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WGSN Interiors

WGSN Interiors provides comprehensive insights to keep you informed about the latest trends shaping the industry. It offers detailed product and CMF (Color, Material, Finish) forecasts, allowing you to explore upcoming trends and gain a competitive edge in your design projects. Their reports on the future of interior design provide invaluable insights into emerging styles, materials, and innovations, helping you stay ahead of the curve.

Design Tools & Resources: Unlock Your Creativity
In addition to trend analysis, WGSN Interiors also offers a plenty of design tools and resources. Dive into their Design Tools & Resources section to discover an array of prints, graphics, and Pantone colors in their copyright-free color libraries. These resources enable you to unleash your creativity and incorporate the latest visual elements into your designs.

 

 

 

 

Create Beautiful Imagery with Midjourney AI via O'Reilly

In this course, participants will delve into the world of AI art with Midjourney, an artificial intelligence program developed by a San Francisco-based research lab. Similar to OpenAI's DALL-E and Stable Diffusion, Midjourney generates images based on natural language descriptions. The course covers various aspects, including setting up and configuring Midjourney and Discord V4 servers, exploring beginner prompts, upscale and reroll images, and utilizing upscalers like Light and Beta. Participants will also learn about prompt crafting, working with camera perspectives, lighting, and colour, and using features like Chaos, single images, and Niji mode. The course further delves into style settings, creating various art forms such as portraits, woodcarvings, movie posters, icons, and more. Participants can also explore the use of DALL-E, generate frames in DALL-E 2, and even learn how to create and sell art on platforms like Redbubble. By the end of the course, participants will have mastered Midjourney to create stunning AI-based art, gained the ability to ideate beyond the app, and acquired knowledge about other AI art options.

 

ChatGPT for Web Design - Create Amazing Websites via O'Reilly

This course offers a comprehensive introduction to ChatGPT, an AI chatbot developed by OpenAI. Participants will gain an understanding of ChatGPT's features, advantages, and capabilities, enabling them to automate chat tasks effectively. The course then transitions into web design, covering fundamental concepts such as HTML and CSS. Participants will learn to set up the necessary software and system to embark on their web design projects. As the course progresses, participants will create dynamic websites with multiple pages and enhance interactivity using JavaScript for features like scrolls, image sliders, and contact forms. Additional topics include domain and hosting services, website responsiveness, content creation, color selection, and advanced web design techniques. Participants will also learn how to publish their websites and generate leads through signup forms. By the end of the course, participants will have the skills to independently build dynamic, interactive, and aesthetically appealing websites with various features across multiple pages, and they will possess the ability to creatively design and develop unique websites.