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Sep 18, 2025

The challenge of copyrighting AI imagery

Copyright law only applies to human-made work; however, you might be able to make a case for using AI in a unique way and claim authorship.

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Jul 10, 2025

Outrageous workplaces don’t inspire creativity

Lessons learnt in my journey from corporate to crazy.

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UX Collective

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Jun 12, 2025

What the 1984 Macintosh revolution teaches designers about the 2025 AI revolution

Upheaval and disruption are nothing new for graphic designers.

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Apr 21, 2025

Will AI make graphic designers extinct?

AI and enhanced design templates make good graphic designers more essential than ever.

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UX Collective

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David Langton

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Mar 7, 2025

I dreamed about being in the New Yorker

In honor of the magazine’s 100th anniversary, here’s how I got in.

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UX Collective

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David Langton

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Feb 5, 2025

Get feedback to communicate better

The editing process you didn’t know about.

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UX Collective

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David Langton

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Sep 9, 2024

Communication lessons learned from an experimental AI-generated movie

A movie about Brian Eno provides insights into harnessing the strengths of new technology

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Jun 19, 2024

Cooking like a graphic designer

I was quite intimidated until I realized how to use my graphic design skills

Vegetables and silverware organized on a table top and shown inside a cropped view as if in a layout by a graphic designer

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The Startup

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Mar 16, 2024

ICYMI¹

Acronyms may be short-cutting your outreach efforts.

Old fashioned drawings of people in the shape of letters that spell out “ICYMI” which means “In Case You Missed it.”

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Aug 22, 2023

Do you Believe in Intuition?

Here’s how designers really examine designs to improve communication

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David Langton

David Langton

Founder of New York branding design firm Langton Creative Group, co-author of Visual Marketing, and adjunct professor at Hostos College/CUNY.

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