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Monotype's 4th annual Type Trends report lists ten trends shaping the arts and culture this year. Among its highlights are AI-inspired surrealism, the resurgence of 90s and Y2K aesthetics, and more.
The Chartered Institute of Building has revealed the winners of its architectural photography competition. Out of 1,500 submissions, only 15 images were advanced for further evaluation.
Images generated by OpenAI’s DALL-E 3 will now incorporate a visible CR symbol watermark and invisible metadata. This move aims to identify the origin of AI-generated content, although the watermarks will only apply to still images. OpenAI asserts that this implementation will have minimal impact on latency and image quality, but acknowledges that the watermarks may be easily removed. The move emphasizes the importance of recognizing provenance signals to enhance digital information trustworthiness.
Google is rebranding its AI products, renaming Bard as Gemini and Duet AI as Gemini for Workspace. This move aims to simplify branding and consolidate under the Gemini AI model. Gemini Ultra, the most powerful Gemini model, is accessible through a $20 monthly AI Google One package. The rebranding reflects a cohesive strategy and focuses on enhancing user experience across various platforms.
The first public beta of Galileo AI is now available. The tool was launched as a private beta in October 2023 and allows designers to turn wireframes and screenshots into high-fidelity designs and generate multiple variants for the same design prompt. The company received $4.4 million in seed funding led by Khosla Ventures.
Designers and researchers trying to convince their companies to invest in UX research should “package” their arguments as loss mitigation. They should explain how research can minimize wasted coding time with engineering, mitigate timeline and budget issues for product managers, and reduce the risk of wasted resources.
Some AI companies provide ways to opt images out of being used in training data, while tools like Glaze and Nightshade interfere with AI models directly. Opting out typically requires submitting a request to an AI provider via a dedicated form or email along with the copies and written descriptions of images you want to protect.
If you're trying to find novelty, hitting the intersection of many disciplines or styles can be the best approach. In this article, you'll learn why playing with contrasting aesthetics in your creative work is essential and how to do so.
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Shapefest is a massive freemium library of beautifully rendered 3D shapes.
Preview responsive layouts inside a Figma frame and share animated prototypes that show how responsiveness works.
In the dynamic world of product design, principles are the guiding stars that navigate the journey from a concept to a tangible reality. They shape not just the visual appeal but also the functionality, accessibility, and emotional impact of a product. Good design principles are simple, have real-world examples, guide design decisions, and reflect the brands behind them.
Designers are returning to the heritage and comfort of more traditional serif fonts and also finding new creative inspiration in the ’90s and early ’00s scenes like grunge, jungle, and early rave culture.
Appeals to quality and accuracy haven’t worked for writers and won’t work for designers — only one argument will: Algorithm-driven design will lose companies a lot of money. Using AI in the design process may result in a "one-size-fits-all" approach that disregards individual users' unique needs and contexts.
Munu is a Norwegian technology company crafting software for hospitality businesses, empowering users to focus on their guests. Designed by Studio Oker, its identity expresses a “need for speed” through rhythm, flow, and movement, all while communicating the brand’s essence with friendliness and clarity.
Non-native apps will probably expand the Apple Vision Pro's capabilities in unexpected and sometimes fun ways. In these seven apps and concepts, the new device is transformed into a coin-based vacuuming game, a guitar teacher, a desk ornament builder, and more.
Although CSS presents some weird behaviors, that doesn't mean it's illogical. Geoff Graham makes his case by showing that the language is more logical than it appears.
In collaboration with the University of California, Santa Barbara, Apple researchers have developed the MGIE model, which enables users to describe desired photo edits through text rather than directly using photo editing software. MGIE, which stands for MLLM-Guided Image Editing, performs tasks like cropping, resizing, and adding filters based on textual prompts. It combines multimodal language models to interpret user instructions and generate corresponding image edits, enhancing efficiency and effectiveness in photo editing tasks.
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel said the company is taking steps to fuel growth including unifying Stories and Spotlight experiences. The update will enhance ad interactions across platforms and increase engagement and user growth. To improve engagement even further, the company plans to migrate ranking mechanisms and recommendation engines from TikTok-rival Spotlight to Stories, merging the interface and navigational gaps between these two segments.
Richard Howarth, VP of Industrial Design at Apple, and Alan Dye, VP of Human Interface Design, explains how hardware and software worked in unprecedented ways to transform ideas into reality during the development of the Vision Pro. The tech giant's design team understood that the device was a tool for connecting people, bringing them together, and enriching their lives. The Vision Pro needed to feel not too techy, so Apple invested a lot in flexible, soft materials and designed natural and comfortable gestures. Its hardware and software work together symbiotically, sharing common design principles and high-level goals.
Designers should consider five principles when designing search experiences on mobile devices: the entry point, the breadth of search results, the presentation method, the complexity of search results, and the complexity of the input fields.
In a world where innovation is driven primarily by speed, many designs can have unintended negative consequences. Despite their noble intentions, when Toms Shoes pledged to donate a pair of shoes for every pair it sold, it put local shoemakers out of business. Designers are responsible for the intended and unintended consequences of their work. The only way to do that is to step back and explore all sides of our big ideas.
The Style Reference tool extracts visual style cues incorporated into your outputs by referencing images as Midjourney inputs. The new tool will be crucial to most prompting due to its high effectiveness at increasing term value. It produces even better results with other features, like reference images and image weights.
A collection of hundreds of free and premium AI-generated assets, with Midjourney prompts included.
This practical set of buttons includes different styles and multiple states, all easily integrated with a copy-paste with no JavaScript required.
Use AI to instantly predict where users will look after engaging with your design so you can save time and avoid fixes after the launch.
Honda unveiled its 0 Series electric vehicles at CES. The two concept cars, the Saloon and the Space-Hub, designed to enhance daily life, are slated for production in 2026. Honda introduced a new logo, a departure from its traditional 'H mark,' marking a significant change since 1981.
Flings partnered with Blurr Bureau, a brand-building agency, to develop branding and packaging that evokes memories of simpler times. Blurr Bureau's approach balanced nostalgia with modern health consciousness, resulting in a successful product launch that exceeded sales targets.
If you are an icon designer or just curious about the evolution of symbols, paper is still your best choice. Despite some of these being hard to find, the books on this list will help you dig deep into the world of iconography.
Filatelia Grafica is run on Instagram and expertly curated by London-based graphic designer and archivist Diego Bucciero, who has brought the collection out of an old shoebox for everyone to enjoy.
There are many different styles and formats for checkboxes. However, there has always been one constant: checkboxes were square. Until now. Despite four decades of tradition, Apple abandoned the standard with its new visionOS.
YouTube is trialing a color filter feature on its mobile app that allows users to customize their video feeds by selecting red, blue, or green hues, enhancing visual cohesion and aesthetics. The feature, which is in an experimental phase and not widely available, presents color-coordinated video suggestions as a new feed option.
Pepsi has launched a provocative 'Tastes OK' campaign in Australia, directly challenging Coca-Cola by highlighting the word 'OK' subtly embedded in the Coca-Cola logo and suggesting that consumers should opt for Pepsi Max instead. The campaign is bold and humorous but carries the risk of giving too much visibility to Coca-Cola.
The Ikea AI assistant, designed to streamline the shopping experience by providing product details and visualizations, falls short of expectations. Users find it redirecting to the Ikea website rather than offering concrete design solutions or accurate stock information. The current iteration of the Ikea GPT AI assistant lacks practical utility, leading users to prefer traditional methods like browsing the website or consulting catalogs.
Migration to Figma is a multi-stage transformative journey, not just a tool switch. Essential steps include meticulous planning, creating a core advocacy team, and securing cross-functional support. Practical steps involve setting up foundational elements, crafting communication plans, and mapping migration timelines.
Type designers can now consider depth, rotation, and positioning as new properties when designing augmented or virtual reality typography. These new dimensions will require unique aspects to be considered, such as making typography adaptable to different backgrounds or able to be pinned to objects. Additionally, text must be adjusted for factors such as changing distance to avoid blurriness. Sharp sans serifs are likely the best choice for Apple's Vision Pro since they suggest the idea of digital innovation.
The default styles of web elements can significantly affect design as they dictate the basic appearance and behavior of form elements, such as checkboxes, radio buttons, and toggles. Developers often need to use specific techniques to customize these elements' style and behavior, such as hiding certain elements or using JavaScript, which can lead to potential issues in handoff processes.
Figr is a repository of editable Figma UI templates based on over 200 well-known apps.
Freefaces is a curated collection of typefaces that are available under a variety of free licenses.
Easometric uses SSR30⁰, a popular and flexible method of creating isometric artworks, to enable users to create top, left, and right isometric views in Figma.
Porto Rocha, a New York-based design agency, has released a public resolution, "No Free Pitches", against unpaid pitching in the design industry. Over 3,000 members of the design community, including representatives from Pentagram, Collins, Wolff Olins, and Spotify, have signed the resolution.
View of Ray and Charles Eames’ 40,000 artifacts, which range from mass-produced furniture designs and unique one-of-a-kind prototypes to personal ephemera and private correspondence. The Eames Institute’s internal teams collaborated with Brooklyn-based designers Standard Issue to create a unique display that enables visitors to experience this material intimately.
Torontonian branding studio newkid designed a bold and spirited identity, leading with a typographical approach chockablock with character. One of the key elements of the brand system is a series of diagrammatic breakdowns of each bed frame, reminiscent of classic instruction manuals in isometric style.
A library of books on technology, AI, society, and design, curated and recommended by members of the AIxDesign Community.
Vincent Connare says Comic Sans is the best font in the world, given how popular (and hated) it is. In "Comic Sans, Is it Really That Bad?", designer Thomas Steeles explores the history of the controversial font, telling how it was created and utilized during its early years.
Atlanta-based graphic designer and illustrator Broly Su brings both his skills together in work inspired by retro toys, hip-hop culture, and graffiti. Hear more about his creative journey, from growing up in Changsha to being commissioned by McDonald's and Tesla.