Story-based swipeable content transforms social media engagement by breaking information into digestible, sequential frames that guide users through structured narratives. These multi-image formats, such as Instagram carousels and LinkedIn document posts, achieve significantly higher engagement rates than single posts by tapping into our natural storytelling instincts. Compelling swipeable stories follow a five-part structure supported by consistent visual design and precise pacing: hook, context, main content, climax, and call-to-action.
During a recent holiday, a designer got the new Peugeot 3008 in the rental car lottery. It features Peugeot's new Panorama i-Cockpit—a bold dashboard redesign with a beautiful display. However, after a week of use, it became clear that the software couldn't match the impressive hardware.
2025.06.27·theturnsignalblog.com·20 min read·TLDR Design The Detroit Red Wings' new centenary logo has been met with widespread praise for its clean, stylish update to the classic 'Winged Wheel' design, celebrating the team's 100-year legacy with subtle retro flair. Fans on social media have called it "gorgeous," "classic," and a rare example of a heritage redesign done right.
Designing for neurodiversity means embracing the "grey zone" of human variability and creating resilient experiences that prioritize clarity, comfort, and user autonomy over rigid, one-size-fits-all solutions.
TrueKind's skincare website boasts an unconventional visual design and smooth GSAP animations, striking a balance between creativity and commercial viability.
Apple addressed readability issues with its Liquid Glass Control Center feature in the second iOS 26 developer beta by making the background more opaque. The original beta's excessive transparency created visual clutter that made Control Center difficult to read at a glance. While some color bleeding still occurs with certain buttons, the changes significantly improve over the initial implementation.
Google has released Imagen 4, its most advanced text-to-image model, through the Gemini API and Google AI Studio. The release includes significantly improved text rendering capabilities. It includes two variants: the standard Imagen 4 at $0.04 per image for general tasks and Imagen 4 Ultra at $0.06 per image for more precise prompt adherence. All generated images include invisible SynthID watermarks for transparency and authenticity verification.
2025.06.26·developers.googleblog.com·3 min read·TLDR Design Leaked images of dummy units suggest the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Air may feature a sleek all-black design, sparking excitement for a potential return of a true pitch-black iPhone. However, these models are based on rumors and not confirmed by Apple, so the final design may differ when the phones are officially unveiled in September.
IDEO's Shanghai team used human-centered design to break down silos between leadership and product teams at a consumer products company. When the project sponsor criticized designs as "soulless," IDEO facilitated perspective-sharing exercises and consumer research to align teams around shared goals. The approach helped transform organizational barriers into collaborative innovation, moving beyond traditional "Made in China" production models.
The Browser Company has launched Dia, a new AI browser that lets users chat with web pages for recommendations and contextual information, in invite-only beta. While Dia's current functionality resembles basic ChatGPT capabilities, it represents a paradigm shift from traditional web browsing to conversational web interaction. Industry experts suggest AI browsers could evolve into super-apps with dynamic interfaces, fundamentally changing how people navigate and interact with the web within five years.
Discussions about "quality" in design often resurface online but tend to be vague, subjective, and ultimately unproductive, as the term is slippery and context-dependent. Rather than chasing a nebulous ideal of quality, designers should focus on clear, actionable principles like usability, accessibility, performance, and user needs—areas that offer tangible value and measurable outcomes.
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Convert YouTube videos to TikTok and Shorts with Makefilm.ai. Add dynamic captions, resize, remove watermarks, and get real-time content summaries.
Z3D turns your ideas into 3D reality. Type a prompt or use an image to create pro-grade 3D models and scenes in seconds.
Court documents have confirmed that the mysterious AI hardware device from Jony Ive and Sam Altman is not a wearable, ruling out smartwatches, rings, glasses, and similar gadgets. Growing speculation now points to a smart pen. This unobtrusive, desk-friendly device could function like a wearable without technically being one, aligning with both their hints and the idea of a third essential desktop item alongside a laptop and phone.
After Hours, a fully remote design studio, has unveiled a bold new identity that better reflects its expressive and extroverted personality, moving away from a safe but forgettable brand. Co-founders Shy Trutwein and Jasmine Gallagher reimagined the studio's look as a flexible, slightly unhinged visual system rooted in themes of time, symbolizing their journey from a pandemic-era design hotline to a global studio that thrives on shifting perspectives and seasonal nomadism.
AI is reshaping digital experiences, shifting UX from linear user flows toward dynamic interactions where control constantly shifts between human and machine. To design for this new reality, teams must embrace co-agency—building systems that are transparent, steerable, and trust-driven, with interfaces that balance initiative, oversight, and shared authorship.
MrBeast launched an AI YouTube thumbnail generator in collaboration with his company, Viewstats, but quickly faced backlash for unauthorized replication of artists' work.
AI has transformed product design by accelerating every phase.
2025.06.26·learn.thedesignsystem.guide·4 min read·TLDR Design This comprehensive guide explores 36 trending girly fonts for 2025, analyzing what makes typography feel feminine through characteristics like flowing lines, ornate details, and soft shapes.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman expressed openness to advertising on ChatGPT, calling Instagram ads "kinda cool" and stating he's "not totally against" the concept. His stance has evolved from describing ads as a "last resort" in 2024 to being more direct about considering how advertisements could integrate into ChatGPT's future. Despite OpenAI's substantial funding, which included $40 billion in March, the company's operational costs of $3-4 billion annually may drive the shift toward advertising revenue models.
New court filings from a trademark lawsuit reveal that OpenAI and Jony Ive's hardware team, io Products, have been deeply exploring audio tech and in-ear ergonomics, despite denying that their first product is an in-ear or wearable device. While internal emails show interest in iyO's 3D ear-scanning technology and audio hardware, official court statements maintain that their upcoming AI product is still in early design stages and at least a year from release.
ElevenLabs has launched a standalone mobile app for iOS and Android, allowing users to generate AI-powered voice clips directly from text without needing the web platform. The app provides access to ElevenLabs' latest v3 alpha text-to-speech models, offering expressive voice control and shared credit limits across web and mobile platforms. This marks the company's second consumer-facing app. ElevenLabs plans to expand its offerings to include speech-to-text and conversational AI tools, positioning itself against competitors like Speechify and Captions.
Figma CEO Dylan Field shares seven pivotal moments from his journey, including how childhood acting led to a Windows XP commercial and how a middle school janitor sparked his mathematical interests. His unconventional Thiel Fellowship essay about disliking chocolate helped him secure funding, though the company briefly considered becoming a meme generator before focusing on design tools. The pandemic inspired FigJam when users began socializing in Figma. Field credits timing, mentorship, and his partnership with co-founder Evan Wallace as key factors in the company's success.
A designer adopted a video-first approach for their portfolio, recording presentations of their work to help potential employers understand their communication style and design process before scheduling interviews. The strategy involved creating slide presentations in Figma first and then recording walkthroughs with Screen Studio, which were embedded into their existing portfolio website alongside text summaries and slide decks. This approach leverages improved recording tools, addresses the dynamic nature of modern design work, and aligns with remote work communication patterns while providing an early competitive advantage in job applications.
Harder-to-use interfaces can improve user outcomes when designed intentionally, as research on disfluent fonts shows that cognitive strain helps people think more carefully and perform better on complex tasks. The key factor is user motivation - B2C users who personally need to solve problems are often more willing to engage with added complexity than B2B users who may be using software out of obligation. Examples include legal advice apps that improved query quality by replacing simple text fields with guided prompts and B2B tools where power users prefer complex interfaces like command lines for greater control and efficiency.
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luss.studio is a project management app that helps users spend less time juggling tools and more time doing what they love. Bring together client communication, task tracking, invoicing, and knowledge spaces.
The Restroom Archive is an ongoing case study that aims to document and celebrate the public restroom. What started as a joke in 2023 has become a years-long practice of 3D scanning the restrooms in restaurants, gas stations, convenience stores, coffee shops, and other spaces across the U.S. and Europe.
2025.06.25·restroomarchive.jakewelch.design·Tool·TLDR Design This tutorial explains how to create semantic color variables that describe function rather than appearance, building on accessible color palettes. It demonstrates how to create neutral, primary, and state-based color groups with fill, border, and text variants for design flexibility. The system uses reusable modifier classes like .primary and .outline that can be combined across components, allowing the entire design system to change color by updating just the root variables.
Apple, once known for its iconic advertising, has recently faced backlash after releasing—and quickly pulling—four controversial ads in just over a year, including the cringeworthy “Parent Presentation” and the widely criticized “Crush” iPad Pro spot. These missteps, along with underwhelming product rollouts and marketing misfires, have led many to question whether Apple's once-brilliant ad machine is losing its touch.
Kinetic typography combines movement and text to create impactful designs that grab attention and enhance storytelling beyond static text capabilities.
OpenAI's former head of research questioned whether "vibe coded" apps built by AI are assets or liabilities, arguing they may be problematic since developers don't understand the generated codebase.
2025.06.25·departmentofproduct.substack.com·6 min read·TLDR Design Apple has reversed a controversial design change in macOS Tahoe 26 beta 2 by restoring the traditional light-left, dark-right color balance of the Finder icon, bringing it closer to its familiar look while retaining a subtler outline effect.
Google has launched its Commerce Media suite in beta, connecting retailers and brands through AI-driven advertising solutions across Search Ads 360, Display & Video 360, and Google Ads. The platform enables measurement of online, app, and offline sales data through Performance Max campaigns, with Roundel becoming the first retail media network to offer this capability. New features include improved self-service catalog sharing for retailers, YouTube commerce integration, and pilot testing of product-level measurement to assess media spend effectiveness.
Adobe launched a mobile app for its Firefly generative AI tools on iPhone and Android. The app features text-to-image and text-to-video capabilities as well as photo-editing tools like Generative Fill. Projects created on mobile automatically sync to Creative Cloud accounts for seamless desktop integration. The company also expanded its Firefly Boards platform with new video generation features and third-party AI models from Google, OpenAI, and other partners.
Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 17 lineup this fall with several potential new color options, including a rumored purple or green for the base model, though only one may make the final cut. The new ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air's colors remain unknown, while the iPhone 17 Pro models may shift from titanium to an aluminum-glass design, possibly allowing for a broader color range. A Sky Blue finish, similar to that on the M4 MacBook Air, is rumored for the Pro models and may replace or join the existing, more muted hues Apple has traditionally offered.
Figma MCP (Model Context Protocol) enables AI code generators like Cursor to understand designs at a semantic level rather than just visual mimicry. The protocol allows AI to access exact design tokens, variable names, hierarchy, and constraints from Figma, producing code that is better aligned with design systems. Setup requires enabling the MCP Server in Figma Desktop and configuring the MCP client in code editors, though the beta version can be unstable and may require troubleshooting.
A designer's story of transitioning from graphic to UX design in 2021 and being thrown into high-pressure roles as a solo designer in startups, quickly learning to adapt traditional UX methods into flexible, lean workflows. Embracing chaos, constraints, and uncertainty, they built systems, stretched resources, and developed resilience, ultimately finding purpose and growth in shaping products from the ground up.
The tech industry has long struggled to integrate design meaningfully, but the partnership between OpenAI and Jony Ive signals a pivotal moment to manifest AI's potential through tangible, beautifully crafted products, echoing the transformative role design played at Apple under Steve Jobs. With AI still largely abstract, Ive's involvement offers a compelling narrative and strategic edge, potentially paving the way for iconic devices that could anchor AI in the physical world and justify soaring valuations.
Vibrantsnap lets you capture your screen, then add a studio-quality AI avatar that speaks your script — no green screen or editor needed.
Tila is an AI canvas for workflow automation and multimodal content creation using generative AI across text, images, and video.
Liveblocks gives you ready-made features like AI Copilots, Comments, and Multiplayer Editing to make your product more engaging and grow your business.
The “Expert Generalist” is someone who blends deep expertise with broad, adaptable knowledge across domains—as a core skill that outperforms narrow specialization, especially in the era of AI and LLMs. These individuals exhibit traits like curiosity, collaboration, customer focus, and mechanical sympathy.
Like Tabasco's three-year aging process that transforms simple pepper mash into a complex, iconic hot sauce, impactful ideas also need time, intentional refinement, and the right conditions to fully mature. In a world obsessed with speed, design leaders must protect and nurture their best concepts—through collaboration, feedback, and strategic patience—so they develop the depth, resilience, and relevance needed to create lasting impact.
2025.06.24·links.tldrnewsletter.com·7 min read·TLDR Design Non Studio's rebrand for Fletcher + Munson transformed the company's sound-focused identity into a minimalist visual language using abstract motion design and simplified elements like wavy lines and concentric circles to evoke the essence of sound. The continuous, flowing design reflects the brand's innovative spirit, showing how thoughtful animation can turn auditory experiences into compelling, memorable visual storytelling.
Wacom's new Pro Pen 3 stylus introduces a modular design, allowing digital artists to customize weight, grip, and barrel size for personalized comfort and precision.
After years in high-pressure design roles, Teresa Ferreira founded Ferrgood Studio to pursue a more intentional, balanced life—one shaped by setting boundaries, recovering from burnout, and creating space for ideas, wellbeing, and purpose-driven work to flourish.
Apple's iPhone 18 Pro models are expected to keep the same screen sizes as recent models, but will likely introduce under-display Face ID and a smaller front camera cutout using HIAA (hole-in-active-area) technology. This could mark the first iPhone without a visible Face ID area and possibly feature an asymmetrically placed front camera in the top-left corner of the screen.