🎉 DAFES AWARDS is still open for submissions!

Join an international creative competition that celebrates fresh, daring ideas in design, art, tech, and beyond. Whether you're a student, emerging creator, or professional — there’s a category for you.

Why apply?

— Gain international exposure
— Get your work reviewed by top industry experts
— Expand your creative network
— Boost your portfolio with a respected award
— Become part of the global DAFES community

Categories range from:

— Graphic Design to Game Development
— Illustration to Motion & Sound Design
— Product Design to Digital Art
— Photography to Experimental Projects
— Animation to Board Game Design

🎓 HSE Creative Open is a dedicated track for students and recent grads — your first big step into the creative industry.

📅 Deadline: May 12

Submit your project now → dafes.net/awards

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DAFES Choice Best of March 2025 ✨

I Place

• BUTTON by Maria Krasina
• Gromkiy Font by Nastya Kashina
• 6B41 by Anna Subbota

II Place

• uusumine by Ekaterina Shulyak
• Deus_ex_machina.txt // Visual Bible & Robots Study by Nataliya Kazakova
• Interactive web-poster “INTER” by Darya Sarkisova

III Place

• KROP Magazine by Valeriya Lenskaya
• rats. by Arina Chakyр
• OBLIVION by Anna Kirienko

🖇️ view all winners here

Don’t miss your chance: upload your project to deziiign.com and join the next DAFES Choice in May 2025!

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✏️ Artists vs. AI: Meet #StarterPackNoAI

AI-generated doll images are flooding social media — glossy, uniform, and eerily soulless.

But illustrators are fighting back with the viral #StarterPackNoAI trend, hand-drawing their own “starter pack” portraits to celebrate real creativity, emotion, and personality.

From quirky details to deeply personal stories, these artworks prove what AI can’t replicate — a human touch. Artists are using this trend to take a stand: for sustainability, artistic authorship, and the soul of visual culture.

Swipe past the plastic. Support what’s made by actual hands!

#daily_design #design #art #illustration

🇸🇬 Design, identity, and the future — Singapore at Milan Design Week 2025

Inside a 13th-century Milanese church, the exhibition Future Impact 3: DESIGN NATION told a powerful story of how design helped shape modern Singapore.

From nostalgic icons like hawker plates and the Singapore Airlines kebaya, to futuristic objects like AI-powered textiles and fungi air purifiers, the showcase traced 60 years of national creativity.

Curated with care and clarity, the exhibition moved beyond trends — spotlighting sustainability, cultural memory, and inclusive innovation.

It’s proof that a nation’s identity can be designed — and its future, imagined with empathy and intention.

#design #daily_design #art