Web Development

The ampersand is nearly 2,000 years old. yet designers still can’t agree on what it should look like. From ancient Roman *et* to hundreds of wildly different & designs, the story behind typography’s favorite squiggle is stranger than you might expect.

Canva isn’t just for presentations and social posts anymore. Nearly 1 million websites are now being published through Canva every month—and with 100+ new Visual Suite updates, web designers may want to start paying attention.

Instagram just redesigned its iconic wordmark—but there’s a problem: a surprising number of people think it says “Instagzam.” The controversy offers a perfect lesson in what happens when brand personality collides with one of design’s most basic rules: people still need to be able to read it.