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Le designer américain Virgil Abloh, star engagée de Vuitton et d’Off-White, emporté par un cancer

  Star des millénials et roi du streetwear du luxe, le designer américain Virgil Abloh, créateur des collections homme de la maison Louis Vuitton, est décédé dimanche d’un cancer à l’âge de 41 ans, a annoncé le groupe LVMH, maison mère de Vuitton. Premier grand créateur noir reconnu sur la scène de la mode, engagé pour l’affirmation des cultures afro-américaines, le styliste fan de hip-hop avait décroché en 2018 l’un des postes les plus enviés du secteur de la mode et du luxe, au sein de la griffe fleuron de LVMH, numéro un mondial du luxe. « Le groupe LVMH, la Maison Louis Vuitton et Off-White ont l’immense douleur d’annoncer la disparition de Virgil Abloh, terrassé ce dimanche 28 novembre par un cancer qu’il combattait depuis plusieurs années », a déclaré LVMH sur son compte Twitter. Fils d’immigrés ghanéens, il était marié et père de deux enfants, Lowe et Grey Abloh. La maladie qu’il combattait depuis deux ans n’avait pas été rendue publique. « Il a choisi d’endurer son combat en pr
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Accessible Palette: stop using HSL for color systems

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  The main problems with our old palette were inconsistent perceived lightness of colors (blues and reds are much darker than yellows and greens) and unpredictable contrast ratios between color variants. When picking a color pair, we couldn’t easily tell if it would meet the recommendations from   Web Content Accessibility Guidelines   (WCAG) and had to manually check the contrast ratio. (Or, most likely… not check.) Postmark Color System v1 with inconsistent lightness Contrast ratios against white background In fact, both of these problems were caused by  the inherent fault in the HSL color model  and lack of support for better alternatives in the design tools. While HSL and HSV are fine choices for choosing a single color, they’re not suitable for building a color system, as they simply transform the RGB model and ignore the complexities of human perception. To see what’s wrong with them and find an alternative, we need to look at color theory and consider other color spaces. Stop us
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10 ways to stop your designs from looking the same and create unique stuff quickly

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  If you love designing from templates, have you ever worried that all your designs will end up looking the same? If you’re familiar with Canva and use it in your workplace, you might have thought about this before. The good news — you can easily prevent your designs from looking alike. Templates are a great starting point for a design, but changing simple variants such as style, photography, fonts, and colors can give your design a whole new look and feel. As part of some exciting plans we have in the pipeline to make  design in your workplace amazingly simple , we’re going be tackling common design problems over the next couple weeks. Jumping right in — I’m going to show you how you can avoid falling into the trap of repetitive designs, but still retain your personal style. Here are some creative ideas for you to try: 01. Look to the past: Borrow some of the features of historical design styles Often grouped together under the vague term “vintage,”  historical design styles  are a ri
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