Learn digital design techniques with these new, free online video tutorials
MediaMonks senior digital designer Adrian Somoza covers UI design, typography, layout and more on his YouTube channel, Bont Co.
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Illustrator Biff on his flamboyant hand lettering, 'glorified doodles' & prolific sketchbooks
Spontaneous, raw and relatable, Biff’s illustrations comment on pop culture and deeper issues with a refreshing style.
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Cyber Monday Deals for Artists & Designers: Wacom, Adobe, Apple, Corel Painter, Microsoft Surface & more
Cyber Monday is here - so here's our regularly updated, expert guide to the best deals on the software, hardware, art equipment and prints.
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This new crowdsourcing platform aims to publish illustrated books on the visual arts
Much like Kickstarter, with Volume anyone can back and pledge the production of high-quality books about design, art, photography and more.
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Now you can design and download free colour typefaces in Illustrator & Photoshop
Download and use free colour fonts for your projects in Illustrator and Photoshop for this week only, thanks to Adobe and Fontself.
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Watch Adobe's still-in-development tools, including automatically colourising black-and-white photos
Watch the videos from Adobe Sneaks event, where Adobe prototype features are demoed, including a new object removal tool and complex data visualisations.
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Adobe releases Creative Cloud 2018 with new Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, XD, Dimension, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Lightroom & more
You can now download Adobe CC 2018. We take a look at the new features in updates to Photoshop, XD, Lightroom, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Character Animator and Dimension.
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Confusion and outrage over the new Dropbox visual identity
Dropbox has unveiled a massive design overhaul for the first time in its 10-year history, which kept Twitter buzzing overnight with supportive and downright brutal responses.
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Learn everything about type with this brilliant (and weighty) tome
Paul McNeil has just published a new book on the history of type communication.
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Design Museum’s Designs of the Year 2017: Nominees
This year’s nominees are a pretty good reflection of what happened over 2016 – Pokemon Go, Kanye West clothing and the Olympic Refugee Flag.
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New BBC typeface Reith designed (in-house) for small screens
The broadcaster has already rolled out Reith on its BBC Sport website and app, and soon it will be used by all programmes and websites.
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Best of the Grad Shows 2017: Winchester School of Art
These graphic art students explore the concepts of consumerism, feminism and queer theory through textiles, ceramics and illustration.
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Advice from House Industries' 'self help book for designers'
Rich Roat from House Industries also attempts to answer that most asked question, “Where do you find inspiration?”
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DaFont hacked: accounts and passwords stolen
A hacker has obtained over 685,000 usernames and passwords for the popular free font site.
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Nadine Chahine on how Monotype designed the Dubai Font
Dubai is the first city to have commissioned its own typeface. Nadine explains how it promotes literacy, “carries the vision of the city”, and is free to download.
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Hand lettering artist Craig Black’s detailed brush strokes for a luxury wine brand
Glasgow design agency Thirst’s Craig Black creates a bold and youthful label for a small batch wine.
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Lettering artist Alison Carmichael on redesigning Madame Tussauds' logo
Alison worked with design practice SomeOne as part of its new "immersive" identity for the worldwide wax museums.
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Where to download the typefaces of iconic 90s TV show logos
Get the iconic logotypes from Friends, The Simpsons, Baywatch, Twin Peaks & more.
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Interview: Form takes us inside the 'upbeat' new brand identity for V Festival
Form's Paula Benson explains how it brought a new colour palette, logo and even a custom typeface (with the help of sign painter Archie Proudfoot) to the V Festival.
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How to choose the perfect typeface, by Frere-Jones' Nina Stössinger
Type design Nina Stössinger details the three steps you should follow to find the best font.