How Sensible Object designed 2017's best board game
The Beasts of Balance creator tells us how the game, its graphics, app and characters were designed – and how playing God can be a huge amount of fun...
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What it means to be a creative director in 2017
We sit down with Possible’s executive creative director in London to find out what working for a leading digital agency with clients such as adidas, Aston Martin and Specsavers looks like in 2017.
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What makes a great chatbot?
Chatbots are all the rage right now but they’re virtually useless unless brands nail the customer experience. Here’s how to ensure your chatbot initiative pays off.
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Branding agency Templo on how design 'born out of frustration' brings social change
The small, young London studio talks about working with the UN on issues of torture and civil war, and the project that went viral before they did.
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The 6 Principles For Designing Voice Interfaces
Michael Levy, interaction designer at Fjord explains how to design interfaces that you speak to using Amazon's Alexa, Google Home or Apple's Siri that feel like talking to a human.
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Why businesses should adopt powerful new interfaces
Powerful new UIs are becoming desirable and necessary. But how do you get people to use them?
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50 best online Adobe XD tutorials
Learn how to use Adobe Experience Design CC (beta) with these online courses from Dansky, Udemy and Lynda.com.
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Inside the "digital first" Audi rebrand by Strichpunkt
German design agency Strichpunkt discusses how the new Audi identity came from designing a new UI for its digital platforms first.
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Where HTML5 is headed next
The staple of the open web platform, the HTML5 standard is undergoing both incremental and fundamental change.
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How to turn your art and designs into Facebook Camera Effects
Facebook Camera Effects is its answer to Snapchat filters – and you can create your own using Facebook's simple, free online tool Frame Studio. Here's how.
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35 ways to make hiring fairer at design studios
Agencies including AKQA, Framestore and ustwo give tips on how studios can help improve diversity in the creative industries.
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When To Say Yes To Working For Free
Gordon Reid – aka Middleboop – explains when it's ok to work for free, and when you should tell those brands and 'clients' to go to hell.
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How to make the perfect meme, from Instagram’s viral masters Jerry Media
Want your posts to get more likes, shares, and tags? Follow these tips, straight from the pros.
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How the Best Design Studios are Improving Diversity in the Creative Industries
Eight creative agencies discuss the practical steps they are taking to improve gender, ethnic and socio-economic diversity to find out what methods are having an impact, and what needs changing.
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The Armari V25 is the coolest, smallest and most powerful PC for artists and designers
Whether you want to create high-end graphics and art, edit 4K video or motion graphics, or create VR experiences – this is the compact PC you want on your desk.
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Best laptop for design and art 2017: we test Apple, Dell, HP, Lenovo and Microsoft's most powerful and stylish models to find the best laptop for designers and artists
We've tested the 6 most powerful and stylish laptops (and laptop/tablet hybrids) for artists and designers to find the perfect one for you.
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Here's what the Microsoft HoloLens can do for designers and artists
We spent some more time trying out the HoloLens to find out what you could create for it – and what you could create using it.
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The Biggest Logo Redesigns 2016/17: Calvin Klein, BBC Three, Mozilla, Kodak & more
Examining the most controversial and radical rebrands and logo redesigns of 2016 and 2017 so far, including a new Calvin Klein logo, BBC Three refresh and Kodak's retro new logo.
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Design trends 2017: 24 leading designers & art/creative directors tell us what’s inspiring them for the year ahead
Find out 2017’s important trends across graphic, digital and immersive design, creative direction, advertising, VFX and VR.
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How to design websites for people with disabilities in 2017
An in-depth guide to UX and design approaches that benefit people with visual impairment - whether for medical reasons, neuro-disability or the natural ageing process.
