The Magic Of Conductive Thread The London-based design firm Layer has created a prototype seat that’s knitted with conductive thread. During a plane ride, electrical currents pass through the thread, altering the firmness of different parts of the seat, based on the sitter’s weight, size, and movements. Think of it as automated ergonomics. Through an app, the passenger can further …

Instagram is chock full of lettering artists. These people put their awesome calligraphy out there for you to enjoy. You’ll find everything from traditional and digital lettering to graffiti, neon, and body art. If you’re looking for a little inspiration, give a follow to these great artists and watch your Instagram feed flood with beautiful artwork. All you can say …

On: 18 Feb 2019 Category: Trends Length: 4 min read The average life of a website is three years. And design elements – such as color and typography – often get updated more frequently than that. That’s why it is so important to keep up with web design trends. Doing this allows you to make small tweaks to your design …

If you want to know how to draw a cat, this is the right place for you. Drawing animals can be tricky but it’s also lots of fun. In this tutorial, we will show you how to draw a cat so that it looks realistic and convincing, even in sketch form. To make your image look as lifelike as possible, …

The creative industries are famously fast moving, and none more so than in the world of web design. Trends and tools change so quickly it can feel like a whirlwind. To help you not only keep up but get ahead of the curve, UXPin has created a comprehensive guide to the trends that will shape web design this year. And …

Practically every site now is built with at least a nod to responsive web design. The way we structure these responsive styles has a direct relation to how complex the project will be to maintain and edit in the future as updates are made and the project grows in size. Despite this, it seems as though a widely accepted approach …

There are over one million sites currently using the Drupal CMS. And with a massive online community, and more than one million developers constantly building and offering themes and resources, it’s safe to say that Drupal is a viable option for building your website on an open source CMS platform. It may not have the mass adoption of a platform …

For a long time unbiased rendering was barely touched by a wide range of render engines. This was because an unbiased render solution was computationally intensive and therefore very slow. This was a great shame, as from a user’s perspective an unbiased rendering solution offered ‘true’ physical lighting exactly as would be seen by the naked eye or the lens …

When handing over a creative project, most agencies or freelancers include a document known as a style guide. This not only adds an additional air of professionalism to the work and helps guide the client in using your design, it also rationalises the creative choices you made.  It shows the client that it was absolutely worth paying you to give …

Their 86-foot-long, 11-foot-wide bridge was inspired by the Anji Bridge (also called the Zhaozhou Bridge), the oldest open-spandrel stone segmental arc bridge in the world. Built by craftsman Li Chun during the Sui dynasty over a decade-long period beginning in AD 605, the surprisingly modern-looking, 123-foot-long bridge had been in use ever since it was built, although “its ornamental posts and …