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  Typography New work

  Delightful pictograms demystify the Chinese language

  Learn Chinese with this brilliant lettering.

  Learning Chinese has been made as easy as A-B-C with this inventive use of illustrations.

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  Web design News

  Creative Bloq launches its first ever conference

  Get yourself to London this September for world-class speakers and top-flight networking opportunities.

  Get yourself to London this September for world-class speakers and top-flight networking opportunities. Read on for full details and discount codes!

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  Typography Feature

  25 typography Twitter accounts you must follow

  Seeking typography-related tips, updates and inspiration? Here are the Twitter accounts you should be following.

  Seeking typography-related tips, updates and inspiration? Head to Twitter and follow our favourite type-centric accounts, plus those suggested by a selection of leading designers.

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  Infographic Feature

  8 free tools for creating infographics

  Don't have hours to spare crafting something beautiful in Photoshop? Check out these 8 great tools.

  Don't have hours to spare crafting something beautiful in Photoshop? Sarah James of The Infographic Design Company selects 8 tools that won't cost you a penny...

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  InDesign Feature

  10 time-saving InDesign plugins

  Improve your workflow in Adobe InDesign with these superb add-ons.

  Adobe InDesign may be the de facto page layout tool, but there’s still room to improve workflow. We’ve rounded up 10 of the best time-saving plugins available for InDesign...

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  Typography New stuff

  Google makes 624 free fonts available for desktop use

  Deal with Monotype means you can now download PC and Mac versions of Google Fonts.

  A new deal with Monotype means you can now download PC and Mac versions of Google Fonts. And it won't cost you a penny!

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  Portfolios Feature

  Paper portfolios: 5 beautiful examples to inspire you

  In this ever advancing digital age, there's something very special about a well put together paper portfolio.

  In this ever advancing digital age, there's something very special about a well put together paper portfolio. Don't believe us? Take a look at these awesome examples!

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  Typography Video

  Animate your typography with animography

  Kinetic typography brought to life.

  Animography.net is a type foundry that provides motion designers, video editors and others with animated typefaces.

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  Web design Showcase

  Beautiful site offers a dinner party in the browser

  A new way to communicate.

  Branch offers an new way to communicate; extract anything from the web, talk about it with anyone and publish it anywhere.

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  Adobe News

  Adobe unveils powerful new photo-editing tool

  New high-end tool will let you edit raw photos in the cloud.

  New high-end software will let you edit RAW photos on your tablet and work seamlessly between different cloud services and devices.

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  Illustration Showcase

  Take a retro ride with these moving illustrations

  Gorgeous colours and character design.

  Tokyo-based designer Takemasa Ryo channels the retro side of things with these colourful transport-related illustrations.

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  Illustration New work

  Back to school with Matt Mabe's animal alphabet

  Designer Matt Mabe uses primitive, geometric shapes to create an entire alphabet of his children's favourite animals.

  Designer Matt Mabe uses primitive, geometric shapes to create an entire alphabet of his children's favourite animals.

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  Industry insight Feature

  5 ways design and marketing can work together better

  Why do the two departments clash so much, and how can we improve things?

  Juliet Pena looks at why the design and marketing departments often clash - and suggests five ways to improve working relations between the two 'sides'.

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  Web design New stuff

  Retail website oozes minimalist elegance

  Creative agency Un.titled let products do the talking with this minimalistic design for ecommerce site Aria.

  Creative agency Un.titled let products do the talking with this minimalistic design for ecommerce site Aria.

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  3D Feature

  25 brilliant 3D artists to follow on Behance

  Find perfect inspiration with a look at the best 3D art portfolios on Behance.

  Looking for inspiration? We've put together a list of some of the best 3D art portfolios on Behance, the 'showcase and discover' network for designers and creatives.

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  Web design Feature

  10 artful and unusual approaches to website navigation

  Website navigation doesn't have to be boring, as these sites show.

  Website navigation needs to be intuitive and easy to use - but it doesn't need to be boring. These sites all step outside the box to create something special...

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