https://designersdream.pages.dev/ News, tips, software, AI models and videos for every kind of designer. en https://designersdream.pages.dev/news/the-last-museum-art-search-engine/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/news/the-last-museum-art-search-engine/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT News A free search engine that understands plain descriptions like ‘japanese woodblock print of birds’ just became the best reference board on the internet. https://designersdream.pages.dev/news/three-small-tools-pigment-smol-avellio/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/news/three-small-tools-pigment-smol-avellio/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT News 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. https://designersdream.pages.dev/software/smol/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/software/smol/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT Software Mac app that compresses and converts images, PDFs, video and audio on your machine, with nothing uploaded. https://designersdream.pages.dev/software/avellio/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/software/avellio/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT Software Typography proofing for InDesign that flags overrides, spacing problems, widows and orphans before print. https://designersdream.pages.dev/software/pigment/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/software/pigment/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT Software Free palette generator from ShapeFactory that builds colour schemes from light and pigment, not random hues. https://designersdream.pages.dev/news/vauxhall-griffin-logo-drops-flag/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/news/vauxhall-griffin-logo-drops-flag/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT News The British carmaker has flattened and sharpened its emblem again, this time so it reads clearly when it lights up on electric cars. https://designersdream.pages.dev/tips/test-your-logo-as-light/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/tips/test-your-logo-as-light/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT Tips & tricks Car brands are simplifying marks so they read when backlit. Run the same test on yours in two minutes. https://designersdream.pages.dev/news/moma-full-disclosure-information-design/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/news/moma-full-disclosure-information-design/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT News Full Disclosure runs until June 2027 and puts handmade data postcards next to AI images generated from people's memories. https://designersdream.pages.dev/tips/figma-folder-template/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/tips/figma-folder-template/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT Tips & tricks Figma folders now nest ten levels deep. Agree one structure first, or you'll just have deeper chaos. https://designersdream.pages.dev/videos/blender-5-2-lts-official-overview/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/videos/blender-5-2-lts-official-overview/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT Videos The Blender team's own tour of the first long-term support release in the 5.x series, supported until July 2028. https://designersdream.pages.dev/software/blender/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/software/blender/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT Software Free, open-source 3D suite for modelling, sculpting, animation, rendering and compositing. https://designersdream.pages.dev/news/adobe-max-2026-miami-beach-dates/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/news/adobe-max-2026-miami-beach-dates/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT News Adobe's big creative conference returns in November, in person and online. Here's what we know so far and how to follow along. https://designersdream.pages.dev/videos/figma-release-notes-september-2026/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/videos/figma-release-notes-september-2026/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT Videos Figma's monthly round-up of what changed in the editor, straight from the team that built it. https://designersdream.pages.dev/articles/designing-with-ai-without-losing-your-voice/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/articles/designing-with-ai-without-losing-your-voice/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT Articles Generators are fast at making something. Your job is still deciding what's right. A working method for keeping taste in the loop. https://designersdream.pages.dev/tips/check-a-brand-kit-from-url/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/tips/check-a-brand-kit-from-url/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT Tips & tricks Canva can now build a brand kit from a website address. Five checks turn that draft into something you can trust. https://designersdream.pages.dev/news/canva-september-update-brand-kit-from-url/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/news/canva-september-update-brand-kit-from-url/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT News September's Canva update also turns hand-drawn shapes into image frames and adds analytics and payment links to Canva websites. https://designersdream.pages.dev/tips/figma-auto-layout-shortcut/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/tips/figma-auto-layout-shortcut/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT Tips & tricks Select layers in Figma and press Shift + A to wrap them in an auto layout frame. https://designersdream.pages.dev/tips/edit-ai-images-dont-reroll/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/tips/edit-ai-images-dont-reroll/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT Tips & tricks Instruction-based editing is now built into tools like Midjourney V8.2. Change one thing at a time and keep what works. https://designersdream.pages.dev/software/figma/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/software/figma/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT Software Browser-based interface design with real-time collaboration, components, variables and prototyping. https://designersdream.pages.dev/news/midjourney-v8-2-edit-model/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/news/midjourney-v8-2-edit-model/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT News Inpainting, outpainting and up to four reference images arrived over the last month, along with live style previews. https://designersdream.pages.dev/ai-models/midjourney/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/ai-models/midjourney/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT AI models Image generator known for strong aesthetic defaults, style control and painterly or cinematic results. https://designersdream.pages.dev/videos/blender-guru/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/videos/blender-guru/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT Videos Andrew Price's channel, home of the famous beginner donut series and clear lessons on realism and lighting. https://designersdream.pages.dev/articles/variable-fonts-explained/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/articles/variable-fonts-explained/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT Articles One file, every weight and width in between. What variable fonts actually change for performance, responsive type and motion. https://designersdream.pages.dev/news/mclaren-new-logo-garage-sign/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/news/mclaren-new-logo-garage-sign/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT News An all-caps wordmark, a custom typeface and a palette pulled from an old photo of Bruce McLaren. 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How to pick curves and durations that feel physical. https://designersdream.pages.dev/tips/move-indesign-files-to-affinity/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/tips/move-indesign-files-to-affinity/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT Tips & tricks Affinity 3.3 can open INDD files. Test with this checklist before you trust it with a real print job. https://designersdream.pages.dev/news/affinity-3-3-canva-prosuite/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/news/affinity-3-3-canva-prosuite/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT News 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. https://designersdream.pages.dev/software/affinity/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/software/affinity/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT Software One free app for photo editing, vector design and page layout. Version 3.3 adds a Blend tool, InDesign import and scripting. https://designersdream.pages.dev/software/cavalry/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/software/cavalry/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT Software Procedural 2D motion design app, now part of Canva's ProSuite and free to use. https://designersdream.pages.dev/ai-models/leonardo/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/ai-models/leonardo/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT AI models Canva-owned image and video generator with its own models, sketch-to-image and custom model training. https://designersdream.pages.dev/tips/blender-frame-selected/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/tips/blender-frame-selected/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT Tips & tricks Press numpad period in Blender to zoom straight to whatever you have selected. https://designersdream.pages.dev/ai-models/flux/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/ai-models/flux/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT AI models Family of image models from Black Forest Labs, with strong prompt following and openly available versions. https://designersdream.pages.dev/software/penpot/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/software/penpot/ Mon, 14 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT Software Open-source design and prototyping tool built on web standards, which you can use online or self-host. https://designersdream.pages.dev/videos/school-of-motion/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/videos/school-of-motion/ Sun, 13 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT Videos Motion design principles, After Effects and Cinema 4D techniques, and interviews with working artists. https://designersdream.pages.dev/articles/colour-systems-that-survive-dark-mode/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/articles/colour-systems-that-survive-dark-mode/ Sat, 12 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT Articles Inverting your palette isn't a dark theme. Build colour as roles and tokens so both themes stay readable and on-brand. https://designersdream.pages.dev/tips/after-effects-easy-ease/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/tips/after-effects-easy-ease/ Thu, 10 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT Tips & tricks Select keyframes in After Effects and press F9 to replace linear motion with a gentle ease. https://designersdream.pages.dev/ai-models/stable-diffusion/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/ai-models/stable-diffusion/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT AI models Open-weight image models from Stability AI that you can run locally and customise with your own training. https://designersdream.pages.dev/software/spline/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/software/spline/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT Software Design interactive 3D scenes in the browser and embed them on websites without writing WebGL. https://designersdream.pages.dev/videos/flux-academy/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/videos/flux-academy/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT Videos Web design process, layout, typography and building sites in no-code tools. https://designersdream.pages.dev/articles/blender-first-week-roadmap/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/articles/blender-first-week-roadmap/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT Articles 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. https://designersdream.pages.dev/tips/squint-test/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/tips/squint-test/ Fri, 04 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT Tips & tricks Blur your eyes at the layout. Whatever you still see first is what readers will see first. https://designersdream.pages.dev/ai-models/runway/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/ai-models/runway/ Thu, 03 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT AI models AI video generation and editing tools for turning text, images or footage into short clips. https://designersdream.pages.dev/software/rive/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/software/rive/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT Software Build interactive, state-driven animations that run in apps, games and websites from a tiny file. https://designersdream.pages.dev/videos/figma-channel/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/videos/figma-channel/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 06:00:00 GMT Videos Official feature walkthroughs, Config talks and tutorials on components, variables and prototyping. https://designersdream.pages.dev/articles/writing-a-case-study-people-finish/ https://designersdream.pages.dev/articles/writing-a-case-study-people-finish/ Sun, 30 Aug 2026 06:00:00 GMT Articles Hiring managers skim. Structure your case study so the skim tells the whole story and the detail rewards anyone who stays.