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the winners are in and i am OBSESSED <3 I know from experience that winning this competition is the most incredible feeling and all of these projects are so deserving. I'm going to be exploring these all day!
Meet your 2026 Makeathon winners!
Best Overall: “Common Thread” by @Charlota Blunárová → https://figma.bot/476bnit
Excellence in Craft: “TOKYO” by @Kiel Cole → https://figma.bot/479fyKm
New Interaction: “Pucker” by @Aleyna Çatak → https://figma.bot/417D3jl
Boundary...
Has your rough ever ended up being the final?
This little guy was made for an Italian restaurant brand a looong time ago. I sketched him out in Procreate as a starting point before moving into a clean vector, but the sketch had so much more character that I just kept it.
The more...
why is it so much harder to brand yourself than it is to brand a client?
I'm working on a MUCH needed rebrand for my own studio at the moment and the amount of second-guessing involved is genuinely shocking for someone who does this for a living. You're just so close to it! My...
before type was designed, it was forged. the printing press and the blacksmith's workshop share more history than most people realise, and the earliest typefaces weren't drawn at a drafting table but cast in metal by hands that already knew the craft.
i've made a few...
how often do we actually look outside of our design bubble for inspiration?
it’s so easy to reach for the obvious references. we’re all guilty of typing ‘landing page’ into Pinterest when we’re designing a landing page, but i always find that the best sources of inspiration come...