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October 12
- All streaming platforms will eventually run ads, and here’s why
- New Sour Patch Kids billboard destroys Oreo (literally)
- I'm a creative professional, and the Xiaomi 17T Pro is one of the best camera phones ever made
- Now AI isn't just faking art, it's faking artists' signatures as well
- This viral packaging plays on a meme the brand ignored for decades
- Silver Pines review: this inky horror debut is one of the year’s most original games
- 3 steps to fix an unnatural joint rotation in your 3D model
October 11
- "Creativity isn’t a job you clock out of": 5 questions with Chloé Templeman
- The Coca-Cola rebrand is still causing confusion three months on
- Disney's announcements at D23 tell you everything that's wrong with Disney right now
- Electric cars are killing the joy of driving, but sonic design is here to save it
- Its embroidered logo invite shows Apple understands something other tech brands don't
October 10
- The pen that went viral with those anti-AI ads has 30% off right now
- New Balance’s Steve Jobs homage is so subtle you might have missed it
- Did a book from 1973 predict the logo designs of some of today's biggest companies?
- The iPhone 18 Pro just ended my affair with the iPhone Air
- Why ‘boring’ AI is Hollywood’s best bet
- The Carrie remake is getting roasted over its changes to one of the most iconic scenes in horror
October 9
- Tested: The Mac Studio M5 Max claims its crown as the best of all Apple computers
- Wait, the best multicolour 3D printer for beginners is now even cheaper than it was in Amazon's Prime Day sale earlier this week!
- Adidas sues White Fox in battle of the stripes
- Cricut Joy 2 vs Cricut Joy: which compact cutting machine should you buy?
- The Other Mommy's crying billboard gets creepier over time
- “This began as a portrait study from reference before evolving into freeform exploration. I pushed the image even further with fantastical elements”
- Amazon's 'About You' section is quietly roasting users, and people love it
- While we wait for GTA 6, the demo that inspired the original Grand Theft Auto's vehicle physics is now playable online
- Phantom Blade Zero's dark wuxia world feels like a playable kung fu movie
October 8
- KeyShot 2026 review: fast, easy 3D rendering and with AI tools you might actually use
- Someone just rebuilt Adobe Creative Cloud with AI – then gave it away for free
- The You Can See Everything poster will haunt my nightmares forever
- Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival review: visually inventive, risky and authentic, but has its limitations
- This indie game about AI doesn't use gen-AI but features a lot of content from real people and creators
- Fanta's AI slop Halloween advert is a real horror show
- The daleks in the new animated Doctor Who look kind of familiar
- Love huge 3D prints? Get 50% off the Anycubic Kobra 3 Max
October 7
- The new Microsoft Surface Ultra is literally built for multi-disciplinary creatives
- Mics, cameras, discounts: these DJI Prime Day deals are a must for creatives
- This modern day iPod could be a dream come true for nostalgic MP3 player fans
- Get audiophile sound at rock-bottom prices, with the best IEM deals for Prime Day
- Pen tablet or pen display? Our top-rated picks of each both have 20% off
- This it girl CD player is under $75 this Prime Day
- xTool's fancy inkjet colour laser is 37% off for Prime Day
- This excellent portable SSD has over $150 off and still costs twice what I paid a year ago
- An Apple Watch for under $200? Yes please
- This Meta Quest 3S bundle just dropped below $300 for Prime Day
- Wow: This was already the best-value laptop for 3D modelling, and it's now even cheaper
- These 7 laptops can handle both creative work and gaming, and they have up to $400 off for just a few more hours
- Cricut isn’t playing around this Prime Day - save over 40% on top machines
- Erm, Apple only just released the M6 Mac mini, but it's already $119 off for Prime Day
- The new Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping poster feels like beautiful propaganda
- Turns out Prime Day is a haven for coffee maker deals
- “For this piece, I challenged myself to work with a limited, high-key palette. I wanted to preserve depth while using mostly light colours where I could”
- Jaguar's controversial rebrand finally makes sense with the unveiling of the bold Type 01
October 6
- One of the most impressive sub-$200 earphones of 2026 just got reduced by 20% to $152
- Get those extra ports you need with up to 25% off these versatile docks
- Protect your spine and make big savings, with these Prime Day office chair deals
- These cut-price Apple Pencil alts do the job from just $15 (with a couple of caveats)
- Apple's best ever AirPods Pro are a massive $70 off for Prime Day
- Free Star Wars Galactic Racer on Amazon Luna is a new dawn for video game releases
- Run, don't walk - the Snapmaker U1 hits its lowest price ever for Prime Day
- Nothing’s Prime Day deals put Apple to shame
- This beautiful wooden pen is less than $10 for Prime Day
- What RAM crisis? Prime Day MacBook deals take prices back to pre-June levels with up to $250 off
- This beautiful 3-in-1 coffee machine does everything you need – and it's $100 off this Amazon Prime Day
- Get up to 43% off top Switch games this Prime Day
- This magic notebook digitises your doodles in real time, and it's 30% off right now
- Right now you can get a Microsoft Surface Pro for just £549, down from £799.99
- We've never seen a Disney billboard like this before
- Testing the iPad Air M4 as a multi-disciplinary artist: does it stack up?
- What?! These high-end IEMS were already a bargain at $200: now they've dropped to $159 for Prime Day
- How Resident Evil’s most terrifying scene was created with practical effects
- LIVE: Nintendo Switch 2 hits lowest price for Prime Day! All the best discounts at Amazon (and anywhere else too)
- From a taxi centaur to a harpy who can't fly, discover this digital artist's surprising fantasy world
- This Benq monitor is ideal for creatives who care about colour
- This cuddly toy emits the piercing wail of an AI data centre
- The $55 GTA VI T-shirt design is actually perfect
October 5
- Apple Prime Day deals just rewound this year's big price hikes with up to $200 off Macs, iPads and more
- LIVE: Last day for October Prime 3D printing deals - save up to 50% on machines, tools, and materials
- Woah, Street Fighter's new billboard is almost too convincing
- Gears of War: E-Day review: a beautifully brutal Unreal Engine 5 showcase
- Celebrate James Bond Day with these gifts for 007 fans
- The Brisbane 2032 Olympics logo is hiding a triple design in plain sight
- Brands are performing nostalgia to hook you: here's why
- How to create a heroic indie comic cover
- The new Harry Potter has reopened a hot debate about colour grading
October 4
- I visited the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, and it's not just about Star Wars
- These aesthetically delightful retro vinyl players have up to 50% off at Amazon
- Weird girls, your next shelf collectible is a stack of Robert Pattinsons
- "For me, drawing is thinking out loud on canvas": Simon Pape on his process for creating a fantasy underwater scene
- Adobe's AI text-to-3D world concept is a glimpse of where Firefly could go next
- Free Premiere on Android is exactly the direction Adobe should be taking
- Disney's Lionel Messi cartoon looks unlike what anyone expected
October 3
- Pixar just released a handmade stopmotion Thelma & Louise with fruit – and a nod to GTA VI
- How thatgamecompany turned Van Gogh paintings into playable spaces
- A super realistic take on Disney's Stitch and a stylised Samus helped this 3D artist expand his range
- Erling Haaland files lawsuit against Norwegian Air for unexpected reason
- Everyone's making mountain-inspired logos in 2026 - here's what that tells us
- Warner Bros and Paramount's Skydance rebrand isn't going down well
October 2
- The best multicolour 3D printer for beginners has $130 off in Amazon's early Prime Day sale
- Nothing Headphone (1) Pro review: better headphones, but should you upgrade?
- PS5 AI upscaling just cancelled my PS5 Pro FOMO
- Star Wars Galactic Racer review: authentic and original, the best Star Wars racer yet
- Elon Musk’s Grokipedia gets a scholarly makeover
- This eerily realistic animation is guaranteed to make your skin crawl
- The Freckle phone is here to save your kids from brainrot
- How indie game Inkblood's hand-drawn art makes a 2D world feel alive
- "I don’t have a plan for what I want to create": Bente Schlick on the feeling and spontaneity in her fantasy illustrations
- Quote of the Day by Louise Bourgeois: "I have been to hell and back. And let me tell you, it was wonderful."
- Yes, Ted: The Animated Series looks like Family Guy, but that's perfect
October 1
- One of Anycubic's best resin 3D printers has $230 off in Amazon's early Prime Day sale
- Imagine spending $8.4 million on a Pokemon card
- Vauxhall reveals "bold and pure" new logo design
- It's International Coffee Day, and there's up to 50% off coffee makers at Amazon
- Design of the Day: The iconic coffee machine that's kept us caffeinated since 1974
- Tutorial: How to draw monstrous milkshakes
- "Most things I taught myself": Bente Schlick on becoming a successful fantasy illustrator
- "They weren't planned out": the messy stories behind retro gaming's golden age
- Blender for Android could mean iPad is no longer the obvious choice of tablet for creatives
- Forget GTA 6, this solo indie dev made a PS2-style '70s Istanbul GTA in Unreal Engine 5