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Midjourney’s latest update launched on the evening of Nov. 1, 2023. Called the style tuner, it is arguably the most important update yet for enterprises, brands, and creators looking to tell cohesive stories in the same style. That’s because the new style tuner allows users to generate their unique visual style and apply it to any and potentially all images generated in the application going forward.
In an update to how YouTube caters to teenagers, the company today said it's changing how certain types of content are recommended to teenagers. Specifically, content recommendations for videos determined to be problematic if repeatedly put in front of teens—videos related to body image and non-contact social aggression—will be limited.
According to leaked details, Apple will include the Action Button on the base iPhone 16 model. In contrast to the current physical button on the iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max, the new button will provide feedback via the Taptic Engine. A second button called the Capture Button may be introduced soon. It will be capacitive and, as its name implies, could contribute to the camera system.
It happens to the best of us — we lose our spark, feel stuck, become risk-averse, and lose our passion. It's a bit like a long-term relationship that's run into the sand. However, rather than a relationship with a person, it's our relationship with creativity itself that's in trouble. When that happens, talk to others, find the type of work that motivates you, get involved in a community, and stop comparing yourself to others to help find that spark again.
The Drumming Gorilla ad from Cadbury was one of the world's best ads, mainly due to its emotional impact on audiences. Using AI in a designer's workflow today can be challenging because these tools are biased towards standardization. Cadbury's epic ad offers valuable lessons to designers on how to take advantage of the enhanced efficiency provided by artificial intelligence without sacrificing creativity.
Every business is an app, and every app feels the same because every designer has the same resume, follows the same process, graduates from the same program, uses the same tools, and scrolls the same Dribbble feed. Design is now about tangibles, measurables, and deliverables instead of intuition and ingenuity. Even companies that claim to be "design-driven" extensively use dashboards and metrics to guide their designers.
Vectorpea is an online vector editor that lets you edit Illustrator, Photoshop, Figma, and Sketch files.
UXsniff is an AI-powered tool that autonomously analyzes session recordings and identifies abnormal click patterns.
Durves lets you create and customize curved point design patterns and export them in SVG or PNG.
There's a big delusion in the design industry: that the correct design is knowable without building anything. Delaying building is delaying design because building helps you find the right design. Instead of always preparing hi-fi mockups, designers should work in sync with developers, stop fearing low quality, ensure that the work is well-discovered and well-shaped, and they should help developers stop fearing rework.
Shipping large user interfaces can take much time and effort. The modular approach makes it easy to build UIs that are robust, scalable, and flexible. Throughout this guide, you will learn about Component Driven User Design, its benefits, resources, and tools for implementing it.
It's been over a year since Adobe's agreement to buy Figma and the platform is still trying to figure it out as an independent company. Dylan Field, cofounder and CEO of Figma, believes that the design tool will have a much more significant impact on how work gets done in the future. The acquisition of Diagram, a five-person startup building AI Figma plug-ins such as Magician, might provide clues about what's next.
The Designing for Disaster series explores how design can be used to prevent, mitigate, and recover from natural disasters as climate change gives rise to more extreme weather events.
An affordance is what someone can do with an object. When you see a well-designed product, the perceived affordances should indicate how to use it.
Layering multiple gradients that include transparency can produce some pretty cool and surprising effects, especially when combined with custom CSS properties.