The illustration dictionary for design.

As an illustration agent at Folio Art, James Hughes offers insights into the future of illustration amidst the rise of AI.

We worked with Koto to refresh our brand to better align with our audience of young professionals.

A behind-the-scenes look into the camera illustrations I use at the end of my photoessays.

AI-powered pixel art generator that transforms your visions into pixel-perfect artwork.

I love a good book cover design. As I wrote last year: The book cover is one of my all-time favorite design objects

Since I was a toddler, I’ve made the artwork for my family’s Christmas card.

Here I discuss how to prepare pictograms for design systems by handling variable brand and skin colors.

Untying the trefoil knot icon to create a visual language of continuous motion.

Acclaimed illustrator Christoph Niemann shares the 10 rules that guide his drawing practice as part of our Manifesto series.

The designs rigorously adhere to the same mold: a circle overlaid by two diagonals, all inscribed in a square.

Transhumans, a collection of black and white illustrations inspired by punk rock, transhumanism, and minimalist Japanese art.

The French bring a certain ‘je ne sais quoi’ to poster design for the 2024 Olympic Games.

The Illustrated Book of Poultry by Lewis Wright was first published in 1870 and revised several times in the following decades.

A team is carving woodblocks and creating prints from a series of previously unpublished drawings by legendary Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai.

The new Zelda game uses repeated patterns to build a cohesive world. Let’s write code to generate these patterns.

The Internet Archive’s 2010 scan of a late 19th century catalogue of colourful granite tiles came to my attention recently.

Digital photocollages playfully reimagine the original sitters in Volker Hermes’ ongoing Hidden Portraits series.

A deep dive on the early days of creative computing coming to life. Punch cards, plotters, light pens and lots more.

How psychology, semiotics, and dazzling imagery are converging to improve the future of hybrid work.