What is sustainable fashion design?

In this article, I will explore why moodboards are important and highlight how the "Make the Dot" app can help. Plus, I will uncover some cool features of the app.

Today we’ll help shed a light on the best practices on fabric sourcing from our time building Make the Dot, and our previous life in textile sourcing.

In this article, we will delve into the important aspects of surface pattern design licensing and copyright, shedding light on the rights, legalities, and benefits associated with them.

This article will dive deeper into the world of surface pattern design technique and surface pattern design pattern types for both beginner and experienced designers alike.

In this blog, we will explore the world of color schemes for surface pattern design and provide insights to help you master this aspect of your creative process.

Today we'll be taking you through the full process as to how to create a surface pattern design moodboard, with feedback from our design community.

Innovation in the fashion industry has been notoriously slow, but the industry is finally starting to embrace fashion innovation. We'll look at the 4 key parts of fashion innovation in 2023.

The 6 surface pattern design trends we're expecting to see in 2023 including some fabric and look advice on how to incorporate them into your closet.

Bright, cheerful and colorful, casual fabric trends for Spring / Summer 2023 put comfort above all else. This blog will explore more, as well as how to fit these fabrics into your look.

April has come and spring has sprung, so we'll be taking you through the knitwear trends for spring / summer 2023, and how to incorporate them into your closet.

Fashion designers from the Make the Dot community give advice on how to create a fashion lookbook for 2023.

Surface Pattern Design is what our textile community knows well. So we'll share those insights with the wider community ❤️

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

Organization is the biggest challenge designers face during the inspiration process. So, to help, we'll share some advice from surface pattern designers ⚙️

Part 3, and the final part in our series highlighting the trending patterns, prints, and pattern designs from 🇫🇷 Paris and 🇬🇧 London for the summer of 2022 ☀️

Part 2 in our series highlighting the trending fabrics, threads, and textures from 🇫🇷 Paris and 🇬🇧 London for the summer of 2022 ☀️ Click inside to explore.

The 1st part in our series highlighting the pattern design trends, fabrics, and prints from 🇫🇷 Paris and 🇬🇧 London in the summer of 2022 ☀️ Dive in.

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

How to make an aesthetic moodboard and the challenges faced by designers we've spoken to during 500+ interviews 🖼

A 2022 mid-season, mid-summer recap on the major fashion highlights and trends from the key shows, 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 retail supply chain crisis is everywhere we look in 2022. So this blog explains a little bit about how we got here, and what the future looks like for brands 📦

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've introduced an improvement to allow sharing and renaming boards from your dashboard. Public boards now have image zooming. Additionally, you can export your boards into PDFs or PNGs.

A wedding is stressful! 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, gender fluidity in fashion isn't new. Inside we'll explore, as well as some hacks to create the perfect gender-fluid aesthetic 🧥

We've 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.

Is Gen Z fashion the future of fashion sustainability? Or just a group 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 brands are betting on China and it's fashion market for their long-term growth. However, a more balanced approach is needed. This blog will explore 🇨🇳

Luxury fashion brands are struggling to maximise their potential in the world's largest market. From insensitivity to slow digitization, we'll explore. 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 working, video conferences, flexible workplaces. Covid-19 has ushered in new habits for workers that will be hard to undo. Read 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, mission, and where we see the future of creative research going.

Cross-brand collaborations are everywhere! Are we living in collaboration overload? How many collaborations can we have? Are they adding brand value? We'll explore 🧐

Through our step-by-step guide, learn the mood boarding process, from what mood board makers to use to the final mood board aesthetic.

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

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 🥳