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The Pantone Colour of the Year 2019 is 'Living Coral'
As predicted in the autumn, the new Pantone Colour of the Year is a 'life-affirming shade of orange with a golden undertone'. But not THAT shade of orange.
Interactive Design & VR Guide
All the latest news, in-depth features, tutorials and tech reviews related to interactive design and virtual reality (VR)
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Inclusive Design: why designing for accessibility benefits everyone
Making what you’re designing work well in a wide range of usage scenarios helps both disabled and able-bodied alike.
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Music meets AR in this app collaboration between Sigur Rós and Magic Leap
Magic Leap steps further into the light in a collaboration with the ethereal post-rock gods.
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Lenovo's new PC for artists and designers is the oddest-looking desktop you can draw on
This asymmetrical all-in-one looks like Dieter Rams' take on Microsoft's Surface Studio – which some will love for its retro charm and others despise.
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HTC reveals two new VR headsets, the untethered Vive Cosmos and gaze-tracking Vive Pro Eye
Only one of them seems worth your attention, though.
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Artist Yippie Hey on 3D printing a futuristic magazine cover
The cover was made for a recent future-themed issue of Shortlist magazine.
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7 best tools for painting, 3D modelling and sculpting in VR
These are the best creative VR tools for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift headsets.
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Is this the future of VR?
VR’s getting physical with innovations powered by wind, drones and rooms with props for multiple players.
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VR giants unveil VirtualLink, so you can connect VR headsets with a single cable
AMD, Microsoft, Nvidia, Oculus and Valve – but not Intel or Sony – have backed the interface.
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Oculus Medium 2.0 makes the VR-based 3D modelling and sculpting software even more creative
VR artists will find a lot going on under the hood in the latest iteration of Oculus Medium
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Cybershoes let you physically run through VR from the comfort of your chair
Cybershoes are like a VR treadmill, but without the treadmill. Or the standing.
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What Apple and Adobe just announced for designers at WWDC
Coming this autumn is a more pro-looking dark mode for MacOS, help with your mess of a desktop - and some new apps for pro designers.
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Best art and design exhibitions in 2018
Everything from political graphic design to Kelly Anna's strong female figures, make sure you pop along to these exhibitions for inspiration, education and reflection.
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Lenovo's Mirage Solo is a brilliant wireless VR headset you can move around wearing
The Mirage Solo now stands as the standalone VR headset to beat.
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Swim alongside Californian sealife in BBC Studios' VR game for a unique new headset you can move around in
A mother sea otter responds to players in real-time as they explore kelp forests and plunge into an oceanic trench, using Lenovo's innovative wireless Mirage Solo headset.
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Explore Timo Kuilder's clean, geometric illustrations for this new mobile puzzle game
Interact with Timo's black-and-white illustrations in his game, Kontrast – available now for iOS and Android.
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The Best Painting Software for Artists
The best Mac and PC applications for digital painting – including full-price, low-cost and free painting apps.
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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 AR app lets you virtually hang your art on your walls
Point your phone at your wall and see if artworks would suit your room.
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You can now buy Apple's Space Gray keyboard, mouse and trackpad for your iMac or MacBook
Previously only available for the iMac Pro, Apple's Space Gray keyboard, mouse and trackpad (with black Lightning cables) are available to buy separately.
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Dell Canvas review: the cheap Wacom Cintiq alternative
Digital illustrator Sam Gilbey tests Dell's inexpensive version of the Wacom Cintiq – and finds a flawed drawing experience.
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Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 and 32 review: hands-on with the huge screens you can draw on
Digital painter Sam tested both of the enormous Wacom Cintiq Pro tablet displays – and also with the Cintiq Pro Engine – and loved drawing on them.
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Inside the art and design of 2018's most beautiful mobile game
Alto's Odyssey is an 'endless runner' game with a soft, ever-changing colour palette and a low-poly landscape packed with hidden details that change over time. We interviewed its lead artist and developer about its creation
