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Design as Art by Bruno Munari: A Review of the Penguin...
I think I bought Design as Art in 2020, during the first strange months of the pandemic, when Amazon deliveries were the only thing...
Popular Font Styles for 2027: The 10 Typography Trends Winning Design...
Pull up ten brand decks from the past six months and count the quiet, minimal sans-serifs. I did exactly that in August, working through...
A 2027 Desk Calendar Layout in A5 for Adobe InDesign That...
I guess that I printed more calendar templates than most people print in a decade. That's just what happens when you review design files...
Little Vintage Shop Font by Nicky Laatz
What separates a convincing hand-drawn typeface from one that reads as a digital filter? That question drives this whole review of the Little Vintage...
CLIMB Brand & Project Presentation Template: Review of 20-Slide Test in...
I've reviewed enough presentation templates on this site to know within the first ten minutes whether a template was built by someone who actually...
I Tested 14 Amazon Design Gifts for Creative Friends. Only 10...
Amazon design gifts have a reputation problem among people who actually design things for a living. Ask any illustrator, art director, or brand designer...
Neurath X Font Family by René Bieder
Neurath X Is a Geometric Font That Tests Exactly How Far Reduction Can Go Before Type Breaks I spent some time setting real layouts in...
This Adobe InDesign Portfolio Template Plays by One Rule: Black, White,...
I downloaded this Adobe InDesign portfolio presentation template on a whim, right after finishing a review of a font family that shares the same...
The LE ARCHIVE Social Media Template Collection Proves Real, Human Design...
Duet Atelier built a reputation on restraint. Their LE ARCHIVE Social Media Template Collection is the clearest proof of that yet. I tested every...
SAOTA’s Flood-Resilient Miami Home Proves Waterfront Design Doesn’t Have to Look...
Many flood-resilient houses in Miami give away their engineering the moment you see them. Blank concrete ground floors. Homes lifted on stilts that look...
How to Turn Yourself Into a Brand: A Framework That Actually...
Nobody decides to become a brand. It happens anyway, usually messier than you'd like, long before you get a say in how it looks....
Brand Guidelines: What They Are and How to Build Them
Brand Guidelines Are Not a Nice-to-Have. They're What Keeps a Brand From Becoming a Rumor. A rebrand can cost a company millions of dollars. Somewhere...

















