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02OPINIONS & TUTORIALS

IT'S DANGEROUS TO SEE THE ‘BUSINESS' AND ‘CREATIVE' WORK AS SEPARATE SILOS

Creativity and business knowledge shouldn't be treated as separate silos. The most effective work comes from understanding business priorities, data, and strategy while applying creative thinking. Embedding creative teams within businesses fosters collaboration, ensuring solutions are both imaginative and aligned with measurable impact.

itsnicethat.com1 min read

THE ART OF INVISIBLE AI: WHAT GRANOLA'S 70% RETENTION TEACHES US ABOUT PRODUCT DESIGN

Granola, a London-based meeting notes app, achieved 70% weekly user retention by pioneering an "invisible AI" that enhances rather than replaces human note-taking. The app lets users take their own notes during meetings, then uses AI to transform rough notes into organized summaries without intrusive meeting bots or clunky interfaces. Granola's success demonstrates that the most effective AI products seamlessly integrate into existing workflows, building trust through transparency and becoming more valuable over time as they accumulate user context.

uxplanet.org6 min read

ACCESSIBLE DESIGN IN FIGMA: THE TOP 5 SKILLS FOR UX AND UI DESIGNERS

UX and UI designers need five essential Figma skills for accessible design: Auto Layout for responsive layouts, advanced prototyping for keyboard navigation, plugin-powered accessibility auditing, built-in testing tools, and AI prompt crafting. These skills help designers create inclusive products by default while leveraging AI to streamline workflows and catch accessibility issues early. The guide emphasizes building accessibility into design workflows from the start rather than treating it as an afterthought, especially with regulations like the European Accessibility Act making inclusive design legally required.

uxdesigninstitute.com11 min read

03LAUNCHES & TOOLS

REVE

Reve Image is a unified, AI-powered platform that combines image creation, remixing, drag-and-drop editing, and an API. It uses a novel internal visual language to give users precise, granular control while bridging human intent and machine understanding.

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CANVA AI

Canva AI is an all-in-one conversational AI assistant. It can visualize ideas, generate compelling copy, and turn thoughts into stunning, fully editable designs.

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THE INTERNET'S BRAND API

Brand.dev is an API that personalizes products with logos, colors, and company information from any domain.

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04MISCELLANEOUS

FIGMA MAKE: THE BIGGEST SHIFT IN UX/UI SINCE SKETCH

Figma Make, launched in 2025, transforms Figma from a design tool into a full design-to-production platform by enabling designers to generate functional, code-ready prototypes directly from their designs. Building on the legacy of tools like Sketch and Zeplin, it lets designers create, iterate, and test apps—including PWAs—using AI-powered front-end coding, eliminating traditional handoff friction, speeding up workflow, and making real-time user testing possible without developers.

uxdesign.cc7 min read

NEW IOS 26 ICONS: HERE'S HOW ALL THE NEW APP ICONS LOOK ON YOUR IPHONE HOME SCREEN

iOS 26's Liquid Glass redesign not only updates system components but also reimagines all app icons for the first time since iOS 7, unifying their appearance across iOS, macOS, watchOS, and visionOS. Icons now share consistent shapes, glass-layer effects, and alignment guidelines, with subtle motion-responsive lighting, resulting in a cleaner, more cohesive, and visually appealing home screen.

9to5mac.com2 min read

FREE ASSOCIATION: PRODUCTION DESIGNER JEREMY HINDLE ON BUILDING SEVERANCE

Emmy-winning production designer Jeremy Hindle transformed a sparse script description of "four desks, large room" into Lumon Industries' unsettling corporate world. Drawing from Jacques Tati's "Playtime," Eero Saarinen's architecture, and Dieter Rams' furniture, he created an atmosphere described as "stunning and lonely." His design philosophy focuses on crafting emotion through kinetic rather than cerebral responses, using references from films like "Fargo" and "Twin Peaks" to build Severance's uncanny aesthetic.

figma.com6 min read