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Designer News, once a prominent hub for product designers, has officially shut down, marking the end of its unique, text-focused discussions on nuanced aspects of product design. Initially thriving and exclusive, the platform deteriorated after opening registration to everyone, leading to a decline in post quality and an influx of spam.
A recent recall from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Tesla cars was prompted by a very peculiar reason: the font on the touchscreen display is too small. The NHTSA says people might have trouble seeing the ⅛-inch warning sign for the automaker's brake system. It claims that the international standard for that text is 3.2 millimeters and anything less may pose a safety risk. The issue, which affects 2.2 million cars, can be fixed with a simple software update.
The Apple Vision Pro represents a significant advancement in mixed-reality interface design. It utilizes visionOS to seamlessly integrate eye and hand tracking for intuitive control without needing external devices. This interface offers unparalleled accessibility and ease, making it the most user-friendly AR/VR experience to date.
Airbnb’s latest launch shows us how great designers can develop simple solutions to the two big pain points: it created the “Guest favorite” feature to increase users’ trust and reorganized the listings tab to improve the hosts’ listing experience.
Most new cars today have digital instrument clusters without physical constraints, which should be a benefit, but most carmakers use it to add unnecessary complexity. Clusters should adapt to different contexts, for example, they should be simple and controlled by the driver when driving at night.
The card sorting study is a tool in which users organize topics into groups to create an information architecture that suits their expectations. Designers can pick between open, closed, or hybrid card sorting, moderated or unmoderated, and in-person or remote.
Octopus enables you to create website maps or application structures, add notes, specify page content, and use color schemes to improve your site map design or implement website development or content planning.
With InspoVault, you can discover and collect live website design inspiration and trends.
Apple wanted to achieve something particular when it designed the EyeSight feature for its Vision Pro: an animated, 3D-looking face with eyes. It had to make very strategic design choices and compromises to accomplish this. Yet, the result is a slightly creepy animation that requires another screen, more connectors, and points of failure.
Symbols are integral to our design vocabulary, so we must know where they come from and what they mean. This website teaches you about the meaning of many symbols over the past 40,000 years and how they were used throughout human history.
Apple's icon set, SF Symbols, features four distinct rendering modes with different colors and appearances: monochrome, hierarchical, palette, and multicolor. These rendering modes and icon features make designs using SF symbols feel infinitely customizable.
Dive into 3D and typography through Bogdan Dreava's Alphabet Illustrations. Discover how depth and shadows bring letters to life in a monochrome palette.
The evolution of car keys, from basic mechanical devices to sophisticated, app-based systems, mirrors the progression towards more intuitive and frictionless user experiences. Good UX design is unobtrusive and integrates seamlessly into daily life, making technology feel like a natural extension of our routines.
The slow, meticulous process of creating high-quality renders is often incompatible with the fast pace required from early concept ideation. On the other hand, the ease of iterating with AI-generated images is unmatched - even a slight tweak in a prompt can lead to a significant shift in visual style.