Illustration & Art

Cinderella’s Dress Scene Shows How Live Action Reference Shaped Disney Animation Helene Stanley’s staged performance gave animators emotional and physical cues, while Marc Davis’s sketches traced the d... Illustration & Art Apr 23, 2026 A-14

Strom Café Berlin: Celeste Asfour Balances Cherry Wood, Rose Marble and Play Celeste Asfour turns a little-used Berlin courtyard into a seasonal café, balancing rich materials, playful details and... Graphic Design Apr 20, 2026 A-182

Ellen Marello’s Spring Portraits Turn Bold Color Into Editorial Style New York illustrator Ellen Marello pairs saturated color, expressive characters and fashion-led portraits across editori... Graphic Design Apr 16, 2026 A-80

Škoda DuoBell Uses Tuned Frequencies to Reach Pedestrians Wearing Noise-Cancelling Headphones Developed with University of Salford research, the mechanical DuoBell targets tones that active noise cancellation can m... UX & UI Design Apr 14, 2026 A-164

EzyDog Collar Concept Uses Sculpted Geometry and Cold Water Color Change Alberto Vasquez’s EzyDog concept pairs layered, BioThane-like material and shaped adjustment holes with a color shift tr... UX & UI Design Mar 17, 2026 A-165

Sanghyeok Lee’s ARC Turns Negative Space into Furniture and Spatial Experience Sanghyeok Lee’s ARC collection uses oak, arches and carefully arranged gaps to connect furniture with the rooms and peop... UX & UI Design Mar 16, 2026 A-183

Saint-Urbain Gives CERCA a Dating Identity Rooted in Mutual Connections CERCA’s new identity pairs bold type, candid imagery and community events to make its focus on meeting through mutuals v... Graphic Design Mar 06, 2026 A-55

2Craigs Project 2 Turns Silent Image Exchanges into a Yearlong Visual Dialogue Photographer Craig Cutler and illustrator Craig Frazier answer each other’s images through visual leaps, working without... Graphic Design Mar 05, 2026 A-56

Project 2 Craigs Turns Weekly Words into Two Distinct Visual Responses Craig Frazier and Craig Cutler’s yearlong book pairs drawings with photographs, showing how a shared word can produce sh... Graphic Design Feb 23, 2026 A-57

Olimpia Zagnoli’s Illustrated Conversation With Gio Ponti Connects Milan’s Architecture and Everyday Life In Building Bridges, 32 illustrations bring Zagnoli’s playful visual language into conversation with Gio Ponti’s archite... UX & UI Design Feb 13, 2026 A-58

Robot and Roboni Pencil Sharpeners Make a Small Desk Ritual Feel Considered Carpenter Brother and Sister give two everyday sharpeners rounded character forms and rotating heads, adding a tactile p... UX & UI Design Feb 02, 2026 A-167

Lunabud Turns Slow Exhalation Into a Small, Sounding Pause Lunabud pairs a smooth handheld form with a soft 528 Hz tone, giving slow exhalations a simple place to begin. UX & UI Design Jan 29, 2026 A-168

Steve Heller’s Archive Recalls the Creative Freedom of Newspaper Illustration A rediscovered set of slides connects Steve Heller’s editorial archive to illustrators’ freedom to make striking covers... Graphic Design Jan 28, 2026 A-59

Drop x Fallout Nuka-Cola Artisan Keycaps Turn a Keyboard Into a Glowing Wasteland Display Drop’s resin keycaps bring Nuka-Cola bottles, a vending machine and Power Armor detail to the keyboard, with glow-in-the... UX & UI Design Jan 24, 2026 A-169

Walter Wittek’s Tension Ring Shows How Minimal Jewelry Holds Light ORFÈVRE brings Walter Wittek’s sculptural jewelry into focus, including a ring whose diamond appears to float through th... UX & UI Design Jan 14, 2026 A-184

BucketBoss Parachute Canvas Bag Organizes Tools Inside a 5-Gallon Bucket Six interior sections, 19 pockets and a cinch closure turn a standard 5-gallon bucket into a more organized way to carry... Graphic Design Jan 07, 2026 A-170

Srushti Pokerna’s Myth & Mind Turns Indian Epics into Mental Health Reflections Srushti Pokerna’s 100-day card series connects stories passed down by her grandmother with emotions including grief, sel... Graphic Design Dec 24, 2025 A-60

Thomas Nast’s Santa Claus and the Images That Shaped Christmas From Nast’s 1862 drawings to Coca-Cola’s annual Santa, illustrators built a familiar Christmas figure from European stor... Graphic Design Dec 24, 2025 A-61

Christmas Cards Sent to Paul Rand Preserve a Designers’ Correspondence A 2018 Daily Heller post gathers cards Paul Rand saved, credited to designers including Saul Bass, Adrian Frutiger and t... Graphic Design Dec 23, 2025 A-62

Lynne Rennie’s “Drawn to Canada” Maps Identity Through Everyday Symbols For SVA’s 100 Days project, designer Lynne Rennie draws objects, brands and customs to show how Canadian identity takes... Graphic Design Dec 15, 2025 A-63