Character design can often be a tricky foe to tackle. A lot of creative thinking is needed to create your own character from scratch. Many of the classic characters familiar from cartoons, advertising and movies look straightforward, but a vast amount of effort and skill will have gone into making them so effective. With design from Mickey Mouse’s famous three-fingered …
Japanese design studio Nendo created an entirely new key to show what a big difference subtle changes can make. [Photo: Akihiro Yoshida/courtesy Nendo] The key, posted to the studio’s website this month, looks a lot like the one you use to unlock your front door: small, metal, with a short protruding blade with teeth. However, the key head—the rounded part …
The best way to learn a tool like React is to build something with it. Next.js is a powerful framework that helps you build for production. In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to build a clone of Twitter using Next.js and Prisma. Our app will have the following features: authentication using NextAuth and Twitter OAuth an option to add a …
If you’re a WordPress user, your website build experience is about to get way easier. And if you’re also a fan of a Google’s aesthetic, it’s your lucky day as the tech giant has just released a new (experimental) plugin for its Material Design theme. In case you’re not in the know, Material Design is the design language created by …
One of the best desks for small spaces can help you create a great work setup, even if you don’t have a dedicated office. Perhaps, like many of us, you’re now working from home, when you’d usually be in an office or studio. Maybe you’re a student who’s spending more time studying at home than expected. Or perhaps you’re a …
While bad logos pop up all the time (we’ve already seen a few shockers this year), there are a few classics out there that are unlikely ever to leave the graphic design hall of shame. But one designer has at least given some of the all-time worst an ounce of (hypothetical) dignity. Emanuele Abrate began ‘fixing’ the worst logos he …
The best iPad apps for designers can make a device rival the capability of a laptop, empowering creatives to work effectively while on the go. Being able to use your mobile device to work can make a massive difference to your creative life, but which are the apps you need to know about? This list contains top tools that’ll transform …
In this article, I describe how I developed a JavaScript “Wheel of Fortune” game to make online meetings via Zoom a little more fun during the global pandemic. The current pandemic has forced many social activities to go virtual. Our local Esperanto group, for example, now meets online (instead of in person) for our monthly language study meetups. And as …
Architects and doctors speak two different languages. One is spatial, the other medical. So when they need to work together to plan out the physical space where medical care takes place, a lot can get lost in translation. A new toy-based design toolkit developed by the design and engineering firm Stantec aims to make the process of designing medical spaces …
Looking to download Adobe Creative Cloud? We’re not surprised. This isn’t just a suite of creative software, it’s an absolute powerhouse of everything you’re ever likely to need. Photoshop for design and photo editing. Illustrator for vector drawing. InDesign for desktop publishing. After Effects for motion graphics. Premiere Pro for film-making. The list goes on and on. In total, you’ll …