It seems that the past 3 years had a boom of retro design, starting with the "cosmic neon lightning" 80's aesthetic that I think most of you are already bored about. Not just because it became a trend, but also because everyone with a photoshop could emulate one. So here's the thing, this new retro wave more focused on 50's and 60's design and illustration seems to be really different, why? Because most of it is hand drawn, and when it to comes to drawing, you wouldn't believe how many designers can't do it.
The wallpaper of this week is an image I created last weekend when I was playing around with Pixelmator, it's inspired by those bokeh effects in photos. I will write a tutorial showing how I did that soon. Also, if you want to have your wallpaper featured in our WPW series, just send us an email with the link or the image attached.
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The book suggestion of this week is about typography and it's a great source of inspiration. The book is called New Vintage Type: Classic Fonts for the Digital Age and we have used it for reference in many tutorials here on Abduzeedo.
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