Create. Share. Activate. Empower - The Adobe 2020 Creative Residency and Community Fund

It’s May, so it must be time to meet the new Creative Residents for the 2020 Adobe Creative Residency programme. This year, Adobe has welcomed two new residents, Christina Poku, a London, UK based photographer.

She’s using photography, GIFs and set design to make staged scenes that explore how technology can create growth, build community and change barriers to access.

The second creative resident for 2020 is Maddy Beard, a UI/UX interaction design based in Denver, Colorado.

Maddy is exploring the use of interaction design to promote mindfulness in daily life. She’s partnering with brands to design experiences that help people use tech as a tool rather than a crutch.

Both of these designers have some impressive work in their portfolio (Christina and Maddy). Combining this with their goals to build community, reducing barriers to access, and to use technology experience as a tool suggests there will be some exciting work from our Creative Residents for 2020.

In addition to the standard program, Adobe has created a new $1 million Community Fund to support creative communities.

This year, in response to the extensive need in the creative community for monetary support and career guidance, we’ve decided to expand the programme. In addition to the new Creative Residents this year, we’re excited to announce a $1 million Creative Residency Community Fund.

Adobe will be using the Community Fund to fund creative projects and to commission work for Adobe projects. You can make an application to the Community Fund online.

I think it is great that Adobe is doing something new to support members of the creative and design industry during these unprecedented times. You can check out the 2019 Creative Residents here.

$300,000 of prizes for visionary mobile design

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To push the boundaries of design, we are gathering artistic talent from all over the world.

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The competition is aiming to celebrate visionary art by creating designs that explore the aesthetics of designing for mobile devices.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]There are four categories that you can enter: themes, watch faces, wallpapers, and cities. You can submit one entry per category. With $300,000 in prizes. One grand prize, 6 prizes in each category, and 98 special prizes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The deadline to submit your entry is 31 May for the Cities category, and 01 July for the three other categories.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Featured image by Hal Gatewood on unsplash.com[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Our Obsession With Staring at a Screen​​

A recent post on Medium, How to Configure Your iPhone to Work for You, Not Against You, drew my attention to removing distractions from my day to support the things I am working to achieve. In a similar vein, a new light sculpture by Design Bridge and Gali May Lucas highlights the obsession that some of us have with staring at a screen.You can see more photos and detail at Design you Trust.