THE SUPERB CYBERPUNK ILLUSTRATIONS BY MAX PRENTIS
Max Prentis crafts captivating cyberpunk art inspired by childhood cartoons and comics, blending digital and traditional techniques to create dynamic, nostalgic compositions.
2024.09.03
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11,719 matchesDUAL-TRACK AGILE IS GOOD, TRI-TRACK AGILE IS EVEN BETTER
Tri-track agile improves upon dual-track agile by adding an exploration track for ongoing research to identify unmet user needs and opportunities.
2024.09.03
FIGMA INTRODUCES ENHANCED CONNECTOR FUNCTIONS FOR BUILDING DIAGRAMS IN FIGJAM
Figma has introduced seven enhancements to its FigJam platform, focusing on connectors' visual and functional aspects. These updates include improved connector spacing for a cleaner look, streamlined alignment indicators to reduce visual distractions, and an enhanced "Quick Create" that automatically links nearby objects. Additional improvements like dynamic connector anchor points, new hover visuals, and customizable connector text colors make FigJam more intuitive and user-friendly for diagram creation and organization.
2024.09.02
GOOGLE GEMINI WILL LET YOU CREATE AI-GENERATED PEOPLE AGAIN
After pausing it due to issues with historically inaccurate images, Google has reintroduced the image generation feature in its Gemini AI chatbot. Using brief text descriptions, the updated tool can create diverse types of images, from photorealistic landscapes to oil paintings. Enhanced safeguards preventing users from creating pictures of public figures, minors, and explicit scenes are now in place. Feedback from early users will guide further improvements.
2024.09.02
THE MEANING BEHIND THE PARALYMPIC LOGO
The Paralympic Games have commenced. Its unique logo, known as the Agitos, meaning 'I move' in Latin, carries a distinct symbolism while sharing a connection with the idea of movement and unity. The logo emphasizes the dynamic spirit and resilience of Paralympic athletes.
2024.09.02
BREAKING IN: A GUIDE TO LANDING YOUR FIRST PRODUCT DESIGN ROLE
Landing an early career opportunity requires a compelling portfolio that showcases your best work, storytelling skills, and a deep understanding of design decisions. Quality over quantity is key in a portfolio, and candidates should demonstrate technical and soft skills. Set yourself apart by regularly updating your portfolio and effectively presenting it in interviews.
2024.09.02
DARK THEME: FIVE UI DESIGN TIPS
Designing a compelling dark theme involves avoiding pure black backgrounds, selecting legible fonts, and adjusting shadows for depth. Use muted colors to prevent eye strain and ensure accessibility. Consistency with the light theme's color scheme is crucial to maintaining a cohesive user experience across both modes.
2024.09.02
HOW TO DESIGN DROPDOWN MENUS THAT IMPROVE NAVIGATION AND USABILITY
Dropdown menus enhance navigation, reduce clutter, and improve user experience. They help streamline website forms, navigation, and search while freeing up UI space and supporting responsive design. A focus on simplicity, accessibility, and mobile optimization contributes to creating effective, user-friendly menus.
2024.09.02
WIREFRAME, DIAGRAM & WHITEBOARD ONLINE
Moqups is an online tool for creating wireframes, diagrams, and prototypes. It also enables real-time collaboration, simplifying the design process for teams.
2024.09.02
HUETONE
Huetone generates accessible color palettes using the LCH color space, offering predictable contrast ratios and compatibility with various design tools like Figma.
2024.09.02
DO DEEP WORK, ENTER FLOW STATE (CHROME EXTENSION)
This Chrome extension helps you enhance focus by setting deep work goals and blocking distracting websites.
2024.09.02
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NO ONE'S READY FOR THIS
Advancements in AI image generation are blurring reality, making the truth less knowable. While image removal feels acceptable, adding unreal elements is immoral and deceptive. This technology's potential for misuse can be harmful, and such practices should be considered illegal to preserve clarity and authenticity in visual media.
2024.09.02
10 LESSONS FROM DESIGNING FOR EARLY STAGE STARTUPS
Designing for early-stage startups involves balancing quality, time, and scope and prioritizing learning, trust, and rapid testing. Embrace autonomy, collaborate on solutions, and pick battles wisely. View setbacks as learning, express challenges openly, and seek help. Share your experiences to foster mutual growth and understanding.
2024.09.02
THE WOMBLES GET A SUITABLY CHARMING REBRAND COURTESY OF HOW&HOW
The Wombles received a rebrand from B Corp agency How&How that balanced its classic charm with a refreshed look. The design uses Monokrom's Nordvest for the wordmark and illustrations by Remi Sorbet, preserving the retro, hand-drawn feel while embracing a cleaner, digitized style.
2024.09.02
RETHINKING THE UI DESIGN OF A MUSICAL KEYBOARD
The Seaboard Rise 2 replaces traditional keys with soft silicone ridges, enhancing control over notes with five gestures and allowing players to simulate various instrument sounds with greater realism.
2024.09.02
FIVE INFORMATION DESIGN CLASSICS THAT ARE SO PERFECT YOU MIGHT FORGET THEY WERE EVER DESIGNED
“Graphic Classics” by Phaidon features legendary but underrated creations like the Venn diagram, copyright symbol, crossword puzzle, U.S. route shield, and Universal Product Code (UPC).
2024.09.02
CSS FINALLY ADDS VERTICAL CENTERING IN 2024
CSS's `align-content` property simplifies vertical centering, requiring just one property without a wrapper div.
2024.09.02
CHIME PROVES THAT FINANCIAL BRANDING DOESN'T HAVE TO BE BORING
Chime's recent brand refresh for its mobile banking service presents a visually engaging and playful identity that disrupts typical corporate finance trends. It struck a balance by refining its existing brand features while ensuring its essence of empowerment remained intact. The transformation resulted in a comforting and accessible rebrand, showcasing a significant evolution without losing its core values.
2024.08.30
GAMERS ARE ALREADY MOCKING THE RUMORED PS5 PRO DESIGN
Rumors about the PS5 Pro have circulated since the PS5's release in 2020. The PS5 Pro packaging was recently leaked. It resembles the PS5 Slim with only one significant design addition. The leak has caught the attention of gamers and sparked curiosity.
2024.08.30
APPLE SPORTS IS READY FOR ALL KINDS OF FOOTBALL
The Apple Sports app has been updated with new designs for the football season, offering live scores and play-by-play updates for NFL and college games directly on your iPhone or Apple Watch lock screen. It features a new "dynamic drive tracker" that visualizes the ball's position. Apple plans to introduce a dropdown navigation menu and improved search features later this year to enhance usability and discovery of matches across various leagues.
2024.08.30
SLACK HIDES COMPLEXITY TO CREATE EFFORTLESS ONBOARDING
Slack's onboarding simplifies complexities, making it accessible but potentially chaotic later due to a lack of workspace organization. While the company uses subtle nudges like pre-filling workspace names and prompts for customization, the absence of decision-making can result in disorganized channels.
2024.08.30
IF YOU WANT TO TEST THE FUNDAMENTALS OF YOUR DESIGN, TAKE OFF YOUR GLASSES
Users tend to scan rather than read. The "Blurred Vision" rule helps designers identify focal points and potential issues in the visual hierarchy, guiding them to refine their work before user testing.
2024.08.30
VISUAL QUALITY CONTROL
Visual Quality Control ensures features are correctly implemented before release in software development, enhancing user experience and reducing errors. While beneficial, it can become a bottleneck if poorly integrated. Effective communication, strategic ticket selection, and collaboration between designers and engineers are crucial for successful Visual QC integration.
2024.08.30
CONVERT GIFS TO ANIMATED FAVICONS
Upload a GIF and convert it into an animated favicon for free.
2024.08.30
ALPHA COLORS GENERATOR
Alphredo generates translucent colors that visually match their opaque counterparts on any background. It offers tools for importing, exporting, and adjusting color saturation.
2024.08.30
AI-OPTIMIZED CREATIVE THINKING
Brainglue is an AI assistant designed to enhance creative thinking and communication. It features specialized workflows, visual tools, and access to leading AI models.
2024.08.30
LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH NOMAD'S DESIGNS FOR SPORTS BETTING BRAND BETANO
Betano collaborated with Nomad Studio to create a playful yet responsible brand identity centered around a lightning bolt logo symbolizing rapid payouts and the excitement of iGaming. The new identity, which features surreal illustrations by Ed McGowan, prepares Betano for Euro 2024 and Copa América 2024 as a global partner and jersey sponsor.
2024.08.30
DESIGNER AND ILLUSTRATOR JULIA WAND ON HER LOVE OF NATURE AND WHY SKETCHING IS CRUCIAL
Julia Wand is a designer and illustrator who blends graphic design with illustration. Her work emphasizes the importance of typography, design rules, and color theory. Wand's creative process starts with spontaneous sketching and then moves on to structured brainstorming. She draws inspiration from nature, daily life, and social media.
2024.08.30
ARE DESIGN SYSTEMS JUST A BANDAID?
Design systems provide the basic building blocks and help teams complete work faster and more consistently. However, if an organization's core problems are deeper than an efficiency boost, it might only be a bandaid to a broken bone.
2024.08.30
TAKE A NOSTALGIC DIVE THROUGH A VISUAL CASSETTE TAPE ARCHIVE
"Tapedeck" is a visual archive that documents diverse cassette tapes from the 1960s to 1990s, celebrating their design, cultural impact, and legacy in music history.
2024.08.30
THE ARTISTIC JOURNEY BEHIND MAKING DUSTBORN'S DYSTOPIAN, STYLISED AMERICAN ROADTRIP
Dustborn's living comic art style combines a retro-futuristic aesthetic with satirical themes in a dystopian, alternate US.
2024.08.30
ARIZONA'S GORGEOUS REBRAND REMINDS TOURISTS IT'S MORE THAN THE GRAND CANYON
Arizona's new tourism logo features turquoise, copper, and customizable icons, reflecting the state's diverse landscapes and culture beyond the Grand Canyon.
2024.08.30
THE MOST EXPERIMENTAL LOGO OF THE YEAR WAS GROWN FROM LIVE BACTERIA
Crucible's innovative new logo, designed by Madalena Studio, was grown from live bacteria using natural processes. Developed in a makeshift incubator, the evolving design reflects Crucible's experimental approach to drinks and brand identity. The result features a variety of unique, organic options that capture the brand's dynamic and unconventional nature.
2024.08.29
GOOGLE MAPS ROLLING OUT REDESIGNED PIN SHAPE AND COLORS
Google Maps has updated its pin design with shorter, more rounded shapes and a white background. The category icon is housed in an inner circle, replacing the traditional pointy-bottom pins. Most pin colors remain the same, though some categories, like museums, now use purple instead of teal. These design changes, including softer color tweaks, aim to improve map visibility and functionality. This server-side redesign is rolling out across Android, iOS, and the web, complementing previous updates like the simplified bottom bar and new map colors.
2024.08.29
DONALD TRUMP'S NFT TRADING CARDS ARE BACK AND CRINGIER THAN EVER
Donald Trump has launched a series of digital trading cards that place him in various hyper-patriotic and exaggerated scenarios. The design of these cards, which resemble outputs from a basic AI image generator, offers an over-the-top and amusingly self-flattering portrayal of Trump. These new 'America First' edition NFTs have garnered attention, continuing the odd trend since their initial release in late 2022. Despite their peculiar design, there remains a surprising demand for these Trump-themed NFTs.
2024.08.29
THE 80/20 RULE IN DESIGN JOB INTERVIEWS
How can designers perform exceptionally well in design job interviews? The key word is “preparation.” They should use the 80/20 rule to put 80% of their effort into preparing for the case study presentation (20%) and the remaining 20% for the other 80% of questions, which aren't trivial and shouldn't be neglected.
2024.08.29
PRACTICAL DESIGN
Good design improves everyday items by making them more functional. For instance, placing expiration dates on food packaging enhances convenience, reduces food waste, and improves customer satisfaction. Despite resistance due to aesthetics, examples like Muji show that practical design changes can be effective and visually appealing.
2024.08.29
WHY AREN'T THERE MORE UX SOCIOLOGISTS OUT THERE?
UX design often emphasizes individual psychology but can benefit from incorporating sociological insights to understand broader societal forces. Balancing psychological and sociological perspectives can lead to more effective, socially meaningful designs, especially as digital products increasingly impact society.
2024.08.29
WEB INTERACTIONS GALLERY
A gallery of beautiful and smooth animations for different parts of web layouts.
2024.08.29
AI-POWERED PERSONALIZED CARD DESIGN
Molypix offers AI-powered design tools for creating beautiful, editable, and precise posters, invitations, postcards, and more, with effortless customization using various templates.
2024.08.29
GENERATE MULTI-LANGUAGE UI DRAFTS FROM YOUR COMPONENT LIBRARY
Ugic is a Figma plugin that generates multi-language UI drafts from your component library. It enhances design efficiency and supports various styles and languages.
2024.08.29
JESSICA WALSH LAUNCHES HER OWN TYPE FOUNDRY, FOCUSED ON 'EMOTIONAL TYPE'
Jessica Walsh has launched "Type Of Feeling," a type foundry offering emotional typefaces that blend artistic expression with functional design. The foundry provides a retail collection of typefaces and custom typography services, with seven typefaces available at launch and more in development.
2024.08.29
BOLD TYPOGRAPHY AND ELEGANT BRANDING DEFINE SAKE SHOW 2024
Quim Marin's branding for Sake Show 2024 uses refined typography and a bold red circle motif to highlight Japanese culture and sake, creating a sophisticated and modern visual identity. The event for Barcelona and Bilbao aims to celebrate sake's heritage while promoting Japan as a leading enogastronomic destination.
2024.08.29
HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS: BLACKJACK BREW CO'S BRAND BY ENSEMBLE GIVES THE BREWERY A SENSE OF PLACE
Blackjack Brew Co. rebranded to reflect its Manchester heritage and progressive craft beer approach, with a new identity by design studio Ensemble. The reimagined Jack mascot and custom typeface link the brand to its roots, while a versatile design system caters to different beer ranges and labels.
2024.08.29
FONT-SIZE LIMBO
The default browser font size of 16px is too small, and high-resolution displays further complicate readability.
2024.08.29
MOVIE LOGO FONTS: EXPLORING THE TYPOGRAPHY OF 30 CLASSIC FILMS
The unique typography of 30 iconic film logos, from Indiana Jones to Blade Runner, reveals how fonts create mood, enhance storytelling, and become pop culture symbols.
2024.08.29
HOW WE DESIGNED A WHITE-LABEL IN-CAR INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM
Snapp Automotive developed a white-label infotainment system, SnappOS that focuses on simplicity, cross-functional collaboration, safety, and contextual adaptability.
2024.08.29
OPENAI, ADOBE, AND MICROSOFT SUPPORT CALIFORNIA BILL REQUIRING WATERMARKS ON AI CONTENT
Tech giants OpenAI, Adobe, and Microsoft now support California's AB 3211, which mandates watermarks on AI-generated content. A trade group representing these companies initially opposed the bill, but recent amendments have gained their backing. The bill aims to ensure AI content is clearly labeled for public understanding.
2024.08.28
VIGGLE AI RAISES $19M IN FUNDING FOR ITS AI VIDEO GENERATOR
Known for its AI-driven video generation service, Viggle AI secured $19 million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz. The Toronto-based startup will use the investment to enhance its AI capabilities and expand its market presence. Viggle AI's unique JST-1 model offers realistic character movements, setting it apart from competitors.
2024.08.28
INSTAGRAM ADDS WHAT PHOTOS HAVE ALWAYS NEEDED: WORDS
Instagram's latest update allows users to add text directly to photos from the post editor, eliminating the need for third-party apps. Users can also layer another image on top as a sticker, which can be reshaped into various forms like a square, circle, heart, or star. Reels and stories also benefit from new fonts, effects, and animations for text, adding more creativity to posts. These features follow other recent updates, such as a Snap Map-like feature, songs on profiles, and the ability to share up to 20 slides in one post.
2024.08.28