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Unlock a New Level of Personalization with Notion Faces Avatars
Notion just changed the game with Notion Faces. It’s not just an avatar tool—it’s a statement. A canvas for self-expression that turns your workspace into something uniquely yours. Sleek, inclusive, and ridiculously easy to use, it challenges the ordinary and redefines what personalization can look like. This isn’t about making avatars; it’s about making your mark. The question is: how will you use it to stand out? Your Notion, your face, your story—unlocked.
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Pantone's 2025 Color of the Year: Mocha Mousse 17-1230
The newly crowned color of 2025, PANTONE 17-1230 Mocha Mousse, embraces us with its deep, earthy brown tones that evoke the comforting essence of freshly brewed coffee and melted chocolate. This rich, inviting shade responds to our collective yearning for warmth and solace, bringing to mind cozy moments and simple luxuries.
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Accessible by Design: Seeing Differently Through Diverse Cognitive Styles
Cognitive neuroscience reveals how people perceive design differently, based on cognitive styles like holistic vs. detail-oriented and sequential vs. simultaneous processing. By understanding these variations, designers can create more inclusive and effective layouts. Real-world examples, such as Khoo Teck Puat Hospital and Amazon, demonstrate how adapting designs to different cognitive preferences improves user experience and engagement.
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Letter From The Editor: Our Year In Review
2024 has been a year of bold creativity and boundary-pushing ideas. Visually led the charge in celebrating innovation, from AI-powered tools to the rise of sustainable and maximalist design. Join us as we reflect on the creators, trends, and transformative ideas that shaped the year—and look ahead to what’s next in the creative revolution. The editor shares their reflections on the milestones of 2024 and offers a preview of the exciting innovations to come.
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AI Tools Every Designer Needs to Know About
Generative AI is revolutionizing the digital design industry through powerful tools like DALL·E, Midjourney, Runway, Adobe Firefly, and Canva's AI features, which help designers streamline their workflows and enhance creativity. These tools transform everything from concept development to final execution, allowing designers to generate sophisticated visuals from text prompts, automate repetitive tasks, and explore multiple creative directions efficiently. By integrating these AI technologies into their daily work, designers can push creative boundaries while saving time on routine tasks, ultimately staying at the forefront of digital design innovation.
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Designing with the End in Mind
Designers are being challenged to flip the script on overconsumption and waste. As the demand for sustainable design grows, the industry is being urged to think beyond trends and create products that last. The question is, can the design world innovate with purpose, or will it continue to feed the cycle of consumption? The future of design is on the line, and it's a race against time.
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Jaguar’s ‘Copy Nothing’ Campaign Shapes Luxury Cars
Jaguar’s daring rebrand has sparked a heated debate, trading its storied tradition for a bold modern vision. The revamped logo and high-fashion campaign aim to captivate a new audience but have left some loyal fans skeptical. As the brand accelerates toward an all-electric future, questions swirl around its ability to balance innovation with its iconic heritage. Will this bold leap redefine Jaguar’s legacy or alienate its core identity?
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Visualizing Democracy: How Data Redefines Election Coverage in the 2024 U.S. Elections
Discover how data visualization is revolutionizing election coverage, from real-time maps of battleground states to AI-powered forecasts. These tools simplify complex data, encouraging transparency and empowering citizens to understand the dynamics shaping democracy.
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A Retrospective Look at Apple’s Most Inspirational Designs
Apple's journey to design excellence is brilliantly captured in their book, "Designed by Apple in California." This retrospective, released in 2016, offers a fascinating look at Apple's most memorable designs. Their products, from the original iPod's minimalist interface to the elegant unibody MacBook, emphasize functionality and simplicity. This collection underscores how Apple's design choices have consistently shaped the tech landscape.
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Blending Narratives: The Dance of UX Research and Poetry
Fatimah Richmonds shared her journey as a UX researcher and poet, highlighting the interplay between structured inquiry and creative exploration. It discusses the role of storytelling in both fields, emphasizing the importance of evoking emotions, creating connections, and translating complex user experiences into relatable narratives.
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Lameice Abu Aker Wants to Share the Optimism of Palestinian Craftsmanship
Lameice Abu Aker, a glass designer from Jerusalem, is dedicated to revitalizing Palestinian craftsmanship through her vibrant 'Ornamental by Lameice' brand. Her designs not only celebrate a heritage dating back to ancient times but also aim to preserve and evolve traditional glassblowing techniques amidst modern challenges, offering a colorful and optimistic narrative through each unique piece.
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The Influence of Design: Exploring the Depths of Brand Psychology
VISUALLY explores the depth of designers' influence by revisiting research by Arnd Florack and Johanna Palcu from the University of Vienna that reveals the profound impact of branding on consumers at an unconscious level, and the impact that work continues to have even today. Designers play a crucial role in translating branding strategies into tangible realities, influencing consumer perceptions and decisions.
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Project Astra: Google's Vision for the Future of AI Assistants
Google's Project Astra, part of the Gemini AI model family, introduces a powerful AI assistant capable of multimodal reasoning and real-time interactions. With an enhanced context window and seamless integration across various platforms, Astra aims to transform user interactions with technology, making complex tasks like data extraction and creative work more efficient and accessible.
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“Paper has a personality”: Ayobola Kekere-Ekun on how quilling’s limitations transformed her creativity.
VISUALLY explores Ayobola Kekere-Ekun's journey as a quilling artist, emphasizing how the limitations of paper in the medium have influenced her creativity. Ayobola finds solace in the constraints of quilling, viewing them as opportunities for growth, while her meticulous planning and intuitive color selection contribute to her unique artistic expression.
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Exploring Tech’s Impact on Immersive Experiences
VISUALLY explores how technology is reshaping design by integrating physical and digital experiences through innovations like Apple's mixed reality headset and companies like Magic Leap and Ultraleap pioneering augmented reality and haptic technologies. We highlight the shift towards holistic, multi-sensory experiences and the role of designers in creating immersive environments that blur the boundaries between the virtual and the tangible.
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Indelible Ink: Capote’s Cold Blood Continues to Pulse Through Contemporary Book Cover Typography
Truman Capote's enduring influence, highlighted by the recent TV series "Feud: Capote vs. The Swans," underscores his legacy as a literary provocateur. However, his masterpiece "In Cold Blood" not only birthed America's obsession with true crime but also set enduring trends in book cover typography.
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Editor’s Letter: Introducing VISUALLY
Introducing VISUALLY, a vibrant platform where design, art, and technology intersect, placing real people at the heart of creative endeavors. Led by Editor-at-Large Kaltuma, it fosters diverse dialogues and celebrates the fusion of creativity and innovation, inviting subscribers to join a movement shaping the future of design, art, and technology.
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Balancing Truth & Trust: Effective Design Research Collaboration
Effective collaboration among design researchers, product teams, and developers is crucial in crafting user-centric products. In this article, we delve into how transparent communication of research findings, along with incorporating both positive and negative feedback, is imperative for ensuring accuracy and driving product enhancement.
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Designing for Coffee Tradition
Michael J.A Davis, an acclaimed designer, embarked on crafting a home-based roasting company to enable everyday people to engage in coffee as a personally rejuvenating ritual by offering small-batch, pan-roasted coffees that pay homage to the rich traditions of the Horn of Africa and the Caribbean.
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Radical Clay: Contemporary Women Artists from Japan
Radical Clay celebrates 36 contemporary ceramic artists—all women—through 40 stunning, virtuosic pieces.
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The Design Museum: Enzo Mari
The Design Museums Enzo Mari exhibition, showing from March to September, pays tribute to the life and impactful contributions of Enzo Mari, a highly influential Italian designer of the 20th century. His creations have left a profound mark on numerous artists globally.
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Brick by Brick: A Product Designer Transforms a Childhood Toy into a Work of Art
From childhood nostalgia to career transitions, Wilson highlights how Lego remains a consistent source of creativity. Influenced by his upbringing and educational experiences, combined with the technical challenges of Lego art, Wilson's perspective demonstrates the boundless possibilities when creativity intersects with dedication.
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Red Boxes [Architectural Geometry]
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