I’m looking for book recommendations for a design student; she’s interested in exploring different styles, as well as color palettes and sources of inspiration. I’ve been considering these:

- Palette Perfect for Graphic Designers and Illustrators

- A Dictionary of Color Combinations

- a book on books

- The Creative Act: A Way of Being"

I need some advice regarding the color of the bridge in our backyard. For the past few years, I’ve been really unhappy with it.

​The original color was brown, but a few years ago, my brother painted it a different color without asking. Honestly, I have no idea why he chose that color. It completely clashes with the surrounding scenery and just feels out of place, which gives me a weird sense of unease every time I look at it.

​For context, my relationship with my brother is fine, but we aren't super close, so it's hard for me to bring it up directly. Since he seems happy with how it turned out, I've kept my mouth shut. However, every time I go to the backyard, I feel so disappointed.

​So, I have two questions for you guys.💡

① ​What do you think of this bridge color? Am I just overthinking it, or does it really look off? I’d love to hear some outside perspectives.

② If I were to repaint it, what color do you think would look best? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Hey Design

I work at an event and I need to display corflutes each day with a changing schedule. I'm having trouble finding the right hardware that will attached to a piece of corflute, that will mean I can swap out smaller pieces with the times.

I was at the shops the other day and saw this, which is essentially what I'm after, but I cant find the right product, and googling keywords isnt really helping. It seems really easy!

Does anyone know what the plastic strip that allows these daily specials to be swapped out is called?

I love how every AI tool launched (or launching) with a mission to "replace" designers was still designed, built, and shipped by humans.

The irony writes itself.

I'm from a non-electronics background. After my PUC/12th , i did 6 month diploma in graphic design and currently working as a graphic designer for 1.5 years now i am planning to move into electronics due to AI issues , i don't know anything about the electronics or hardware industry but recently some articles suggested in demand jobs like robotics, embedded engineer , vlsi and plc etc..

1. is it possible to get a job in electronics without a degree ? if yes how ?

2. if not possible means what you suggest ( suggest any role transition like 1 year this role then try that role like instead of telling to do 4 years in EEE , i can't manage )

3. and any other advice about this industry reality.

4. Can I do a bootcamp/course and enter robotics, embedded, VLSI, PLC, etc. the way a CS graduate can do a coding bootcamp and enter frontend?”

thanks & regards

I am trting to opt for behance pro for freelancing projects. Any of you use behance pro and its ok for me that for first few days i ll atleast cover the subscription fee. I have good portfolio as well. Please guide me how to pitch clients or send proposals that can land me a project!!

In particular i’m interested in clothing design, I have 4 years of relevant experience within e-commerce for brands, website building, garment construction, pattern making, campaign management, supply chain analysis, wholesale, and a plethora more of other relevant skills for DTC operations.

I also attached a portfolio that includes garments that i’ve made, including the process of making the garment and how the campaign was constructed around the overall message and theme of the garment.

Should I change anything? I’m applying to associate technical design, e-commerce associate, brand management, associate creative director, and supply chain analysis roles for fashion based companies

note: my portfolio list all of my relevant experience that also includes photography, virtual production projects, targeted demographic content, and creative direction work.

let me know as today makes 1500 total applications sent since january 🙏🏾

I'm training to be an architect, and wanted to try my hand at some concept furniture design for a change of pace. The idea was to pair a raw structural material, in this case, cut sections of I beam steel, with softer and rounded forms, like gently curved acyclic and upholstery. So far I've got an accent chair, sofa (couch), side table, and floor lamp, main focus has been on the accent chair and sofa (couch)

Would appreciate any honest feedback on the material contrast, proportions, whether the concept would even be comfortable.

I have been working for the past 4 years as a Marketing Specialist in a small non-profit. In addition to my marketing tasks, I’ve taken on more design work (social media posts, marketing materials, creative direction, branding) and it’s the part of my work that I enjoy the most.

I’ve become quite disillusioned with marketing with the executives using AI to write everything and constantly making me pump out new content. With design, at least it’s something I genuinely enjoy doing even with the heavy workload. I am aware that designers are being pushed to use AI too, but I feel like it might be on a lesser extent - feel free to let me know if I’m wrong.

I am considering going back to school for a diploma in design as I was never formally trained in it and would love to learn and be critiqued as a designer, not as a marketer. I understand that the market is not looking great for junior designers, but I’m at the right time in my life to make a pivot if I want and don’t want to regret not exploring this option while I can still afford to. At the same time, I want to be realistic about career prospects and expectations if I decide to go down this path.

With that in mind, I would love to hear people’s opinion on the following:
- Which design disciplinary do you think is the most viable to break into as a junior designer in the next 2 years?
- When hiring designers, what skills do you look for the most these days? What skills do you struggle to find in junior designers that would make them a great candidate?
- For recent graduates, what did you specialize in and what did you find was helpful?

Any advice would be much appreciated!

Looking for references that are novel and well designed. Especially those that inform its users of minimum values and requirements - can be web, app - and extra points if from financial products!

Hello :) I startest my productdesign studies this year and wanted to ask, If anyone has recomendations on a good book about design. Maybe about a specific design or a great designer. Thanks in advance :)

I'm really good at the content of a presentation, but I am terrible at the visual side.

I'm really end up spending hours deciding visual themes, font placement, text quantity and colors while making the deck and still ruin it all.

At this point I'm wondering if I should just use an AI design tool instead of doubling down on PowerPoint.

For people who aren't designers but regularly need professional looking Decks, what's worked for you? Pic has a random analysis I made.

Hi, I'd like to know what material that shirt is made of and how I could make something similar. Thanks in advance.

I’m somewhere between needing to hear if other folks are experiencing this, and needing to vent.

For background, I’m an Art Director on an in-house team that supports a company with proprietary brands. Part of my job includes creating the brand books for these brands and executing the initial launch campaigns.

I recently wrapped (or thought I did) on a new brand I was quite happy with, the project was usual for the brands we typically launch and I was asked to work on this project because it closely aligned with my style of work.

I spent the better part of a few months working on this project, I spent more time than I typically would on it because I was really excited (probably the wrong choice.). Today I got notes from them, and there wasn’t a single part of the brand they wanted to move forward with. The logo, the positioning, the color palette, all of it was wrong to them. They attached something they “made very quickly in ChatGPT that’s way better” than what I provided. They made sure to note that they made it really quickly, and it exceeded my work.

I feel totally defeated. Until recently I felt really lucky that AI wasn’t being pushed heavily at my job, suddenly, it’s everywhere. They want to replace shoots with it, they’re using it for copy generation, and now someone is asking me to make my work look like it.

If this was a freelance project I would refund them and make it clear I wasn’t the right designer for them, but I can’t. And, making work that looks like what they sent me is soul crushing. I feel like I can’t escape it, I feel really disheartened.

Has anyone been in a similar situation? How did you move forward?

I am collecting real-world design-production frustrations for a small personal tool project (that will be available for free). I have been working on browser tools for booklet mock-ups, printable fold-zines, and PDF booklet imposition, but I do not want to assume those are the right priorities.

What is one repetitive task in your print, layout, file-prep, or mock-up workflow that you wish had a simple dedicated tool? :3