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June 30
- Fans remade the iconic Metal Gear Solid 2 intro in Unreal Engine 5
- I can't get 7UP's new earworm sonic logo out of my head
- Why Japanese minimalism is taking over Western design
- Can these digital line drawing exercises help a beginner get better?
June 29
- The acrylic markers I use for painting 3D prints are on sale right now
- Does the USPS logo really have a secret dual design?
- Not everyone noticed Apple’s ingenious new optical illusion
- Microsoft just killed off a piece of design history
- Universities, take note: Warwick's refreshing rebrand shows how to blend modern and heritage design
June 28
- Stacey Solomon recommends the Cricut Joy Xtra for organising – but you can get a label maker for a lot less
- Sabrina Carpenter’s new album art isn’t enough to get her out of the doghouse
- The BBC's handcrafted Euro 2025 animation hits the net
- Hilarious KPop Demon Hunters recordings show 3D animators can be great actors
- Apple has already fixed iOS 26's biggest design crime
June 27
- Let's calm down about The Simpsons season finale
- Aston Martin’s new direction waters down an iconic brand
- Jeff Bezos’ wedding invites are so bad I thought they were a joke
June 26
- Front Mission 3 Remake shows how lazy AI can ruin a good game
- The world's most recognisable desktop wallpaper looks very different now
- The new Detroit Red Wings logo is a soaring success
June 25
- This sample game is the perfect chance to learn Unreal Engine 5
- The Rogue Trooper movie could make or break Unreal Engine as a tool for filmmaking
- This UV printer just broke a Kickstarter world record - and now I want one
- ChatGPT restoration of the world's oldest photo is 'monkey christ' for the AI age
June 24
- Bambu Lab's anniversary sale has the best 3D printer deals I've seen all year
- MrBeast just found a way to make YouTube thumbnails even more obnoxious
- Ozzy Osbourne's DNA marketing stunt is actually genius
- What the hell is going on with Apple's ad department?
June 23
- Everyone calm down, designers didn't get paid half a million to move a dot
- I can't believe I fell for that ridiculous floating Louis Vuitton logo
June 22
- Is this burger menu design a prime cut or canner?
- This retro Apple iMac-inspired accessory is giving peak Y2K nostalgia
June 21
- Does using circles make a better logo design?
- Substack is the best place on the internet – let's hope the brands don't ruin it
June 20
- Developers could win a laptop or GPU in NVIDIA’s G-Assist Plug-In Hackathon
- I bought the cheapest drawing tablet I could find. For photo editing, there's no need to spend more
- How Moonlighter 2 builds on its Zelda-inspired twist as it moves from 2D to 3D
- Is Apple still trying to figure out what an iPad actually is?
June 19
- Amazon is giving out free PC games (for no apparent reason)
- Final days to apply for $32,000 in artist grants for Decentraland Art Week 2025
- The AirPods Max are my favourite ANC headphones – but you shouldn't buy them
- Want a tablet NOT made by Apple? - I've found 3 great deals
- Meet the Brand Impact Awards Craft and Innovation panels
- How an inside joke between designers became a cult Instagram account
- Jaguar insists its controversial rebrand was a success – but I'm not buying it
- Spotify and Apple are killing the album cover, and they need to be stopped
June 18
- Don't bother with Sky's £300 Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra cashback deal, buy it directly from Samsung instead
- The next Xbox might transform how we think about games consoles
- If you want to start 3D printing with resin, I'd recommend this model with £100 off right now
- The AI ASMR video trend is agony to my eyes – and ears
- I challenged AI to create an ASMR video – here's how close it came to nailing that satisfying vibe
- The sharpest camera phone I've recently tested has £100 off
- There's time to stop the Apple-inspired obsession with glass UI before it starts
- This stunning newspaper has restored my love affair with print design
- We love Burberry's latest rebrand – but the designer of its old logo doesn't
- Nothing will ever be as cool as the Sony PSP – not even the Switch 2
June 17
- Toy Story 5 has the perfect villain
- Why creative agencies need to know about new Adobe Firefly Boards
- Forget red white and blue, Trump’s America is shamelessly paved in fool's gold
- Why Wacom’s Pro Pen 3 is the most significant stylus design shift in years
- There's a new London Underground map in town, and I need it framed ASAP
- People can't believe this artist's super-smooth animation was made in the standard Procreate app
June 16
- Watch out creatives, Etsy has changed its rules on selling 3D printed products
- Shutterstock’s ‘safe’ rebrand is mundane, but perfect
- You can hate iOS 26 and Liquid Glass but the Steve Jobs nostalgia needs to stop
- Ford is stoked about Charli XCX fans flipping its logo
June 15
- Even Microsoft is mocking Apple's Liquid Glass UI design
June 14
- People are just discovering a hidden secret in the Milwaukee Brewers logo – thanks to a quiz show
- Pepsi really needs to get over its Coca-Cola obsession
June 13
- I still love my discontinued MacBook Air M1, but with $150 off its M4 big brother, there's only one that I'd recommend you buy
- Apple’s new iPadOS has given my iPad a new lease of life
- How psychedelic detective game Nirvana Noir is adding 3D and colour to its nostalgic graphic design look
June 12
- Disney and Universal's lawsuit against Midjourney could shape the future of AI art
- The Handmaid’s Tale’s secret weapon is colour
- Of course designers are losing it over Apple's corner radiuses in macOS Tahoe
- Tesla milks fans for free content in sleazy ad competition
- Behind-the-scenes video reveals Aardman's painstaking approach to animation on Shaun the Sheep
- Zany video games that look like 1930s Mickey Mouse are bucking the trend for photorealism
June 11
- Apple changed the Finder icon, and my day is ruined
- This Twix ad was banned for the stupidest reason ever
- Debate rages over generative gaming – is it really the next big thing?
- As a James Bond fan, the new 007 character design has me torn
June 10
- Procreate Dreams 2 sounds like the upgrade animators have been asking for
- The viral Labubu craze is everything that's wrong with TikTok
- "They finally had the balls to do it": Apple's new iPadOS design delights users
- Do graphic designers need new skills to beat AI? Professionals weigh in
- The latest Unreal Engine 5 fan remake brings back memories for early noughties gamers
- Hey NBA, did you think we wouldn’t notice these abysmal digital logos?
June 9
- Everyone's making the same joke about Apple's new transparent iOS design
- 3D artist reveals the best new features coming in Blender 4.5
- WWDC 2025: Apple reveals new iOS design and more
- The new Wicked: For Good poster fails to fly with fans
- Does Apple's rumoured iPhone rebrand reveal a company in crisis?
June 8
- Into 3D printing? Bambu Lab has a bulk summer sale happening right now
- Wikipedia's fashion collection actually looks surprisingly cool
- What is phygital design, and why is it everywhere right now?
- This handcrafted book is the most beautiful thing you’ll see all day
June 7
- I played Reach and have never felt like more of a parkour king in VR
- The Switch 2's most unexpectedly significant upgrade is the eShop design
- Corona celebrates hidden logo detail in clever new campaign
- Okay, so Elon Musk doesn't understand AI image generation
June 6
- Switch 2’s mouse control is a neat trick, but it’s also a real pain – literally
- No, I haven't bought a Nintendo Switch 2 yet, but there's a reason I'm waiting
- McDonald’s mosaic ad is leaving a bad taste in my mouth
- I'm hypnotised by this 3D animation of cotton being turned into T-shirts
June 5
- It’s remarkable how modern these Switch 2 GameCube titles feel
- Nintendo Switch 2 unboxing: the design is a clear step forward but...
- This viral 3D drawing app just won an Apple Design Award
- Want a new MacBook? You can't get better than these 3 deals
- Target's Pride collection design fail is the laziest thing I've ever seen
- Surprise, everyone hates the CGI lion in the new Wicked: For Good trailer
- ‘It questions the very role of a car brand today’: Behind CUPRA’s bold swerve into fashion design
- AI gets high: 'digital psychedelics' allow image generators to replicate the effects of drugs
- Long-lost Magic Eye software is a delightful dose of '90s nostalgia
- Wacom Cintiq tablets get an upgrade in new 16 and 24-inch models
June 4
- The latest Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra is at its lowest-ever price right now
- MetaHuman just broke free from Unreal Engine 5 – why everyone can now create lifelike characters
- NBA fans think Orlando Magic’s new logo has lost its sparkle
- The 50 Greatest Designers teaches you the design history you didn't know
- This Final Destination: Bloodlines billboard is a disaster (for all the right reasons)
- Godot Engine's native VisionOS support is a potential game-changer for VR developers
- After 25 loyal years, Adobe's price hike has forced me to say goodbye
June 3
- Stunning horse physics steal the show in beautiful Unreal Engine 5.6 Witcher 4 tech demo
- Everything I saw at State of Unreal 2025: why the The Witcher 4 Unreal Engine 5 tech demo matters so much
- Discover the Brand Impact Awards 2025 judging panel
- Unreal Engine 5.6 is out – here's what impressed me
- Why the new Android Photoshop app could be huge for Adobe
- Everything you think you know about sonic branding is bollocks
- The only camera phone I'd replace my DSLR with has 57% off right now
- Trump’s new Presidential portrait beefs up his broody personal rebrand
- Lynx’s new scratch and sniff billboard made me physically recoil
- Tango Gameworks is back, and the new logo design is all kinds of right
June 2
- Explore the world of game art in issue 254 of ImagineFX
- This international Fantastic Four film poster is my favourite design yet
- "I want to show that creativity can be as powerful as athletic success": Matthew A Cherry on his next animated film Time Signature
June 1
- One of my fave 3D printers just got a nice £250/$200 discount
- Brooklyn Film Festival flips the script on screen time in playful new visual identity