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The new ESN logo features a "dynamic cut" design element inspired by the brand's heritage and adds motion and movement to the logo. This design element is found throughout the rest of the identity, tying together the packaging design layouts and brand photography.
By moving to VR, this London-based animator could switch up his style. VR's physicality and organic nature make Melhuish's compositions more energetic, odd, and charming than classic 3D, which he often sees as soulless.
This concept shows what would happen if the Dock and Mission Control's full-screen bars were combined. Using such a macOS Dock alternative, you could navigate desktop and full-screen apps simultaneously, find open app windows more efficiently, and organize apps based on typical workflows.
Circle to Search allows users to circle something on their phone screen, tap a button, and instantly receive Google search results about the selected item, making it a convenient way to search without switching apps.
Notion Calendar is a standalone app that seamlessly integrates with Notion databases and notes. It has valuable features like calendar invites with embedded Notion documents and automatic calendar blocking for work and personal schedules.
Google is redesigning the Chrome side panel to allow users to pin individual side panels, making it easier to access frequently used features. The new design will eliminate the need for a side panel button and instead display icons for each side panel in the address bar.
App icons don’t just stand alone - they’re miniature flags planted firmly in the digital landscape, proudly proclaiming the values and personality of the brand they represent. When designing app icons, designers should focus on simplicity and clarity, define a consistent design language across apps, use negative space effectively, and use bold colors and shadows.
Embracing uncertainty can be a superpower for creativity because it allows the freedom to explore new ideas and possibilities without fearing failure. When designers embrace uncertainty, they are open to new experiences and perspectives, which can lead to innovative solutions and out-of-the-box thinking.
Users are more likely to recall items from memory when there is extra context than when they recognize the correct option in a list of choices. Understanding how human memory works will help you design better user interfaces based on recognition. A simple and intuitive interface promotes recognition because users are more likely to remember things that are easy to understand.
Invoke lets you turn your creative vision into professional-quality images, invite collaborators to work together in secure spaces, and maintain ownership, security, and control of your generated works and AI models.
Paaaterns is a tool that features interesting hand-crafted shapes and well-chosen colors that will help you when you run out of ideas.
Colpat makes creating the ultimate color scheme for your designs easy with plenty of tools, including gradients, color palette generation from images, trending colors, and more.
This article explores how small ventures and large enterprises make common branding mistakes. It uses several case studies to illustrate key points, from neglecting market research to copying competitors, so you can propel your venture to new heights and capture customer loyalty.
Designers solving “wicked problems” like poverty and climate change can’t rely on quick answers from searches or AI assistants. Instead, designers should take the time to understand and discuss these issues with others to build a more empathetic and inclusive society.
English-speaking countries prioritize trust and distinction, while Japanese audiences prefer handwritten and traditional forms. These findings highlight the importance of considering cultural differences when selecting typefaces to ensure effective communication and branding.
The demand for 3D designers has never been higher as advertising and online shops increasingly embrace the format. Adobe's Senior Director of Marketing, 3D, François Cottin, offers tips on how to learn 3D skills to become better at your job or to pivot into a completely new career.
In celebration of the candymaker's 200th anniversary, UK agency Bulletproof developed the "Yours for 200 Years" campaign. To bring back some of Cadbury's best-loved looks, the brand offers seven limited-edition retro packs dating back to 1915.
Beyond the Brand is an exhibition showcasing many of Warhol's most iconic works across his career, celebrating his unique and radical contribution to art history. From Warhol's earliest paintings and illustrations to the last pieces he created, the exhibition will run at Halcyon Gallery's two Mayfair locations until 24 March.
Though the network is dropping "the" from its logo, it will still largely be referred to as The CW since that sets it apart from other networks. While the change has already been implemented on the network's social channels, the new CW logo is yet to make its official TV debut.
Adobe is introducing AI-powered audio editing features to Premiere Pro, streamlining tasks like audio transition creation and clip labeling. These updates enhance the editing process, giving editors more time to focus on other aspects of their projects.
The Samsung Music Frame is a unique audio solution that blends with home decor. It resembles a modern picture frame and can display art or photos while functioning as a surround sound speaker. Connected through Samsung's Q-Symphony, it offers a wide soundstage and Dolby Atmos capabilities.
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman says the virtual keyboard in visionOS 1.0 is "a complete write-off," so most people will use a Bluetooth keyboard instead. In-air typing is far from magical, as one has to poke each key at a time or look at a character and pinch in. It might also be exhausting since you have to hold your hands in the air to type.
A call to action to create a Global Design System that provides the world’s web designers & developers with a library of standard UI components. A Global Design System would improve the quality and accessibility of the world’s web experiences, save the world’s web designers and developers millions of hours, and better use our collective human potential.
How easily information can be retrieved from memory depends on how often we’ve encountered that information, how recently we’ve used it, and how much it relates to the current context. Interfaces that promote recognition give users extra help in remembering information, whether about tasks and items they had seen before or about interface functionality.
Learn CSS Grid Layout with small examples that demonstrate features of the specification, including Subgrid.
Easometric makes it easy to create isometric elements in Figma, with top, left, and right isometric views.
Componly is a comprehensive suite of features, including component visualizer tools, custom component tracking, detailed reporting, and insightful analytics.
Compared to the old way, AI allows creative work to be completed faster and for less money. That has an impact on the price of creativity. Competing with AI is impossible if the client wants something fast and cheap. In contrast, the pricing discussion becomes less sensitive if they value your point of view and how you articulate your creative assets, including AI.
This case study looks into how spatial banking will look with Apple’s Vision Pro and how the principles for spatial experience — Familiar, human-centered, dimensional, immersive, and authentic- will shape the user experience.
If alt text doesn’t accurately capture the essence of the image it’s describing, it can do more harm than good. A good alt text is specific and concise and isn’t redundant. It’s objective, relevant, under 125 characters, and doesn’t start with “image of…” Designers can now use AI tools to generate image descriptions that are good alt texts.
The internet has developed a fascination with parodying "Girl with a Pearl Earring" with various creative renditions, including AI-generated art. From a feline version called "Cat with a Pearl earring" to Nintendo's Toad, these unique interpretations showcase the limitless possibilities of AI art.
Having grown up with devices and digital connectivity, Generation Z has distinctive UX and design expectations, requiring an innovative approach. They focus on immediate satisfaction, effortless interactions, visual storytelling, social belonging, and transparency.
In a somewhat convoluted marketing ploy, Tropicana has done the opposite of jumping on the AI bandwagon like most other companies by rebranding itself as 'Tropcn' for a limited time. By ditching the letters 'AI,' the company highlights the fact that it uses natural ingredients in its orange juice.
Asus introduced a new Zenbook Duo laptop as part of its CES 2024 announcement. It features two 14-inch screens and allows several screen configurations, including an impressive Sharing mode that lets you collaborate or create with other people in the same room.
Organized by Memory Box UK, the Best Art Vinyl Award continues to thrive. For the 2023 prize, judges chose Michelle Henning for her work on PJ Harvey's album I Inside the Old Year Dying. The artwork is characterized by its striking composition and the apparent simplicity of a branch casting a shadow.
OpenAI recently released its long-awaited store for GPTs. ChatGPT Plus subscribers can now access a collection of GPTs created by different users. However, it has problems — from unpolished and sometimes confusing UI to typically vague answers and the inability to tell custom GPTs from others.
Using modifiers to create color ramps can significantly reduce the tedious work that comes with making them. Designers can do this in six steps: Create base colors, create the modifier tokens, add the base color, add the remaining colors, create all the remaining colors by duplicating the first ramp and changing the reference values, and then make adjustments as needed.
Typically, designers surf the internet looking for assets that fit their concept, then create the appropriate images at a later stage. AI-powered rendering now offers an intriguing alternative to this workflow. This post shows how you can ditch 3D placeholders and build your final assets on the fly.
Daily UI challenges for designers to level up their portfolio and land better jobs.
This is a quiz game for designers to put their branding knowledge to the test and learn something new about the brand's identity.
This Figma plugin helps you experiment with different design patterns and iterate your designs quickly by enabling you to swap variants of instances in your Figma designs randomly.
A field study is a type of context research in the user's natural environment instead of a lab or an orchestrated setting. It makes sense to use these in the discovery phase of research, but they can also be used in later stages of design or development as an evaluative research technique.
Using storytelling in design as a tool can help bridge the gap between designers and stakeholders by presenting engaging and coherent information so everyone involved understands the vision and goals. However, finding a compelling narrative can be challenging. These nine principles will help you evaluate how compelling your story is.
This crash course in Research through Design, based on three seminal academic texts, shows how it can help you understand people, the world, and new technologies. Although the process may require outside expertise, such as anthropology, philosophy, or engineering, it is within a designer's reach. The pursuit is worthwhile, as it can help you deal with the complex reality of today and tomorrow.
Digital photography offers convenience, but there has been a resurgence in the use of film for its unique qualities, which foster a deliberate and authentic approach to photography. Many brands are embracing film to connect with consumers, and the sustainability aspect of film is also valued.
Since its launch by designer Shannon Maldonado, YOWIE has become Philadelphia's "coolest shop." Today, the brand has evolved into a hotel with bold, graphic patterns in its rooms, combining vintage and contemporary pieces to make them aspirational and attainable.
Improve your attention to detail with this simple game where you need to pick the design that looks the most correct.