News2 Oct 2026The Last Museum lets you search six million artworks by mood
A free search engine that understands plain descriptions like ‘japanese woodblock print of birds’ just became the best reference board on the internet.
News2 Oct 2026Three small tools worth a look this month
A free palette generator, a local file squeezer for Mac and a typography checker for InDesign. None of them need a subscription to be useful.
News1 Oct 2026Vauxhall's griffin loses its flag for the first time in 121 years
The British carmaker has flattened and sharpened its emblem again, this time so it reads clearly when it lights up on electric cars.
News30 Sept 2026MoMA's new show asks what information design looks like in the AI era
Full Disclosure runs until June 2027 and puts handmade data postcards next to AI images generated from people's memories.
News29 Sept 2026Adobe MAX 2026 is set for Miami Beach, 10 to 12 November
Adobe's big creative conference returns in November, in person and online. Here's what we know so far and how to follow along.
Designing with AI without losing your voice
Generators are fast at making something. Your job is still deciding what's right. A working method for keeping taste in the loop.
Canva can now build a brand kit from a website address
September's Canva update also turns hand-drawn shapes into image frames and adds analytics and payment links to Canva websites.
Midjourney's V8.2 edit model lets you change images with plain instructions
Inpainting, outpainting and up to four reference images arrived over the last month, along with live style previews.
Variable fonts, explained for people who ship
One file, every weight and width in between. What variable fonts actually change for performance, responsive type and motion.
McLaren's new logo comes from a garage sign in Auckland
An all-caps wordmark, a custom typeface and a palette pulled from an old photo of Bruce McLaren. Heritage done with restraint.
A practical guide to motion easing
Linear motion looks mechanical because nothing in the world moves that way. How to pick curves and durations that feel physical.
Affinity 3.3 lands with a Blend tool, InDesign import and a new ProSuite
Canva's free all-in-one design app gets more than 60 features, and now sits in a professional bundle with Cavalry, Flourish and Leonardo.
Colour systems that survive dark mode
Inverting your palette isn't a dark theme. Build colour as roles and tokens so both themes stay readable and on-brand.
From sketch to 3D in Blender: a first-week roadmap
Blender is huge. You need about 5% of it to start. A day-by-day plan to get from nothing to a lit, rendered object.
Writing a design case study people finish reading
Hiring managers skim. Structure your case study so the skim tells the whole story and the detail rewards anyone who stays.
Grids are a decision, not a default
Twelve columns is a starting point, not a style. How to derive a grid from your content so layouts feel intentional.
Scroll animation that helps instead of distracts
Scroll effects can guide attention or bury it. Rules for using pinning, parallax and reveals so the page still reads well.
News5 Aug 2026Figma projects become nested folders, ten levels deep
Teams can finally organise files the way they think, and admins get per-person limits on AI credits.