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• 3 min read

  Zelda turns 40, and Nintendo designs the whole occasion

  

  Control Cat

  The only keyboard shortcut that breaks more than it fixes. Covers design memes, industry drama, weird finds, and creative chaos. Knows every hotkey except the one for self-control. His clipboard history is 40% memes, 60% things he'll never paste.

  Control Cat

  Control Cat

  The only keyboard shortcut that breaks more than it fixes. Covers design memes, industry drama, weird finds, and creative chaos. Knows every hotkey except the one for self-control. His clipboard history is 40% memes, 60% things he'll never paste.

  Sep 11, 2026 • Branding • Visual Identity
• 3 min read

  AI agents don't have to be workers

  

  Art O'Ficial

  Your guide to AI-powered design and generative art. Covers Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, prompt engineering, and neural networks. Half human, half algorithm - fully caffeinated.

  

  Wiley Frame

  Interface architect obsessed with how things work. Covers wireframing, prototyping, user flows, usability testing, and design systems. Every tap should feel intentional. His Figma files have Figma files.

  Art O'Ficial

  Art O'Ficial

  Your guide to AI-powered design and generative art. Covers Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, prompt engineering, and neural networks. Half human, half algorithm - fully caffeinated.

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  Wiley Frame

  Sep 9, 2026 • AI Design • UX Design
• 3 min read

  Different ways of learning design

  

  Kerry Ning

  Typography nerd who spots bad kerning from across the room. Covers font pairing, typeface design, lettering, and web typography. Believes Comic Sans has feelings - just keeps them at a safe distance.

  

  Wiley Frame

  Interface architect obsessed with how things work. Covers wireframing, prototyping, user flows, usability testing, and design systems. Every tap should feel intentional. His Figma files have Figma files.

  Kerry Ning

  Kerry Ning

  Typography nerd who spots bad kerning from across the room. Covers font pairing, typeface design, lettering, and web typography. Believes Comic Sans has feelings - just keeps them at a safe distance.

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  Wiley Frame

  Sep 5, 2026 • Resources • Typography • Design Systems
• 3 min read

  Spline V2 turns 3D scenes into AI-editable work

  

  Ray Tracer

  3D artist who bends light for a living. Covers Cinema 4D, Blender, product visualization, CGI, and real-time rendering. Obsessed with materials and lighting. His render queue is never empty.

  Ray Tracer

  Ray Tracer

  3D artist who bends light for a living. Covers Cinema 4D, Blender, product visualization, CGI, and real-time rendering. Obsessed with materials and lighting. His render queue is never empty.

  Sep 1, 2026 • AI Tools • Spline • 3D Design
• 2 min read

  Concept Typography finds order in many hands

  

  Kerry Ning

  Typography nerd who spots bad kerning from across the room. Covers font pairing, typeface design, lettering, and web typography. Believes Comic Sans has feelings - just keeps them at a safe distance.

  

  Nata Lens

  Editor and motion designer who likes making still things move. Covers visual culture, creative tools, animation, AI video, and experimental workflows, usually with too many renders saved “just in case.”

  Kerry Ning

  Kerry Ning

  Typography nerd who spots bad kerning from across the room. Covers font pairing, typeface design, lettering, and web typography. Believes Comic Sans has feelings - just keeps them at a safe distance.

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  Nata Lens

  Aug 28, 2026 • Typography • Branding • Visual Identity
• 3 min read

  A New Place for Art Direction: Agent Skills

  

  Brandon Marks

  Brand strategist with more logo redesigns under his belt than hot dinners. Covers visual identity, brand guidelines, and corporate identity. Every brand deserves a story - and proper kerning.

  

  Art O'Ficial

  Your guide to AI-powered design and generative art. Covers Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, prompt engineering, and neural networks. Half human, half algorithm - fully caffeinated.

  Brandon Marks

  Brandon Marks

  Brand strategist with more logo redesigns under his belt than hot dinners. Covers visual identity, brand guidelines, and corporate identity. Every brand deserves a story - and proper kerning.

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  Art O'Ficial

  Aug 23, 2026 • AI Design • AI Tools • Logo Design
• 4 min read

  How we made a realistic promo with Seedance 2.5

  

  Nata Lens

  Editor and motion designer who likes making still things move. Covers visual culture, creative tools, animation, AI video, and experimental workflows, usually with too many renders saved “just in case.”

  Nata Lens

  Nata Lens

  Editor and motion designer who likes making still things move. Covers visual culture, creative tools, animation, AI video, and experimental workflows, usually with too many renders saved “just in case.”

  Aug 20, 2026 • AI Video • Generative AI • Motion Design
• 3 min read

  Secret 7" hides the name on the sleeve

  

  Gail Lery

  Fine art curator with an eye for the extraordinary. Covers contemporary art, museum exhibitions, art history, and visual culture. Every designer should spend more time in galleries. Has opinions about frames.

  Gail Lery

  Gail Lery

  Fine art curator with an eye for the extraordinary. Covers contemporary art, museum exhibitions, art history, and visual culture. Every designer should spend more time in galleries. Has opinions about frames.

  Aug 17, 2026 • Print Design • Illustration • Packaging Design
• 2 min read

  Adobe puts AI Assistant inside Creative Cloud

  

  Art O'Ficial

  Your guide to AI-powered design and generative art. Covers Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, prompt engineering, and neural networks. Half human, half algorithm - fully caffeinated.

  Art O'Ficial

  Art O'Ficial

  Your guide to AI-powered design and generative art. Covers Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, prompt engineering, and neural networks. Half human, half algorithm - fully caffeinated.

  Aug 15, 2026 • AI Design • Adobe Photoshop • Adobe Illustrator
• 2 min read

  Six title sequences up for a 2026 Emmy Outstanding Title Design

  

  Lou Perman

  Motion designer who lives frame by frame. Covers After Effects, Lottie animations, micro-interactions, and kinetic typography. Thinks in 24fps and dreams in seamless loops. Her GIFs will hypnotize you.

  Lou Perman

  Lou Perman

  Motion designer who lives frame by frame. Covers After Effects, Lottie animations, micro-interactions, and kinetic typography. Thinks in 24fps and dreams in seamless loops. Her GIFs will hypnotize you.

  Jul 15, 2026 • Motion Design • Awards • Animation
• 4 min read

  Furry Puppet Studio: character design, not a police sketch

  

  Eugene aka Logotyper

  Founded DesignBlog because he couldn't stop bookmarking design stuff anyway. Runs the site, writes when inspired, fixes what breaks. Equal parts design nerd and terminal enthusiast. Probably reading about AI tools right now.

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  Eugene aka Logotyper

  Eugene aka Logotyper

  Founded DesignBlog because he couldn't stop bookmarking design stuff anyway. Runs the site, writes when inspired, fixes what breaks. Equal parts design nerd and terminal enthusiast. Probably reading about AI tools right now.

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  Jun 24, 2026 • Interview • Character Design • Inspiration
• 1 min read

  Figma's Config 2026 keynote goes all in on AI agents

  

  Penny Press

  The newsroom in human form. Covers breaking design news, industry announcements, agency moves, and award results. First to tweet, last to sleep. If it happened in design, she already wrote about it.

  

  Chip Shipman

  Tech evangelist who beta-tests so you don't have to. Reviews Figma plugins, Adobe updates, Sketch features, and new design tools. First to know when software ships. His bookmark bar is legendary.

  Penny Press

  Penny Press

  The newsroom in human form. Covers breaking design news, industry announcements, agency moves, and award results. First to tweet, last to sleep. If it happened in design, she already wrote about it.

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  Chip Shipman

  Jun 24, 2026 • Figma • Design News