About

Design is all around us, every day of our lives.

Cereal packet. Free newspaper. Ads on buses. Roadside billboards. Street signage. Shop windows. Cars, clothes, carrier bags. And it’s only 8am.

Design is all around us, but great design is rare. So how can you be sure to find it, in our designer world?

Relax: that’s why we’re here. dtail is a team of intrepid explorers, tirelessly mapping the web of design, sorting the good from the bad and the just plain ugly, so you don’t have to.

Between us we turn our hands – and our highly-trained eyes – to photography, graphic design, set design, art, illustration, architecture and more. So you can rely on us for your daily shot of design inspiration.

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Our editors:
Ed Shek
Peter Bell
Desmond Ho

Our authors:
Funda Cevik
Adarsh Prakash
Nina Fraser
Johanna Basford
Gaby Pena
Katy Rae Wilson
Keith Cheung
Yukari Yoshime