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Art direction vs artificial intelligence: A helpful tool or an added hassle?
AI-powered text-to-image tools are presenting a moral quandary in terms of creative ethics. But is there a way to use such tools while expanding artistic potential?
Huge entertainment ‘city’ in Tokyo transformed with variable typographic identity
Tokyo design studio &Form developed a font that varies dramatically in thickness and motion behaviour with type designer Toshi Omagari.
It's Nice That on Copywriting
How can stand-up comedians help designers write better UX Copy?
Nitya Kumar explores how the methods used by comedians could be applied in designing user experiences.
It's Nice That on Creativity
Can AI help you win your next brief?
Although the very first step in the lifecycle of a creative project, it’s always easy to fall at the first hurdle of understanding the brief. With AI tools now available, is this new collaborator a…
It's Nice That on Marketing
Jens Müller picks five logos worth revisiting from 130 years of branding history
To mark the release of Logo Beginnings, author Jens Müller gives us a lesson in logo history, unpacking five favourites spanning two centuries, from the niche to the revered.
It's Nice That on Stock Photos
Noun Project is a 5 million strong library of icons and photos building “a global visual language”
Discover an ever-growing library of icons and stock photography built by creatives across the globe.
It's Nice That on Visual Design
How Spotify’s Wrapped campaign for 2022 came together
It’s one of the most widely shared marketing campaigns globally. Here, we speak to the design team behind the visual identity to understand what it takes to grab the world’s attention.
Form follows feeling: How Google is making digital experiences personal
Google’s new design system update Material Design 3 puts control in users’ hands, allowing them to design their experiences, pick colour schemes and express their own personalities through a series of…
«For instance, when activating the microphone or camera feature, an image will appear as a way of notifying the user. “We know that if you can’t see it, you don’t necessarily trust it,” Andy explains. “But with Material You, what you see is what you get.”»
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Five design trends set to visually shape 2022
From gooey blobs in 3D art to posters and album covers drenched in intense, eye-searing colours, some trends had a big 2021. Here, we explore how they might change and evolve in 2022 and shed some…
Client Red Flags: how to spot the warning signs of a toxic creative relationship
From “We’re all family” to “This should just be a quick one”, we’ve put together a guide to client red flags that will help you avoid creative, financial and spiritual ruin.
How to film a burger falling “per-fect-ly” into a model’s hand: Chuck Studios explains all
We go behind the scenes with a production company that specialises in food and is known for making precise (and pretty amazing) robotic rigs for food and drink ads.
Richard Turley on the originality myth and the perks of phoning it in
To close his guest editorship of It’s Nice That, Richard Turley offers his final points of guidance to navigate the messy map of the creative industry.
What makes a good client relationship? Respect trumps creative freedom for leading agencies
A new study from Aufi surveys over 50 studios – including Koto, DesignStudio and Manual – to find out how they measure successful creative work today.
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It's Nice That on Social Justice
Designing for social justice: What does it mean to create radical posters for the 21st Century?
In conversation with the Labour Party Graphic Designers and the Autonomous Design Group, we explore how UK-based collectives are using historical design movements to inspire their bold aesthetic…