Design trends, studio spotlights, and industry insights.
Nothing launches a phone that looks like nothing else. DixonBaxi bites a corner off TikTok. Koto gives a calorie tracker a Yeti mascot. And a 165-year-old Russian embroidery factory gets an identity built on invisibility. This week's roundup is about heritage, evolution, and knowing what to keep.
A running brand builds a retail temple in Shenzhen, Bleed gives Sanity a system that speaks to both developers and designers, and a Melbourne eyewear shop turns architecture into identity. Plus two projects from Toronto studio newkid that show what quiet conviction looks like.
From a 200-year-old botanical garden in Geneva to a hand-drawn cinema alliance in New York, this week's roundup covers identity work that deals with heritage, place, and the tension between preservation and reinvention.
We scanned the websites of 400 design studios to find out what they actually use. jQuery is alive and well, Rive has overtaken GSAP, and 64% don't write code at all.
Framer has gone from prototyping tool to full website platform. We looked at the studios building with it and what it means for web design.
After reviewing hundreds of studio websites, here's what separates the portfolios that convert from the ones that don't.
