This typeface hides a secret in plain sight. Not everyone who is vision impaired needs braille, some just need a clearer typeface. fastcompany.com/90395836/this-…

Researchers Are Using Artificial Intelligence to Reconstruct Ancient Games “Whether we are modern board game players, Vikings, ancient Romans, ancient Egyptians, ancient Babylonians, we are all Homo ludens, the species that plays games.” Atlas Obscura atlasobscura.com/articles/ancie…

A Prairie Girl's Childhood: At 92, Alberta artist Hazel Litzgus continues to create paintings based on her childhood memories gallerieswest.ca/magazine/stori…

A new study tries to unlock the science behind effective logo design: "The debate of where design sits on the spectrum of art and commerce is not new. But determining where data fits on the spectrum—and how it should be considered—is." eyeondesign.aiga.org/PN6EO via @aigaeyeondesign

Practicing ethical design is part-and-parcel of the design process for the next generation of product designers invisionapp.com/inside-design/… #InsideDesign via Freehand by InVision

Can the Weird Web make a comeback in 2020? itsnicethat.com/features/can-t…

The Artist Who Survived The Holocaust and Captured Her Trauma in Art artsy.net/article/artsy-… via Artsy

The Coded Couture of Antique Lacework bit.ly/30kgjwe via @messynessychic

The Curious Case of the Notebook from State Lunatic Asylum No.3. (Drawings, found in the hundreds, every page hand-bound, found in a dumpster in Springfield, Missouri by a teenager in 1970.) bit.ly/35tbfXr via @messynessychic bit.ly/35tbfXr via @messynessychic

The Exercise Book Archive: A collection of children's school notebooks from around the world, as far back as 1773. Writings, drawings, aimless doodling shows the history, education, and daily life of children of the past and present. kottke.org/20/01/a-collec…

Lego launches Dots 2D pattern design range with eye-popping Camille Walala installation itsnicethat.com/news/camille-w…

Someone in a thrift shop found an old photo album full of pics of a mystery woman with Hollywood celebrities designyoutrust.com/2020/02/someon…

6:40pm Update: #Oilers5050 SKYROCKETS to $6.4 MILLION (though some still can't buy tix) Other charities in #yeg area currently running 50/50s include: The Valley Zoo Development Society Christmas Bureau @MakeAWishNAB Zoe's Animal Rescue @DogswithWings Pit Bulls for Life Camrose Kodiaks RT?

Found this beautiful landscape at a thrift store. Did some research, the artist is Father Paul-Emile Côté (1913-2014), and his medium was shoe polish (90 different colours)! #worldartday #thriftstorefind #canadianart tanyacamp.com/blog/father-pa…

Found this at a thrift store, and it’s signed Margaret Thomson. Could it be by famous artist Tom Thomson’s sister Margaret? #artmystery #worldartday #thriftstorefind #canadianart tanyacamp.com/blog/margaret-…

Another thrift store find. I love it, but can’t find any information about the artist (looks like H.D. Carrigan, 1949). Depicts an active alley scene, with the Hotel MacDonald (Edmonton) in background. #artmystery #thriftstorefind #canadianart  tanyacamp.com/blog/hd-carrig…

Hey #yeg - hang onto your Halloween pumpkins and donate them to hungry animals at Ferne's Acres Animal Sanctuary. You can drop them off (paint, toothpicks, and candles REMOVED) at Southgate Centre outside the RBC Nov. 1-5. RT? #Halloween facebook.com/southgatecentr…

For International Women’s Day, Spanish distiller Puerto de Indias sent out special bottles of its blackberry gin to bartenders, journalists, and influencers designed to bring attention to the gender pay gap in the UK. Read and see more on The Dieline! thedieline.com/blog/2024/3/8/…

I participated in this amazing workshop at UX Camp 2024 back in May, it explored AI's impact on design ideas. It was fascinating! Here's the article: medium.com/dxdesign/ais-i…

Lots of great nuggets in this AMA! James Buckhouse from Sequoia Capital talks about how Hollywood storytelling can inform and improve product design. AMA: James Buckhouse, Story-driven design designbetterpodcast.com/p/ama-james-bu…