TLDR DesignNovember 21, 2023

TLDR DESIGN 2023-11-21

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01NEWS & TRENDS

META’S NEW AI MILESTONE: EMU VIDEO AND EMU EDIT SET TO REVOLUTIONIZE TEXT-TO-VIDEO GENERATION AND IMAGE EDITING

Emu Edit allows users to input text-based instructions to make changes to images like local and global editing, adding or removing backgrounds, color and geometry transformations, object detection, and segmentation. The Emu Video tool, based on diffusion models, provides a simple method for text-to-video generation — it responds to various inputs, including text only, image only, or both.

venturebeat.com3 min read

TINDER REDESIGNS PROFILE PAGES WITH PROMPTS, INFO TAGS, AND QUIZ

Tinder is redesigning its profile pages to make them more informative and to facilitate starting conversations. Users will be able to create profiles, take quizzes, add basic information tags, utilize dark mode, and launch profile prompts as conversation starters.

techcrunch.com1 min read

ADOBE’S $20 BILLION BID FOR FIGMA IN PERIL AFTER EU WARNING

EU regulators have filed a formal antitrust complaint against Adobe regarding its $20 billion acquisition of cloud-based design platform Figma. The European Commission reached a preliminary conclusion on Friday following an in-depth investigation launched on August 7th that the deal would lead to significantly reduced competition in the global market for interactive product design tools, vector editing tools, and raster editing tools.

theverge.com2 min read

02OPINIONS & TUTORIALS

6 WAYS TO MAKE AUTHENTICATION SYSTEMS MORE USER-FRIENDLY

A study by Auth0 and YouGov found that users around the world want greater choice in login technologies, but less than a third of companies surveyed offered multifactor authentication, only one-fourth offered biometric authentication, and one-fifth offered passwordless authentication. One of the main challenges designers face when designing authentication systems is the range of users and devices, as there’s no one-size-fits-all.

toptal.com10 min read

WHY YOU MADE A BIGGER IMPACT AS A SMALLER DESIGN TEAM

Small design teams focus less on internal patterns and processes and more on looking out and getting involved. As growth happens, new pains and problems arise, shifting people to where the money is instead of where the impact is.

grillopress.github.io4 min read

FROM TOY TO TOOL: DALL-E 3 IS A WAKE-UP CALL FOR VISUAL ARTISTS—AND THE REST OF US

As media creation moves towards using creative machines that can replicate any artistic style, format, or medium, taste is becoming the ultimate skill. Although humans still have an edge on the craft, DALL-E's recent enhanced text rendering capability shows that AI tools are rapidly catching up.

arstechnica.com3 min read

03LAUNCHES & TOOLS

CREATE AMAZING MOCKUPS

With Shots.so, you can create beautiful mockups in just a few clicks.

shots.soTool

VECTORIZER.AI

A tool to convert JPEG and PNG bitmaps to SVG vectors in full color. Now in Beta and free to use.

vectorizer.aiTool

POLYCHROM CONTRAST CHECKER

Figma plugin Polychrom displays APCA-based contrast and font size recommendations. APC is an algorithm specially optimized to address the needs of visually impaired users, focusing on improving visual readability.

figma.comTool

04MISCELLANEOUS

FROM PIXELS TO PRINT: ENSURING VERSATILITY IN CUSTOM LOGO DESIGN

A custom-made logo needs to have 5 basic variations to increase its adaptability. It should have a primary logo variant, a simplified primary logo, just the words, just the icon, and a reversed color variation. A fully adaptable custom logo is a simple and flat image, uses fewer details, has a mindful color palette, works in black and white, can be resized without losing its shape or meaning, and uses appropriate typography.

designmantic.com10 min read

6 TYPES OF USEFUL SMARTWATCH INTERACTIONS

Users prefer brief and simple interactions on smartwatches, largely because of the tiny screens. NNG’s latest research identified 6 main types of interactions on smartwatches: Receiving and checking information, capturing data, manipulating an ongoing process, connecting with other people via calls or messages, and providing in-the-moment direction during an activity.

nngroup.com23 min read

DESIGN SPACING TOKENS SEMANTICALLY

This provocative take on space explores why we choose one amount of space over another. The post includes the industry's current practices, how to set up a spacing system, and code examples to kick off further explorations.

complementary.space15 min read