Can you smell design?

Using form, color, typography, and art direction, designers create entire worlds around fragrance – translating scent into sight, touch, and story. But how do you design for something you cannot see? And can design help us smell what we see?

What designers wish they’d known about running a business

It feels like barely a day goes by without a new design studio announcing its arrival on social media. As the industry shifts amid economic uncertainty, and more designers set out to start their own…

Adobe will pay design studios to hire apprentices

Adobe is offering design studios $20,000 (about £15,000) to hire apprentices to boost opportunities for the next generation of creatives. The scheme was announced by Adobe’s SVP of Design…

The Slate Truck: A Gray Shape for the Future of Freedom

The light cuts low across a gravel turnout. Campfire smoke folds into golden haze as someone rinses salt from their face using water from a steel bottle balanced on the Slate’s tailgate. There are no badge glints, no chrome reflections, just flat surfaces the color of dry cement. On paper, it’s a pickup, but in

Figma Translation Plugin. Why is UI localization such an important process?

Figma rolls out AI beta features for Pro, Org, and Enterprise users

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