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The Evolution of Modern Aesthetics

As a designer, it’s always been a pretty foundational premise that I’m here to make things more beautiful. But the truth is that in recent years I’ve begun to feel less sure. Dangerous thoughts no doubt for someone in my profession, but between you and me I’ve been thinking ugly thoughts for a while now.

The Role of Affordance in Crafting Design System Components

Let’s consider a table and a chair as examples. The primary affordance of a table is its ability to support items, facilitated by its flat, horizontal surface.

Fresh Motion Design Inspirations

Explore our latest motion design collection featuring the best shots from Dribbble to get your creativity flowing.

Find Amazing UX/UI Examples and Trends

Start diagramming with any of these free diagramming templates. Or, if you want to see how other teams jam with FigJam, head over to our Community.

Design Systems and Style Guides: Understanding the Differences

Design systems are a set of standards (like Google’s Material Design or IBM’s Carbon Design System) needed to manage design at scale. Style guides (like content or visual style guides) are just one piece in a design system.

Affordance in Design System Components

Let’s consider a table and a chair as examples. The primary affordance of a table is its ability to support items, facilitated by its flat, horizontal surface. Similarly, the main affordance of a chair is to provide a place to sit, suggested by its features like a flat seat supported by legs and, often, a backrest to support the user’s back.

Elevate Your Design Systems Team with Code Connect Best Practices

Design system leads and developers at Bumble, GitHub, and HP share how they’re leveraging the new Dev Mode feature to bridge the gap between design and code.

Essential Tips for Naming Design Tokens

Naming is hard. As designers and developers, we often struggle finding the right name — for a design token, colors, UI components, HTML classes, and variables. Sometimes, the names we choose are too generic, so it’s difficult to understand what exactly is meant. And sometimes they are too specific, leaving little room for flexibility and re-use.

AI Color Palette Generator – Browse, Edit, Visualize and Generate Unique Palettes

Create cool and unique color palettes with our AI-powered color palette generator. Browse, edit, and visualize your palettes to find the perfect combination .Create cool and unique color palettes with our AI-powered color palette generator. Browse, edit, and visualize your palettes to find the perfect combination .Create cool and unique color palettes with our AI-powered color palette generator. Browse, edit, and visualize your palettes to find the perfect combination.

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