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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…

4 weeks 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.

4 weeks 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…

4 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.

6 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…

6 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.

10 months 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.…

1 year 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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