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TLDR DESIGN 2024-05-02

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01GENERAL

03OPINIONS & TUTORIALS

THE UNTAPPED POTENTIAL OF SYSTEM THINKING IN MODERN DESIGN

Every product goes through five stages according to the Product Life Cycle (PLC). As a product matures, system thinking provides the flexibility necessary for a more sustainable existence, which avoids unnecessary rewrites or pivots. Incorporating system thinking into a workflow requires establishing a dedicated and centralized platform, implementing frameworks and patterns, creating a shared UI library, and implementing system processes and checks.

adobe.design13 min read

WHY CREATIVE LABOUR ISN'T ALWAYS SEEN AS “REAL WORK” – AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS

Anthropologist and illustrator Julien Posture explains why creative work has always been seen as opposing productive labor. The problem has been made worse with generative AI models since they require massive amounts of unpaid and uncredited input, whereas the labor that drives their output needs to be noticed. Creatives rarely organize in unions, but this can strengthen their bargaining position and create the standards they want to operate.

itsnicethat.com11 min read

DON'T PUT CRAP IN THE DESIGN SYSTEM

A design system should consist of high-quality, vetted solutions, not rushed or low-quality work known as "crap," which undermines its reliability and the trust of its users. To handle inevitable crap, organizations can adopt strategies like establishing a layered UI ecosystem, allowing different paces for product and design system development, and formalizing conversational governance to manage and mitigate the impact thoughtfully.

bradfrost.com3 min read

04LAUNCHES & TOOLS

LUMNI

Lumni is a collection of free stock photos and royalty-free images generated by AI. Photos can be filtered by color, orientation, focal point, luminance, and category.

lummi.aiTool

COLOR VISUALIZER

Visualize your color choices on accurate designs like websites, business cards, illustrations, and more.

colors-visualizer.vercel.appTool

AD MOCKUP GENERATORS

Pre-visualize your ad in real-time on various social media platforms so you can try different visuals, captions, calls to action, and titles and see what works best.

inbeat.coTool

05MISCELLANEOUS

OVERCOMING HISTORICAL ELITISM: PAC NYC'S BARRIER-BREAKING IDENTITY

Porto Rocha designed PAC NYC's identity to welcome diverse audiences with a bespoke typeface merging 19th-century American Gothic fonts with the building's cubic shape. The color palette, contrasting vibrant tones with a foundational monochrome, offers flexibility to convey seriousness and expression across different contexts.

creativeboom.com4 min read

BUSINESS DESIGN SCHOOL: IF YOU CAN DESIGN A BUILDING, YOU CAN DESIGN A BUSINESS

Business design applies design methodologies to enhance business strategies, with business designers focusing on human-centered innovation and customer needs to improve models, processes, and services, merging business management with design principles to achieve both economic and human-centric outcomes.

printmag.com14 min read

THE BEST NUMBER FONTS

When looking at numbers within a font, there are many considerations, such as whether the characters are capital-height or have ascender and descender lines. Additionally, check whether the zero is similar to a capital O. You should also remember that a minivan font can cause the number 1 to appear lonely if tracking is not applied. This article lists the best number of fonts based on tips like these.

creativebloq.com7 min read