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Embracing fresh starts, the author reflects on the new year's potential and the challenges of resolutions. They explore the vulnerability of setting goals, the importance of reflection, and practical methods like More/Less lists and structured planning to navigate self-improvement and sustain meaningful habits amidst change.
In 2024, IBM's design team collaborated with users and Carbon for AI to create AI-driven security tools with improved onboarding, explainability, and interfaces, showcasing significant time savings in cybersecurity tasks.
Elisha Pilcer's Bauhaus Your Haus reimagines Bauhaus aesthetics, creating posters with geometric shapes and limited palettes.
Katie Kubrak, a CMF designer, merges sensory design with sustainability in packaging, creating engaging, eco-friendly brand experiences.
Tiger Woods' new brand, Sun Day Red, which features a tiger logo with fifteen stripes, is facing a legal challenge from Puma that claims the logo is too similar to its leaping Puma design. This lawsuit follows an earlier infringement claim by cooling product company Tigeraire, though Puma's case is considered more serious due to the overlapping sportswear market. Both instances highlight the fine line between inspiration and infringement. Woods' brand could face a trial next year if no settlement is reached.
Bing Image Creator was updated with OpenAI's DALL-E 3 (PR16) model for faster, higher-quality image generation. However, user complaints about unrealistic, cartoonish images led to a rollback to the previous model. Microsoft acknowledged the issues and plans to revert to PR13 until improvements are made, highlighting challenges in real-world model evaluation.
AI remains a dominant force at CES 2025. The technology is being integrated subtly into products and processes to enhance smart home features, language translation, and personal growth. The event showcased innovations demonstrating how AI when used effectively, can empower healthier, richer, and more meaningful lives.
Industry leaders from Ableton, Snapchat, and Coda share insights on team management and creativity. They stress the significance of seeking inspiration beyond design and prioritizing user experience over extensive tutorials to empower users as creators. They also differentiate between meeting types, highlighting the importance of balancing cadence, catalyst, and context meetings to enhance productivity.
Dell is replacing its Inspiron, XPS, and Latitude lines with a simplified naming system: Dell, Dell Pro, and Dell Pro Max, which were inspired by Apple's tiered approach. The change aims to boost sales amid an 18% decline. Dell will focus on AI-ready PCs and easier-to-navigate options for customers.
Lenovo's ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable AI PC, unveiled at CES, features a rollable screen, which has sparked mixed reactions from tech enthusiasts. While the super-tall display design draws attention, opinions remain divided on its practicality and appeal.
Kinesis.js offers a suite of components for creating engaging animations and transformations based on user interactions, such as mouse movements, scroll events, and even audio input.
CSSBattle's LEARN is the first-ever gamified CSS course for beginners, intermediates, and experts. Each course consists of multiple levels, which you can play and learn.
Kit Sans, a custom typeface by Hot Type for marketing platform Kit, draws inspiration from Franklin Gothic with a warm, approachable twist to align with the brand's aesthetic. Balancing elements of Kit's logo, the bold, condensed font features rounded corners and a unique character suited for the brand's identity.
The STEP Energy Programme, backed by the UK government, aims to deliver sustainable fusion energy by 2040. With a brand identity inspired by NASA's Apollo missions to evoke ambition and excitement, its futuristic design features a plasma-inspired color palette, a custom tokamak-inspired typeface, and mission patches celebrating teamwork, all tied together by the tagline "Forward to Fusion."
Balancing objectivity with passion in UX research can be challenging, especially when biases like confirmation bias influence decisions. Creating structured feedback loops helps ground decisions in data. Transitioning from UX to business ownership demands balancing vision with practicality, embracing uncertainty, and revisiting decisions iteratively. This journey expands skills, deepens understanding of product lifecycles, and emphasizes the importance of empathy and resilience in leadership.
Andreion de Castro blends creative coding with Blender's scripting to create mesmerizing motion design and 3D typography, transforming auditory emotions into dynamic visual forms and pushing the boundaries of digital art.
When selecting UI libraries, consider the project size, design requirements, and framework compatibility.
The MacBook Pro is expected to undergo a major redesign in 2026, becoming thinner and lighter while retaining the power of Apple Silicon. Users hope Apple will avoid past mistakes by maintaining the restored ports and prioritizing functionality. Another key aspect of the MacBook Pro redesign is its display, which is expected to ditch the notch as part of a switch to OLED.
Instagram Threads is testing features to align more with X and Bluesky, including setting display names and adding cover images. Spotted by reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi, these features are currently unavailable to the public. Users will be able to independently modify their Threads display names if implemented, enhancing their platform identity.
Microsoft redesigned its Bing search results page to closely mimic Google's web design, sparking accusations of deceptive tactics. The page features a Google-like doodle, a similar text layout to Google's search page, and automatic scrolling that hides Bing's branding, leading to user confusion. Designers have pointed out that this blatant imitation highlights the importance of originality in web design and reinforces the need for distinct, user-friendly interfaces.
Unlike other design disciplines, information architecture (IA) struggles with mainstream recognition due to its abstract nature and lack of a tangible central object. This abstraction makes it hard for people to grasp IA's value. IA may need to target niche audiences who can appreciate its unique role in organizing information.
Neumorphism, a design trend that blends realism and minimalism, emerged around 2019-2020 and gained popularity in design communities. It aimed to create visually distinct UIs but faced challenges such as low contrast, usability issues, and limited practicality. Offering new aesthetic approaches, trends like Glassmorphism and Skeuomorphism 2.0 gained traction after its decline.
The UK's new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) law shifts packaging disposal costs from taxpayers to producers, encouraging sustainable packaging. This change significantly impacts design, demanding sustainable practices from the start. Designers like Sophie Thomas see it as a chance for innovation, pushing for responsible packaging and long-term product durability.
BlenderGPT is an AI tool that creates 3D models from text or image prompts. It lets you synthesize fully textured meshes, which you can import directly to Blender with a shortcut or download the source files for use in any compatible software.
CapCut features flexible video editing, magical AI tools, team collaboration, and stock assets.
Humans naturally offload mental tasks onto tools, technologies, and others to reduce cognitive effort and enhance thinking. Designing AI systems that facilitate cognitive offloading and collaboration can empower users to solve problems more effectively and extend their capabilities.
Ed Helms' SNAFU podcast has a new brand identity inspired by Cold War propaganda, spy posters, and vintage book covers, that blends irreverence with professionalism. Bold visuals, quirky typography, and redacted-document cover art create a distinctive design that evokes history and storytelling.
Patrick Morgan shares his evolving creative stack for 2025, balancing experimentation with practical tool adoption. His essential tools include Obsidian for writing, Figma for design, and ChatGPT for brainstorming. He emphasizes regular evaluation, adopting tools that enhance productivity while retiring those that don't, ensuring his workflow remains efficient and adaptable.
Brands like X, Dollar Tree, and MTV need significant rebrands in 2025 to stay relevant and competitive.
Web designer salaries may vary widely depending on the country, experience, and local costs.
Schedule a meeting to discuss salary, using industry data to support your case, and be prepared to walk away if necessary.
It is rumored that the iPhone SE, known for its home button and compact design, will be revamped in 2025. The new version of the device may adopt a full-screen notch design, aligning with the iPhone 16 lineup. This change could mark the end of small iPhones, despite their appeal to users who prefer one-handed usability.
Backed by Peak XV and Tiger Global, Avataar has launched Velocity, an AI tool that generates product videos from links to reduce video creation costs. Competing with Amazon and Google, Velocity automates video production, enhancing customer engagement and conversion rates. Brands like HP and Victoria's Secret are early adopters.
Getty Images and Shutterstock have announced a merger valued at approximately $3.7 billion, forming a formidable stock photo company as they contend with increasing competition from AI-generated image tools. The combined entity will be led by Getty Images' CEO, Craig Peters, with a board comprising members from both companies. Shutterstock will maintain a separate website. This merger aims to enhance content offerings, expand event coverage, and implement new technologies.
Experts predict that 2025 will be a breakthrough for 3D art, with AI becoming an integrated tool that enhances creativity rather than replacing artists. This shift is expected to make 3D art more accessible, marking a new era of innovation and collaboration.
Trauma-informed design prioritizes safety, empathy, and empowerment, enhancing user experiences by creating secure, inclusive environments. Implementing this approach in research and design supports participants with clear communication, sensitivity, and safeguarding practices. This method benefits all users, promoting thoughtful, accessible, compassionate digital interactions that build trust and reduce stress.
CSS text-wrapping features include `text-wrap: balance`, which distributes space evenly across lines, and `text-wrap: pretty`, which balances text only for orphan words. While `text-wrap: balance` has been supported in all major browsers since May 2024, `text-wrap: pretty` is limited to Chromium, with balancing effective for up to six lines due to performance constraints. These features are ideal for headlines, card content, and other text-heavy designs, with alternatives like `br` elements and max-width adjustments offering additional flexibility.
This free Figma file includes realistic, fully responsive, layered, and structured iPhone 16 components for UI design, mockups, and presentations.
Quickly see how your website's link appears on social media, texts, and other sharing platforms.
Collect, analyze, and prioritize feedback to shape your product's future with Visionari's AI feedback collection and prioritization technology.
A UX researcher launched a side business, Decaf Before Death, applying UX methods like participant testing and structured feedback to navigate constraints of time, budget, and cognitive biases. This experience deepened their understanding of balancing user needs with business constraints, emotional labor, and the broader product lifecycle.
The Rainbow Wool initiative, created by Serviceplan and farmer Michael Stücke, uses wool from gay rams to craft fashion statements supporting LGBTQ+ rights. Collaborating with design studio Hey, the brand features a unique logo, vibrant patches, and profits donated to charities supporting queer communities, promoting diversity and solidarity.
Dr. Patricia Moore's innovative "empathetic design" emerged from a three-year experiment where she disguised herself as an elderly woman to address the exclusion in design for older individuals. Her findings influenced accessible product designs like OXO Good Grips and other innovations. She advocates for inclusive design and catering to all, from infants to older people.
London-based designer Georgia Canning's journey from Brisbane to freelancing as a 3D artist highlights her dedication, diverse skills, and passion for digital design, collaboration, and creating immersive experiences.
Using AI images and graphic templates doesn't make you a bad designer.
Trends like promptotyping with AI and inspirations like the Studley Tool Chest highlight a growing focus on innovation, craftsmanship, and exclusivity in design.
British Airways Club has rebranded in an exciting transformation with a new logo inspired by great circle flight paths, a simpler name, and a sleek visual identity. The intricate 'C' logo reflects the geometry of frequent flights. Club members can now earn Tier Points from flight costs and sustainable contributions. Avios can now be used for payments.
Snapchat's SnapGen is an AI image generator for phones that produces high-resolution images in seconds. It is compact, using 379 million parameters compared to 2.6 billion in similar models. SnapGen outperforms larger models like SDXL and excels in speed, generating images in 1.4 seconds on an iPhone 16 Pro Max.
Spotify has creatively incorporated a lightsaber-themed progress bar for Star Wars soundtracks, delighting fans. This fun UX design, available on web browsers, allows users to customize the lightsaber's color and type by interacting with the handle. The thoughtful tweak showcases how subtle design changes can enhance the user experience without causing the disruption seen with other UI changes. Fans on Reddit have praised this design feature, noting its similarity to a past implementation with Taylor Swift songs that featured a twinkle symbol.