Breaking Born, a company from Colossal Biosciences has introduced MICROBE X-32™. This enzyme degrades tough plastic waste. It has a brand identity designed by Maven Creative to reflect the enzyme's kinetic energy and the company's disruptive spirit. Its wordmark blends Roobert and NeueBit fonts to symbolize breaking down and re-engineering plastics - its extensive pixelation represents plastic breakdown and pollution reality.
Config 2024, on June 26 and 27 at San Francisco's Moscone Center, will be Figma's most significant conference yet, with over 75 speakers and 8,000 attendees. Expect sessions on AI, innovation, design, development, and more and keynotes by Teenage Engineering's Jesper Kouthoofd, Stanford Human-Centered AI Institute's Dr. Fei Fei Li, and Figma co-founder Dylan Field.
Pitching your feedback requests correctly is crucial - you should ask clients about their past feedback experiences, preferred clarity in artifacts, and desired involvement level.
Immersity AI, formerly LeiaPix, transforms 2D art into 3D animation, offering non-3D users the chance to add depth and dimension to their work, making it ideal for VR and AR experiences.
The multi-sensory approach adopted by Landor fused sound and visuals with Milan's avant-garde futurism, resulting in a 56% increase in subscription sales and winning 11 awards.
eBay has introduced an AI-powered background enhancement tool for product photos on its mobile apps for iOS users in the U.S., U.K., and Germany that allows sellers to remove and replace backgrounds with AI-generated backdrops. Developed with eBay's Responsible AI team to ensure fairness and safety, the tool aims to simplify the process of creating listings, save time, and improve listing quality. An Android rollout is expected in the coming months.
Susan Kare, the original icon designer for the 1980s Mac, is being celebrated in macOS Sequoia with a screensaver and wallpaper. The new "Macintosh" wallpaper dramatically enlarges her famous icons. It features animated elements like the clicking cursor and the dreaded floppy disk with a question mark. Available in various colors, the nostalgic tribute also includes Kare's iconic bomb icon and "the crazy ones" text from Apple's Think Different ad.
Stable Diffusion 3 Medium is out. A cutting-edge text-to-image model that generates photorealistic images with 2 billion parameters, it overcomes common artifacts in hands and faces, handles complex prompts, and features enhanced typography. Despite recent legal and financial challenges, Stability AI continues to push the boundaries of generative AI, with future upgrades planned across video, audio, and language.
Artists are flocking to the new social media platform Cara as an alternative to Instagram due to its anti-AI stance and focus on protecting user content. However, Cara faces challenges common to new creative platforms, such as achieving mass appeal and attracting diverse audiences, which are crucial for its long-term success.
Data tables allow users to scan, analyze, understand, compare, and act on information easily. When designing them, use monospace typography for numerical values, condensed row height for visibility, sticky headers and fixed columns for consistent labels, and customizable viewing options like 'Columns Showed' dropdowns and horizontal scrollbars for enhanced usability.
Forms offer superior usability compared to conversational UIs for most use cases as they reduce interaction costs and cognitive load. However, there's an exception: AI chat can minimize navigation costs for simple and infrequent tasks, potentially improving user experience.
Trivago rebranded in December 2023 with a new hand-drawn illustration system by Niceshit inspired by 00s animated sitcoms and featuring quirky textures and proportions. This system, which began with a smiling door hanger concept, aims to create engaging content across platforms and will continue to expand with more assets.
"UX monoliths" can impede product development and scalability in rapidly growing companies. Overcoming this involves breaking down the UX monolith into scalable, interconnected experiences, focusing on understanding system components, and adopting a collaborative, holistic approach to product development.
Creating a strong team culture is essential. Design leadership should prioritize designing the team experience. Leaders can foster team well-being by asking for feedback preferences, balancing introvert and extrovert needs, setting team norms, and maintaining open communication. Encouraging collaboration, respecting time, and fostering social interactions are crucial to building a supportive environment where team members feel valued and motivated.
Web form inputs fine-tuned with attributes like spellcheck, autofocus, auto-capitalize, and autocomplete can significantly enhance user experience with minimal effort.
Designers discussed using technology to re-energize living rooms and reunite families, focusing on modular furniture and dynamic lighting to create interactive, multi-sensory environments that strengthen connection and adapt to changing lifestyles.
The Google Workspace team updated the design of meeting controls in Google Meet with refreshed colors and dynamic shapes for in-call controls and picture-in-picture. While there are visual changes, there are no functional changes. The update will roll out gradually to the web. More updates are expected over the next year.
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This collection of WWDC24 videos discusses best practices for elevating your user experience within Apple's ecosystem. From visionOS apps to immersive games and SF symbols, you will learn how to leverage Apple's latest innovations. The videos teach how to write better UX, add personality to your writing, use new design tools, and more.
Zeplin's latest update features a modernized UI for a faster and lighter app experience, discoverable workflow features, and a Dark Mode for its web version. Improvements to project dashboards and screen details optimize collaboration and efficiency, while version indicators and Figma prototype integration enhance productivity.
Designers should consider the role of external and internal systems in shaping human behavior and decision-making, as these systems significantly impact user experience. Outcomes are determined by the system. Design and improve systems rather than blaming or incentivizing individuals.
Former President Donald Trump's campaign has a new secondary logo that replaces the logo's red, white, and blue colors with black and white and swaps the "Make America Great Again!" slogan for "Never Surrender!". This logo, which is a response to his legal issues, reflects his defiant stance. It appeared in a fundraising email and is featured on merchandise like hats and T-shirts. The logo emphasizes opposition to his criminal cases. Trump continues to use the standard logo on his campaign website.
Creative director Andy Cooke advocates hiring "unlike minds" to foster innovation and avoid echo chambers. Diversity in thinking, storytelling, and human connection are important. Embracing contrasting viewpoints and life experiences creates a more robust creative culture, making it a strategic imperative for staying relevant and connecting with diverse audiences.
iOS 18 introduces a redesigned Settings app with a simplified user experience that features account information, top-used features, and a new "Apps" section for third-party app settings. The update includes large headers with detailed descriptions, improved Search accuracy, and cleaner layouts for easier navigation.
In partnership with Wieden+Kennedy, Wolff Olins has rebranded Ubisoft's flagship game, Anno, with a new design ethos inspired by ancient civilizations and modernized 3D elements: 'crafted with care'. The rebrand, which included a handcrafted brand mark and the strategy for Anno: 117 Pax Romana's launch campaign, focused on themes of legacy, creation, and community. Its purpose was to cultivate the joy of building.
Peter Otto Vosding, an innovative industrial designer, emphasizes the importance of functionality and aesthetic appeal in his work. His designs reflect a deep commitment to practicality and beauty, from intricate furniture and lighting solutions to technical devices. His philosophy, inspired by everyday life, art, and nature, is rooted in logic and feasibility. Vosding ensures that each product aligns with production processes, manufacturer capabilities, and client goals.
While AI image generators have advanced to the point where it's hard to distinguish real from AI-generated, certain signs such as weird anatomies, strange artifacts, and garbled text still help us identify fakes.
The success of the B/1 watch by Toledano & Chan highlights a trend towards sculpturally daring case shapes inspired by brutalist architecture and vintage aesthetics.
Adobe is updating its terms of service on June 18 to clarify that it won't train AI on customers' work, addressing user concerns about vague language. The company has never used customers' content for AI training or taken ownership. It aims better to explain its policies in response to community criticism.
Apple's iOS 18 introduces new home screen customization options, a revamped Control Center with a multipage layout and third-party widget support, and the ability to lock individual apps with Face ID. Other features include scheduled send-in Messages via Satellite, enhanced Mail and Photos apps, and support for RCS and Game Mode.
Cartwheel wants to revolutionize 3D animation by using AI to make it simple and fast to generate basic movements. The tool lets creators focus on expressive tasks, offering a game-changing solution for animators who traditionally spend hours on elementary motions. With a user-friendly interface and impressive output, it aims to foster productivity and creativity in animation.
Apple's AI approach, focusing on integrating personal context through its devices, may seem less advanced compared to competitors. Still, it leverages Apple's vast reach into user data to offer unique personalization. This strategy positions Apple to outpace rivals in AI by capitalizing on its deep integration into users' everyday lives through familiar tools and services.
The HarvardXR 2024 Extended Intelligence event showcased the fusion of AI and design, revealing the profound changes and challenges in creative industries. Designers now navigate integrating AI tools like the Stingray model, evolving traditional frameworks such as the Double Diamond. Important highlights emphasized the importance of curation alongside creation, distinguishing between design ideas and insights, and leveraging imagination to enhance integration.
Discover the five hard truths every young designer needs to hear. Learn that nobody owes you anything, blaming others is futile, and good feedback is a luxury. Understand the fundamental role of your creative director and why your growth is your responsibility.
The OPN festival, organized by Weareseventeen and Ravensbourne University, will launch in London on June 20-21. It aims to bridge the gap between emerging and established motion design talent. The festival will feature talks, workshops, live art performances, and a collaborative moving image project. All profits will go to supporting educational initiatives for schools and colleges.
Explore how AI can transform your design process with a case study featuring a hybrid team of one human and several AIs. Discover concrete methods to leverage generative AI for creativity and innovation, and learn the skills needed to merge human and machine creativity effectively.
Prototyping is essential for effective product design. It enables stakeholders to interact with designs as end users, fosters early engagement, validates usability through user interviews, and helps developers anticipate challenges. It also streamlines product development, aligns visions, and enhances the user experience, making it crucial for large-scale enterprises like IBM.