Inspiration Become font-savvy today: four examples of awesome typography Unfortunately, there are no shortcuts to becoming proficient with fonts: you need to be constantly on the lookout for great pairings — check out Readymag Almanac and Readymag Explore if you haven’t already — and to monitor as many publications as possible.
Inspiration Llama doing backflips: a journey to make internet different We spoke with Stockholm-based designer Adam Hunt about his formative years, creating a website for KALLIDA festival and his experience with Readymag.
Inspiration How to create an art platform based on blockchain technology Rareart.io is a blockchain-based platform for digital artists, protecting authorship and giving creators the opportunity to monetize their work. It was featured in Explore — a curated selection of inspiring projects created with Readymag.
Inspiration Kubrick as a workout: behind the scenes of an award-winning educational editorial Kubrick is a digital editorial exploring the creative legacy of legendary American film director Stanley Kubrick. Made with Readymag by the Ukrainian design agency Tubik.
Inspiration A Life Electric: journalist takes Readymag to kick off epilepsy awareness campaign Fraser Morton and the designer of the project, Ali Kelly, told us about the story behind this comprehensive work.
Inspiration Telecom website makes good use of Readymag animations Futuro is a full stack development studio based in Berlin and Kyiv. Their project for Ontel, an American telecom company, won in Readymag’s annual Projects of the Year competition. We asked Futuro and our product designer Stas Aki to describe what’s so special about this website.
Inspiration Voyage Loire: fashion journey website made with Readymag Created by graphic designer Leonid Tatarinov as a sideline, the website for Voyage Loire won in the Promo category in Readymag’s Projects of the Year 2018. We asked Leonid about the story behind this work.
Inspiration Readymag goes basketball: how the 7D8 studio helped an NBA player win a trophy The Salt Lake City-based design studio 7D8 uses Readymag inventively in their work, including a recent series of promo pages for the Utah Jazz basketball team. Readymag’s editorial team talked with Dan McKinney, a designer at 7D8, about their projects and how Readymag fits in.
Inspiration Made in Asian America: use Readymag to build a successful e-commerce business Black Bean Grocery is an online shop offering apparel, zines, and cosmetic goods evoking the aesthetics of your favorite Asian grocery store or supermarket. It was launched in the fall of 2018 by Brandon Ly and James Bui, designers and engineers who met and studied together at Stanford University.
Inspiration Designing Stories: behind the scenes of Readymag’s editorial series In November 2018 Readymag issued the 12th installment of Stories — our in-house series of multimedia editorials exploring the creative legacy of prominent 20-century designers. In this piece we explain how this series came to be.
Career How to kickstart a design studio in a vibrant Asian hub with Readymag Readymag is used literally all over the world. This time we spoke to Alice Mourou, co-founder of Hong Kong-based Oddity studio, which creates design identities for chic Hong Kong startups and fashion boutiques as well as pan-Asian financial institutions.
Inspiration Emotions before rationality: why designers reinvented the look of World Chess The 2018 World Chess Championship begins in London on November 9. Moscow-based design consultancy Shuka created a thoughtful visual identity for the event. Shuka’s creative directors Ivan Velichko and Ivan Vasin explained how the business goals of the project impacted its look.
