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Last month, Beyond’s board member Marcus Lemonis did something unconventional — and generally frowned upon in the design community: he called on social media asking for designs on spec, promising an award of $10,000 for the best design. Hundreds of submissions rolled in from the masses on social media, ranging from the bland and basic to the strange and absurd.
Elon Musk hinted at a potential partnership between X and AI image generator Midjourney to enhance content creation on the social media platform, indicating transformative prospects for user experience with AI-generated content. This collaboration could place X at the forefront of integrating AI into social media and further blur the lines between human and machine creativity.
Lenovo introduced the ThinkBook Transparent Display Laptop at Mobile World Congress, a concept device featuring a 17.3-inch MicroLED screen with up to 55% transparency aimed at showcasing futuristic technology with practical applications still under exploration. Alongside the innovative transparent display, the concept includes a flat-touch keyboard that doubles as a drawing tablet, reflecting Lenovo's effort to blend sci-fi aesthetics with functionality. The company is still seeking impactful real-world applications for the technology.
People are reacting badly to Microsoft’s sudden change of default font. Although the change was announced in July last year, many Microsoft users were surprised when the new default font, Aptos, started rolling out to hundreds of millions of users in late December.
Card sorting and tree testing are complementary research methods that serve distinct purposes when designing an effective navigation and content structure. However, there is a major difference between the two: card sort studies help shape information architectures while tree-testing studies evaluate them.
Designing a product is a complex process that involves many decisions. Fortunately, industry wisdom can simplify the decision-making process. Trust the expertise of those who have come before you, relying on their findings to act as heuristics for navigating complexity.
Preview a responsive layout inside a Figma frame and share an animated prototype. It works even without the opened plugin window. Anyone on your team can resize the frame without the installed plugin.
A collection of the best navigation designs from leading websites to fuel your inspiration.
Learn Figma keyboard shortcuts or test what you already know with this Figma-built game.
Designers need to get off the bench and take on a little more of that old Creative Director energy: get in the details, push our teams to take one more pass at things, try something totally weird that probably won't work, and challenge and inspire their peers in engineering and product.
Apple's future wearable lineup may include AI-powered smart glasses and AirPods with cameras. The smart glasses will resemble AirPods but will have more sensors, AI capabilities, and longer-lasting batteries. As a step toward something similar to Meta Ray-Bans, these glasses will have a camera and an AI assistant users can talk to, but no display.
James Gunn's upcoming 'Superman: Legacy' Superman logo will likely be simplified and minimalist. The logo appears to be inspired by the flat design trend, with similarities to Superman's costume in 1996's DC's Kingdom Come comic book series. While fans enjoy the reference, some are concerned that it barely resembles an 'S'.
A detailed case study of building an advanced design system for true white-label products with full control over colors, typography, and visual styles.
In this free and beautiful book, you'll find a collection of Steve Jobs's speeches, interviews, and correspondence, giving you a glimpse into how he lived and worked. It includes his perspective on his childhood, Apple, Pixar, NeXT, and return to the company that started his journey.
Virtual Staging AI helps Realtors stage a house virtually, allowing them to turn an empty room into a bedroom, living room, office, playroom, and more in seconds. The platform's AI model recommends the best-fitting furniture based on the Realtor's preferences by analyzing a room's 3D structure and determining its floor, roof, mirrors, and doors.