<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <rss version="2.0"> <channel> <title>Design Remote Jobs | Find Remote Graphic Designer Job Positions</title> <link>https://www.designremotejobs.com</link> <description>Find remote graphic design jobs worldwide. Browse hundreds of remote positions for graphic designers, UI/UX designers, and creative professionals. Work from anywhere.</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 10:16:08 GMT</lastBuildDate> <docs>https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html</docs> <generator>https://github.com/jpmonette/feed</generator> <language>en</language> <image> <title>Design Remote Jobs | Find Remote Graphic Designer Job Positions</title> <url>https://www.designremotejobs.com/images/logo-512.png</url> <link>https://www.designremotejobs.com</link> </image> <copyright>All rights reserved 2024, DesignRemoteJobs.com</copyright> <category>Bitcoin News</category> <item> <title><![CDATA[Lego's Smart Brick Backlash: Is Digital Innovation Killing Imagination?]]></title> <link>https://www.designremotejobs.com/article/legos-smart-brick-backlash-is-digital-innovation-killing-imagination</link> <guid>legos-smart-brick-backlash-is-digital-innovation-killing-imagination</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 19:00:28 GMT</pubDate> <description>< *(Image credit: LEGO)* ### What Are Smart Bricks? Dubbed the **Smart Play system**, Lego's new tech is "powered by the LEGO SMART Brick, which is packed with ground-breaking, world-first technologies that means LEGO builds can respond to how they are played with for the first time." Bricks now feature **sound and light**, and can react to movement.  *(Image credit: LEGO)* ### The Backlash Begins But the announcement has prompted concern. According to the BBC, 'play experts' have expressed unease about Lego, a traditionally analogue product, entering an increasingly digital world. One expert told the BBC Smart Bricks could **"undermine what was once great about Legos,"** harnessing children's own imagination during play. "As anyone who has ever watched a child play with old-school Legos knows, children's Lego creations already do move and make noises through the power of children's imaginations."  *(Image credit: LEGO)* ### Lego's Response Less than twenty-four hours after the initial announcement, Lego has responded to concerns. "It's a big part of the future," LEGO exec Federico Begher told IGN. "[But] I mean, it's very important to be clear that this does not mean that we're leaving our core proposition behind, which is some of the questions and concerns I've heard, like, 'are you leaving what's been successful in the massive move into this?'" Begher adds, "This is an addition, a complementary evolution. We will still very much nurture and innovate and keep doing our core experience."  *(Image credit: LEGO)* ### The Digital Dilemma In a world of increasing digital overwhelm, it's easy to see why the announcement of Smart Bricks has led to cries of, "Is nothing sacred?" But as Lego is keen to point out in its press release, the system encourages **"open-ended physical play, all without screens."** And not everyone is sceptical about the idea. Creative Bloq's Beth Nicholls calls the Smart Brick **"one of the most exciting announcements to come from CES this year."** Daniel John is Design Editor at Creative Bloq. He reports on the worlds of design, branding and lifestyle tech, and has covered several industry events including Milan Design Week, OFFF Barcelona and Adobe Max in Los Angeles. He has interviewed leaders and designers at brands including Apple, Microsoft and Adobe. Daniel's debut book of short stories and poems was published in 2018, and his comedy newsletter is a Substack Bestseller.]]></description> <author>contact@designremotejobs.com (DesignRemoteJobs.com)</author> <category>lego</category> <category>smartbrick</category> <category>designinnovation</category> <category>digitalplay</category> <category>creativedesign</category> <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YH6RcEfmD2otPwbRvsCejH-1080-80.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[17 Outdated Home Design Trends That Are Actually Genius (And Why We Should Bring Them Back)]]></title> <link>https://www.designremotejobs.com/article/17-outdated-home-design-trends-that-are-actually-genius-and-why-we-should-bring-them-back</link> <guid>17-outdated-home-design-trends-that-are-actually-genius-and-why-we-should-bring-them-back</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 19:00:31 GMT</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[# Outdated Home Design Trends That Are Better Than Modern Trends People are rediscovering the charm and functionality of older home design trends that have been replaced by modern aesthetics. Here are 17 "outdated" trends that many believe deserve a comeback. ## 1. Livable Outdoor Spaces "**Livable outdoor spaces** with big porches that wrap around the house. In the Caribbean, these terraces allow you to open up the house to catch the breeze and host parties. New houses without this outdoor space make no sense for our climate." ## 2. Sunken Family Rooms "A **sunken family room** creates a contained play area for kids and helps contain mess. It's a functional space that adds character." ## 3. Separate Clothing Closets "**Clothing closets that are separate from the bathroom**. No one wants damp clothes or to walk past an occupied toilet." ## 4. Butler's Pantry "A **butler's pantry** provides essential storage for bulk purchases, small appliances, and hosting supplies that modern kitchens often lack." ## 5. Transoms and Pocket Doors "**Transoms that open** for air circulation and **pocket doors** for privacy. These features reduce energy use and create flexible living spaces." ## 6. Grand Staircases "**Grand staircases** add architectural interest and a sense of arrival that modern minimalist designs often miss." ## 7. Built-in Bookcases "**Massive built-in bookcases** provide practical storage and character, even if it means less wall space for decoration." ## 8. Kitchens with Their Own Rooms "**A kitchen that has its own room** creates a private, cozy cooking space. The open kitchen concept means the whole house smells like dinner and dirty dishes are on display." ## 9. 1950s Design Aesthetics "The late 1950s had **clean lines, interesting color palettes**, and iconic furniture designers like Eames. It was a treat for the eyes compared to today's sterile designs." ## 10. Formal Entries and Back Staircases "**Formal entries** create a proper transition into the home, and **second back staircases** add convenience that modern open floor plans eliminate." ## 11. Collected-Over-Time Decor "**Meaningful accessories and furniture collected over time**, including heirlooms. The sterile look of buying everything at once lacks personality." ## 12. Tasteful Wallpaper "**Wallpaper** (not the busy kind) on accent walls adds artistic personality and makes rooms feel different from boring blank walls." ## 13. Colored Walls "**Painting walls colors other than white** gives homes character. I miss houses having the owner's personality, not just what's popular right now." ## 14. Genuine Family Photos "**Genuine pictures of families** instead of staged, edited photos. Real memories like a child covered in spaghetti sauce should be celebrated." ## 15. Wood-Burning Fireplaces "**Wood-burning fireplaces** provide authentic warmth and ambiance that gas or electric alternatives can't match." ## 16. Exposed Brick and Tile Floors "**Exposed brick walls** and **stone or tile floors** outside bathrooms add character and are easy to clean." *Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.* What other "outdated" home design trends do you think are better than modern-day trends (and deserve a comeback)?]]></description> <author>contact@designremotejobs.com (DesignRemoteJobs.com)</author> <category>homedesign</category> <category>interiordesign</category> <category>designtrends</category> <category>vintage</category> <category>architecture</category> <enclosure url="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2026-01/05/22/thumb/FQ9Trk1-z.jpg?crop=2500:1309;0,247%26downsize=1250:*" length="0" type="image/jpg"/> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Inside Fela Kuti's Wild Creative World: How Marijuana and Revolution Shaped Iconic Album Art]]></title> <link>https://www.designremotejobs.com/article/inside-fela-kutis-wild-creative-world-how-marijuana-and-revolution-shaped-iconic-album-art</link> <guid>inside-fela-kutis-wild-creative-world-how-marijuana-and-revolution-shaped-iconic-album-art</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:00:25 GMT</pubDate> <description>< ## A Fateful Meeting at 18 Ghariokwu had first crossed Kalakuta’s threshold three years earlier as an 18-year-old engineering student, accompanied by Kuti’s journalist friend Babatunde Harrison, who’d spotted Ghariokwu’s portrait of Bruce Lee hanging in a Lagos bar and deemed him skilled enough to illustrate the musician’s album sleeves. As he awaited his audience with the Black President, then mid-siesta, Ghariokwu absorbed his surroundings. Kuti had been gifted Kalakuta by his mother, revered pan-African activist Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, restyling it as a fiefdom-cum-commune for his followers, complete with recording studio and swimming pool. “Kalakuta was already notorious, because of Fela’s lifestyle; young people from all over the neighbourhood had eloped to live there. There were skimpily dressed women everywhere.” When Kuti finally awoke, Ghariokwu handed over the portrait of him that Harrison had requested. “Fela was groggy, his eyes were bloodshot, he was dressed only in his briefs, which hung down so his whole pubic hair was exposed. I was intimidated. He looked at the portrait and said, ‘Wow. *Goddammit*.’ He wrote me a cheque for 120 naira, four times what I’d charge for a portrait. But my spirit told me, ‘Don’t take the money.’ I told him it was a gift from the bottom of my heart, and he smiled, writing me a gate pass to visit Kalakuta whenever I wanted. It was the ticket to my destiny.”  ## From Engineering Student to Revolutionary Artist They met again a fortnight later, after Kalakuta had been raided by police for the first time and Kuti was hospitalised with a head-wound. “The room was crowded,” remembers Ghariokwu. If their previous meeting had acquainted him with the star, he now saw the steel beneath the playboy glamour. “With a police guard at the door, Fela spoke loudly about how the authorities had found it too easy to gain entry to Kalakuta. ‘I will electrify the fence, so next time they’ll get a shock and think, “This man is crazy!” And I’m going to write a song to lampoon the police.’ Then he saw me and called for me. ‘The artist!’” Kuti commissioned Ghariokwu to paint the sleeve for his next release, **Alagbon Close**, which railed against the regime’s dehumanisation of Nigeria’s people. “Alagbon Close was where Fela became a revolutionary against the system,” says Ghariokwu. “I didn’t simply illustrate the lyrics – my painting was more metaphysical. I depicted Fela breaking out of jail, in a celebratory stance, chains broken, the victory sign painted on the wall of Kalakuta because he’d triumphed over the evil police. When Fela saw it, again he said: ‘Wow. *Goddammit*.’ But I cashed the cheque this time.” Kuti took the artist under his wing. “I was already a pan-Africanist,” Ghariokwu says. “But Fela taught me so much. He gave me books about African history, George GM James’s *Stolen Legacy*, Yosef ben-Jochannon’s *Africa: Mother of Western Civilisation*, the *Autobiography of Malcolm X*. His other graphic designers didn’t care about what he was preaching. I did, and that put me in a very advantageous position.” ## ‘You Can’t Drink Fanta. You Have to Smoke Marijuana’ Kuti also wanted to open Ghariokwu’s mind to the powers of marijuana, but the teetotal artist was reluctant. “Some of the 80 or so people living in Kalakuta were employed simply to roll spliffs,” he remembers. “But I always refused. I took Fanta instead.” However, when Ghariokwu was assigned his second album cover, 1975’s **No Bread**, Kuti said: “How can my artist be drinking Fanta? You have to smoke *igbó*, to make your head correct.” Ghariokwu adds: “He was such a hero to me, a demi-god, I said, ‘OK’.”  Kuti would get his chefs to heat marijuana until it yielded its oil, bottling and storing it in his bedroom. “It was *very* potent. He put a drop on the end of a spoon, for me to lick. Within 30 minutes, I felt very hungry and I had this floating feeling. I went to the bathroom, and I could see my alimentary canal like the plumbing of a house, my urine travelling through pipes inside my body. I told Fela and his friends, and they all laughed at me.” Later that day, Kuti realised that Ghariokwu needed to go home. “He drove us in his Range Rover, and when we got to my parents’ place, kids in the street were shouting, ‘Fela! Fela!’ As I got out of the car, he hissed, ‘When you get inside, *don’t* talk to your parents, *don’t* answer any questions – just say “goodnight” and go to sleep. But when you sleep, meditate about the artwork.’ I awoke at noon the next day. Ideas were just flooding my brain. I forced in as many as possible.” The sleeve for **No Bread** presented a dizzying overload of images and metaphors: men fighting over food and money, women presenting their breasts, rats in sunglasses, empty petrol pumps, a balloon reading “Mr Inflation is in town”. “When Fela saw it, he jumped for joy, shouting, ‘You see?’ like I should always have been smoking marijuana. But I can’t handle intoxicants. So I analysed the inspiration I got from that high and used it as my style of composition from then on.” ## A Visual Identity as Unique as the Music Ghariokwu remained teetotal, but his work continued to evolve over the next several years. On acidly satirical sleeves such as **Ikoyi Blindness** (lampooning a lawyer from the affluent Ikoyi neighbourhood), **Yellow Fever** (naked African women apply skin bleacher), **Upside Down** (colonial developers invade as children starve), Ghariokwu created a visual identity as unique as Pedro Bell’s work for Funkadelic. “Fela treated me like one of his children, always receiving my work with ‘Wow. *Goddammit.*’ And, if he was particularly impressed, ‘MOTHERFUCKER.’ I was his youngest adviser, his comrade-in-arms. With two other friends, I formed the political youth wing of Kalakuta, Young African Pioneers. Fela could no longer use public transport, so we told him what was happening in the city, and that inspired his songs.”  ## The Unraveling of a Friendship Ghariokwu was at home when a neighbour told him Kalakuta was on fire. He raced to the compound. “The raid was already in full swing. The police had grabbed Fela’s mum. I didn’t see her fall from the window.” Suspecting Kuti was hiding in a nearby warehouse, soldiers apprehended the owner. “They chopped his finger off with a machete, and he confessed immediately. Soon, they dragged Fela out into the street, naked and bleeding. They slashed his bodyguard’s stomach open with bayonets, so his intestines came out. Fela saw me and whispered, ‘Get my lawyer.’” Kuti went on to **sue the government for $1.6m**, and rebuilt Kalakuta and his nightclub the Shrine, which the soldiers had also razed, a block away. But Funmilayo never recovered from being thrown from the second-floor window. “Losing his mother was very traumatic for Fela,” says Ghariokwu. “On *Coffin for Head of State*, he sings, ‘They kill my mama, they kill my mama.’ He was crying from his soul. He felt so guilty: ‘If not for my troubles, she’d still be alive.’ He was never the same after that.”  Ghariokwu and Kuti disagreed over how to proceed in the aftermath of the raid. “We had to be diplomatic, we needed to sit down and negotiate,” says Ghariokwu. “Fela was having none of that, and my loyalty was questioned.” When he painted a young African in denim and platform shoes falling from an aeroplane for the sleeve of **Johnny Just Drop**, which satirised diaspora Africans believing they’re superior to their countrymen, Kuti nixed the cover (“I don’t want it to seem like I’m attacking the youth”) and told Ghariokwu to draw a bourgeois older man in a parachute instead. It was the first time Kuti had told him what to paint. Against his boss’s wishes, Ghariokwu had the label manufacture an expensive gatefold sleeve with Kuti’s preferred image on the front, and the rejected image on the back. “He was so angry,” he laughs. “‘You’ve hit me below the belt!’ I ran. The next day he cooled down.” But then Kuti rejected Ghariokwu’s next sleeve, for **Sorrow, Tears and Blood**. “Fela broke my heart,” says the artist, who had always enjoyed “100% freedom” in his work for Kuti. Ghariokwu walked away from Kalakuta, going on to complete more than 2,000 album sleeves for other musicians, and pursue a career in fine art. A decade after their falling out, he reconciled with Kuti, working on several more sleeves before the Black President succumbed to Aids in 1997. “Ours was a divine collaboration,” he says now, taking pride in how Kuti’s music – and his album artwork – helped spread African culture across the rest of the world. “A journalist once asked me if I was bored of always being tied to Fela, of living in his shadow,” he smiles. “But Fela is in the lineage of WEB Du Bois, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr, a fighter for the mental liberation of the African people. Fela cast a long shadow, and as a pan-Africanist, that’s a good place to live.”]]></description> <author>contact@designremotejobs.com (DesignRemoteJobs.com)</author> <category>albumart</category> <category>felakuti</category> <category>graphicdesign</category> <category>afrobeat</category> <category>creativity</category> <enclosure url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/41d1747a5703cc08b0b5cefefac0bc77afc8d038/654_0_4580_3664/master/4580.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=16537bdc95578cfac465fd84aaa765ed" length="0" type="image/jpg"/> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Exclusive Sneak Peek: BrickLink Designer Program Series 7 Final Designs Revealed with LEGO Ninjago Twist]]></title> <link>https://www.designremotejobs.com/article/exclusive-sneak-peek-bricklink-designer-program-series-7-final-designs-revealed-with-lego-ninjago-twist</link> <guid>exclusive-sneak-peek-bricklink-designer-program-series-7-final-designs-revealed-with-lego-ninjago-twist</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2026 19:00:23 GMT</pubDate> <description>< --- ### W.A.L.T. The Little Robot – Leewan  --- ### Sushi Restaurant (寿司屋) – Brickproject  --- ### Alchemist’s Shop – Shram  --- ### Antique Collection – terauma  When you make a purchase or, sometimes, carry out some other action as a direct result of clicking on a link at The Brick Fan, we will receive a small commission. The Brick Fan is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. We partner with Rakuten Advertising, who may collect personal information when you interact with our site. The collection and use of this information is subject to the privacy policy located here: https://rakutenadvertising.com/legal-notices/services-privacy-policy/]]></description> <author>contact@designremotejobs.com (DesignRemoteJobs.com)</author> <category>bricklink</category> <category>lego</category> <category>ninjago</category> <category>designerprogram</category> <category>series7</category> <enclosure url="https://www.thebrickfan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/BrickLink-Designer-Program-Series-7.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Inside Kendall Jenner's Retro Airstream: How Bold Lime Countertops Redefine Small-Space Design]]></title> <link>https://www.designremotejobs.com/article/inside-kendall-jenners-retro-airstream-how-bold-lime-countertops-redefine-small-space-design</link> <guid>inside-kendall-jenners-retro-airstream-how-bold-lime-countertops-redefine-small-space-design</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 19:00:23 GMT</pubDate> <description>< *Mirroring the 1970s soul of Kendall Jenner’s Airstream, this design swaps lime green for a high-gloss orange countertop set against rich, dark wood cabinetry. The bold pop of citrus provides a playful, high-energy anchor that transforms the moody, wood-grained space into a fun retro statement.* Kendall’s Airstream shows that 'small' doesn’t have to mean 'safe.' By combining the warmth of dark wood with the bold playfulness of lime green stone, the design achieves a perfect harmony between nostalgic charm and modern whimsy. It’s a reminder that the best interiors aren’t just beautiful – they’re playful. In a world dominated by greige and beige, this redesign makes a compelling case for welcoming fun and personality back into functional spaces – a **color trend** I hope to see continue far beyond the holidays.]]></description> <author>contact@designremotejobs.com (DesignRemoteJobs.com)</author> <category>interiordesign</category> <category>retrostyle</category> <category>smallspaces</category> <category>designtrends</category> <category>countertops</category> <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/v2gTmfvSMQMPsaTFiexWeS-2560-80.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/> </item> </channel> </rss>