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DesignUp 🍰 Issue #114 > 2021 in trends, books, animated shorts, search, li'l websites & more...
This short (and sweet) issue, is about trends and movements sweeping design culture - as well as a reflection of times we live in (the Pandemic Year of 2021) through books and beyond! Enjoy 🍰
Instead of spending your coffee break scrolling through your social feeds, how about a lovely little website instead? We came across some fantastic ones that are just too good not to be shared. But be warned, your break might take a bit longer than intended.
From design tools, to our design process, to the user behaviors that will change the way we design — a list of what to expect for User Experience (UX) Design in the next year.
We took a look back at some of the most appreciated projects shared to Behance this year to find three visual trends that defined 2021.
Hacker culture, dystopian landscapes, and Squid Game-inspired surrealism are having a huge impact on creativity.
From surreal tales of a lesbian nurse with ‘bovine’ features who stalks her patient, a revealing story about inherited trauma, a potter consumed by the fever dream of a terracotta dog to a magical realist coming-of-age story set in Lucknow – we compile the best that Indian fiction had to offer in this wild year + Some lovely book covers we drooled over
Talking of book covers: Don't miss the 2022 book cover design trends that will be crowding digital and physical book shelves. Here are the top book cover trends for 2022.
IMDb's list of shortlisted Shorts -for the 2021 Oscars > https://www.imdb.com/list/ls088072922/
Explore the searches that shaped 2021, from Google Trends. #yearinsearch
Apple Park: behind-the-scenes exclusive photographs and interview with Apple Design Team, who reveal the creativity, care and craft behind the products
Keep learning and stay inspired,
@soosixty and @jdallcaps