Don’t Worry, These Gangly-Armed Cartoons Are Here to Protect You From Big Tech

You’ve seen this flat illustration style everywhere from Facebook to Google. Here’s why Alegria is taking over tech world interfaces.

AIGA Eye on Design
Sep 6, 2019 · 6 min read
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Image by Katharina Brenner. Illustrations are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Illustrations by Pablo Stanley, via humaaans design library. All illustrations have been edited.

By Rachel Hawley

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