Tools & Inspiration

Aubrey Hirsch Uses Comics, Research and Humor to Examine Womanhood At PRINT Book Club, Aubrey Hirsch discussed how comics combine words, images and data to make debates about women’s live... Graphic Design Apr 26, 2026 A-53

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

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

Arts and Crafts Book Covers: The Cloth-Bound Designs That Came Before Jackets Malcolm Haslam’s book revisits decorated cloth covers from the Arts and Crafts movement, with designs credited to six ar... Graphic Design Mar 13, 2026 A-54

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

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

GrowV Educational Tablet Case Builds Sukey, Dewey and Wiz Into Its Design VLND Studio gives GrowV’s characters a tactile role as sculptural supports, while a foldable handle and child-sized styl... Graphic Design Feb 05, 2026 A-166

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

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

Kelly Thompson’s Five Silk Scarf Designs Turn Botanical Illustration into Wearable Art Kelly Thompson and Artifact pair expressive botanical illustration with silk in five scarves, from vivid parrots and blo... UX & UI Design Nov 19, 2025 A-81

James Yang’s Playful Bird Illustrations Set the Tone for USPS Love Series Stamps James Yang draws on mid-century design and Japanese children’s book illustration for a pair of colorful USPS Love Series... Graphic Design Nov 11, 2025 A-82