survives the wind, but not the boot

A malfunctioning billboard in Cheyenne humorously highlights issues with the GRUB bootloader used in Linux systems.
Marketing tech
fromFast Company
3 days ago

Why are designers, engineers, and product managers in a 'three-way standoff'?

The design job market is experiencing uncertainty as demand for product managers rises, raising concerns about the impact of AI on designer roles.
fromItsnicethat
4 days ago

Elisava's Master's in Graphic Design is about what design can do for others, and what you can do for design

Elisava's Master's in Graphic Design is ingrained with societal, cultural and critical contributions to the creative industry, going beyond its aesthetic output while fostering self-awareness in creatives.
Barcelona
Remodel
fromWIRED
3 days ago

15 Design-Forward DIY Tools Worth Upgrading to This Year

DIY has evolved into a significant cultural force, with the global market nearing a trillion dollars, driven primarily by cost-saving motivations.
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
4 days ago

how lachlan turczan reshapes matter by bending light and water in atmospheric installations

Lachlan Turczan's practice sits in the space between physics, optics, and environmental art, as he works with lasers, water, mist, and custom-built lenses to produce sculptures made entirely from light.
Berlin music
Marketing
fromForbes
4 days ago

The Great Convergence: Why The Creator Economy's Future Belongs To Those Who Unite Social, Brand, And Talent

The entertainment industry is shifting power to creators, with traditional advertising losing relevance as the creator economy rapidly expands.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
6 days ago

Why Creative People Struggle to Commit to One Path

Multipotentiality reflects cognitive flexibility and creativity, challenging the notion that pursuing multiple interests indicates a lack of focus.
Graphic design
fromThe Verge
1 day ago

Really, you made this without AI? Prove it

Labeling human-made content is essential as AI-generated works proliferate, creating confusion and skepticism among audiences.
UX design
fromMedium
17 hours ago

The invisible layer of UX most designers ignore

Designers must prioritize screen reader compatibility to ensure accessibility, as users rely on spoken content rather than visual elements.
Design
fromArchDaily
2 days ago

Cultural Centers Beyond the Building: 6 Unbuilt Projects Integrating Landscape

Cultural centers are evolving to reflect diverse architectural explorations and redefine public institutions' roles in various contexts.
Arts
fromMission Local
1 day ago

Blood, mud and a cobweb create ache of heartbreak at Asian Art Museum

Chiharu Shiota's exhibition explores themes of personal loss and connection through intricate art pieces made from blood, mud, and yarn.
fromFlowingData
2 days ago

Ballroom design, many notes

The ballroom design features impractical elements like a stairway to nowhere and fake windows, emphasizing a focus on flashiness over functionality.
Renovation
#design
UX design
fromMedium
5 days ago

Designers finally have a say in the product they design.

AI empowers designers by restoring their decision-making authority in the design process.
UX design
fromMedium
2 weeks ago

Sorry, designers, we don't decide the future of design

Designers do not shape their field; they respond to market-driven changes, especially with the rise of AI in design processes.
UX design
fromMedium
5 days ago

Designers finally have a say in the product they design.

AI empowers designers by restoring their decision-making authority in the design process.
UX design
fromMedium
2 weeks ago

Sorry, designers, we don't decide the future of design

Designers do not shape their field; they respond to market-driven changes, especially with the rise of AI in design processes.
UX design
fromMedium
1 day ago

Designers: We are perpetuating our own burnout problem

Design and research roles experience the highest burnout rates in tech, driven by external pressures and internal frameworks that may not support well-being.
Design
fromPsychology Today
1 day ago

The Future of Brain Health Is Architecture

The built environment significantly influences mental health, mood, and performance, with neuroscience guiding design for improved well-being.
Arts
fromColossal
2 days ago

Explore Art UK's Digital Database of More Than 6,600 Street Art Murals

Art UK archives over 21,000 public artworks, including street art and murals, to preserve ephemeral experiences and document local history.
Pets
fromThe New Yorker
2 weeks ago

Why Everyone Has a Doodle Now

Doodles originated in 1989 as hypoallergenic guide dogs and became popular as healthier alternatives to purebreds, combining desirable traits from multiple breeds while appealing to social media culture.
UX design
fromMedium
1 day ago

Do less with AI

Trying to do too much hinders productivity and leads to unfinished projects and feelings of inadequacy.
Design
fromwww.archdaily.com
3 days ago

Flipmod / Ambit Narrative Design (A.N.D)

Flipmod is a modular shading system designed for public spaces in subtropical cities, promoting climate responsiveness and public engagement.
UX design
fromMedium
1 day ago

You're not supposed to get it right

Design challenges for UX writers can be intimidating due to the pressure of making quick, impactful decisions and the emphasis on visual elements.
Typography
fromMass-driver
6 days ago

MD UI: a Typeface for Interfacing

Typefaces deserve careful design and consideration, balancing quality and legibility while acknowledging the challenges of achieving perfection.
Design
fromDesign Milk
2 days ago

OUTSIDERS Investigates the Space Between Society and Solitude

Modern design challenges conventional public seating to enhance social interaction and presence in urban spaces.
Arts
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
3 days ago

Perceptrum and the Emergence of Augmented Painting: When the Canvas Begins to Listen - KALTBLUT Magazine

Perceptrum redefines painting by allowing touch, creating a sensory dialogue that transforms the relationship between observer and artwork.
#design-principles
UX design
fromSmashing Magazine
5 days ago

A Practical Guide To Design Principles - Smashing Magazine

Design principles align teams, inform decisions, and embody organizational values, serving as essential tools in the design process.
UX design
fromSmashing Magazine
5 days ago

A Practical Guide To Design Principles - Smashing Magazine

Design principles align teams, inform decisions, and embody organizational values, serving as essential tools in the design process.
UX design
fromSmashing Magazine
5 days ago

A Practical Guide To Design Principles - Smashing Magazine

Design principles align teams, inform decisions, and embody organizational values, serving as essential tools in the design process.
UX design
fromSmashing Magazine
5 days ago

A Practical Guide To Design Principles - Smashing Magazine

Design principles align teams, inform decisions, and embody organizational values, serving as essential tools in the design process.
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
2 days ago

blooming graphics and floral installations take over shinsegae department store for spring

The campaign explores the relationship between graphic identity and natural motifs, with the S-check pattern reinterpreted through cherry blossom imagery, establishing a contrast between graphic order and natural variation.
Graphic design
Cars
fromLmnt
1 month ago

Have We Forgotten How to Design?

Waymo's partnership with DoorDash to manually close passenger car doors reveals a fundamental oversight in autonomous vehicle design, despite the availability of proven automated door technology.
UX design
fromMedium
4 days ago

Every designer on my team ships the same quality now

Figma's integration of AI agents blurs the line between AI-generated and human-designed outputs, raising questions about the value of design work.
Design
fromAol
2 days ago

How a Brooklyn Studio Brings Craft to Home Hardware

Ellis Works transforms overlooked hardware into functional art, emphasizing craftsmanship and contemporary design inspired by immigrant traditions and personal history.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
3 days ago

An Artist Embraces the Metaphorical Cracks of Matzah

Emily Drew Miller's art reflects the disconnection felt among Jewish people through her matzah-inspired prints.
Graphic design
fromThe Verge
5 days ago

Like it or not, AI is part of art school curriculums

Generative AI poses a significant threat to creative professionals, impacting job prospects and sparking protests among students.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
3 days ago

Required Reading

Calida Rawles' art explores the duality of water as both healing and destructive within the Black diaspora's history.
Graphic design
fromItsnicethat
5 days ago

Oilinwater approaches branding like an investigator, to build visual systems from rigorous research

Oilinwater, founded by Matthieu Gorissen, is a creative studio in Brussels specializing in branding and graphic design, with a unique backstory and projects.
UX design
fromMedium
4 days ago

Rethinking design awards in an AI world

AI's integration into design necessitates a reevaluation of award judging criteria to acknowledge human creativity alongside automation.
Arts
fromColossal
3 days ago

A Line of Mural Wallpapers from Astek Celebrates 'Eterna Nouveau'

Astek's Eterna Nouveau wallpaper collection brings Art Nouveau floral designs indoors for those without garden space.
Graphic design
fromItsnicethat
5 days ago

Humans only! This website invites artists to animate anti-AI disclaimers for everyone to use

Artists created disclaimers against AI-generated content, showcasing diverse styles and emphasizing the human journey in art creation.
UX design
fromMedium
4 days ago

Human-Centred Design has grown up. It's time we did too.

Technology must prioritize human needs over user convenience to avoid harm.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
5 days ago

5 Art Job Openings That Are Definitely Not Exploitative

Qualifications for art-related positions often include unconventional traits and low compensation.
fromBOOOOOOOM!
4 days ago

"Idling" by Artist Greta Kresse

"These paintings merge the landscape and the intimacy of windows through the framing of the car, bridging the two realms I've typically explored separately. The car becomes a meditation on transition, on existing simultaneously here and elsewhere."
Arts
#ai-in-design
UX design
fromMedium
6 days ago

The ground is shaking: Why designers must flip the script on AI

AI tools extend cognitive capabilities but lack physical understanding, creating a disconnect in design processes.
UX design
fromMedium
1 week ago

What AI exposes about design

AI is transforming design by automating tasks, emphasizing speed, and allowing a focus on user satisfaction and meaningful outcomes.
UX design
fromMedium
6 days ago

The ground is shaking: Why designers must flip the script on AI

AI tools extend cognitive capabilities but lack physical understanding, creating a disconnect in design processes.
UX design
fromMedium
1 week ago

What AI exposes about design

AI is transforming design by automating tasks, emphasizing speed, and allowing a focus on user satisfaction and meaningful outcomes.
Graphic design
fromFast Company
6 days ago

Adobe Illustrator just got the holy grail of illustration tools

Turntable in Adobe Illustrator uses generative AI to convert 2D vector illustrations into 3D objects, saving time for creators.
UX design
fromMedium
5 days ago

Agentic AI, Design Systems & Figma: A Practical Guide.

Designers now have unprecedented creative control over components in design systems, enabling machines to utilize existing designs effectively.
UX design
fromMedium
6 days ago

Design engineers, UX Design's demise, forget your "lovable" products

Design Engineering merges visual design and front-end development, focusing on the intersection of design decisions and technical implementation.
#creativity
Marketing
fromThe Drum
1 month ago

7 brilliant examples of how brands are using illustrations in their marketing

Illustrative graphics simplify information, guide attention, convey brand personality, and boost engagement across ads, websites, and social channels.
Artificial intelligence
fromTNW | Insider
1 month ago

The next Renaissance: Why creativity is the currency of the AI age

AI automates tedious, repetitive tasks, freeing humans to focus on creativity, imagination, and higher-value work, unlocking widespread human potential.
#ai-and-design
Graphic design
fromMedium
3 weeks ago

Design is not just how it works. Design is how it wins.

AI commodifies work, shifting design's mandate from functional excellence to competitive winning as the primary objective.
UX design
fromMedium
1 month ago

Made to create, learning to curate: the designer's dilemma

AI tools promise creative efficiency but simultaneously increase designer burnout and identity questioning, requiring careful attention beyond productivity metrics.
fromMedium
2 months ago

AI and Creativity: Why Human Imagination Still Matters in an Algorithmic World

As AI systems become more capable, more accessible, and more embedded in everyday workflows, creativity is emerging as one of the most important human skills in AI development and deployment. Not creativity as decoration or aesthetics, but creativity as problem framing, decision-making, and human judgment. In an era where many organizations are using the same models, tools, and platforms, creative thinking is what separates meaningful outcomes from generic ones.
Artificial intelligence
Design
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 month ago

When Design Understands That Starting Is the Hardest Part - Yanko Design

Momenta uses behavioral psychology and deliberate design features called 'deficiency triggers' to motivate people to start household chores by exploiting the human instinct to complete incomplete tasks.
UX design
fromFast Company
1 month ago

5 design principles to feel fully alive

Meaningful life emerges through daily design practices and experiences rather than one-time discovery, with aliveness and human potential exceeding what any single lifetime can express.
Design
fromItsnicethat
1 month ago

Visual communication that challenges convention: Phantasia on how graphic design can forge true collaboration

Phantasia, a Barcelona-based design studio founded in 2021, prioritizes meaningful projects that serve communities through intentional collaboration, diversity, and accessible communication.
UX design
fromMedium
1 month ago

Designers, we should be killing it right now

Excessive prototyping and vague 'taste' undermine designers' authority, failing to convince executives or secure investment despite rapid AI-driven change.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

We Must Do More Than Simply Depict Our Lives

The Bronx Museum biennial spotlights representational works that center urban youth and marginalized identities, challenging mainstream narratives through sincere, everyday portrayals.
fromMedium
2 months ago

The dilemma of agency in design

What design programs rarely prepare students for is how little agency designers often have once they enter professional practice. And this challenge doesn't disappear with experience. When my co-author and I toured our book Designing Tomorrow, the most common question we heard was not what designers should do differently - but how to drive positive change in the face of resistance.
Design
fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 months ago

Artist Reshapes Walls And Spaces With Explosive Typographic Murals That Turn Buildings Into Giant, 3D Messages

Beautiful And Detailed Paintings In Resin By Feif Dong The Illustrator Has Created a Dreamy World that She Travels Through with Her Boyfriend Elspeth McLean Creates Beautiful Hand-Painted Stones This Artist Creates Beautifully Bizarre Backpacks That Look Like Octopus, Spiders, And Beetles Amazing Surreal And Tribal Backpacks By Konstantin Kofta Saddened By The Empty Streets Of Budapest During Lockdown, This Artist Filled The City With People From Classical Paintings UK Artist Unveils COVID-19 Glass Sculpture, One Million Times The Size Of The Virus
Arts
UX design
fromIlyabirman
1 month ago

Design is dead, it's all evolution now

Digital products increasingly evolve through incremental, ad hoc changes rather than coherent, intentional design, producing tangled, inconsistent interfaces that confuse users.
UX design
fromMedium
1 month ago

The natural design process

Design should return to essential, natural practices emphasizing observation and focused problem-solving rather than bloated processes.
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