The interesting news of the past week if you are a graphic designer, web designer, product designer, or pretty much anyone that has an interest in design.
The 7 Habits of Exceptionally Creative People
Great advice that will truly help and that destroys some myths around creativity. Read on Medium.
What Every Product Designer Should Do in 2020
More advice, because you need it after the special period we just went through (and that some countries are still going through). Read on UX Planet.
Lessons From Designing Mixed Reality Experiences for AR Glasses
If you are interested in designing for AR Glasses, read this article and learn before doing. Read on Upside Lab.
EQT acquires Freepik
Freepik, a Malaga-Spain based website which offers a curated freemium marketplace of vector graphics and stock photos fed by a community of contributing designers and photographers, is being acquired by investment and private equity firm EQT. Read on TechCrunch.
Is Your Website Stressing Out Visitors?
Yes, your website can be stressful for your visitors. Learn what you can do about it. Read on Smashing Magazine.
PNGHut
Not exactly news, but a great resource if you are looking to for quality transparent PNG images. Check out PNGHut.
Iconic brand guidelines and logo manuals from 60s, 70s and 80s
We should learn from successful people and try to understand what made they them successful (with your definition of success, of course). Same goes for good design, try to understand what makes great design to get better at designing. These guidelines are a great tool to do this. Read on Brandy.