DESIGN CHATTER
Spotify Time Capsule
Jan 13, 2023
Spotify is here yet again with another cool experience: an audio time capsule called Playlist in a Bottle. Users can collect their current favorite earworms and put them in a drive that will then be inaccessible until 2024, shortly after you get next year’s Spotify Wrapped. They’ve also got cool song-inspired prompts, like “pick a song that reminds you of your favorite person”. Once you collect all your audio memorites, Playlist in a Bottle will keep them safe for you for the next 365 days.
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New Clue!
Jan 11, 2023
Well-timed with the recent success of the whodunnit movie Glass Onion, Hasbro has redesigned and updated the classic board game Clue! The fan favorite has been updated not only visually, but also in game play, character backstories…and possible motives to the murder of Boddy Black. This is a very cool visual revitalization of a time-honored classic game to make it more accessible to modern players, with the new characters now skewing younger, and more importantly, diverse.
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Static vs. GIFs images: What do customers want to see in their inbox?
Jan 11, 2023
Studies show that people’s attention span online has steadily decreased over the past 20 years. Marketers must work harder to keep audiences interested, especially with email.
With so many companies vying for people’s limited attention, the type of imagery used in emails impacts a campaign’s effectiveness and people’s perception of the brand. The question becomes: When does it make sense to use static imagery versus animated gifs?
How people read emails
People aren’t reading online.
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Data visualization design best practices to make decision-making easier
Jan 11, 2023
Organizing data is a special skill. When done well, people can understand exactly what your numbers mean and the story you want to tell. However, when you don’t put your audience front and center, it doesn’t matter how pretty the charts look, the information will be useless because you aren’t telling a visual story that makes sense.
By incorporating design best practices into your data visualizations, you can transform complex information into insights people understand.
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The Biggest Movie Star You’ve Never Heard Of
Jan 06, 2023
Have you ever heard of a title designer? Well, even if you haven’t, there is no way you haven’t seen their work: these designers who create the titles and accompanying visual hallmarks of films. This interview with Dan Perri takes you into the mind of one of the best. Responsible for the title design of Raging Bull, The Exorcist, and the beyond-iconic opening title crawl of Star Wars. Just like design for any other medium, films have a lot of information that has to be shown,
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Best Magazine Cover Roundup: 2022 Edition
Jan 04, 2023
We made it to 2023, guys! And what better way to get the creative juices flowing after a holiday break than to check out what worked best in 2022, and carry that success forward. Creative Review has rounded up the best in magazine covers from 2022. Covers are obviously the first impression a publication can give, so the graphic design involved is usually held to the highest quality, and it’s safe to say these specimens delivered.
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