These new laptops for designers and artists from Dell, HP, Lenovo and Razer give you oodles more creative power on the move
Ignore Intel's 10th-gen chips announcements - these are the new laptops you should be checking out.
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The Best Art and Design Conferences of 2019
This year find inspiration, fun, skills and the chance to meet some like-minded people at these festivals across subjects from concept art and illustration to branding, and from graphic and UX design to animation and VFX.
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On its 5th birthday, look back at how ustwo created Monument Valley
Five years ago today, we interviewed Ustwo Games about the visual and game design of the gracefully artful and beautifully engaging Monument Valley - on its day of release and before anyone was aware it would become a worldwide hit.
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Inside the redesign of the world's largest computer games platform, Steam
How do you overhaul a service's interface that hasn't changed much over the past 15 years?
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Apple has upgraded the iMac to make it twice as fast – and given the iMac Pro a quiet bump too
Apple has launched new versions of its 27- and 21.5 inch iMacs with faster CPUs and graphics, which Apple claims makes it up to 2.4x faster than previous models.
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Apple's new iPad Air is a low-cost rival to the iPad Pro
While Apple says that the iPad Air isn’t for pro artists and designers, there are a few features we prefer to the iPad Pro.
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The creative sector has a diversity problem - are talent schemes the answer?
As a new report calls on the creative sector to aid disadvantaged youth, major studios like ustwo and Beyond launch a scheme to encourage more diversity - but is it enough?
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How Samsung has redesigned its interface to be more like Apple and less like Android
Samsung's new One UI interface may be the clean break from Android the giant has always wanted - and arrives just in time for the Galaxy S10.
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12 great UX design talks you can watch online
Check out some of the best talks from the yearly Interact conference, from digital design for the NHS to how AI can preserve the most unique of human stories.
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How to take the stress out of online design
For National Stress Awareness Day, MERó co-founder Andy Culbert talks about de-stressing the UX experience through design.
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The Best UX Design Tools of September 2018: From eye-tracking software to Adobe XD's latest update
We look at the best new UX design tools you should be using, including an in-app interactive design store from Framer and Adobe XD's nifty new features.
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Lenovo Smart Display could show the future of Android's UI
Google's Smart Display UI is a peek at Android's voice-centric Fuchsia evolution.
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What Apple and Adobe just announced for designers at WWDC
Coming this autumn is a more pro-looking dark mode for MacOS, help with your mess of a desktop - and some new apps for pro designers.
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There's a new Gradient tool coming to Adobe Illustrator
Adobe has given us a sneak peek at what it calls Diffuse Gradients for Illustrator.
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Mind-reading tech is here (and more useful than you think)
Reading brain waves was useless until AI got involved. Now mind reading has real-world, practical applications.
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You can now buy Apple's Space Gray keyboard, mouse and trackpad for your iMac or MacBook
Previously only available for the iMac Pro, Apple's Space Gray keyboard, mouse and trackpad (with black Lightning cables) are available to buy separately.
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Design an app prototype to win a trip to Adobe Max 2018 in LA
Create a prototype of an app that highlights the best of where you live, and you could win a paid trip to Los Angeles for two for the always-inspiring Adobe Max conference.
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Wacom's cheaper, 24-inch Cintiq Pro is here – plus its first desktop PC
There's much for designers and artists to be excited about here – though the 32-inch model is delayed until later in the year.
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Learn digital design techniques with these new, free online video tutorials
MediaMonks senior digital designer Adrian Somoza covers UI design, typography, layout and more on his YouTube channel, Bont Co.
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Adobe has released free vector icons, created by leading designers including the legendary Lance Wyman
Lance Wyman, Anton&Irene and Büro Destruct have created icon sets you can download now.
