The Brooklyn Nets has updated its brand identity, unveiling a new "Nets Thread" logo that incorporates the letters of the team's nickname to resemble a basketball hoop and net. This script logo, inspired by Brooklyn's unique style and the team's New Jersey roots, joins other refreshed logos, including the "B-Ball" logo and the "Brooklyn Arch" logo, sticking to the team's black-and-white color scheme. While potentially seen as corny, the design cleverly ties in the sport's visuals with a fresh approach.
2024.07.17·links.tldrnewsletter.com·2 min read·TLDR Design Videos of the potential Google Pixel 9 and 9 Pro XL have leaked on TikTok. They show an oval-shaped camera housing, a larger screen and three-camera setup for the Pro XL, and two cameras for the Pixel 9. Both models may feature "Google AI" for saving and searching screenshots, a faster ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, and a new pink color option. Google is planning an earlier-than-usual hardware event on August 13th.
Demonstrating AI's potential and limitations in combating misinformation, journalists utilized AI tools from TrueMedia.org to verify images related to the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. The analyzed photos, including one showing a bullet near Trump's head and another of Trump raising his fist, were likely unmanipulated. While these tools are helpful, they are not a complete solution. Verified media and fact-checkers are still needed.
Samantha Warren, Senior Design Director at Adobe, reflects on how AI rapidly transformed the design industry, drawing inspiration from her mom's insights on art and technology. While automation will change and expand designers' roles, core human qualities like taste, systems thinking, and vision remain irreplaceable. Strategies for designers to future-proof their careers include embracing adaptability, building connections, and leveraging unique human skills.
LogoLounge's mid-2024 logo trend report revealed 15 standout trends that have shaped wordmark and symbol designs over the past year. This year's logos, which featured boxed, chopped, dropped, liquified, and sticker-ified designs, showed a push for experimentation. Interestingly, some logos became less prominent compared to other elements in the graphic family.
The iOS home screen design has been notably restrictive, limiting users' customization options. This changes with iOS 18, which introduces new customization tools, such as a tinting tool for app icons and the ability to arrange icons freely on the screen. These features enable users to create a minimalist or personalized look without the need for jailbreaking or complex shortcuts. The update is expected to inspire various creative and unique home screen designs among users.
Create billions of unique characters by combining various expressions, clothing, hairstyles, and colors.
2024.07.17·beanheads.robertbroersma.com·Tool·TLDR Design Use AI to design a new and improved website based on your URL and then export it to a website builder or HTML editor.
MSHR features a collection of over 200 free vanilla CSS mesh gradients. The app also allows you to create your custom mesh.
Nothing's CMF Phone 1's design emphasizes modularity and customization. The phone features changeable cases and accessories and retails at £209. Despite lacking some standard features, Nothing aims to outclass other entry-level phones with its design, a 43-hour battery, and a Sony 50-megapixel camera, reflecting the brand's focus on creativity and user experience at an affordable price.
Pendo's rebranding of Unifonic tells the story of the company's evolution from a regional SMS provider to a global communications platform. Inspired by the history and innovation in telecom, the new identity includes a wavy design system and custom typography that highlights Unifonic's role in connecting people worldwide.
2024.07.17·the-brandidentity.com·2 min read·TLDR Design AI advancements are transforming product design and increasing the need to rethink interfaces and roles. New technology waves have consistently revolutionized user interaction, making it more intuitive. In this interview, Emmet Connolly, Intercom's VP of Product Design, discusses AI's potential to create tailored, frictionless interfaces and elevate design standards. While AI handles basic tasks, designers can focus on creative, high-level challenges, ensuring the human touch remains crucial.
CSS custom properties can create shadows that match the background color, enhancing UI design aesthetics.
Wacom prioritizes artists' needs with anti-AI tools like Yuify, addressing concerns about AI misappropriation.
Beyond basic shape clipping, the clip-path CSS property offers powerful animation capabilities.
Google's new Vids productivity app allows users to easily create video presentations by integrating docs, slides, voiceovers, and recordings into a timeline. Accessible via Workspace Labs preview, admins can enable users to try the AI-powered tool. While Vids aids in generating presentation videos, it focuses on convenience, using templates and stock content to enhance creations. Its standout feature is the AI assistant Gemini, which can automate draft creation and provide AI voiceovers.
Microsoft's Copilot AI in OneNote can now read and analyze handwritten notes, converting them to text for editing and sharing. The feature, which is in beta testing, performs well with various handwriting styles, enhancing productivity for Microsoft 365 subscribers and Copilot Pro users. It allows OneNote users to write handwritten notes using a stylus, summarize them, ask questions, and even generate to-do lists.
Retro, a popular photo-sharing app, found itself mirrored by Google Photos' new "My Week" feature, sparking concerns of feature plagiarism. Google Photos plans to introduce "My Week" in a format similar to Retro's week-by-week photo journal with added community-sharing elements. Despite the similarities, Retro's CEO remains optimistic, emphasizing Retro's commitment to privacy and a user-focused experience without advertisements or AI data training.
The transition from text-based interfaces to GUIs in the 1980s revolutionized computing by making it more accessible and user-friendly, significantly expanding the tech industry. Generative AI is the latest paradigm shift. It automates tasks and enhances creativity in design, potentially transforming internet interactions.
2024.07.16·links.tldrnewsletter.com·6 min read·TLDR Design Figma AI doesn't drastically alter design's trajectory as generative AI tools were already promising. Concerns about training data integrity are longstanding. The real issue is the potential devaluation of design if it's reduced to basic tasks, so designers should focus on strategic skills and confidently integrate AI into their workflows.
2024.07.16·designingwithai.substack.com·7 min read·TLDR Design Animation brings objects to life. Enhance your skills with stop-motion exercises, storyboard narratives like comics, and micro-animations to make apps more engaging, focusing on timing over advanced tools.
Eggnog.ai's Infinite tool transforms simple text into full, engaging narratives.
Simplify app architecture visualization with a tree-like roadmap and customizable whiteboard. Archfy facilitates team collaboration, discussions, and delegation.
This generative Figma plugin creates patterns using shapes and offers various presets and customization options.
The creative industry is rapidly evolving due to technological advancements, shifting work paradigms, and changing client expectations. AI is set to reshape it, though specifics are significantly uncertain. Human ingenuity will remain crucial, and focusing on skills like empathy, critical thinking, and continuous learning will help creatives stay relevant while thoughtfully leveraging AI tools.
"Eno" is a generative feature film about musician Brian Eno. It offers a unique version for every screening based on 30 hours of interviews and 500 hours of film, with 52 quintillion possible variations. Created by director Gary Hustwit and digital artist Brendan Dawes using Brain One software, the film is a "living document" that can continually evolve and add new content.
Despite claims, AI isn't democratizing creativity - it's centralizing power and wealth. Silicon Valley uses the buzz phrase, 'automating jobs and exploiting creative labor,' to mask AI's true impact. The narrative of AI leveling the playing field for artists is misleading, as it undermines their livelihoods. True democratization would involve compensating and seeking consent from creatives.
2024.07.16·bloodinthemachine.com·9 min read·TLDR Design Lea Anouchinsky's journey from Music Communication to becoming a top design photographer demonstrates that capturing an object's essence in a single frame requires a sophisticated understanding of its nuances.
A new study found that AI can enhance individual creativity but reduce collective creativity.
Ubisoft apologized after gamers identified a logo from the Sekigahara Teppo-tai group in the Assassin's Creed: Shadows concept art.
A new study by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) conducted with international consumer protection networks revealed that nearly 76% of 642 subscription-based websites and apps employ dark patterns. These manipulative design techniques often compromise user privacy or encourage unintended purchases. Common dark patterns include auto-renewal sneaking, obstructive cancellation processes, and forced actions for accessing features.
Adobe Acrobat has enhanced its versatility by introducing the AI Assistant, a conversational model powered by artificial intelligence. This tool aids users by summarizing complex documents, answering questions related to document content, and linking information for ease of access, all while ensuring document privacy. The new AI features can be accessed through a desktop application, the web, and on mobile devices.
2024.07.15·links.tldrnewsletter.com·5 min read·TLDR Design The COPIED Act aims to protect journalists and artists from AI models' unauthorized use of their work. Introduced by a bipartisan group of senators, the bill directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to establish standards for authenticating and detecting AI-generated content through features like watermarking. It could give enforcement powers to state attorneys general and the FTC and allow content owners to sue for unauthorized use.
Designers have a hidden superpower: the ability to explain things clearly. This skill can transform your career by enhancing communication within teams. By translating complex ideas into simple visuals, designers bridge gaps in understanding, making them invaluable in meetings and project discussions.
2024.07.15·whydesignishard.substack.com·4 min read·TLDR Design Personality traits like the Big Five influence user behavior and preferences in human-computer interaction, making their identification and assessment crucial for personality-based design, despite privacy concerns. Personalization systematically adapts interfaces based on personality traits to enhance satisfaction and performance. It can be implemented via adaptive and adaptable systems - adaptive systems adjust automatically, while adaptable systems allow user customization.
2024.07.15·uxpsychology.substack.com·9 min read·TLDR Design Designers should be involved throughout the entire process to solve user problems and influence business decisions. Their ability to embrace the unfamiliar and see the bigger picture suits them for leadership roles. Designers can leverage their skills in empathy and human-centered design to transform insights into actionable solutions and drive organizational success.
2024.07.15·links.tldrnewsletter.com·4 min read·TLDR Design Mazeletter offers nine unique maze pattern fonts that seamlessly tile. Each font style presents a different maze dimension, from zigzagging hedges and tunnels to calligraphic ribbons and art deco façades.
This collection features hands-on product design exercises to help designers build confidence and skills.
AI-generated free stock photos and royalty-free images that can be explored through categories and filtered by filters like orientation, focal point, number of people, luminance, and color.
Thandiwe Muriu is a Kenyan photographer who combines bold patterns and ancient proverbs to explore themes of visibility and identity. Muriu's work, which features over 70 shots taken between 2015 and 2023, celebrates African culture and the power of visual storytelling. It has earned her significant recognition, including the 2020 edition of the Photo London Emerging Photographer of the Year Award.
2024.07.15·aestheticamagazine.com·3 min read·TLDR Design Taku Satoh's book, "Just Enough Design," explores the Japanese concept of hodo-hodo, emphasizing moderation and balance in design. Satoh's work, from chopsticks to toys, illustrates the power of restraint and subtlety. This approach encourages designers to refine details without excess, fostering emotional connections. Satoh's philosophy promotes creating space for user interpretation and imagination, enhancing the design experience.
2024.07.15·designlobster.substack.com·4 min read·TLDR Design Martin Vargic's latest project includes two infographics that showcase 1,600 exoplanets organized by size, temperature, and atmospheric properties, with data from public databases and exoplanet colors based on illustrations and the Sudarsky scale. "The Exoplanet Zoo" and "Icy and Rocky Worlds" highlight exoplanets' heat levels and terrestrial characteristics.
George R.R. Martin announced a new box set of the first five A Song of Ice and Fire books featuring stunning linocut artwork.
Lummi offers over 20,000 curated, royalty-free AI-generated images, providing a fresh alternative to generic stock photos.
McDonald's 50th-anniversary campaign, which features nostalgic elements like iconic characters, retro merchandise, and a special birthday food menu, transforms the Woolwich restaurant back to its '80s glory to evoke cherished childhood memories.
Vimeo is updating its terms of service to include labeling for AI-generated content. The platform, aiming to boost transparency and trust, will now ask creators to tag videos with 'Includes AI' when content is digitally manipulated. This move highlights the growing need for clarity in distinguishing real from synthetic media amidst increasing AI-related controversies.
DreamFlare AI, co-founded by an ex-Googler and a filmmaker, aims to revolutionize short-form AI-generated content by providing a studio for creators to collaborate with professional storytellers using third-party AI tools. Offering interactive content and a subscription-based service, DreamFlare hopes to democratize storytelling and provide new revenue streams for creators despite the ongoing AI controversy in Hollywood.
Paramount Global merged with Skydance and revealed a new logo that combines Paramount's mountain motif and stars with a Skydance-like serif wordmark. Resembling a logo from finance and consulting rather than entertainment, the new design may be temporary, following a trend seen with Warner Bros. and Discovery's post-merger visual identity shifts.
2024.07.12·links.tldrnewsletter.com·2 min read·TLDR Design The Apple Watch has maintained a consistent design with minor changes since its 2014 introduction. While a significant redesign was rumored for the "Apple Watch X," recent reports suggest only discreet updates for Series 10. Users value the current design's balance of technology and elegance, preferring improvements like a bigger battery and new health sensors. At the same time, Series 9 is expected to retain the same design with larger displays and a potentially thinner case.
Bad design is like a virus because it can spread unnoticed, leading to significant issues when defects and failures become apparent. Addressing latent design flaws early is crucial to prevent them from causing widespread problems and undermining user trust and safety.
2024.07.12·links.tldrnewsletter.com·11 min read·TLDR Design