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Design Deconstruction
Design is perhaps the software paradigm most wedded to the mouse and the GUI. But there’s no reason it can’t be text-driven.designgraphic design
Rotate 180°
Canva makes a bold bet with Affinity: The real money is in the rank-and-file office worker, not the professionals. It just turned the pro tool into the loss leader.canvaaffinity
Circles And Slashes
One of the best-known icons of modern society is a classic example of a symbol—it’s easy to spot, but hard to explain. Who came up with it?circle slashinterdiction
Figma Cheatsheet
A guide to all the keyboard shortcuts in Figma.FigmaGraphic Design
Published Via Desktop
A list of programs from the all-too-brief golden era of desktop publishing that “didn’t make it.” The GUI’s killer app didn’t slay forever.desktop publishingdesign
Painting With Light
How a little box and stylus revolutionized television graphics. You may not know but the Quantel Paintbox is, but you’ve seen its impact.quanteldigital art
Over the Vinyl Moon
Vinyl records are in the middle of a renaissance—and a popular vinyl subscription service highlights many of the reasons why that is.vinylvinyl records
No Room for Design
Of the many things that social platforms have taken away from us, perhaps the most disappointing is the freedom to customize our spaces. We need it back.designgraphic design
Painting Outside The Lines
Adobe was already a big company when it first sold Photoshop, but its biggest competitor, Paint Shop Pro, was built by an airline pilot in his free time.sharewaresoftware
Let’s Break Up Adobe
Why the creative software giant Adobe deserves a place in the broader discussion of breaking up tech giants like Facebook and Google. It's not just Photoshop.adobesoftware
Clippy Couture
Clip art gets a bad rap as an artform, in part because it’s everywhere. Let’s give it some grudging respect by filling in some historic gaps.artgraphic design
An Early Touchpoint
How the graphics tablet, most notably produced by Japanese firm Wacom, helped shape our multitouch-friendly world—even if that shaping took a little while.computersgraphic design
CMYK All The Way
How mass-production printing technology, starting with the lithograph, was pushed forward thanks to a growing interest in color.printingcolor
Outside-the-Bottle Thinking
Dr. Bronner's recently redesigned their famously dense label. Here's how it came to be, and where modern bottle design stands.graphic artsgraphic design
I Believe In Symmetry
Why are we attracted to things that have perfect symmetry, that match up on either side? It might have something to do with the way our brains are wired.graphic designsubcultures
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