10 companies who are trying to exploit designers, artists and photographers
Here we name-and-shame brands and companies who are attempting to get creatives to work for free – plus advice on what you can learn from them to avoid being exploited.
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How a Google Street View-style guide to one of the world's most crowded islands was created
Santa Cruz del Islote is a remote Colombian island just over the size of a football field and home to around 500 residents. Media Monks created a site that lets you explore it and learn more about sustainability and resource conservation.
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Best animation software and apps for UI and UX design
These paid and free apps and tools – including Airbnb's open source tool, Lottie – are designed to make animating your designs easier.
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Best free storyboard software (and paid-for ones too)
Make roughing and planning your animations a whole lot easier by using these storyboarding apps.
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UK art and design grads shows 2018: Dates & locations
See when and where graphic design, illustration, photography and visual communication degree shows are happening across the UK.
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The 11 best apps for drawing and painting on your iPad
Here's our expert pick of the best iPad apps for artists including Procreate 4, the newly free Autodesk Sketchbook Pro, Graphic, Comic Draw and more.
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How Skyscanner built a design system that makes designers and developers lives easier
Skyscanner's senior design manager shares his approaches and tips for building a design system, what design tools they use and his thoughts on 2018’s biggest UX trends.
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This site collects totally adorable images of design studios office dogs
Jenny Theolin and illustrator Jessica Eriksson have brought together this wonderful visual celebration of the canine members of top creative agencies.
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31 Repeating Pattern Design Tips
Leading illustrators and designers discuss their techniques for creating beautiful patterns using your choice of Photoshop, Illustrator, pens, paints or pencils.
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The Best Design Podcasts: 15 Entertaining, Insightful Podcasts for Designers
Whether it's graphic or motion design, UX or typography – these podcasts are engaging, helpful and inspiring for anyone in the design sector.
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The best free online development courses
Learn to code for free with these online development courses.
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13 Inspiring Interviews with Amazing Female Illustrators and Designers
For International Women's Day, we've delved into our back catalogue and picked out some our favourite interviews with female artists and designers from the past couple of years.
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Adobe CC buying guide: pricing, new features, discounts & free trials
Adobe released Creative Cloud (CC) in October 2011, in a move towards becoming more of a software-as-a-service provider (though you can use CC products offline as well). If you’re considering a shift to the cloud as well, but aren’t totally sure where (or how) to start, or if it’s worth it, here’s what you need to know.
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Learn UX design: 16 best paid and free UX design courses
Learn UX design with paid and free online courses, including from high-profile universities such as Stanford - as well as offline courses from the likes of General Assembly.
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7 best UX design books to help you learn and master UX
From the latest release on preparing for UX job interviews to books for beginners, learn everything about UX design with these helpful books.
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UX design trends 2018: from voice interfaces to a need to not trick people
Voice UI, accessibility, GDPR and 'dark UX patterns' are what all UX designers need to know about for 2018.
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See brilliant new talks from leading designers – without leaving your desk
Watch (or just listen to) designers from Minecraft, Airbnb and Adobe, as well as Anton&Irene and the legendary Lance Wyman – live from the Awwwards conference in Berlin.
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Design Trends 2018: 28 leading designers, creative directors & illustrators tell us whats inspiring them for the year ahead
Find out 2018’s biggest trends across graphic, data, digital and UX design, creative direction, branding, illustration, VFX and VR.
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16 Best UX Tools for Designers
Here are the best UX design websites and applications to help you create site maps, prototypes, wireframes and user testing platforms.
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Visual Trends 2018: This years must-know colour, design, branding & photography trends
Expect to see solitude, fantasy, a new masculinity – and a heads up – shades of purple are in. Move over millennial pink.
