The Daily Index — Monday, January 8, 2024 · TLDR Index

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HERMAN MILLER’S HISTORY WITH HELVETICA RESURFACES IN MODERNIST REBRAND

The rebrand introduces a new wordmark inspired by Herman Miller's late 1960s use of Helvetica, with the typeface Söhne from Klim Type Foundry. While the Herman Miller logo remains mostly unchanged, the rebrand emphasizes a complete design system that can adapt across various touchpoints, paying homage to the brand's rich history and iconic modernist design.

itsnicethat.com · 3 min

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GOOGLE MAPS' NAVIGATION EXPERIENCE QUIETLY GETS A HUGE UPGRADE

Google Maps is testing a new feature that displays 3D buildings during navigation on the mobile app and Android Auto. Users can enable the 3D view from the layers menu on the Maps home screen. When a 3D building obstructs a route, it becomes semi-transparent to allow for better navigation.

androidcentral.com · 2 min

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THE FUTURE FOR MIRO AND FREEHAND

In this blog post, Miro's Chief Product and Technology Officer Jeff Chow discusses the future after Freehand's acquisition. Miro users will be able to enjoy features like workspaces, intelligent canvases, and smart objects that are popular with Freehand users. Freehand's current version will be discontinued on December 31, 2024.

miro.com · 4 min

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HOW PATAGONIA’S TEAMS COLLABORATE IN FIGMA AND FIGJAM

Patagonia's digital design team relies on the Figma platform for collaborative creation, incorporating customer feedback, streamlining handoffs to developers, and fostering a more inclusive approach to product development, aligning with the company's mission-driven ethos of innovation and environmental responsibility.

figma.com · 2 min

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AN ETHOS FOR INNOVATION

Microsoft's Surface design team embraces holistic, iterative, and free-range thinking, emphasizing user needs and creative thinking over set design languages. The team focuses on color and material choices, aiming to create devices that reflect global movements and connect with users' identities.

medium.com · 7 min

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THE DUOLINGO EFFECT: HOW KEEPING THE ‘STREAK’ IS CHANGING PEOPLE’S BEHAVIOR

A recent study published in the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science explains why streaks effectively retain users and influence their behavior. As a result of their unique design, streaks help users connect higher-level goals to lower-level goals, enable them to act within structures that simplify thinking and decision-making, and speak directly into their self-image.

fastcompany.com · 5 min

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BLEND SHAPES IN FIGMA (FIGMA PLUGIN)

BlendingMe is a Figma plugin that offers an optimal method for blending two lines, ellipses, or rectangles. It also allows you to adjust the blending path, color, stroke weight, and opacity.

figma.com

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THE SNAKE THAT EATS ITS TAIL

The technological ecosystem is a feedback loop, or Ouroboros - a snake that eats its tail. Content is delivered via well-designed devices that act as a lure. The platform ecosystem of devices additionally encourages the design, development, and pricing of the supporting technology infrastructure of apps to keep it growing.

uxdesign.cc · 24 min

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COMPETITIVE USABILITY EVALUATIONS

A competitive usability evaluation involves comparing a product against several competing designs. The comparison can be holistic, ranking the designs by some overall site-usability metrics, or more focused, comparing features, content, or design elements across sites. There are two methods of competitive usability evaluations: competitive reviews and competitive testing.

nngroup.com · 7 min

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THE TOP 10 CITIES FOR ARTISTS IN THE WORLD: WHERE CREATIVITY THRIVES

Cities like New York, London, Paris, and Amsterdam should be on everyone's bucket list if they're aspiring artists or appreciate the power of creativity. With streets, galleries, and studios that will enrich your creative expression, these ten urban havens provide a fertile ground for artistic expression.

weandthecolor.com · 5 min

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2023 IN REVIEW: TOP 10 BRANDING & IDENTITY DESIGN

Some branding and identity stories in 2023 inspired reactions from obsession to anger and everything in between. These include the new Pepsi logo, HBO Max's rebrand as “Max,” the We ❤️ NYC logo, Elon Musk’s latest SpaceX logo, Liquid Death, Glassdoor, and a cannabis company righting the wrongs of the War on Drugs.

printmag.com · 2 min

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HERE'S WHAT THE IPHONE 16 PRO AND IPHONE 16 PRO MAX WILL LOOK LIKE

Building on the curved edges and titanium frame that Apple introduced with the iPhone 15 Pro, the next-generation iPhones are set to feature increased display sizes and a new capacitive Capture button.

macrumors.com · 4 min

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A LOOK AT THE FUTURE OF MIDJOURNEY

Midjourney released two major alphas before the holidays: an updated model called V6 in Discord and a new website that supports prompting from a browser. While the latest releases are imperfect, there is a shift towards better user experiences instead of a frantic pursuit of bigger and better models.

designingwithai.substack.com · 6 min

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