Noma Bar is a renowned artist, illustrator, and graphic designer known for his work featured in various prestigious publications.
Bar has created over 100 magazine covers, published numerous illustrations, and authored three books, showcasing a prolific and diverse body of work. [ more ]
Kartik Tuli is dismantling graphic design perfection, one project at a time
Kartik Tuli embeds handmade quirks and diversions into his designs, drawing inspiration from real-life navigation and imperfections in cultural surroundings. [ more ]
Adobe MAX London live stream will let you tune into the action from wherever you are
The opening keynote at the event will feature inspiring speakers like Annie Atkins, showcasing Adobe's latest technology and providing insights for creative professionals. [ more ]
Elizabeth Goodspeed on how signs remind us of design beyond the screen
Appreciating the beauty and significance of signage during travel can provide a unique and authentic experience amidst the mainstream tourist attractions. [ more ]
Adobe Illustrator to get Photoshop's most popular AI tools
Generative AI tools, like Generative Expand and Generative Fill, are being expanded in Adobe Illustrator to enhance workflows for graphic designers. [ more ]
Designer Sun Young Oh focuses on words, through fonts or cat flow charts
Sun Young Oh is a South Korean graphic designer who creates unique typefaces and designs that deconstruct phrases into assorted parts.
She finds inspiration in the abstract and ambiguous nature of language, which she discovered through her experiences in Germany and her background in fine arts. [ more ]
Juxtapoz Magazine - Louisa Gagliardi Has No "Hard Feelings" in Seoul
Louisa Gagliardi's exhibition 'Hard Feelings' at Galerie Eva Presenhuber in Seoul showcases new paintings with surprising methods that stretch beyond traditional confines.
Gagliardi's background in graphic design influences her innovative approach to painting, using digital tools and industrial methods to create pieces that evoke surreal and liminal themes. [ more ]
Pinterest's House of Creative analyzed trends from Pinterest Predicts 2024 and compared them to macro industry color trends.
The analysis focused specifically on search terms related to color on Pinterest, as well as the cultural zeitgeist in fashion, interior design, graphic design, and the culture at large. [ more ]
"Neurodivergence is a skill": A day in the life of partner Guy Cornet
Guy Cornet oversees all design aspects in a creative agency, ensuring his stamp of approval in the final output.
He values collaboration with colleagues and clients and enjoys mentoring junior creatives while managing client projects and a team of creatives. [ more ]
The MacBook Air M2 for $899 is seriously good value
Apple released the M2-chipped MacBook Air for $1,099, now available at a discounted price of $899 with an 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD.
The M2-chipped MacBook Air is recommended as the best lightweight option for graphic designers, known for its powerful performance and suitability for creatives. [ more ]
The new Tenet poster has restored my faith in poster design
The pandemic in 2020 caused the highly anticipated movie Tenet to underperform at the box office.
The limited cinema rerelease of Tenet in 2024 is accompanied by a new sleek poster design that is graphic, minimalist, and considered in its design. [ more ]
Will AI replace graphic designers? Reddit discusses
AI image generators are controversial due to various reasons, including impacting the career choices of aspiring designers.
Debate on the necessity of graphic designers in the future is ongoing, with arguments suggesting human interpretation and communication skills are indispensable. [ more ]
Brutalism in graphic design is an emerging trend that focuses on raw materials and straightforwardness.
Dadaism is another emerging trend that is a protest against recognized artistic standards and aims to capture absurdity and shock world culture. [ more ]
ASUS ProArt Studiobook OLED (H7604) review: state of the arts
"The best ASUS OLED laptop for creators" reads the blurb on a sticker placed on the ASUS ProArt Studiobook's lid.And with specs like these, leaving aside the possibility that there might be a non-OLED laptop that's better, that might very well be the case.It's a 16-inch model, and the one sent to us for review has specs that, just a few years ago, you'd not expect even in the biggest desktop workstation.
(Image credit: Microsoft) There's nothing like a good logo design controversy to excite the internet, and Xbox dropped a stunner this week when it appeared to set fire to its Pride Month logo, turning it into a burning inferno.Cue headlines like 'Xbox changes Pride logo to burning fires of hell'.Did Xbox really want to suggest that members of the LGBTQ community are going to hell?
Can you spot the mistake in this iconic Nintendo logo?
The N64 logo is a great piece of graphic design, and it continues to inspire.In a single logo Nintendo sold the idea of how its '90s games console was transitioning from 2D to 3D gaming.But, many developers failed to take notice of a significant detail.Can you spot the mistake in the N64 logo above?
You need to see the original designs of these iconic logos
(Image credit: Future/Amazon/Instagram/Apple) As brands evolve and change over the years, it's only natural that their logos do too.A good logo is pivotal to making sure a brand is recognisable, but does newer necessarily mean better?The below Twitter thread takes a look at old vs new logos, and it's clear not everyone is a fan of the modern direction some companies are taking when it comes to redesigning their look.
Serif's Affinity suite gets a surprise free update
The Affinity 2 creative suite of apps, that include Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, and Affinity Publisher, have just received a surprise update that aims to make these creative tools even easier to use.With Affinity 2.1 Serif has looked to finesse its best-in-class software for graphic design, photo editing and publishing.
Genius optical illusion newspaper ad wows the internet
While it's often said that print is on the decline, we still see plenty of design genius of a more analogue nature.Here's an example that's been doing the rounds on Reddit for a while, and is once again blowing minds.It's an ad and an optical illusion in one - what's not to like?What at first glance looks like your average page of newspaper ads actually contains a 3D kitchen hidden among the monochrome.
Review | 'Spider-Verse' sequel: Overlong, overstuffed but wow, those visuals
Shameik Moore plays the voice of Spider-Man in "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse."(Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Animation) StarOutline (3 stars) Say this much for "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse": It's a lot of movie.When " Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse " opened in 2018, it felt like a bolt of something genuinely new, its dazzling animation breathing new life into a mini Marvel franchise that was verging on exhaustion and its protagonist, a Brooklyn teenager named Miles Morales (voice of Shameik Moore) taking suave ownership of the iconic title character for a new generation.
L7 Plus door system by Piero Lissoni for Lualdi | Dezeen Showroom
Dezeen Showroom: designed by Italian architect Piero Lissoni, Lualdi's L7 Plus door system presents a minimalist room dividing solution that also makes an impact with its graphic design.Designed by Lissoni in 2018, the L7 Plus door system is an extension of the L7 family, which is characterised by the visual lightness of its glass panels and aluminium frames.