Turn Any Photo Into Retro ASCII Art in Seconds
What if your photo looked like it had escaped from a 1987 computer terminal? Image to ASCII turns JPGs, PNGs, WebPs, and…
Canva Just Turned Affinity Into Adobe’s Biggest Free Problem
Canva has connected Affinity, Cavalry, Flourish, and Leonardo into a new pro-creative ecosystem—and it is keeping the core Affinity and…
This Weird 1973 Typeface Just Came Back From the Dead
Some typefaces age gracefully. Others disappear for half a century and come back looking strangely perfect for the internet. Clippy…
AI Can Build Your UI. Now Figma Can Tell It When It Screwed Up.
AI coding tools have become remarkably good at turning prompts into working interfaces. The awkward part comes afterward: does the…
25 Places Designers Can Still Find Free, Non-AI Images for Commercial Use
Finding a free image used to be simple. Search Unsplash, download something tasteful, and move on with your life. Now…
Photoshop Elements 2027 Adds AI Assistant, Generative Expand, and Upscale
Adobe today announced Photoshop Elements 2027, bringing a new wave of generative AI features to its simpler alternative to Photoshop. The…
Firefox Is Getting Its Biggest Redesign in Years. Then Mozilla Got Cold Feet.
Firefox is about to look very different—or at least, it was supposed to… Mozilla’s long-in-development Project Nova redesign is expected to roll…
The Ampersand Is Nearly 2,000 Years Old — And Designers Still Can’t Agree How It Should Look
Today is World Ampersand Day, which means designers finally have an excuse to celebrate the hardest-working squiggle on the keyboard. The & is…
Canva Is Quietly Publishing Nearly 1 Million Websites a Month
Canva is best known for presentations, social posts and making everyone in the office think they’re a graphic designer. But…
Instagram’s New Logo Has a Legibility Problem
Instagram has redesigned its wordmark for the first time in a decade. The company says it’s cleaner, sharper and more…
The Evolution of the “Buy” Button: 1995–2026
In the summer of 1995, a revolution occurred that didn’t involve a single gunshot or a political speech. It involved…
20 Useless Websites to Waste Your Time
The internet is usually a place for “getting things done,” but sometimes the soul just needs a little bit of…
Logo Design Trends for 2026: What I’m Actually Seeing (And What Most Designers Are Missing)
I don’t really believe in “logo trends” anymore. At least not in the way we used to talk about them….
Not Useless: Why Experimental Websites Matter More Than You Think
Every once in a while, a site comes along that makes you pause, grin, and think: Wait—websites can do that? Maybe it’s…
The Death of the Front Door: Why the “Home Page” is a Legacy Pattern
For three decades, the home page has been the undisputed king of web design. It was the digital lobby, the…
The Great Transition: Why the Design World is Re-Evaluating Figma
For the better part of a decade, Figma was the design world’s “North Star.” It pulled us out of the dark…
How Aspect Ratios Define Perception, Rhythm, and Flow
Designers talk about color, typography, and hierarchy constantly. But proportion—the silent structure beneath everything—rarely gets the same respect. Every card,…
7 Practical Ways AI is Rewriting the UI Design Playbook (and 3 Ways it’s Not)
By 2026, the “AI will take our jobs” panic has settled into a quiet reality: AI hasn’t replaced the designer;…