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Retro fonts: history, examples, and modern interpretation pt. 2

Nostalgic typefaces are trendy and more varied than ever. Discover the story behind vintage typography from the 60s to the…

5 months ago

Retro fonts: history, examples, and modern interpretation pt. 1

Curious about the diverse world of nostalgic fonts? Keep reading to explore typography from the early to mid-XX century.

6 months ago

Inside Icons8 illustration lab: 2024 trends unveiled

A list of what comes next in digital art from a professional point of view. And how we are using…

9 months ago

Can you get a decent icon design with only a photo reference?

Read about the creative experiment on one icon design and learn how differently people see the same task.

11 months ago

2023, how was it? Icons8 recap of the year

Tons of new graphics, 5 whole new products, a lot of proudly made features, and some fun facts about us…

11 months ago

Behind the scenes of Human Generator: UI tricks

Here’s how the user experience of the product was optimized to eliminate unnecessary load on the generative model.

1 year ago

Pandora’s box of design: remaking a plugin icon with Midjourney, Blender, and Figma

This is how we turned AI-generated abstract pencil holders and magic cubes into an icon design that makes sense.

1 year ago

Creating a cartoon with Midjourney: the story of the Move your ass video

We challenged Midjourney to turn Figma, Sketch, and Adobe XD into human characters for our animation about UI/UX design apps.

1 year ago

Face Swapper against document forgery

With AI tools, anyone can do miracles with digital images. In the wrong hands, miracles can turn into black magic.…

2 years ago

2022 highlights: tons of fresh graphics, a stock with adjustable images, improved Lunacy, and much more

Icons8 2022 is wrapped! It's time to recap some of our design highlights. Here’s what we accomplished this year, with…

2 years ago

Is photography dying in 2024?

In the article, the author reviews the popular photography cliches and problems of modern photography, with a big bunch of…

2 years ago

Lunacy as a business explained

Open-process instead of open-source; lean architecture, no exit strategy, and other points for why we will never be sold to…

2 years ago

Building image search for an icon stock: how it works

What's under hood of our search by image technology? Not only machine learning.

2 years ago

Training AI to know what you actually need to clip

Easy, hard, and impossible: how we develop Background Remover, and what's the most challenging? (Spoilers: it's not about drawing around…

2 years ago

Is there a life after Figma? Is it Lunacy?

Lunacy to get import from Figma. One of the most demanded features comes out right in time.

2 years ago

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