The Designer’s Shortcut: Branding, UI, UX

The Designer’s Shortcut: Branding, UI, UX

We tell ourselves inspiration is a simple errand: open Pinterest or Instagram, take a walk, buy a coffee, return with a spark. In reality, it’s more like skimming a library’s returns cart, you have to go through stacks of almosts to reach the book you actually need.


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Meanwhile, the hours slip by and your page is still empty. So here’s a shortcut, a small map past the noise and straight to the useful stuff.

Branding & Graphic Design

Start with a labor of love. Alessandro Scarpellini’s Visual Journal collects branding and graphic design projects from around the world with zero fluff. It’s ad‑free and run by Alessandro. If it helps, buy him a coffee so he keeps up the good work for the rest of us.

If you want more raw discovery, The Index is a curated gallery and directory of graphic design projects that rewards curiosity and wandering.

To widen the lens, Craftwork’s curated web UI pulls from portfolios and agencies, filterable by style, illustration, and attributes. When your brain needs examples instead of adjectives, go here.

Brandmakers with Paul Ridsdale,  Director of Brand & Marketing at ITV

Brandmakers with Paul Ridsdale, Director of Brand & Marketing at ITV

Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Music Watch on YouTube And we're back, this week the Brandmakers podcast dives into the world of ITV, a major UK broadcaster and content studio reaching millions of viewers through its channels and ITVX. Its director of brand and marketing, Paul Ridsdale, has been marketing the British broadcaster ITV for over 17 years, and has been a part of its journey from a TV channel to a streaming service and content creator. In this episode, presenter Hannah Bowl


Hannah Bowler

Hannah Bowler