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Does Your Product Actually Need Dark Mode?

If you’ve been building apps and have been around for a few key moments – say circa 2018-2019 – you might recall the current thing of those times, the dark mode. That’s when both Apple and Google decided to introduce their versions of dark mode during their annual WDDCand I/O conferences. It didn’t stop (or start) there though. Most major players in tech sprinted to replace the traditional blinding white…

Design Systems 101: An Introductory Guide for UX/UI Designers

A design system is a collection of principles that govern the design of a brand’s digital experience. It provides a set of guidelines for how your brand should look and feel across all channels and devices. When done correctly, using a design system can have many benefits for your business or organization — from improved communication and efficiency to more consistent branding across all digital channels.

ExtendImage.AI – Extend your images with generative AI

ExtendImageAI is a website that allows you to extend the borders of your images with artificial intelligence. All you have to do is upload an image and the artificial intelligence does the rest!

Design System Maturity Levels

This article is based on a talk I gave at the DesignOps 2022 Conference where I discussed 5 levels of design system maturity. I’m here to tell you that building a UI library is a lot like launching and scaling any other product—except this product is internal to your company.

Behold, the dreadful new Twitter Blue logo

The official Twitter Blue account (which features a yellow verification badge, lol) has updated its header photo to the new logo, which can only be described as 1980s meets Microsoft Word Art, plus bad kerning. Yep, like Twitter itself right now, it’s just a bit of a mess

The big box of magic

In 1989 the British rock band Queen released their thirteenth studio album. The REALLY interesting thing was that, at this point, Photoshop had not yet been invented. Richard Gray was lucky enough to be able to have a go on a new piece of technology, a system designed and built by Quantel, a British company, founded in 1973, that designed and manufactured digital production equipment for broadcast television, video pr

TikTok still can’t get over that terrible Hershey’s logo redesign

Yep, the eight year-old rebrand is still getting laughed at online, thanks to the logo’s unfortunate resemblance to a certain emoji. And seeing as the company has held its nerve and clung onto the design for nearly a decade, we’re not surprised. (Looking for design inspiration?

The new Swiss passport by RETINAA

RETINAA designed Switzerland’s next-generation passport introduced on 31.10.2022. Its design celebrates Swiss cartographic tradition and depicts an imaginary journey along watercourses, from the Alpine peaks down to the valleys, through the country’s 26 cantons, and to the world beyond.

Designing an Effective User Onboarding Experience

Best practices and tools for user onboarding to keep your users engaged

4AiPaw – AI Art Generator

4AiPaw by HitPaw is a powerful AI art generator app. Free. No artistic skills required. No ads. All you need to do is to enter prompts and pick an art style to turn your thoughts into reality and create stunning artworks in seconds.

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