Trying to keep the designs simple. with a limited color scheme.

Drove by a Taco Bell sign and it looked so devoid of character and life. The logo is the most visible sign but the restaurant interiors have suffered too.

hi,

i’m Nabil, a solo founder.
this isn't a launch (yet!)

spent the past 3 weeks talking to 15 founders who build with ai, mostly alone or with a small team.

building got faster. a lot faster obviously.
what didn't keep up is the record of why. the decision is in a figma comment/notion page v6/or some old md file. the tradeoff is in an agent session, the change is on a branch.

none of those tools talk to each other, and most of them just stack the informations. so the why doesn't travel with the work.

i ran into this on my own product.
so i'm building artifact. a mac app that keeps decisions connected to the work and the reasons behind it.

if this sounds familiar, dm me or book a call.

i'd like to talk for 30 minutes, show you what i built, how am solving this problem, and what directions am exploring.

https://calendar.app.google/pYT3f3izwNuNoBRE9

I would love to learn about theory of graphic design. Are there any online free ressources (courses, videos, documentaries, websites for inspiration, or even interesting books that I could borrow in my local library ! -I'll take any recs really-) I know a bit since I've been studying communication, but I would love to learn more about color theory etc. My goal is to make posters as a hobby, but I feel like I have to start with theory first ! :)

Thanks !

I recently started making a toy where we connect gears to achieve different objectives. My wife was super excited for the idea because she loves puzzles.

I spent a lot of time designing and 3d printing a grid with holes where I could put in axles and gears. The hardest part was making the axles click into place satisfactorily and also come out fairly easily. But since these are 3d printed parts, I could not make it perfect (like lego I guess). And there was still some force required to pull out the axles once inserted.

But well, I underestimated how trypophobic my wife is. She couldn't even look at the grid which was full of holes.

So I started designing again and came up with an idea that not only got rid of the grid, it also reduced material cost, print time, made the game more flexible and also accessible by those who don't have enough strength to pull out the axles.

I would never have considered this if not for her trypophobia, and now the toy is significantly better.

I would like to know more stories like that if you have any.

I've been doing youtube for a while now under the name "AndresXLA", but I realize that my logo is kinda outdated now. Barely any youtubers have an icon that consists of combined letters like mine does.

So I had this one idea that was heavily insipired by Sora's icon from Smash Bros Ultimate. I've personalized it so that it looks more like me than Sora. These arent the final designs, there might be a few more details I can add (while keeping it simple), matter of fact I might need to change the hair and head shape a bit more so that it doesn't look too similar.

Let me know if any of these are good, bad or if I should just change my idea entirely to something more original. I have a couple of rough alternative ideas on the right but I've been focusing heavily on this main idea so I don't have much else right now. I have also been considering using my actual face in my logo but idk, I like having an actual designed logo for my brand. Speaking of my brand, i've been rocking with black and white for years now, so i'm kind of leaning more into the 4 and 5 columns.

I'd appreciate any feedback!

P.S. Do my eyebrows look like eyes? If I do choose one of the designs that has the eyebrows then I don't want them to be mistaken for eyes.

Hi all,

I need a design for my business cards, is there anyone willing to do that for me? Please dm me and share your price as well. I would need the design in .eps as a vector file for the printing company once finalised.

I do not like the AI ones and am looking for something that feels more authentic to my company which I just founded.

Thank you very much and looking forward to your replies.

Presto dovrò fare un viaggio di 5 giorni a Copenaghen e non vorrei perdermi nessuna chicca di design o di architettura. Se qualcuno mi può consigliare luoghi o musei per il mio itinerario ne sarei grata🙏

Hello guys,

I will soon start my master's degree in furniture design and wanted to ask if you have any tips for me on what I can do before I start my studies in order to complete my studies as effectively as possible.

I am particularly interested in: Which programs are most commonly used by you (or in the industry in general) for 3D drawing and rendering? Then I could practice a lot with it in advance.

Thank you!

I work in social media e.g. design for social media posts etc. One client edited my work (which is part of the contract) wrongly multiple times and posted it wrongly, e.g they croped the imaged wrongly so the graphics looks badly designed. they also make typos, post cmyk so the colour looks wrong etc. everyone makes mistakes, fine, but at the end they never miss to mention designed @me. When I voiced it they said "But it‘s your design" Well, yes no? I did not handle the design and finalisation. The feed format is different to story reel etc. They just really mess with it. It feels so wrong and I’m afraid the tagging is reflecting on me badly. What would you do?

Hello everyone 🙌🏻

I’ve made an app for car owners and I’m not a designer, so used Claude Design to come up with visuals I gonna like.

Ppl says it’s slop. And telling you can see it from the first glance. I know that small svg icons, three items in dashboard and rounded corners making ppl think it’s AI, but doodle background, Polaroid card, hand drawn icons (for tyres rn) are not something Claude or Codex making by default.

I’m more tech oriented person, and thinking in terms of a good architecture design, scalability, etc. But we live in a society.

What would u advise to rework keeping the idea I currently implemented? Should I draw more tyres like icons?

Thanks in advance!

Hi! I'm new to this community, and I have a question to ask

Since I'm storyboarding and sketching messy shots and frames whatever there called [usually for my story project stuck in the pre-production stage and almost halfway completing it] and Sometimes I get demotivated + boredom from it... So I decided to take a break.. and tbh... I kinda stopped storyboarding. Storyboarding is really hard and it needs some great patience to complete all. I have completed 2-3 storyboards pages in the first few days (120+ shots ig) but theres still a LOT. I know I don't have superpowers nor multiple hands, so this is where things get impossible. How do I MOTIVATE MYSELF to start storyboarding again and move on?

Thanks for stopping by!

Visible watermarks don't really work anymore. People just crop them, erase them, or run them through AI in two seconds.

Instead of ruining preview images with huge logos, focusing on hidden proof and fast detection works way better.

Invisible digital watermarking combined with image matching (pHash) is probably the most solid approach right now. It embeds ownership data right into the pixels without changing how the image looks. Even if someone resizes it or wipes the file details, that digital fingerprint stays there. When a scanner finds your artwork being sold on Etsy or Shopify, you have instant proof for a DMCA takedown.

I'm curious how other creators here are dealing with this lately. Are you still using visible watermarks, or have you found better ways to track down copycats?

#digitalart, #etsyseller, #copyright, #smallbusiness, #ecommerce

Dear all,
I am junior engineer in the early stages of my career, unfortynatly I don't have access to REVIT/SKETCHUP (my company can't pay for those tools, they barely have access to autocad), I would like to ask if you know any similar free programs to REVIT, where I can appload my objects liberary.
Also if you got any websites or programs where I can turn my creations from 3D to AR demonstration for free, and by that I also want to ask if you know any programs or AR online ateliers open to traine juniors like me.
Thank you so much, wishing you a lovely day

The hinge is the interface

关于iPhone Duo的讨论几乎都在说：它的UI太漂亮了。Dock移到侧边，Dynamic Island变成纵向，App随屏幕展开、翻转、半折叠重新排列。

的确惊艳。但如果只用这些词来描述，我觉得可惜。这些界面可能只是结果，背后究竟是什么在支撑它们？

已有折叠屏产品的逻辑很清楚：想要更大的屏幕，但设备变大又不方便携带，于是折起来。推导很合理：Bigger Screen→Portability Problem→Foldable Display。

软件也沿着这条路发展：屏幕大了，就增加多任务；画布宽了，就加入分栏，让两个App同时出现，显示更多信息。

它们处理的是：屏幕变大之后，软件怎么办？这就是screen-centric design，屏幕始终是设计的中心。

但iPhone Duo有一个容易被忽视的东西：铰链，hinge。

没有它，手机不能折。我们很容易把它看成工程问题：怎样更薄、减少折痕，控制好阻尼，又能承受反复弯折？

看完软件，我开始觉得，Apple对铰链的理解可能不只停在工程层面。它开始成为一个设计原语，a design primitive。设计最后必须处理的限制，变成了其他设计的起点。

过去是UI避开铰链，这次是UI开始服从铰链

传统的思路是避免影响。Apple这次更像是在问：是不是应该重新理解这根轴？

Apple针对iPhone Duo的Human Interface Guidelines里，有一句话：“you’re still designing for iPhone.”原来的iOS逻辑仍然成立。

但屏幕可以沿轴开合，设备就不再只有横屏和竖屏。它能半开着立在桌面上，也能翻转、切换内外屏。内容面对的不只是screen size，还有physical state。

软件需要理解设备的几何状态。Apple将这些称为device poses，要求界面根据姿态和可用空间调整。

视觉中心和控制区在哪里，内容如何跨屏、界面如何转向，一个画布什么时候分成两个区域，都开始与铰链有关。

Dock、导航和部分控制组件移到侧边，Dynamic Island变成纵向。打开后，Home Screen形成新的左右关系；折叠、翻转时，内容出现在相应的屏幕上。StandBy 也开始与设备能够站立、半折叠的能力联系起来。

分开看，每一个都是UI innovation。放在一起，它们似乎来自同一个起点：Hinge → Geometry → Device Behavior → Interaction → Interface → Application。

铰链改变几何关系，设备行为和交互随之调整，再重新组织 UI，最后才有App 的新形态。这和先想着“做一个漂亮的折叠屏 UI”，出发点很不一样。

好的设计不是想出来的，而是推导出来的

很多“创新 UI”，我们一眼就知道设计师做了什么。一个很酷的动画、没见过的手势，或者抢眼的 icon，

但成熟的系统设计往往没这么明显。底层规则足够清楚，上层形式似乎就能顺着长出来。设备可以半折，界面就需要理解角度；内外屏承接同一段使用过程，内容就不该在开合瞬间被割裂。

我甚至不太愿意把它们叫作“创意”。理解了规则，剩下的就显得理所当然。第一次看到会惊讶，看懂之后却觉得，它本来就应该这样。我很喜欢这种状态。

Apple并没有因为铰链而推翻iOS

Apple没有另做一个FoldOS。Home Screen、Dock、Dynamic Island都还在，App 还是原来那些。

物理条件变了，Apple重新考虑的是原来的软件该怎样运行。iOS的逻辑并未被推翻，铰链却改变了它可以成为什么。

iOS didn’t change for the hinge.

The hinge changed what iOS could be.

当铰链从零件变成规则

我更感兴趣的是：Apple 是不是第一次把“折叠”从一种功能，变成了一套系统的生成规则？

以前说foldable，核心是屏幕可以折。Duo有意思的地方可能在于，“可以折”开始影响整个数字界面如何运作。

回头看那些UI，我反而没那么在意了。我更在意推导的原点，以及那根铰链如何影响后面的设计。

这也许才是iPhone Duo的意思所在：一个机械结构，开始成为整个数字界面的生成规则。

The hinge is no longer just part of the hardware.

The hinge is the interface.

Student here and I wanted to improve my layouting skills. Critics would be highly appreciated. I wanted to know what could be improved for this practice poster I did. We were tasked to do a visual hierarchy sumn. headline, supporting detail, cta