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.
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.
For National Stress Awareness Day, MERó co-founder Andy Culbert talks about de-stressing the UX experience through design.
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.
Google's Smart Display UI is a peek at Android's voice-centric Fuchsia evolution.
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.
Adobe has given us a sneak peek at what it calls Diffuse Gradients for Illustrator.
Reading brain waves was useless until AI got involved. Now mind reading has real-world, practical applications.
Previously only available for the iMac Pro, Apple's Space Gray keyboard, mouse and trackpad (with black Lightning cables) are available to buy separately.
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.
There's much for designers and artists to be excited about here – though the 32-inch model is delayed until later in the year.
MediaMonks senior digital designer Adrian Somoza covers UI design, typography, layout and more on his YouTube channel, Bont Co.
Lance Wyman, Anton&Irene and Büro Destruct have created icon sets you can download now.
Now with an entirely new UI and templates – with this tool artists, designers and animators can turn work into an interactive app for iOS without any code.
Sigma says major retailers are manipulating us to spend more online with misleading UX design tactics.
Adobe has released small updates to Photoshop and XD CC today – with one significant feature added to Photoshop.
Take a look at some of the biggest logo redesigns of 2017, and now 2018 – including the Guardian's new masthead design, Formula 1, YouTube, Converse & more.
Webplace's Oliver Newbery tells us why the agency ditched Photoshop for more tools more focussed on interactive design.
The shade that Pantone says will be big next year is Ultra Vlolet (not ultraviolet).
Cyber Monday is here - so here's our regularly updated, expert guide to the best deals on the software, hardware, art equipment and prints.
