Issue 577
Articles
Why AI is exposing design’s craft crisis
AI exposed the technical literacy gap that’s been eroding strategic influence for over a decade.
A Designer’s Guide To Eco-Friendly Interfaces
Every high-resolution hero image, autoplay video, and complex JavaScript animation carries a cost.
GenAI for Complex Questions, Search for Critical Facts
Users choose AI to explore and synthesize information; but they rely on traditional search when accuracy and trust are critical.
Creative direction: The secret to great AI images
How to art direct prompts with taste, judgment, and intent.
How to Design for Transparent Screens
Behind the scenes of Google’s new design system for display AI glasses.
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Tools and Resources
Katie Dill – The new era of design at Stripe (YouTube)
Tiny design decisions and a deep dive into how the practice of design is evolving at Stripe and everything they’re doing to push past the status quo.
Anima Playground
Build websites and apps, starting from an idea or an existing design.
3dicons
Open source and free premium 3D icon library.
Workflow Lab: AI Image Tooling and Interactive Prototyping in Figma
Bringing together precise image editing, Vectorize, and interactive prototypes to move from concept to crit to completion faster.
UX Portfolio
Jackie Zhang
Jackie is a Seńor Product Designer at Bash.
Last But Not Least
Do What’s Hard To Do In Figma: A Design Manifesto
New design tools are dramatically expanding the visual effects designers can easily utilize.
“You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.”
— Mark Twain
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