With the September Fashion Weeks recently ending, this blog will explore the key fits and trends from the shows for Spring-Summer 2023 👀

Organizsation is one of, if not the biggest challenges designers face during their inspiration process. This blog will share some tips, tricks and advice from pattern designers on how to overcome them ⚙️

Part 3 in our series highlighting the trending patterns, prints and pattern designs from Paris and London in the summer 2022 ☀️

Part 2 in our series highlighting the trending fabrics, threads and textures from Paris and London in the summer 2022 ☀️

Part 1 in our series highlighting the trending fabrics, design patterns and prints from Paris and London in the summer 2022 ☀️

Choosing the correct moodboard maker or fashion moodboard app is hard. So to help we've analysed the strengths and weaknesses of the top 3 on the market today 🟣

A brief explanation on how to make an aesthetic and the challenges faced by designers 🖼

A 2022 mid-summer season recap on the major fashion highlights and trends, including some fashion design moodboard inspiration 🥻

This month, the team at Make the Dot switched Zoom calls for real events and took our moodboard creator on the road for the first time. Read what happened inside ✌️

The supply chain crisis is everywhere we look. So this blog explains a little bit about how we got here, and what the future looks like.

A short blog explaining the pattern for design and print sourcing process for fashion brands, and what surface pattern designers can do to stand out 📣

We have just introduced an improvement to allow sharing and renaming your boards right from your home dashboard. Public boards now have image zooming. Additionally you can export your boards into PDFs or PNGs.

Planning a wedding is stress, stress, stress! So to help, I've written a short blog explaining some of the moodboarding tips I've been using to help prepare for the big day 👰🏻‍♀️

Although it's back in vogue this year, gender fluidity in fashion is nothing new. Our latest blog will explore this trend, as well as a few hacks on how to create the perfect gender fluid aesthetic.

A few tips and tricks on how to create a fashion moodboard online, for Spring's fashion trends. What online moodboard maker to use? What are useful sources of inspiration? And what are the fashion trends to incorporate? Explore more within 🖼

We have just introduced a new way of sharing your board via a public link. This means that the person receiving the link can view your board without needing to sign up for a Make the Dot account.

Are Gen Z the future of fashion sustainability? Or another contradiction driven by instant gratification and fast fashion? A quick read by a bitter/not bitter millennial.

Yet another fashion blog about digital fashion, the fashion metaverse, and what this means for the fashion industry as a whole. Don't say you weren't warned.

Many western fashion brands are betting big on China and the China fashion market for their source of long-term growth and success. However, a more balanced approach is needed to avoid some potential pitfalls associated with operating in the country. This blog will explore.

Luxury fashion brands are struggling fully maximise their potential in the worlds largest consumer market. From insensitivity to local culture to slow digitization, this blog will try to explore why. Shockingly, all the examples you will read are true...

This week we have introduced a new way to preview and download images on Make the Dot - offering more flexibility when you're doing your research.

Hybrid workplace, online video conferencing, flexible working. The turmoil caused by Covid-19 has ushered in new habits for the labour force that will be hard to undo. Find out our take on the future of work 👷‍♀️

We've just introduced a range of improvements to the Chrome extension based on the initial feedback that we got from some of you.

This week we have launched an extension on the Chrome app store to help you easily save inspirations across the web to help build your moodboards. 🖼️ 💡

This week we have introduced the ability to detect colors from images with our new eyedropper feature - allowing you to derive your color palette from all your mood pictures. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

This week we have introduced the ability to translate hex / RGB colors to the closest Pantone textile colors and also the ability to resize any image, text or color on your board - helping you emphasize your key concept easily.

This week we have introduced the ability to create as many boards as you'd like in Make the Dot! 🎉 On top of that, we have also improved the way your collaborators can discover your comments.

This week we have made it more flexible for you to edit your board while checking comments. We have also improved the overall usability on tablets, helping you do your research on the go.

This week we have improved how you can easily see more context such as photo captions and color codes. We have also made improvements on the overall experience of the app based on our observations during the onboarding call with you.

This week we improved the way you work with your collaborators by introducing a new email notification and you can also easily see which board has unread comments on the homepage. This way you'll never miss a beat when collaborating!

Read about how one Russian painter inspired our name and how it relates to our vision and mission.

Cross-brand collaborations are everywhere! Are we living in collaboration overload? How many collaborations can we fit in a week? Are they adding any brand value? This blog seeks to explore.

A step-by-step moodboarding guide as to how you can create a fashion moodboard, what moodboard maker to use, and what that moodboard aesthetic leads to in the product creation process.

What is Make the Dot, why we exist, and how we're trying to change the world of fashion creation by empowering fashion businesses

An insight into how we're building a community in the fashion software industry, the challenges we've faced and the reason that makes it all worth it 🥳