A candid conversation with Tokyo-based Creative Art Director Roy Husada — Roy Husada is crispily energetic and curiously reserved. He’s unapologetically creative but also relentlessly seeks order. He is known as the socially awkward founder and managing director of Rival Schools, a creative brand localization agency. By starting this company, he bet the farm on his lifelong, unyielding passion for connecting…

We should always question how solutions might be experienced in someone else’s shoes. Discover the what, why, and how behind a critical movement. — What does decolonising design mean? Colonisation is rooted in indigenous peoples’ experiences of oppression — specifically, the exploitation of native resources and the embedding of Western ideology into society. Today, the term also includes a whole set of ideas: acknowledging that in the West, society has been built upon the colonisation of other nations, that…

Interested in improving your design work and your productivity too? Look over here! — After the unexpected success of my previous article (14 Useful Websites You Wish You Knew Earlier), I decided to gather a bunch of other websites, browser apps, and tools that can help you improve your designs and make your job less time consuming. Again, make sure you have your Notes…

Are you thoughtful about the barriers that keep someone from accessing your site? Learn how to incorporate accessibility as an inclusive approach into your design and find a series of accessibility resources to dive into. — British designer Laura Kalbag is the Co-founder of Small Technology Foundation, a small two-person-and-one-husky not-for-profit organization advocating for and building small technology designed to increase human welfare — not corporate profits. They also used to make Better Blocker, a web privacy tool for iPhone and iPad to protect users while…

How many times have you paid attention to the copy and design of the toiletries you use every day? — I was on holiday with my partner. We were staying at a beautiful Airbnb facing a canal in Venice. The flat had everything we could wish for; a great view, a comfy bed, a stocked-up pantry, as well as a variety of toiletries. It was when I took a shower…

Holidays can be hard, but gifting great design should be easy. We have put together a list of 20 design gifts that suit all budgets. — This year has surely been a rollercoaster full of ups and downs, but if you’re feeling generous about the upcoming holiday season, we’ve put together the best design gifts 2021 has to offer. We’re committed to making you cut a fine figure in front of your friends, family and colleagues…

Learn how the pandemic has affected the ways in which we use and need technology and discover what design trends have emerged from it in Scandinavia. — It’s redundant to say that the pandemic has completely turned our world upside down, changing our lives and habits in ways we could have never imagined — from the way we work to the way we socialise. …

Finnish animator & filmmaker welcomed us in her unique world made of surrealism, comedy, and bizarre characters, to talk about what keeps her inspired and how she sees life. — Who is Inari Sirola? Inari Sirola (Instagram @inarisiro) is an animator/filmmaker from Finland, based in London. Her work challenges gender stereotypes, questioning identity and confronting the limitations set by society. Tones of surrealism and comedy meet in her mind-bending realities, whilst her unique character design offers personal and social truths about body image and…

With more than 400 million active websites online, the Internet is undoubtedly a big place…where it can be easy to get lost. If you have some time on your hands, this list is definitely for you. — Despite all the time we spend in front of a screen — be it staring at insipid spreadsheets all day or scrolling aimlessly on Social Media for hours — the content that is presented in front of us is often repetitive, if not even numbing.