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Christopher Butler
What We Do When We See What does it even mean to design when perception is reality? Do we all ever see the same...
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What does it even mean to design when perception is reality? Do we all ever see the same thing? Visual Intelligence, a wonderful book about seeing and clarity, Amy Herman begins with the story of Derreck Kayongo. Kayongo had just stepped into the shower in his hotel room...
abdz.do - Have you...
RITM Generator, an interactive tool that generates abstract waveform graphics RITM Generator, an interactive tool that generates abstract waveform graphics ...
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RITM Generator, an interactive tool that generates abstract waveform graphics AoiroStudio0131—23 In the world of design, innovation is key to pushing the boundaries of what's possible. And Antlii's latest project is doing just that with RITM,...
The personal website...
Deontology Deontology was the result of a surge of new energy in philosophy beginning in the 17th century....
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Deontology was the result of a surge of new energy in philosophy beginning in the 17th century. After the chaos and destruction of the Black Death, Europeans re-evaluated their relationship to the world around them. Scholars like René Descartes and Isaac Newton took on monumental...
The DESK Magazine
The case for being ignorant I am sure you know this feeling. You find a new book that you absolutely love. A new movie, a new TV...
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I am sure you know this feeling. You find a new book that you absolutely love. A new movie, a new TV series or even a new hobby such as cycling or designing. It can be anything and everything.
Retail Design Blog
424 store by Zoo as Zoo Originally from Guatemala City, designer Guillermo Andrade defined his style very early on, but it...
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Originally from Guatemala City, designer Guillermo Andrade defined his style very early on, but it wasn’t until 2015 that he...
abdz.do - Have you...
Drive-In, lights, action! Cars in movies get a cool illustration twist Drive-In, lights, action! Cars in movies get a cool illustration twist ...
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Drive-In, lights, action! Cars in movies get a cool illustration twist abduzeedo0211—23 Cars have always been a staple in movies, from the classic muscle cars in "Grease" to the futuristic rides in "The Fifth Element". And let's not forget the...
Retail Design Blog
FENDI pop-up store As Spain‘s top luxury resort where tycoons and royalty reside or fly in a few times a year to...
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As Spain‘s top luxury resort where tycoons and royalty reside or fly in a few times a year to frolic...
UX Collective
Story of a button Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
2 months ago
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Branding for Fluxus: where coffee meets art Branding for Fluxus: where coffee meets art abduzeedo0220—23 ...
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Branding for Fluxus: where coffee meets art abduzeedo0220—23 Fluxus is the newest coffee project from one of the biggest coffee roasters in Turkey. Inspired by the international community of artists, composers, and designers that was Fluxus,...
Retail Design Blog
Buzzin branding by Dhriti Shah At Buzzin, we believe that every moment is worth celebrating. Born from the need to rekindle the joy...
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At Buzzin, we believe that every moment is worth celebrating. Born from the need to rekindle the joy of togetherness...
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Gestaltungsprobleme des Grafikers by Josef Müller-Brockmann Contributed by Florian Hardwig Source: www.theideaofthebook.com The Idea of the Book. License:...
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Contributed by Florian Hardwig Source: www.theideaofthebook.com The Idea of the Book. License: All Rights Reserved. Book jacket (second edition by Niggli, Teufen, 1964) Dan Reynolds, esteemed friend of the site, writes on Mastodon: 125 years ago today – at exactly...
UX Collective
How did a company acquisition feel like for a product designer Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
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Retail Design Blog
Zhicang Coffee by MOS Wood & Stone Design Zhichang Coffee is located on Mihe Farm, within the site of the Weiyang Palace of Han Chang’an City,...
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Zhichang Coffee is located on Mihe Farm, within the site of the Weiyang Palace of Han Chang’an City, outside the...
The personal website...
The Role of Doubt in Design At a recent happy hour, I struck up a conversation with a product manager. I told him I was a...
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At a recent happy hour, I struck up a conversation with a product manager. I told him I was a product designer, and he asked “one of the good ones, or one of the bad ones?” A designer on his team — a “bad one” — asked too many questions. Questions like “Why are we building this...
Retail Design Blog
MYWAY Coffee by Lucky Brand Creative The concept design idea is inspired by the 3 regions of North – Central – South, these are very...
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The concept design idea is inspired by the 3 regions of North – Central – South, these are very famous...
The personal website...
Functions and the future of design systems New kinds of computers and interfaces are becoming ubiquitous: in our cars, on our wrists, in our...
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New kinds of computers and interfaces are becoming ubiquitous: in our cars, on our wrists, in our ears, at our desks at work, on our TVs at home. In response, we’ve seen innovations in the content, organization, and delivery of design systems: design tokens, interoperability,...
The personal website...
Mind the gap: designing graphs with missing data Data-driven interfaces are on the rise. Financial District CEOs want to see a birds-eye view of...
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Data-driven interfaces are on the rise. Financial District CEOs want to see a birds-eye view of their bottom line as much as Silicon Valley Co-founders want to watch their growth hackers hack. Each user has their own hopes and fears about data, but there’s one thing nobody wants...
Retail Design Blog
Prolan | Minhoff office by UP.GREAT Inviting, collaborative working environment with a special spirit in the rooms of a historic villa....
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Inviting, collaborative working environment with a special spirit in the rooms of a historic villa. A beautiful, historic villa on...
Fonts In Use: Blog...
Law & Order Contributed by Nick Sherman License: All Rights Reserved. Law & Order is a US television series...
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Contributed by Nick Sherman License: All Rights Reserved. Law & Order is a US television series set in New York City that first aired 30 years ago today, on September 13, 1990, and ran for 20 seasons until its final episode in 2010. Each episode is split into two segments:...
Retail Design Blog
Zurich Insurance by Cachet Group As a leading multi-line insurer serving people and businesses globally, Zurich has once again...
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As a leading multi-line insurer serving people and businesses globally, Zurich has once again demonstrated its commitment to excellence. Their...
Retail Design Blog
Bershka flagship store by Castel Estudio Part of the Inditex empire, fast-fashion brand Bershka specifically targets a young demographic with...
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Part of the Inditex empire, fast-fashion brand Bershka specifically targets a young demographic with on-trend streetwear styles. In Spain, its...
abdz.do - Have you...
Digitalized - futuristic illustrations Digitalized - futuristic illustrations abduzeedo0216—23 We have...
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Digitalized - futuristic illustrations abduzeedo0216—23 We have posted projects from RETOKA, but we’re always amazed with the work they produce, exploring where digital art meets futuristic design! This innovative studio has recently unveiled a...
Retail Design Blog
Superbid Offices by Perkins&Will Perkins&Will designed Superbid Exchange’s new São Paulo office with a circular program enhancing...
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Perkins&Will designed Superbid Exchange’s new São Paulo office with a circular program enhancing collaboration and client interaction, maximizing natural light...
abdz.do - Have you...
An Introduction to the AI Generative Sneakers by Grant Franck An Introduction to the AI Generative Sneakers by Grant Franck ...
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An Introduction to the AI Generative Sneakers by Grant Franck AoiroStudio0123—23 Grant Franck is a 3D artist and design director who has pushed the boundaries of sneaker design with his use of AI generative techniques. His series of...
abdz.do - Have you...
Motion Design & Graphics Language - Deserve Cards Motion Design & Graphics Language - Deserve Cards abduzeedo0504—23 ...
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Motion Design & Graphics Language - Deserve Cards abduzeedo0504—23 Tendril Studio has collaborated with Deserve Cards to develop a Motion Graphics and 3D Visual Language that represents the core values of their brand. The project was aimed at...
Retail Design Blog
Gelato Messina, Rosebery Situated within the newly refurbished Rosebery Engine Yards, Gelato Messina is making its mark...
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Situated within the newly refurbished Rosebery Engine Yards, Gelato Messina is making its mark within Sydney’s inner south. The design...
Retail Design Blog
Vibra Caffé + Concept Store by Miguel Amado Arquitectos The project is located at 8 Marvila, in the former wine cellars of Abel Pereira da Fonseca, in...
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Melissa Penfold
YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO SHOPPING ANTIQUES Whether you’re a collector or a new devotee, there’s a renewed energy in the industry and an...
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Whether you’re a collector or a new devotee, there’s a renewed energy in the industry and an explosion of interest as online auction shopping gives all the convenience of mass-produced decor without the environmental impact. The benefits of decorating with antiques are almost...
Christopher Butler
visual journal – 2024 May 20 - June 1 Faces The last two weeks have been unusually busy and routine-disrupting. Half the input to the...
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Faces The last two weeks have been unusually busy and routine-disrupting. Half the input to the book as usual, but still, something is better than nothing! I intended to make the collage on the right only black and white. Couldn’t resist a bit of color. Very...
Nela Dunato Art &...
Emotional labor in creative professions + mixed media art journal page video Doing creative work on behalf of a client requires a tremendous amount of empathy for their needs....
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Doing creative work on behalf of a client requires a tremendous amount of empathy for their needs. This emotional labor should be recognized and valued. In this episode of Art Chat I explain the source of emotional labor and its impact on our well-being, and provide tips to...
The personal website...
Generative art Open Graph preview images I like writing and sharing essays on twitter. I especially like the way the link previews look when...
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I like writing and sharing essays on twitter. I especially like the way the link previews look when they have images that stand out in the timeline. In the past, I’ve created illustrations for each of my posts. But I have two problems: 1. Creating illustrations takes time, and 2....
Christopher Butler
Investing in Creativity Investing in creativity is incremental effort and cumulative reward. Investing in creativity is...
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Investing in creativity is incremental effort and cumulative reward. Investing in creativity is incremental effort and cumulative reward. I realized this in two ways this year. 1 — More Input > More Output I made a resolution as 2023 closed out to make more art. Rather...
abdz.do - Have you...
Decode — 3D Experiments by Omar. Aqil Decode — 3D Experiments by Omar. Aqil AoiroStudio0423—23 Omar....
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Decode — 3D Experiments by Omar. Aqil AoiroStudio0423—23 Omar. Aqil is a talented digital artist from Lahore, Pakistan, who has gained recognition for his stunning 3D artworks. He recently published a series named "Decode," which features...
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Sega logo (1976–present) Contributed by Stephen Coles Source: segaretro.org License: All Rights Reserved. The Sega logo...
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Contributed by Stephen Coles Source: segaretro.org License: All Rights Reserved. The Sega logo used since 1976, in its official color for the Japanese market. Source: segaretro.org Image: Scarred Sun. License: All Rights Reserved. Sega logo used from the late 1950s to...
Retail Design Blog
If Zara Home rebrands as luxury Imagine a complete transformation of Zara Home. Stepping through the threshold, you’re no longer...
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Imagine a complete transformation of Zara Home. Stepping through the threshold, you’re no longer greeted by the familiar retail layout....
Nela Dunato Art &...
Motivate Yourself to Create More Art + Fantasy Watercolor Portrait Painting Process In this episode of Nela’s Art Chat I'm showing the mixed media drawing and painting process of a...
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In this episode of Nela’s Art Chat I'm showing the mixed media drawing and painting process of a forest fae portrait, while sharing lots of tips that can help you create more art. I often struggle finding motivation, energy, and time to create elaborate pieces of art, so I’ve...
Oykun
Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur by Derek Sivers My recommendation: 9/10 More details and reviews on Amazon You don't need the perfectly systemized...
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My recommendation: 9/10 More details and reviews on Amazon You don't need the perfectly systemized plan to have a successfull business. Focus on giving the best service possible to the small number of people and improve/invent as you get feedback. Don't fear to be
Retail Design Blog
PAON Architects Office by PAON Architects Co.,Ltd. PAON Architects embodies a creative and collaborative work environment within a compact...
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PAON Architects embodies a creative and collaborative work environment within a compact 180-square-meter space, thoughtfully designed to enhance the quality...
Retail Design Blog
OCEAN NAUTIX vodka by dsg.life We present the concept of “OCEAN NAUTIX” vodka with a unique design, which is clearly inspired by...
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We present the concept of “OCEAN NAUTIX” vodka with a unique design, which is clearly inspired by the theme of...
Retail Design Blog
Zara’s Flagship Store by Millennium Contracts Millennium Contracts completed the refurbishment works inside Zara’s flagship store in Battersea...
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Millennium Contracts completed the refurbishment works inside Zara’s flagship store in Battersea Power Station. Spanning over 45,000 square feet and...
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How I replaced doom scrolling with productive media routines The best way to stop a bad habit is to replace it with a new one. Or in my case,...
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Product Identity
#3 Telegram - The mysterious messenger app Exploring the "new era of messaging"
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Retail Design Blog
Warabi Shoten by Econosys Design Warabi Shoten are known for their signature soft warabi mochi. The texture of warabi mochi inspired...
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Warabi Shoten are known for their signature soft warabi mochi. The texture of warabi mochi inspired the logo, which is...
Retail Design Blog
Yohji Yamamoto store by OSO Japanese fashion brand Yohji Yamamoto‘s store at K11 Musea in Hong Kong first opened five years ago....
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Japanese fashion brand Yohji Yamamoto‘s store at K11 Musea in Hong Kong first opened five years ago. Just a few...
Retail Design Blog
Lei Ơi Cà Phê café by TRAN TRUNG Architects “Lei ơi cà phê” is situated in a dynamic residential area in the southeast of Da Nang City, on a...
4 months ago
Fonts In Use: Blog...
The Mystery of the Dune Font Contributed by Florian Hardwig Source: www.worthpoint.com License: All Rights Reserved....
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Contributed by Florian Hardwig Source: www.worthpoint.com License: All Rights Reserved. In the six decades since the publication of the original Dune novel in 1965, the science fiction franchise has gone through many different typographic identities. Notable examples...
Ryan Mulligan
The Pixel Canvas Shimmer Effect I recently stumbled on a super cool, well-executed hover effect from the clerk.com website where a...
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I recently stumbled on a super cool, well-executed hover effect from the clerk.com website where a bloom of tiny pixels light up, their glow staggering from the center to the edges of its container. With some available free time over this Thanksgiving break, I hacked together my...
Retail Design Blog
FOGO E ÁGUA at ALEA RESORT FOGO E ÁGUA was built in Bad Orb, near Frankfurt, a place where salt was traditionally extracted...
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FOGO E ÁGUA was built in Bad Orb, near Frankfurt, a place where salt was traditionally extracted from a brine...
Retail Design Blog
Galapagos Capital Offices by Perkins&Will Perkins&Will designed an office for Galapagos Capital in São Paulo, featuring a circular layout with...
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Perkins&Will designed an office for Galapagos Capital in São Paulo, featuring a circular layout with a central atrium and natural...
Ryan Mulligan
We can :has it all The functional :has() CSS pseudo class is now shipping in all evergreen browsers! 🎉 With the...
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The functional :has() CSS pseudo class is now shipping in all evergreen browsers! 🎉 With the release of Firefox 121.0, I'm excited to see that my semi-dusty :has() demos are finally realizing their full potential in Firefox. The amount of opportunity unlocked with this selector...
The personal website...
Make it 'til you make it In 2009, back when I was the creative director of a music magazine, I sat on a panel of music...
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In 2009, back when I was the creative director of a music magazine, I sat on a panel of music industry professionals. The audience was mostly comprised of bands and curious non-music-industry people, so when it came to the Q&A part of the evening, the questions were predictable....
abdz.do - Have you...
The Thing - Illustration for the board game The Thing - Illustration for the board game abduzeedo0127—23 ...
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The Thing - Illustration for the board game abduzeedo0127—23 Aleksey Rico's latest series of illustrations for a board game, titled 'The Thing', is a nostalgic trip through some of the most iconic elements of pop culture. From Star Wars to...
Retail Design Blog
Ghyston Offices by Interaction Interaction collaborated with Ghyston in Bristol to design a modern, flexible office space that...
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Interaction collaborated with Ghyston in Bristol to design a modern, flexible office space that reflects their empowering culture, featuring inclusive,...
The personal website...
The hand and the brain Prescriptive feedback limits creative collaboration. I’ve seen it time and time again, but I’ve...
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Prescriptive feedback limits creative collaboration. I’ve seen it time and time again, but I’ve struggled to articulate the exact reasons and their remedies. Recently, though, I got some insight from an unusual source: a game of chess. Even though it wasn’t the last move, pawn...
Retail Design Blog
EPAM Offices by Tengo Design Tengo Design created a multifunctional office space for EPAM in Krakow, incorporating zones for...
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Tengo Design created a multifunctional office space for EPAM in Krakow, incorporating zones for employees, clients, coworking, and meetings, with...
Fatih Arslan
Review of the MoErgo Glove80 keyboard It's time for another keyboard review. I've been using Glove80 for several weeks, so let's examine...
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It's time for another keyboard review. I've been using Glove80 for several weeks, so let's examine its pros and cons.
The Turn Signal RSS...
The Process Behind the Touch Interaction Concept If you haven't yet seen the concept I created, click here Below is the rough design process that I...
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If you haven't yet seen the concept I created, click here Below is the rough design process that I followed. One of the main reasons…
Ryan Mulligan
Penguin! My partner and I finally finished our epic three-part claymation saga. It's our first attempt at...
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My partner and I finally finished our epic three-part claymation saga. It's our first attempt at creating stop-motion videos with clay and it truly is a lot of work for such a short result. That claymation episode of Parks and Recreation is a little too real. I won't compare our...
Ryan Mulligan
Migrating to Eleventy Hello, world! The time has come. I've finally decided to explore the wonderful world of 11ty! The...
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Hello, world! The time has come. I've finally decided to explore the wonderful world of 11ty! The migration process for my personal website was dead simple. Not that moving a tiny one-pager over to a static site generator is really a big deal, but getting started was just so...
Retail Design Blog
Element pop-up store by llLab. The Element pop-up store at HKRI Taikoo Hui offers an unconventional reflection on curatorial retail...
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The Element pop-up store at HKRI Taikoo Hui offers an unconventional reflection on curatorial retail spaces. By thoughtfully curating the...
Retail Design Blog
Blue Table Chocolates by Arch&Type Tasked to imagine a ~900 square foot space for an artisan chocolatier, Arch&Type asked how built...
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Tasked to imagine a ~900 square foot space for an artisan chocolatier, Arch&Type asked how built space can enhance the...
The personal website...
The service-based design org Last year, I joined SimpleHealth with the mission of building a design org from scratch. On my first...
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Last year, I joined SimpleHealth with the mission of building a design org from scratch. On my first day, there were no in-house designers — just a rotating cast of freelance designers hired by various departments as they were needed. A blank slate is a design leader’s dream....
Retail Design Blog
PORTOS office by CAPEXUS The law firm PORTOS, located on the 26th and 25th floors of the tallest building in Prague, has...
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The law firm PORTOS, located on the 26th and 25th floors of the tallest building in Prague, has recently opened...
Retail Design Blog
Humanitree School Hive and Flight by Rosan Bosch Studio Rosan Bosch Studio has designed a holistic and coherent concept for Humanitree School – Hive and...
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Rosan Bosch Studio has designed a holistic and coherent concept for Humanitree School – Hive and Flight (Middle and High...
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Martyr! book jacket Contributed by Stephen Coles Source: lithub.com License: All Rights Reserved. Martyr! is a...
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Contributed by Stephen Coles Source: lithub.com License: All Rights Reserved. Martyr! is a novel by Iranian-American writer Kaveh Akbar that combines modern situations with traditional imagery. For the jacket, prolific cover designer Linda Huang did what she does so...
Retail Design Blog
Okkio Nguyễn Siêu Café by Red5studio Okkio is a boutique coffee brand in Sai Gon. As a follow-up to the project RED5 designed three years...
3 months ago
The personal website...
The 1-hour design principles workshop Design principles are a valuable tool for any team that works together towards a shared outcome....
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Design principles are a valuable tool for any team that works together towards a shared outcome. Written well, design principles can create alignment, speed up decision-making, and increase the quality of the team’s output. Lately, I’ve worked with two of my teams to write design...
Retail Design Blog
McCarthy Tétrault Law Offices by ACDF Architecture and BVN Architecture ACDF Architecture and BVN Architecture transformed McCarthy Tétrault law firm’s Montreal offices...
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ACDF Architecture and BVN Architecture transformed McCarthy Tétrault law firm’s Montreal offices into open, collaborative spaces with standardized workstations, flexible...
Retail Design Blog
bassike store by Akin Atelier Almost two years after opening up shop in Melbourne‘s tony Armadale area, an event we’ve covered in...
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Almost two years after opening up shop in Melbourne‘s tony Armadale area, an event we’ve covered in a previous post,...
abdz.do - Have you...
Adobe Illustrator Splash Screen by Daniel Escudeiro Adobe Illustrator Splash Screen by Daniel Escudeiro AoiroStudio0123—23 ...
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Adobe Illustrator Splash Screen by Daniel Escudeiro AoiroStudio0123—23 Daniel Escudeiro is a design & creative director whose work has been featured on the splash screen of Adobe Illustrator. Escudeiro's use of vibrant colors, bold lines, and...
Retail Design Blog
Parkway Clinic by AsNow The interior design of the Parkway office project with a small area 85 square meters and an...
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The interior design of the Parkway office project with a small area 85 square meters and an amorphous geometry was...
Retail Design Blog
Simi Mama Birtoka Chutneys and Jams by Corvin Art School Simi Mama Birtoka is a small family business selling high-quality organic products such as jams,...
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Simi Mama Birtoka is a small family business selling high-quality organic products such as jams, chutneys, syrups and juices. The...
Koos Looijesteijn -...
Are design ethics useless? Have you worked in digital design for a while? I bet you’ve been under pressure to apply deceptive...
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Have you worked in digital design for a while? I bet you’ve been under pressure to apply deceptive design patterns...
Retail Design Blog
Aesop boutique by Sher Maker At long last, Aesop has landed in Bangkok, opening a standalone boutique in achingly fashionable...
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At long last, Aesop has landed in Bangkok, opening a standalone boutique in achingly fashionable Thonglor, a fast-evolving neighbourhood known...
Christopher Butler
visual journal – 2024 April 21 - April 28 Apocalpyse
7 months ago
The DESK Magazine
Let's talk about AI Many of you have asked me to write an essay with my thoughts on AI (Artificial Intelligence). So in...
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Many of you have asked me to write an essay with my thoughts on AI (Artificial Intelligence). So in the spirit of things, I've tasked ChatGPT to write this article for me.
Retail Design Blog
Scandies by AnonymousFish This is a redesign of the Swedish Fish packaging done for my package design class. My main objective...
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This is a redesign of the Swedish Fish packaging done for my package design class. My main objective of this...
Fonts In Use: Blog...
The Black Panther: Black Community News Service Contributed by Stephen Coles Wide Elite Victoria (Sample unavailable) Bold Face No. 2 (IBM)...
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Contributed by Stephen Coles Wide Elite Victoria (Sample unavailable) Bold Face No. 2 (IBM) (Sample unavailable) Source: letterformarchive.org License: All Rights Reserved. The Black Panther, published weekly by the Black Panther Party, shone a light on...
abdz.do - Have you...
Blueshift Collective: Where NFT Meets Creativity Blueshift Collective: Where NFT Meets Creativity abduzeedo0214—23 ...
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Blueshift Collective: Where NFT Meets Creativity abduzeedo0214—23 Are you tired of the same old NFT collections that feature the same type of art over and over again? Look no further than the Blueshift Collective - a free and open NFT...
Christopher Butler
Knowledge Work, AI, and Fragile Egos On the connection between time, skills, ideas, and what makes us truly human. Knowledge workers...
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On the connection between time, skills, ideas, and what makes us truly human. Knowledge workers advance through economies by transitioning from selling time to selling labor to selling IP. The notion here is that narrowing the funnel increases the value: everyone has time,...
Koos Looijesteijn -...
Floor796 "An ever-expanding animation scene depicting the everyday life of the 796th floor of the huge space...
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"An ever-expanding animation scene depicting the everyday life of the 796th floor of the huge space station "
The personal website...
People alignment vs. purpose alignment So many words take on different meanings the minute you get to work. Culture no longer means a...
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So many words take on different meanings the minute you get to work. Culture no longer means a shared identity in art, music, food, and dance. Engagement no longer means a sustained, meaningful connection. Other words undergo smaller transformations. The differences in meaning...
The personal website...
How to generate color palettes for design systems It used to be easy to pick colors for design systems. Years ago, you could pick a handful of colors...
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It used to be easy to pick colors for design systems. Years ago, you could pick a handful of colors to match your brand’s ethos, or start with an off-the-shelf palette (remember flatuicolors.com?). Each hue and shade served a purpose, and usually had a quirky name like “idea...
Koos Looijesteijn
The most important question in design: who’s gonna pay me?
a year ago
abdz.do - Have you...
Stellar: A new home for the best freelance creatives Stellar: A new home for the best freelance creatives abduzeedo0203—23 ...
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Stellar: A new home for the best freelance creatives abduzeedo0203—23 Businesses are hiring freelancers now more than ever. But in the creative freelance industry, there are no platforms to find high-end, vetted talent. Most of the popular...
Fonts In Use: Blog...
Philip K. Dick paperback covers (Panther Science Fiction) Contributed by Florian Hardwig Source: www.flickr.com Uploaded to Flickr by  citizen3xx24j....
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Contributed by Florian Hardwig Source: www.flickr.com Uploaded to Flickr by  citizen3xx24j. License: All Rights Reserved. Now Wait for Last Year (1975). Cover art by Chris Foss. [More info on ISFDB] Roslyn Gothic arguably saw its most extensive and iconic use on the...
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The Last Time Life has as many ends as it has beginnings. What can an end teach us about making our...
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Life has as many ends as it has beginnings. What can an end teach us about making our world? Bye, Chris” were the last words a friend said to me. We had been talking on the phone for about an hour, catching up as we did back then, a few times each year. He said his goodbye as...
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The new heroes of design I used to have several design heroes I looked up to. But when I changed from industrial design to...
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I used to have several design heroes I looked up to. But when I changed from industrial design to digital...
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adidas store by Checkland Kindleysides Sportswear behemoth adidas has upped its retail game with the inauguration of a striking new store...
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Sportswear behemoth adidas has upped its retail game with the inauguration of a striking new store in Los Angeles. Situated...
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Lucida Restaurant and Bar by Shahira Fahmy Architects The nature of this project is retained to the entertainment industry and located/(anchored in) on a...
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The nature of this project is retained to the entertainment industry and located/(anchored in) on a rooftop of a rectangular...
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Minimalist Weave Pattern artwork for your wall Minimalist Weave Pattern artwork for your wall abduzeedo0124—23 ...
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Inverted Media Queries and Breakpoints The occasional breakpoint Nowadays I lean on modern CSS solutions, fluid layout patterns, and...
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The occasional breakpoint Nowadays I lean on modern CSS solutions, fluid layout patterns, and intrinsic sizing over viewport dimension-based media queries – typically referred to as breakpoints – that adapt a design at particular screen sizes. Let's not forget that container...
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La Pastisseria Barcelona – DIEDRIC DESIGN In the centre of Barcelona is where we find La Pastisseria, owned by Josep Maria Rodríguez Guerola,...
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In the centre of Barcelona is where we find La Pastisseria, owned by Josep Maria Rodríguez Guerola, Master Artisan and...
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Periodical 17 – Optimization Optimizing a home is a years-long process. Hello from the corner of our home. The sun is...
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Optimizing a home is a years-long process. Hello from the corner of our home. The sun is setting on what has been a rainy but lovely day. We had a brief visit from some friends; my daughter spent a couple of hours learning pottery from our neighbor, who is a master potter;...
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Moji – Feni Branding & Packaging Design Moji’s brand identity is thoughtfully crafted, drawing inspiration from the ornate Portuguese...
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Moji’s brand identity is thoughtfully crafted, drawing inspiration from the ornate Portuguese ‘Azulejos’ patterns. At its core is a unique...
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Subra's unique brand identity and UI design for NFT Market Subra's unique brand identity and UI design for NFT Market abduzeedo0421—23 ...
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When did our tools become our religion? Designers love to argue about design tools. Some treat it as their religion, as if their design tool...
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Designers love to argue about design tools. Some treat it as their religion, as if their design tool is the only thing that gives them meaning or an identity.
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Logo design and brand identity for Legg Logo design and brand identity for Legg abduzeedo0505—23 Sérgio...
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Walking on the streets of Hakodate, one sees brick warehouses, Western-style buildings, and storehouses that give a sense of the...
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What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? Contributed by Nick Sherman Source: www.worthpoint.com License: All Rights Reserved. On...
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Contributed by Nick Sherman Source: www.worthpoint.com License: All Rights Reserved. On July 5th, 1852 (168 years ago today) Frederick Douglass delivered a speech to 500–600 people in the Corinthian Hall of Rochester, New York. The speech, preceded by a reading of the...
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Build internal tools with YAML YAML is terrible, because a wrong indentation (was it spaces or tabs?) can break your application....
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YAML is terrible, because a wrong indentation (was it spaces or tabs?) can break your application. That aside, this looks very useful for many projects.
The DESK Magazine
"Good things come to those who wait." As a designer, one of the most useful skills you can have is patience. Even if you're not a...
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As a designer, one of the most useful skills you can have is patience. Even if you're not a designer, patience is one of the best yet hardest skills to learn.
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Apex Designed by Gold Front, San Francisco.
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Law & Order Contributed by Nick Sherman License: All Rights Reserved. Law & Order is a US television series...
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Contributed by Nick Sherman License: All Rights Reserved. Law & Order is a US television series set in New York City that first aired 30 years ago today, on September 13, 1990, and ran for 20 seasons until its final episode in 2010. Each episode is split into two segments:...
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A clean, peaceful place to read your articles without distractions The people who use mymind typically have an intellectual side. They like to think, learn and...
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The people who use mymind typically have an intellectual side. They like to think, learn and challenge themselves on their own time. So we knew this brand new feature was not optional: Reader Mode.
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Spirits packaging design by BXL creative The bottle has a special emblem with an illustration of the Latin motto meaning “holy guardian of...
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The bottle has a special emblem with an illustration of the Latin motto meaning “holy guardian of peace”. What other...
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Breaking looms Let’s talk about Luddites. The actual, real, historical Luddites. “Luddite” was the label given to a...
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Let’s talk about Luddites. The actual, real, historical Luddites. “Luddite” was the label given to a group of English workers’ rights activists in the early 19th century. They owe their name to a man who may never have existed — Ned Ludd. The Luddites were working-class people...
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After creating ‘the best office in Bristol’ for Alpha, the international financial services group asked Ikon to rise to similar...
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Does it FEEL right? Design is often taught as a set of rigid rules. And in principle, it makes sense. We may call them...
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Design is often taught as a set of rigid rules. And in principle, it makes sense. We may call them "rules" but perhaps it's better to call them fundamentals.
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Confidential Client Offices by Studio Deshi Studio Deshi‘s workspace design challenges conventions by prioritizing Vastu principles and...
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Studio Deshi‘s workspace design challenges conventions by prioritizing Vastu principles and personalized elements, offering a balanced, wellness-focused environment with custom...
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Earthfoam nostalgic and fresh design for new organic and fair-trade sleep brand Earthfoam nostalgic and fresh design for new organic and fair-trade sleep brand ...
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Purple Garden Restaurant Located near Hangzhou’s famed West Lake, the project takes inspiration from Ming Dynasty gardens and...
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Located near Hangzhou’s famed West Lake, the project takes inspiration from Ming Dynasty gardens and fuses them with a contemporary...
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The Internet's Greatest Potential It seems that the internet’s greatest potential is to create intimacy across distance. Which means...
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It seems that the internet’s greatest potential is to create intimacy across distance. Which means we still have a long way to go.
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ISPT Spec Suite by Project One Project One designed a progressive work environment in Sydney for ISPT, focusing on optimizing...
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Project One designed a progressive work environment in Sydney for ISPT, focusing on optimizing business operations and creating a visually...
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A website to call my own Most of this site was built at my favorite coffee shop of late, Sump. I make a living designing and...
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Most of this site was built at my favorite coffee shop of late, Sump. I make a living designing and developing, among many many other things, websites. So, for the past few years, I’ve had the embarrassing task of explaining something to all my clients and — worse, if you can...
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How to make digital business cards and share them via QR codes A previous employer found it important that the whole team had business cards. I had to wait a few...
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The new heroes of design I used to have several design heroes I looked up to. But when I changed from industrial design to...
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Thought Experiment I am offline. The internet went down and I had to cancel a few meetings. For the moment, I’m by...
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I am offline. The internet went down and I had to cancel a few meetings. For the moment, I’m by myself. My first thought: What if it didn’t come back? Not in an end-of-the-world kind of way — not for everyone — but just for me. What if my last meeting was actually my last...
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Beautiful shadows have beautiful colors
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Art Day: How to make time for creative projects while busy with client work Self-employed creative professionals have significantly more control over our schedules than those...
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Self-employed creative professionals have significantly more control over our schedules than those employed in other organizations, but finding time for our own art can still be a challenge. While I was writing and editing my first book, I started using a technique that helped me...
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The Struggle to Find Out How Cars Manage Your Personal Data Cars today collect more than 200 different data points. Most of these data points are not only...
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Cars today collect more than 200 different data points. Most of these data points are not only interesting to car manufacturers themselves.…
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Veganity by Motyw Studio Veganity is a series of natural, vegan food products offered in a convenient form for consumption –...
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Veganity is a series of natural, vegan food products offered in a convenient form for consumption – either as grains...
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Be curious This mural was somewhere on Houston in Manhattan — I took the picture out of sheer curiosity. A lot...
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This mural was somewhere on Houston in Manhattan — I took the picture out of sheer curiosity. A lot can (and has been) said about Aaron Swartz, and if you haven’t heard any of it I suggest you take a second and familiarize yourself. I recently read a quote of his, and if only one...
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The CroWn Chocolate packaging design is a visual treat that really knows how to stand out while keeping things simple...
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Lindt Premium Collection by Derek&Eric Lindt Premium Collection – The Art of Chocolate Lindt masters the art of crafting indulgent...
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Lindt Premium Collection – The Art of Chocolate Lindt masters the art of crafting indulgent chocolate, elevating technical skill to...
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Swiping vs Tapping, What is Less Distracting to Drivers? I typically split in-car interactions into two groups. There are quick and frequent actions like...
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I typically split in-car interactions into two groups. There are quick and frequent actions like changing the volume or skipping a song…
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beanroom shop by Waterfrom Design beanroom is a scenario-based, artisanal custom coffee bean shop founded by a passionate team...
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beanroom is a scenario-based, artisanal custom coffee bean shop founded by a passionate team dedicated to coffee. They aim to...
Ryan Mulligan
Horizontal Scrolling in a Centered Max-Width Container The layout challenge When I had first assembled a gallery of CodePen projects to include on my...
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The layout challenge When I had first assembled a gallery of CodePen projects to include on my personal site redesign in the summer of 2021, I imagined the following layout and interaction: The page's main content container is centered on the page with a max-width set. The first...
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Singapore Symphony Group Offices by adm Design & Build The Singapore Symphony Group’s office design by adm Design & Build draws inspiration from the...
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The Singapore Symphony Group’s office design by adm Design & Build draws inspiration from the orchestra’s music, featuring soft curves,...
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Why Car Companies Need More Interaction Designers The Citroën DS was designed by Flavio Bertoni who, together with aviation engineer André Lèfebvre,...
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The Citroën DS was designed by Flavio Bertoni who, together with aviation engineer André Lèfebvre, created some of the most influential…
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CAAA restaurant by External Reference The restaurant CAAA by Pietro Catalano, located in the city of Lucerne in Switzerland, is a project...
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The restaurant CAAA by Pietro Catalano, located in the city of Lucerne in Switzerland, is a project that not only...
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Polene Paris Seoul Flagship Store by WGNB The design narrative of Polène’s Seoul flagship store is a sophisticated exploration of space...
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The design narrative of Polène’s Seoul flagship store is a sophisticated exploration of space through the metaphorical and practical use...
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ThermoFisher Offices ThermoFisher’s Suzhou office design focuses on creativity, privacy, and comfort for technical staff,...
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ThermoFisher’s Suzhou office design focuses on creativity, privacy, and comfort for technical staff, with red accents, collaborative spaces, and ample...
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Hasbro Iberia Offices by Dobleese Estudio Dobleese Estudio designed the Hasbro Iberia office project in Valencia to immerse employees in the...
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Dobleese Estudio designed the Hasbro Iberia office project in Valencia to immerse employees in the brand’s playful universe, blending creativity,...
Oykun
Tackling FOMO-driven social media struggle with your new Designer Mindset You are a designer, working on your full-time job or your freelance projects. You go online Open X...
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You are a designer, working on your full-time job or your freelance projects. You go online Open X app You see  1. John released his Framer template  2. Fatma launches her “How To Make $100k As A Designer” course  3. Gary starts his subscription model
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The inevitable same-ification of the internet Last month, Facebook revealed a major redesign of all its apps across web and mobile. Reactions from...
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Last month, Facebook revealed a major redesign of all its apps across web and mobile. Reactions from design twitter were mixed, but there was one thing everyone agreed on: it looked familiar. Facebook’s 2019 Redesign, compared to Twitter by Alex Muench A few folks correctly noted...
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Horsley Bridge Partners Offices by Huntsman Architectural Group Huntsman Architectural Group designed a modern and collaborative workspace in a 1920’s Art Deco...
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Huntsman Architectural Group designed a modern and collaborative workspace in a 1920’s Art Deco tower for Horsley Bridge in San...
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Top Impression Bakery, Central Park Located in the unique Central Park neighbourhood, known for its harmony with the natural...
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Located in the unique Central Park neighbourhood, known for its harmony with the natural environment, Top Impression Bakery has seamlessly...
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DICA café by Artefact As a veritable hotbed of creativity on numerous levels, it isn’t hard to imagine life in Seoul has...
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As a veritable hotbed of creativity on numerous levels, it isn’t hard to imagine life in Seoul has plenty to...
Fonts In Use: Blog...
Call for Entries: Finding Forte Contributed by Fonts In Use Staff Source: www.tomkoch.net Tom Koch. License: All Rights Reserved....
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Contributed by Fonts In Use Staff Source: www.tomkoch.net Tom Koch. License: All Rights Reserved. The call for entries is now open! Forte in use for a shop sign, spotted by Tom Koch in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Source: www.tomkoch.net Tom Koch. License: All Rights Reserved....
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Design and art In high school I wanted to become someone who draws comics or cartoons for a living. I wasn’t too...
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In high school I wanted to become someone who draws comics or cartoons for a living. I wasn’t too concerned...
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Branding for Ecuador, Pilsener World Edition Qatar 2022 Branding for Ecuador, Pilsener World Edition Qatar 2022 abduzeedo0201—23 ...
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Branding for Ecuador, Pilsener World Edition Qatar 2022 abduzeedo0201—23 The leading beer brand in Ecuador, Pilsener, has a history of over 110 years and is a significant part of the AB InBev portfolio in the region. Known for its association...
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Conexus Studio Offices Conexus Studio‘s Singapore office showcases a vibrant and efficient design, blending practicality...
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Conexus Studio‘s Singapore office showcases a vibrant and efficient design, blending practicality with sophistication to foster creativity and collaboration, featuring...
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The Embassy of Ireland by One Space Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs is responsible for the establishment and management of all...
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Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs is responsible for the establishment and management of all Irish diplomatic missions around the world....
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The Shape of Runs to Come Over the last few months or so, I have been fairly consistent with getting outside for Sunday...
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Over the last few months or so, I have been fairly consistent with getting outside for Sunday morning runs. A series of lower body issues had prevented me from doing so for many years, but it was an exercise I had enjoyed back then. It took time to rebuild that habit and muscle...
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Memil Danpyeon Restaurant by Studio GIMGEOSIL A Tale of Buckwheat, “Memil Danpyeon” – Buckwheat is one of the grains that receive scant mention in...
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A Tale of Buckwheat, “Memil Danpyeon” – Buckwheat is one of the grains that receive scant mention in Korean literature,...
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485 MetaGalaxy 485 MetaGalaxy is a designer cluster label dedicated to pushing the boundaries of design and leading...
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485 MetaGalaxy is a designer cluster label dedicated to pushing the boundaries of design and leading future design trends. It...
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Milpa whiskey by Monograf Milpa is a distinctive Mexican 100% corn-based whiskey crafted in the highlands of Oaxaca, embodying...
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Milpa is a distinctive Mexican 100% corn-based whiskey crafted in the highlands of Oaxaca, embodying a unique process rooted in...
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Tabler Icons Open source icons by Paweł Kuna
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Are design ethics useless?
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Stop charging hourly! Start charging for the Value! Money has always been an uncomfortable topic to talk about, especially for us creatives. We value...
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Money has always been an uncomfortable topic to talk about, especially for us creatives. We value our creation, get satisfaction from the process and the result so much that we often do not really give the importance it deserves to this money topic. I have been designing for many...
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We'll fix it later I recently read a fantastic essay by Alexis Lloyd titled “Design process for the messy in-between.”...
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I recently read a fantastic essay by Alexis Lloyd titled “Design process for the messy in-between.” Towards the end of the essay, Alexis suggests that not everything has to be perfect the first time: Constraints mean that we almost always have to pick things that aren’t going to...
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Moschino POP-UP Paris Moschino has redefined a new concept at Galeries Lafayette in Paris.
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Periodical – 2 Internet Intimacy Yesterday, I mentioned the Yoto Daily, a daily podcast for kids that loads up...
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Internet Intimacy Yesterday, I mentioned the Yoto Daily, a daily podcast for kids that loads up automatically on the Yoto player. I just wanted to add that what makes it special is that it feels like a voicemail from a friend. Listening to it gives me (and I presume, my...
Oykun
3 skills that will get you ahead ~90% of Designers in 2023 Technical skills will get you so far in Design. You need to focus on soft skills such as...
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Technical skills will get you so far in Design. You need to focus on soft skills such as Communication, Time Management if you want to grow and stand out.
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#1: Are.na – The social network antithesis In this world of distraction, Are.na presence is a bliss
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As We Are Now book jacket Contributed by Florian Hardwig Source: www.abebooks.com Between the Covers (edited). License:...
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Contributed by Florian Hardwig Source: www.abebooks.com Between the Covers (edited). License: All Rights Reserved. One advantage that lettering has over typeset text is that the artist can always alter letterforms ad hoc, depending on the context. This allows her to make...
The DESK Magazine
Why we built an anti-social tool This article was originally intended for the upcoming mymind.com blog, but it feels so personal to...
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This article was originally intended for the upcoming mymind.com blog, but it feels so personal to me, I found it fitting to share here with you.
Christopher Butler
4 Levels of Grids for Web Designers Grids are very, very useful. I just published an essay on how anchoring the most important...
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Grids are very, very useful. I just published an essay on how anchoring the most important information on a web page to the Y-axis will help viewer’s focus on it and pay closer attention. It’s a pretty basic idea, really, but somehow I found myself writing over 1,000 words to...
Christopher Butler
How to Know When to Use AI Maybe this will help. In my circles, AI is either everything or it is nothing. It is the...
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Maybe this will help. In my circles, AI is either everything or it is nothing. It is the thing to use in every case because if we don’t someone else will or it is the thing to never use because it is a sin against humanity. Capitalists and artists have almost always...
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Neon Worms — colorful illustrations with the Blend Tool in Illustrator Neon Worms — colorful illustrations with the Blend Tool in Illustrator ...
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Neon Worms — colorful illustrations with the Blend Tool in Illustrator abduzeedo0220—23 RETOKA shared another phase of their series of illustrations titled Neon Worms. If you're an illustrator looking to add some glowing effects to your...
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Gose by Bala Bala was invited to design the label for GOSE for Cerveza Cru Cru, a beer where the main ingredient...
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Bala was invited to design the label for GOSE for Cerveza Cru Cru, a beer where the main ingredient is...
Christopher Butler
Organization – Office I am on a continual quest for organization. After the kitchen, the office is the most used room in...
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I am on a continual quest for organization. After the kitchen, the office is the most used room in our home. My wife and I work here, Monday through Friday, 9 to 5. Our children play and create in here just as often. It’s where we maintain several workspaces, store supplies,...
Retail Design Blog
Evident Scientific Offices by Conexus Studio Conexus Studio designed Evident Scientific’s APAC Headquarters in Singapore, focusing on a...
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Conexus Studio designed Evident Scientific’s APAC Headquarters in Singapore, focusing on a visionary, future-forward workspace with state-of-the-art facilities, innovative design,...
Oykun
Introvert Designer I’m an introvert. Unfortunately, I have discovered this term and its true meaning quite late in my...
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I’m an introvert. Unfortunately, I have discovered this term and its true meaning quite late in my life. I have always been the person who talks less in a large group. I've always preferred to be either by myself or with a small number of people
abdz.do - Have you...
Explosive logo design & brand identity for Hot Sauce Explosive logo design & brand identity for Hot Sauce abduzeedo0427—23 ...
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Ryan Mulligan
Animating with the Flip Plugin for GSAP What the flip is it? Every time a new GSAP plugin is introduced, I'm close to bursting from...
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What the flip is it? Every time a new GSAP plugin is introduced, I'm close to bursting from excitement. The simplicity of the GreenSock API makes learning and applying these tools in projects such a dream. I had the pleasure of beta testing the ScrollTrigger plugin and was blown...
Christopher Butler
Persuasion Good design requires persuasion. might be persuasive on its own; the notion that a thing “just...
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Good design requires persuasion. might be persuasive on its own; the notion that a thing “just works” implies that its function, however novel, is an intuitive leap from its form. This is what Apple is known for. Apple products are renowned for their simplicity, which is what...
Christopher Butler
Being Normal There’s a theory of Being Online that online isn’t merely a technological thing — access to a...
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There’s a theory of Being Online that online isn’t merely a technological thing — access to a signal, say, like a telephone line — but a modality. A form; a way. And being, of course, is just being. Early internet users have trouble with this theory because we remember using...
Retail Design Blog
Little Stove & Little Stump Coffee Shop and Playground by NITAPROW Little Stove & Little Stump, a bread/coffee shop, and a playground with both indoor and outdoor...
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Breaking unhealthy media habits in six simple steps Shortly after I got my first iPhone, I started using it while walking up the stairs, sitting on the...
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Reviving a Legend: The Nissan 300zx Fairlady in Full CGI by Christer Stormark and Szymon Kubicki Reviving a Legend: The Nissan 300zx Fairlady in Full CGI by Christer Stormark and Szymon Kubicki ...
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Reviving a Legend: The Nissan 300zx Fairlady in Full CGI by Christer Stormark and Szymon Kubicki AoiroStudio0131—23 The Nissan 300zx Fairlady is a timeless classic, revered by car enthusiasts around the world for its sleek design, powerful...
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andwander GINZA SIX by Schemata Architects and wander features a wide range of unisex items available in various colors. Each item has its own...
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and wander features a wide range of unisex items available in various colors. Each item has its own unique cutting...
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Aesop store by 0321 Next the opening of a number of standalone stores in Shanghai, and very recently, in Beijing,...
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Next the opening of a number of standalone stores in Shanghai, and very recently, in Beijing, Aesop‘s ambitious retail roll-out...
Scott Jenson
A UX designer walks into a Tesla Bar I borrowed a friend’s Tesla 3 yesterday. About 5 minutes into the ride, the windshield started...
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I borrowed a friend’s Tesla 3 yesterday. About 5 minutes into the ride, the windshield started fogging up. I couldn’t find the defroster on the large control screen Teslas are so famous for. In desperation, I tapped the CAR icon but that took me to the settings screen which ended...
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New Location in Frankfurt – Feature Opportunity Dear Retail Design Blog Team, In June 2023, you featured our Hamburg location ( link:...
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Christopher Butler
The Internet is Already a Social Network Make it easier for anyone to have a website. Make syndication easier and better. That’s all that...
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Make it easier for anyone to have a website. Make syndication easier and better. That’s all that is needed to reclaim the power we’ve ceded to the many posting places and their owners.
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Meowho by Canwei Lai Meowho is an innovative brand specializing in pet food, dedicated to providing pets with a healthy,...
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Meowho is an innovative brand specializing in pet food, dedicated to providing pets with a healthy, delicious, and enjoyable dining...
Oykun
Communicate Value over Long Hours of Work as a Designer The tagline for my newsletter goes as below:  Grow As Designer | Helping Designers Grow...
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The tagline for my newsletter goes as below:  Grow As Designer | Helping Designers Grow Their Value and Income. It's a bit unclear, right? What the heck is "Value" anyway? How can you grow it?  Well, there are many meanings to
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Pinnacle Design Offices by Pinnacle Interiors Pinnacle Interiors unveiled the d3 Design Office in the Dubai Design District, showcasing...
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Pinnacle Interiors unveiled the d3 Design Office in the Dubai Design District, showcasing innovative, sustainable design through LEED certification, biophilic...
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Holborn Corporation Offices by Studio BV Studio BV designed a new office in Bloomington, Minneapolis for the Holborn team, featuring social...
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Studio BV designed a new office in Bloomington, Minneapolis for the Holborn team, featuring social and private spaces, a textured...
Christopher Butler
object – Cylinder Lamp Twenty years ago, I needed a lamp. So I made this one. In the spring of 2003, I graduated from...
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Twenty years ago, I needed a lamp. So I made this one. In the spring of 2003, I graduated from college and moved in to my first apartment. After my housemate and I had moved all our things in, I made a list of the things I needed. a bed a desk a lamp I had lived in...
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Review of my 2020 Goals I set myself 24 goals for this year and completed 9 of them (38%), which is a significantly lower...
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I set myself 24 goals for this year and completed 9 of them (38%), which is a significantly lower success rate compared to my 2019 and 2018 lists (60% and 56%, respectively). Publish 52 blog posts ❌ This was my number one goal for this year and even though I ended up publishing...
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Pulmuone’s Innovative Store Redefines Food Culture with Sustainability and Modern Convenience. Pulmuone Foods has launched an innovative store that redefines food culture, offering an immersive...
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Pulmuone Foods has launched an innovative store that redefines food culture, offering an immersive experience that transcends traditional retail. This...
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The Rise of Touch Screens in Cars Explained Touch screens in cars are not new. In fact, the first production car fitted with a touch screen was...
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Touch screens in cars are not new. In fact, the first production car fitted with a touch screen was the 1986 Buick Riviera.   The CRT…
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You're making me buy a new phone My iPhone SE 2016 is a good one. It’s easy to handle with one hand. The screen is more than...
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Yiwu Place Public Shopping Precinct The city of Yiwu has unique trading culture and a thriving economy of commerce. The city has...
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The city of Yiwu has unique trading culture and a thriving economy of commerce. The city has witnessed great historical...
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Eterno Health Studio: A Holistic Wellness Hub with Café, Sauna, and Fitness in Frankfurt Eterno Health Studio in Frankfurt introduces an innovative approach to wellness, merging holistic...
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Eterno Health Studio in Frankfurt introduces an innovative approach to wellness, merging holistic health services with a modern, thoughtfully designed...
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Mite Spray Packaging Design by A SPRING DESIGN Mite Spray Packaging Design
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Working to work Despite the fact that I build websites for a living, I do a significant amount of work in my...
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Despite the fact that I build websites for a living, I do a significant amount of work in my notebooks. Quick quiz: what does a web developer do for a living? If you said ‘make websites, duh,’ you’re technically correct (the best kind of correct). And you’re in good company; I’d...
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Practice makes perfect Professional baker/member of my band Jake at a band retreat recently, practicing. Editor’s note: I...
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Professional baker/member of my band Jake at a band retreat recently, practicing. Editor’s note: I think this falls under the heading of ‘conventional wisdom.’ In addition, I’m walking a fine line between ‘self-help’ and ‘beating a dead horse.’ Perhaps poorly. Bear with me. I do...
Ryan Mulligan
Scrollspy Navigation Web Component Just here for the code and demos? Check out the scrollspy-nav repository on GitHub and its...
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Just here for the code and demos? Check out the scrollspy-nav repository on GitHub and its corresponding demo page. The backstory A "scrollspy" is a method of tracking which link in a menu is active based on a relevant section of information being visible in the viewport....
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SONGZIO Galerie Noir The SONGZIO fashion brand was founded in 1993 by designer and ESMOD graduate Zio Song and was one of...
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The SONGZIO fashion brand was founded in 1993 by designer and ESMOD graduate Zio Song and was one of the...
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SeidrLab Designed by Mubien Brands, Santander.
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Guidelines for Designing an In-Car Voice Assistant I turned all the research that I did for my previous article, about the impact of voice interaction...
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I turned all the research that I did for my previous article, about the impact of voice interaction on driver distraction, into concrete…
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The difference between creative & uncreative people When witnessing something unusual or beautiful or otherwise striking today, our first instinct is to...
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When witnessing something unusual or beautiful or otherwise striking today, our first instinct is to capture it, share it or both.
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LinkedIn Offices by ZYETA ZYETA‘s design for LinkedIn’s Bengaluru hub focuses on inclusivity, sustainability, and employee...
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ZYETA‘s design for LinkedIn’s Bengaluru hub focuses on inclusivity, sustainability, and employee well-being, setting a new benchmark in workplace innovation...
Fatih Arslan
A month in Munich We stayed with the family (two kids and my wife) for several weeks in Munich. I took hundreds of...
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We stayed with the family (two kids and my wife) for several weeks in Munich. I took hundreds of photos. Here is how it went.
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One by One Flagship Showroom by Between the Walls The highly anticipated One by One Flagship Showroom has opened in the heart of Kyiv, offering a...
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Design better by avoiding your cognitive biases Good UI design is all about guiding attention to what’s important. When making the right thing for...
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Good UI design is all about guiding attention to what’s important. When making the right thing for the user the...
Oykun
Easy steps to start investing in the stock market Invest in long term, Diversify, Don't stress to time the market, Stay calm ... It is not that...
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Gen Digital Offices by HKS HKS Inc transformed a dormant building into Gen Digital’s vibrant Mountain View office, embodying...
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HKS Inc transformed a dormant building into Gen Digital’s vibrant Mountain View office, embodying the company’s mission emphasizing innovation, hospitality,...
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Lynk & Co Club by Masquespacio Madrid, May 21, 2024 – Automotive brand Lynk & Co has opened its second Club in Madrid, located on...
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Madrid, May 21, 2024 – Automotive brand Lynk & Co has opened its second Club in Madrid, located on the...
Christopher Butler
What If Phones Were Actually Designed for Hands? Phones no longer fit in the hands they were made to be held and used by. How did that...
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Phones no longer fit in the hands they were made to be held and used by. How did that happen? can make is determined by the range of the hand’s capabilities (and in the modern era, of course, extended by technology), and what we make and use serves as something of an...
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Dynamic animations and motion design — Nike, Just for Fun Dynamic animations and motion design — Nike, Just for Fun abduzeedo0501—23 ...
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Dynamic animations and motion design — Nike, Just for Fun abduzeedo0501—23 Nike Kids is a live-action piece directed by MANSON and produced by CANADA, with support from R/GA Shanghai. The talented team at Studio Bliss was responsible for the...
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Craft Beer Legends by Tanya Pushkareva For my academic project, I decided to focus on creating a unique craft beer label inspired by...
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For my academic project, I decided to focus on creating a unique craft beer label inspired by mythical creatures. Craft...
Melissa Penfold
THE MOST THOUGHTFUL GIFTS THAT NO ONE ELSE WILL GIVE We’re always here to help you find gifts that elicit “you really know me!” enthusiasm, even from the...
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We’re always here to help you find gifts that elicit “you really know me!” enthusiasm, even from the normally taciturn. This year, we aimed higher, aspiring to choose items with such eternal appeal, and of such high quality, that some might become heirlooms—used and loved by both...
Sarah Parmenter
Remarkable Remarkable looks really interesting. I’m curious to know what the stylus feels like as I really do...
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Remarkable looks really interesting. I’m curious to know what the stylus feels like as I really do love my Apple Pencil & iPad Pro and favour Procreate. Right now they’re doing a bundle of the tablet, folio and marker for $429 with an expected shipping date of September. I’m...
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Ethics for designers in the real world: Snapchat’s Juneteenth filter Photo by Agê Barros on Unsplash Growing up a white kid in the south, Juneteenth was on my list of...
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Photo by Agê Barros on Unsplash Growing up a white kid in the south, Juneteenth was on my list of ‘other kids’ holidays.’ Some kids had Ash Wednesday and All Saints’ Day, some kids had the first day of deer season, and some kids had Juneteenth. Juneteenth had the added obscurity...
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LIL MILAN first POPUP STORE in ROME. LIL Milan is a fresh new pure gold jewels brand with an essential and elegant style.The project aims...
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LIL Milan is a fresh new pure gold jewels brand with an essential and elegant style.The project aims to create...
Christopher Butler
The Books that Have Shaped My Technological Worldview This is a personal collection, subject to change at any time. A Pattern Language, by Christopher...
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This is a personal collection, subject to change at any time. A Pattern Language, by Christopher Alexander, Murray Silverstein, and Sara Ishikawa A classic on architecture and urban design that you’ll find on many lists like this. What keeps it here for me — as a text that has...
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Eight Oaks Farm Distillery by Makers & Allies Eight Oaks Farm Distillery is so much more than whiskey. It’s a farm just as much as it is a...
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Product thinking is a lifeline for struggling design systems Here’s a common problem: a design team creates a design system. They craft beautiful documentation,...
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Here’s a common problem: a design team creates a design system. They craft beautiful documentation, crystal-clear guidelines, and meticulously organized files. But the design system never gains traction. Engineers don’t use it, and other designers quickly stop maintaining it. It...
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Mercedes-Benz Offices by Boytorun Architects Boytorun Architects designed the Mercedes-Benz Istanbul Headquarters in a way that fosters...
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Boytorun Architects designed the Mercedes-Benz Istanbul Headquarters in a way that fosters collaboration and innovation, emphasizing a sense of belonging...
Retail Design Blog
Moch Restaurant by Nastia Mirzoyan Located in the bustling heart of Kyiv, the street food restaurant boasts a simple yet innovative...
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Located in the bustling heart of Kyiv, the street food restaurant boasts a simple yet innovative design that is sure...
Christopher Butler
Link – David Sleight's personal website stuntbox.com is a beautifully-designed personal website. I especially love the simplicity and...
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stuntbox.com is a beautifully-designed personal website. I especially love the simplicity and readability of his article pages.
Christopher Butler
The Top Ten Hitchcock Films This is my personal ranking, subject to change at any time. Rear Window North by...
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This is my personal ranking, subject to change at any time. Rear Window North by Northwest Vertigo Rebecca Rope The Man Who Knew Too Much Spellbound Notorious To Catch a Thief Strangers on a Train
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Hourglass Cosmetics Retail Concept in Selfridges, London by Checkland Kindleysides Checkland Kindleysides debuts a new, visually-arresting cosmetics counter for Hourglass, bespoke to...
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Checkland Kindleysides debuts a new, visually-arresting cosmetics counter for Hourglass, bespoke to Selfridges London. Hourglass is a global leader in...
Christopher Butler
Can a Robot Do a Designer's Job? Automation isn’t as much of a threat as we have been told. The Grid, a so-called website...
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Automation isn’t as much of a threat as we have been told. The Grid, a so-called website creation service “powered by artificial intelligence” that launched through a crowdfunding campaign in 2014. Less than five years later, after selling many memberships and releasing a...
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Origami Bar Origami Bar is located on Middle Huaihai Road near the Shanghai Conservatory of Music,the name...
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Origami Bar is located on Middle Huaihai Road near the Shanghai Conservatory of Music,the name “Origami” is derived from a...
Christopher Butler
From the Desk Of Wouldn’t it be nice if you could actually peer over another designer’s shoulder once in a while and...
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Wouldn’t it be nice if you could actually peer over another designer’s shoulder once in a while and see what they actually do? design means different things to different people, as does the title Designer. As much as I prefer the simplicity of Designer to, say, Interaction...
Retail Design Blog
Primrose store The store of Primrose, a sleepwear, home and leisurewear brand, has recently opened. In honor of its...
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The store of Primrose, a sleepwear, home and leisurewear brand, has recently opened. In honor of its tenth anniversary the...
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Zadna dates by Fatma Ayman The packaging design draws inspiration from the rich culture and iconic landmarks of Siwa, a...
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The packaging design draws inspiration from the rich culture and iconic landmarks of Siwa, a renowned city in Egypt celebrated...
Retail Design Blog
Furnish & Shade Furnish & Shade, located in Kirti Nagar, New Delhi, is a 6,500 sq. ft. retail space designed by OSA...
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Furnish & Shade, located in Kirti Nagar, New Delhi, is a 6,500 sq. ft. retail space designed by OSA Studio,...
Retail Design Blog
The Gallery of the Kings Museo Egizio by OMA + Andrea Tabocchini Architecture The Gallery of the Kings, which houses a collection of colossal statues from the ancient Egyptian...
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Why I don’t want to grow my freelance design studio into an agency As of September 1st 2023 I’ve been self-employed for 10 years. For this anniversary, I decided to...
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As of September 1st 2023 I’ve been self-employed for 10 years. For this anniversary, I decided to answer a question I'm often asked by family, friends, colleagues, and even strangers: do I plan to hire more people and grow my own design agency? I don't, and in this article I...
Ryan Mulligan
CSS @property and the New Style The @property at-rule recently gained support across all modern browsers, unlocking the ability to...
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The @property at-rule recently gained support across all modern browsers, unlocking the ability to explicitly define a syntax, initial value, and inheritance for CSS custom properties. It seems like forever ago that CSS Houdini and its CSS Properties and Values API were initially...
Fatih Arslan
A morning in Nymphenburg Palace Park The Nymphenburg Palace Park ranks among Germany's finest and most important garden design examples....
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The Nymphenburg Palace Park ranks among Germany's finest and most important garden design examples. It's also my favorite one in Munich.
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Mixed Reality: The Future of Automotive UX Prototyping My dream scenario is one where I can send my prototypes remotely to my car's infotainment system and...
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My dream scenario is one where I can send my prototypes remotely to my car's infotainment system and try them while driving. Unfortunately,…
The personal website...
What it means to design a platform After four months of parental leave, I came back to work and noticed something different. Many of...
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a year ago
After four months of parental leave, I came back to work and noticed something different. Many of the words, phrases, acronyms, and figures of speech I took for granted no longer held the same meanings. Specifically, the word “platform:” before my time off, I would breeze over it...
Nela Dunato Art &...
Why people avoid social media detox (let’s bust those excuses) I truly believe everyone would benefit from taking a long break from social media at least once a...
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a year ago
I truly believe everyone would benefit from taking a long break from social media at least once a year. In my many articles on this topic I gushed about the benefits of digital media sabbaticals, and my own experiences with increased mindfulness, focus, and productivity. So let’s...
julian.digital
Media Consumption (Feb 2021) >_ Summary Read 3 books (2202 min, -10% MoM) and 22 articles (-15%) Listened to 364 songs (+38%) and...
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>_ Summary Read 3 books (2202 min, -10% MoM) and 22 articles (-15%) Listened to 364 songs (+38%) and 15 podcasts (749 min, same) Watched 8 movies (885 min, +727%), 7 soccer games (965 min, +16%) and 7 TV episodes (405 min, -62%) Played 0 board games (0 min, same) and 1 video game...
The DESK Magazine
Breaking the algorithm The world wants to tell you what to think about, what to be interested in, what to learn, what to...
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The world wants to tell you what to think about, what to be interested in, what to learn, what to pursue, what to worry about. And it's easier to let it.
Ryan Mulligan
Someone Great Where to start? The grief is heavy and far too real. I barely slept last night. The brain fog is...
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Where to start? The grief is heavy and far too real. I barely slept last night. The brain fog is thick but finding the words and placing them here may provide some catharsis. I lost someone great. Oscar was so much bigger than most folks will ever understand. His love, not just...
Retail Design Blog
Sihe Whisky&Cocktail Bar by Hooold Design Sihe is located on Xiangyang North Road in Shanghai, within the bustling Jing’an district. This...
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Sihe is located on Xiangyang North Road in Shanghai, within the bustling Jing’an district. This street connects Nanjing West Road...
Retail Design Blog
Shinsegae department store by NBDC Situated in downtown Busan, the Shinsegae Centum City department stores first opened its doors in...
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Situated in downtown Busan, the Shinsegae Centum City department stores first opened its doors in 2009. As part of one...
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Life Between Blocks Life Between Blocks abduzeedo0214—23 A solo exhibition by...
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Life Between Blocks abduzeedo0214—23 A solo exhibition by Santiago Oddis.  As a collaboration between the production company Final Frontier and the renowned animation studio Le Cube the exhibition Life Between Blocks is now open at Silk...
Retail Design Blog
Bursa bar by Nastia Mirzoyan This Bar is a reflection of contemporary Japanese culture immersed in the world of cocktails and...
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5 months ago
This Bar is a reflection of contemporary Japanese culture immersed in the world of cocktails and music. Located in the...
Christopher Butler
Are We Ready? Inventions that were ahead of their time can help us to understand whether we are truly ready to...
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Inventions that were ahead of their time can help us to understand whether we are truly ready to live in the world we are making. every detail — but hinting at them by highlighting mere facets that represent a coherent reality beneath them. If that reality is convincing, then...
UX Collective
A love letter about change Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
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Neovoyager album design by Mary Zaleska Album artwork for Neoquartet that I had the pleasure of designing. NeoVoyager is inspired by...
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Album artwork for Neoquartet that I had the pleasure of designing. NeoVoyager is inspired by reaching further, literally out of...
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HiRaw! Designed by M — N Associates, Ho Chi Minh City.
a year ago
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The unexamined life Why ethics? The 2010s were a remarkable decade for technology. Day after day, tech lined the front...
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Why ethics? The 2010s were a remarkable decade for technology. Day after day, tech lined the front pages of major newspapers, the chyrons of broadcast news, and the glossy sheets of magazines. And in 2019, the trend took a turn: the stories became about the ethics of technology....
Retail Design Blog
Hakerem office by Anderman Architects More than a hundred years ago, “Hakerem Spirits” was founded. A little over ten years ago, we...
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More than a hundred years ago, “Hakerem Spirits” was founded. A little over ten years ago, we designed their offices....
Fonts In Use: Blog...
Reclaiming the City, Reclaiming Words: Póli Gynaikón – City of Women Contributed by Maria Paganopoulou Photo: Maria Paganopoulou. Delfys Feminist Archive,...
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Contributed by Maria Paganopoulou Photo: Maria Paganopoulou. Delfys Feminist Archive, Athens. License: All Rights Reserved. Covers of the magazine Póli Ginaikón Marsha Rowe, editor of the groundbreaking feminist magazine Spare Rib, famously recalled: “Suddenly, words...
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John & Paul & Ringo & George / &&& T-shirt Contributed by Nick Sherman Source: walkerart.org License: All Rights Reserved. Experimental...
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Contributed by Nick Sherman Source: walkerart.org License: All Rights Reserved. Experimental Jetset designed the original John & Paul & Ringo & George T-shirt (referencing the names of the Beatles) in 2001 for Yoshi Kawasaki at the Japanese apparel company 2K/Gingham. The...
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Celebrating Valentine's Day with a simple animation in Figma: a radar that spots love around Celebrating Valentine's Day with a simple animation in Figma: a radar that spots love around ...
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Celebrating Valentine's Day with a simple animation in Figma: a radar that spots love around abduzeedo0212—23 Valentine's Day is a time to celebrate love and remind us that it is all around us. This year, instead of buying generic gifts, why...
Sarah Parmenter
America, here is why I love you. I am proud to call America my second home, and I’ve toyed with living there permanently more times...
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I am proud to call America my second home, and I’ve toyed with living there permanently more times than I can count. On this day when emotions are running high, and sadness, anxiety, and trepidation is in the air for so many, I wanted to note down why I love America and what, as...
Retail Design Blog
Meng Du Hui Restaurant by Tanzo Space Design In December 2023, on the southern side of the Wanshou Hotel, Meng Du Hui: New Huizhou Cuisine...
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In December 2023, on the southern side of the Wanshou Hotel, Meng Du Hui: New Huizhou Cuisine welcomed its first...
Identity Designed
Bát Tràng Museum Designed by M — N Associates, Ho Chi Minh City.
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Marketplace of North Coast Aranya by Atelier Z+ The “Marketplace of North Coast” is situated on the north side of the public cluster in the southern...
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The “Marketplace of North Coast” is situated on the north side of the public cluster in the southern part of...
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It's live! Introducing the new HOVS website The new HOVS (House of van Schneider) aka my personal (studio) website, is finally LIVE!
6 months ago
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10 Years of Fonts In Use Contributed by Nick Sherman License: All Rights Reserved. Fonts In Use officially launched 10...
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Contributed by Nick Sherman License: All Rights Reserved. Fonts In Use officially launched 10 years ago today, on December 21, 2010. The site, which started as just the Blog before opening up to public contributions in 2012, has grown far beyond our expectations when we...
Retail Design Blog
AP House by Lissoni & Partners Swiss ultra luxury watch maker Audemars Piguet continues to raise its profile in Europe‘s leading...
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Swiss ultra luxury watch maker Audemars Piguet continues to raise its profile in Europe‘s leading shopping destinations by opening flagship...
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WHEN Designed by Universal Favourite, Sydney.
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Hans & Werner by van Baal interior design + Tomasz Budnicki As interior designers, we often create spaces that are complete and self-contained. But this time we...
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As interior designers, we often create spaces that are complete and self-contained. But this time we have taken a different...
abdz.do - Have you...
Pixel Art Delight: art direction and illustrations for Foxbat Five Pixel Art Delight: art direction and illustrations for Foxbat Five ...
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Pixel Art Delight: art direction and illustrations for Foxbat Five abduzeedo0509—23 Renowned artist Margarita Solianova has embarked on a creative journey, shaping the visual identity of the indie arcade game, Foxbat Five. Solianova's...
Retail Design Blog
Maison Diptyque Paris Taking its retail presence at home base Paris to a new level, luxury home fragrance brand Diptyque...
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Taking its retail presence at home base Paris to a new level, luxury home fragrance brand Diptyque has recently inaugurated...
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LiveKit Designed by The Collected Works, New York.
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Ryuko Designed by Blok Design, Toronto.
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NS–2 / ESTUDIO–PELO by toro arquitectos We’ve talked about ESTUDIO–CAFE, a cool coffee parlour in Montevideo, in a previous post. The café...
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We’ve talked about ESTUDIO–CAFE, a cool coffee parlour in Montevideo, in a previous post. The café is a side activity...
Retail Design Blog
CIFI Sales Center Park Mansion by Ippolito Fleitz Group Purchasing at the source – CIFI is one of China’s leading real estate developers. The project in...
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My new mixed media portrait painting process: more ease, confidence & fun In this episode of Nela’s Art Chat I share a watercolor & mixed media drawing and painting process...
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3 weeks ago
In this episode of Nela’s Art Chat I share a watercolor & mixed media drawing and painting process that I’ve developed in recent months, which enabled me to create the kind of paintings I want with more ease and confidence. I’ll be talking about the challenges with the "ugly...
Christopher Butler
Fascinated by Layout A working knowledge of the fundamentals of design is as important now as it ever has been. Ever...
a year ago
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a year ago
A working knowledge of the fundamentals of design is as important now as it ever has been. Ever since I was a child, I have been fascinated by layout. I didn’t know to call it that before I studied design; I just knew that I could look at a page and find beauty and wonder in it...
Retail Design Blog
RIDET office by RooMoo Design Studio Shanghai RIDET Technology is a pioneering company specializing in developing life sciences...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
Shanghai RIDET Technology is a pioneering company specializing in developing life sciences instruments. RIDET’s office space on the first floor...
Christopher Butler
Link – Eric Bailey's Personal Website ericwbailey.website is a really nice website. Come for the brightly colored stacks of gargantuan...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
ericwbailey.website is a really nice website. Come for the brightly colored stacks of gargantuan Metropolis type, stay for the beautifully practical, reverse-chronological text list of every website entry. I like it.
Christopher Butler
Attention Degrowth No one is entitled to anyone else’s attention. Sometimes I think that may be the most important...
a year ago
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a year ago
No one is entitled to anyone else’s attention. Sometimes I think that may be the most important insight beneath any design decision. Not to be combatted with manipulations, tricks, or just being a nuisance — but to be respected. The attention economy needs degrowth, too. We...
Retail Design Blog
Landevenneg by Studio Boam Landevenneg is a small village in Finistère, Brittany. It is famous for its Benedictine abbey and...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
Landevenneg is a small village in Finistère, Brittany. It is famous for its Benedictine abbey and its religious history. Landevenneg...
The personal website...
Changing all the fonts on WSJ.com “Change the fonts.” It’s a simple mission statement. In reality, changing the fonts on wsj.com has...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
“Change the fonts.” It’s a simple mission statement. In reality, changing the fonts on wsj.com has involved years of coordination and planning between nearly every team at the Wall Street Journal. In the past month, the last few coordinated steps were executed with an incredible...
Retail Design Blog
AMIRI shop-in-shop AMIRI continues its global retail expansion with a menswear shop-in-shop at Matsuzakaya, one of...
2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago
AMIRI continues its global retail expansion with a menswear shop-in-shop at Matsuzakaya, one of Nagoya‘s leading department stores. Situated on...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Making o(m)g:image, Part II: As Little JS As Possible This is part two of my series of posts describing how I made my quiz game o(m)g:image. Project...
a week ago
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a week ago
This is part two of my series of posts describing how I made my quiz game o(m)g:image. Project Announcement Pt. I: Design Iterations Pt. II: As Little JS As Possible One of my goals when making this project was to use as little JavaScript as possible. In retrospect, I have to...
Ryan Mulligan
Sticky Page Header Shadow on Scroll We've seen it plenty of times around the web where a website's page header follows us as we scroll...
a year ago
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a year ago
We've seen it plenty of times around the web where a website's page header follows us as we scroll down the page. CSS makes doing this a breeze with sticky positioning: .page-header { position: sticky; top: 0; } What if we desired something a little bit extra, like applying a...
Scott Jenson
Design can be free As consumer devices get ‘smart’, they tend to sprout a large number push buttons. It’s almost cliche...
a year ago
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a year ago
As consumer devices get ‘smart’, they tend to sprout a large number push buttons. It’s almost cliche at this point to complain about them. The tiny buttons, hidden modes, and Konami Code interaction encourages mistakes and forces frequent trips to the user manual. Of course, they...
Retail Design Blog
Dates fruit packaging by Mostafa Vafaei
5 months ago
Retail Design Blog
Thresh & Winoow by Dando Projects Concept to Completion branding and design for Thresh & Winnow premium spirits from 100% organic...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Concept to Completion branding and design for Thresh & Winnow premium spirits from 100% organic grains from the midwestern United...
Retail Design Blog
Ô D’OR maple syrup by Ezi Brand Design A new player in the maple syrup industry, our client wanted to offer a niche, high-end product. The...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
A new player in the maple syrup industry, our client wanted to offer a niche, high-end product. The client’s philosophy...
Nela Dunato Art &...
Free Mixed Media Art Supplies Compatibility Chart Behold: the most detailed free art mediums compatibility reference! The chart shows how different...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
Behold: the most detailed free art mediums compatibility reference! The chart shows how different art mediums interact together and whether they can be safely layered on top of each other.
Christopher Butler
Unscalable, Hand-Crafted Lists of Links Or, Technology vs. Taste The first search engine wasn’t one at all. It was a webpage with a...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
Or, Technology vs. Taste The first search engine wasn’t one at all. It was a webpage with a list of links on it. There were many of these, some freely accessible, and others within the first walled-gardens of America Online, Prodigy, and so on. But the most famous one is...
Retail Design Blog
Frank Gehry and Louis Vuitton at Grand Palais for Art Basel Paris For Art Basel Paris 2024, Louis Vuitton celebrates Frank Gehry by bringing his monumental white fish...
2 months ago
Retail Design Blog
Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation Offices by SUBU Design Architecture SUBU Design Architecture transformed the Levitt Foundation’s office space in Los Angeles,...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
SUBU Design Architecture transformed the Levitt Foundation’s office space in Los Angeles, emphasizing luxury and community with a focus on...
Koos Looijesteijn -...
Looking back When I started this journal, it was still very unclear what it would mean to get covid. If only I...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
When I started this journal, it was still very unclear what it would mean to get covid. If only I...
Product Identity
Niche product design Seeking uniqueness where design flourish
10 months ago
Koos Looijesteijn -...
Here's how I maintain healthy media routines (most of the time) It took me a while to break the bad habits I had around social platforms and reading news. In...
over a year ago
Scott Jenson
Assertive Instincts Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in. Isaac Asimov It all started while on vacation with my wife. We were driving a rental car to a remote location in Washington state. The car had a safety feature that...
Retail Design Blog
Old London Way gin by Andranik Ovsepian Explore “Old London Way”: a captivating journey through the diverse world of gin, where each variant...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
Explore “Old London Way”: a captivating journey through the diverse world of gin, where each variant unveils its own captivating...
Retail Design Blog
Chun Sheng Jewelry by Aurora Design Aurora Design has received a renovation project for an old residential building located in an old...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
Aurora Design has received a renovation project for an old residential building located in an old neighborhood in the center...
abdz.do - Have you...
Sherwin-Williams by Laundry Sherwin-Williams by Laundry abduzeedo0210—23 Sherwin-Williams,...
a year ago
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a year ago
Sherwin-Williams by Laundry abduzeedo0210—23 Sherwin-Williams, the renowned paint and coatings company, has recently released its latest marketing campaign, and it is a true feast for the eyes. Directed by ECD Jayson Whitmore, these spots are a...
Retail Design Blog
Scania Offices by Giant Leap Giant Leap designed Scania’s new South African head office, creating an inspiring and unified space...
2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago
Giant Leap designed Scania’s new South African head office, creating an inspiring and unified space that embodies the brand’s values,...
The DESK Magazine
People are talking about me, and I started it People talk about you the way you talk about yourself.
a year ago
Sarah Parmenter
Blushbar is 4 this year–here’s what I’ve learned. . The Salon Business is Hard It’s been four long years, but I wouldn’t change it for the world. I’ve...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
. The Salon Business is Hard It’s been four long years, but I wouldn’t change it for the world. I’ve learned so much about business during these last four years; I can’t even begin to start writing it all down. The salon business is a complicated business to make work. It runs on...
Retail Design Blog
Jianliang Liquor Store by Riverside Design Studio Brand Identity for Jianliang Liquor Store Jianliang Liquor Store is a franchised personalized...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
Brand Identity for Jianliang Liquor Store Jianliang Liquor Store is a franchised personalized service store under Jianli Grain and Liquor...
The personal website...
Really bad design exercises As we at the Wall Street Journal kick off a new round of hiring1, I’m reminded of my least favorite...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
As we at the Wall Street Journal kick off a new round of hiring1, I’m reminded of my least favorite practice in design hiring: the Exercise. Why do we put ourselves through it? Why do we put each other through it? What could we possibly gain from it? I’d like to hazard an answer...
Retail Design Blog
Wrigleys Solicitors office by Bluesky Design Interiors Our first activities included undertaking an extensive storage audit which would inform the design...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Our first activities included undertaking an extensive storage audit which would inform the design development. Wrigleys had been in their...