The Desktop Setup Worth Buying As a Creative Student
Creative Bloq's gear editors published the exact home desktop setup they'd buy if starting design school today — headlined by a 27-inch mini-LED monitor with a 180Hz refresh rate for color-accurate work, an ergonomic chair, and a keyboard built for long sessions rather than gaming flash.
Figma's New Data Shows AI Is Beating Predictions
Figma published its 2026 AI Impact Index, built from annual surveys and interviews comparing what designers predicted AI would do for their work against what actually happened. Every measured category — collaboration, personal productivity, project speed — beat last year's expectations by 10+ index points, with collaboration nearly doubling from 32 to 58.
i-D's Editor Says Stop Treating Photos as Precious
Thom Bettridge, Editor in Chief of i-D Magazine and founder of the studio Content World, argues designers should stop treating photography as untouchable and instead let typography and graphic elements deliberately disrupt an image. He also credits his career less to personal software skill than to collaborating with people better at the technical craft than he is.
Photoshop's Task Bar Now Edits From Typed Prompts
Adobe added Prompt to Edit directly into Photoshop's Contextual Task Bar — you type a plain-language instruction and it rewrites the whole image, no selection tool required, sitting alongside existing AI tools like Generative Fill and Generative Expand.
An Artist Remixed Star Wars Into League of Legends Art
A digital artist reimagined classic Star Wars characters in the splash-art style of League of Legends, chasing the same cozy, warm mood through color and light that Riot Games' promotional art is known for. Creative Bloq featured the project this week.
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