TLDR DesignDecember 1, 2023

TLDR DESIGN 2023-12-01

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01NEWS & TRENDS

REDDIT GETS A NEW IDENTITY FEATURING A REFINED 3D SNOO THAT CELEBRATES CONVERSATION

Reddit's fresh identity was created by New York studio Pentagram. Pentagram agreed early on to point back to four values: inherently eclectic, positively different, delightfully absurd, and genuinely candid. It took the existing 2D Snoo icon and rendered it in 3D and customized Reddit Sans, one of the company's proprietary typefaces, turning the rounded counter forms of its lowercase letters into bubbles as a nod to Reddit's interface.

creativeboom.com4 min read

MICROSOFT PAINT’S OPENAI-POWERED ‘COCREATOR’ IMAGE GENERATOR IS HERE

Cocreator, a new text-to-image generator embedded within Windows 11, has been officially launched by Microsoft. Powered by OpenAI's DALL-E 3 model, the new feature lets users enter a description of something and choose between three generated images.

theverge.com1 min read

10-YEAR-OLD TEDDY PETITIONS APPLE TO REDESIGN THE ‘NERD FACE’ EMOJI

Ten-year-old Apple enthusiast Teddy from the UK has initiated a petition urging Apple to redesign the "nerd face" glasses emoji, citing that its protruding front teeth are offensive to people wearing glasses. Teddy has designed an alternative "genius emoji" without exaggerated teeth, hoping to promote a more positive representation of glasses wearers.

9to5mac.com1 min read

02OPINIONS & TUTORIALS

HOW TO THINK STRATEGICALLY AS A DESIGNER AND UNDERSTAND PRODUCT VISION

Most designers start as tactical designers, align themselves with the product or the engineering team, and work without a vision. Designers should instead become strategic by understanding and impacting the product vision, helping frame problems, visualizing potential solutions, and learning to persuade high-ranking people.

dataanddesign.substack.com7 min read

THE TYRANNY OF CONSISTENCY

The change in Google’s app icons in 2020 is a notorious and baffling example of consistency going too far. Consistency is an important but sometimes over-rated tool. It’s key to maintaining a coherent experience - but develop an eye to know when to break from it.

uxmag.com5 min read

FUTUREPROOFING UX IN THE AGE OF AI

Seventy-two percent of business leaders would like to adopt AI within three years. Funding for AI-powered startups continues to rise. Design professionals need to stay up to date with AI technology, understand its benefits and risks, choose when to apply AI in customer experiences, improve idea generation, and find ways to build trust with users when data is a sensitive issue.

indeed.design10 min read

03LAUNCHES & TOOLS

FREE PROFILE PICTURE GENERATOR

HeadshotPro is an online tool that creates cute avatars from photos. Powered by DALL-E 3, it can analyze photos, describe them in words, and generate new images from scratch.

headshotpro.comTool

INCLUDE—ACCESSIBILITY ANNOTATIONS (FIGMA PLUGIN)

The Include plugin provides an easier way for designers to spec and for developers to understand what is required.

figma.com

REALISTIC COLOR MIXING

Spectral.js is a tool for finding color steps based on the Kubelka-Munk theory, a proven scientific model that simulates how light interacts with paint to produce lifelike color mixing.

onedayofcrypto.artTool

04MISCELLANEOUS

3 ESSENTIAL RESEARCH TIPS FOR PRODUCT DESIGNERS

Designers often need to conduct more research or pick the right methodology. To do this, they should identify the desired shift in user behavior or business metric, craft research based on research questions, and use data triangulation to make well-informed decisions.

uxplanet.org6 min read

PSYCHOLOGY OF SPEED: A GUIDE TO PERCEIVED PERFORMANCE

The perception of speed is more important than actual speed. Various factors can influence performance user expectations, including emotional state, age, and culture. As time is highly subjective, we need principles to help us understand what "fast" is and how to deliver it.

calibreapp.com11 min read

MAKING EVERY LETTER COUNT

Ambiguous letter shapes pose a barrier to specific audiences, making it difficult for them to consume information. A new feature from Stark identifies problematic letterforms and glyphs in typefaces.

getstark.co3 min read

05QUICK LINKS

INTERACTION DESIGN IS TWO THINGS

Understanding that your audience is more distracted than you assume helps you create a focused, persuasive message.

chrbutler.com2 min read

WHAT CAN DESIGNERS LEARN FROM DISNEY’S 12 PRINCIPLES OF ANIMATION?

Disney’s 12 principles of animation might be some of the most influential tenets in design history.

thedrum.com7 min read

THIS MULTI-FILAMENT 3D PRINTER UPGRADE LETS YOU CREATE COLORFUL DESIGNS EFFORTLESSLY

It may seem simple, but 3D printing objects with multiple colors can be challenging since most printers can only handle one filament at a time. Co Print ChromaSet features a modular upgrade that allows almost any 3D printer to handle multiple filaments simultaneously.

yankodesign.com2 min read