The Daily Index — Wednesday, February 14, 2024 · TLDR Index

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YOUR ADOBE SUBSCRIPTION MIGHT BE MORE EXPENSIVE NEXT MONTH - BUT AT LEAST YOU'LL GET SOME FREEBIES

Worldwide price increases are incoming for a wide range of Adobe CC and CC All Apps plans. All subscriptions now come bundled with AI art generator Firefly and light online design app Adobe Express. Annual billed monthly plans are up $2 to $22.99 for standalone app subscriptions. Monthly plans are going up by $3 and annual plans are increasing by $24.

techradar.com · 2 min

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THIS APPLE VISION PRO ART APP REVOLUTIONISES LEARNING TO DRAW

The Da Vinci Eye Vision Pro lets users draw from a reference image by superimposing a transparent overlay on any surface via Apple's headset. Besides drawing, the app can also be used for sculpting, cutting, stenciling, and even cake decorating. Users can adjust transparency and move the overlay location using gesture controls.

creativebloq.com · 3 min

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ADOBE’S FIRST COMPLETED INTERACTIVE DRESS DEBUTS AT CHRISTIAN COWAN’S RUNWAY IN NEW YORK

Adobe's interactive dress contains 1,264 laser-cut and handworked polymers dispersed in liquid crystal petals that change shape as the model moves. Under each column of petals, a flexible printed circuit board facilitates the dress's ability to alternate shades of gray and ivory. The wearable garment made its runway debut on February 11th as part of Christian Cowan's FW24 show.

designboom.com · 4 min

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WEBFLOW’S NEW LOOK: DESIGNING A PRODUCT FOR PROS

Webflow Designer needed a simple design with clear guidelines to assist users in navigating intuitively and efficiently. Its product team acted quickly by testing early concepts and making significant user experience changes with new and experienced Webflow community members. During the process, the company learned to value bold moves, integrate team members and decision-makers more effectively, and maintain high excitement and energy levels.

webflow.com · 5 min

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DESIGN SYSTEMS 101: WHAT IS A DESIGN SYSTEM?

Design systems are the backbone of product design, ensuring consistency and efficiency across digital experiences by providing a unified language and structured framework. They encompass components, patterns, and foundational elements and are crucial for maintaining brand identity and coherence of user experience.

figma.com · 14 min

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THE POWER OF PRODUCT PRINCIPLES

Product principles are invaluable because they provide a consistent guiding framework that transcends specific features or metrics. They help align teams, inspire creativity, and ensure the user experience remains coherent and user-centric throughout a product's development journey.

antonsten.com · 7 min

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CREATING VARIATIONS OF ICON STYLES

Mastering the conversion from line icons to solid icons contributes significantly to the versatility of a system. When converting line icons to solid icons, designers should increase the thickness of lines inwards to maintain the size of the icon, turn inner lines into gaps, reduce the visual weight, distribute spaces evenly, and keep some shapes outlined.

blog.streamlinehq.com · 6 min

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THE CASE FOR DESIGN ENGINEERS, PT. II

Pixels are static representations of a dynamic form. Therefore, we are not delivering the actual product. Code-based design is superior in that sense. It doesn't result in one artifact that approximates the final deliverable that then requires translation into the deliverable itself. Instead, the artifact is the deliverable.

blog.jim-nielsen.com · 3 min

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SHAPING THE FUTURE OF DESIGN

Technology changes too fast for designers to ground their work on current interaction paradigms. Human nature remains remarkably stable, regardless of how we interact with each other and the world. When considered together, it’s possible to develop timeless design skills by focusing on something other than UI.

jarango.com · 9 min

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HOW TO CREATE THE PERFECT ICON

When evaluating existing icons, designers should consider whether they’re recognizable, consistent with style, and legible at all sizes. In this article, the design team behind Streamline shares its meticulous design process for icons with us.

blog.streamlinehq.com · 5 min

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A 4-STEP FRAMEWORK FOR CRAFTING MEANINGFUL DESIGNS

Meaningful design starts with content, considers structure or how the content will be organized and grouped, defines the layout, and adds style — colors, typography, and images.

uxdesign.cc · 7 min

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NAMES ARE COMPLEX: DISPLAYING INITIALS FOR AN AVATAR COMPONENT IN A DESIGN SYSTEM

Avatar components are not designed with people with two names or non-Latin characters in mind. Potential solutions for these edge cases and others include allowing a maximum of three initials, taking the last word for the last name, and disregarding numbers, non-Latin characters, and emojis.

hey.georgie.nu · 19 min

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