Tim Cook Does Vanity Fair 📸

Plus Adobe giving up XD; New OneDrive design is rolling out; Freelance Finance workshop this Friday 12pm ET; and more...

🟢 TODAY IS A FAST NEWS DAY

Here’s what’s happening today in design: Tim Cook does Vanity Fair; Adobe giving up XD; New OneDrive design is rolling out; Freelance Finance workshop this Friday 12pm ET; Build your own personal brand Space this Saturday 8am PST; The Art and Science behind Figma's Dev Mode; Unearthing the origins of Comic Sans; Art as a force of nature; 1,100+ free SVG icons from Untitled UI; The Central Icon system Figma plug-in is here; Outseta launches Webflow app; Systems thinking for product designers; A "retro-spatial" concept for YouTube Music; Lovely badges from Daniel Sun's website; Drumroll's app icon is next level.

TODAY IN DESIGN 1893

The Birthplace of Cinema: Edison's Black Maria Studio.

On February 1, 1893, Thomas A. Edison achieved a significant milestone in entertainment history with the completion of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria, in West Orange, New Jersey. This pioneering studio, with its unique tar-papered, rotating structure, was designed to capture natural daylight, facilitating the filming of Edison's early motion pictures. The Black Maria marked the beginning of the film industry, serving as the production site for numerous early cinematic works and laying the foundation for the future of film production and motion picture design.

NEWS

Why Tim Cook Is Going All In on the Apple Vision Pro

Inside Apple Park, the tech giant’s CEO talks about the genesis of a “mind-blowing” new device that could change the way we live and work.

Adobe Gives Up on Web-Design Product to Rival Figma After Deal Collapse

Adobe Inc. will end its effort to create a web design product to rival Figma Inc. after the collapse of its proposed $20 billion acquisition of the startup.

Microsoft’s new OneDrive design starts rolling out for consumers

All OneDrive users will get the new UI by the end of February.

EVENTS

Freelance Finance workshop | Friday 12pm ET

The good, the bad and the ugly of freelance financing... Join us in The NCN Lodge for a workshop with Tony Seets and Josh Jacobs discussing how to prevent or manage debt as you build your business.

Build your unique personal brand as a designer | Saturday 8am PST

Ever wondered how you can truly stand out as a designer? The secret is a unique personal brand.

ARTICLES

The Art and Science of Annotations in Dev Mode

A behind the scenes look at how we built annotations in Dev Mode.

Thomas Steeles unearths the origins of the world’s most hated font, Comic Sans

An extract from the designer’s recent publication Comic Sans, Is it Really That Bad? delves into the history of the contentious font, uncovering the story of its creation and early uses.

Art as a force of nature

Four multidisciplinary artists create digital projects with iPad Pro and MacBook Pro and conduct Today at Apple sessions at the India Art Fair 2024.

RESOURCES

1,100+ free SVG icons | Untitled UI Icons

Download 1,100+ free SVG icons. Untitled UI Icons are a clean, consistent, and neutral icon library crafted specifically for modern UI design.

central icon system

A collection of icons that will make your product design easier and faster. With over 1000 symbols in 30 variations each, you have more than 30,000 icons at your disposal.

Meet Outseta's New Webflow App

Our new Webflow App makes payments, authentication, CRM, email, and help desk tools available directly in the designer

PODCASTS

Systems thinking for product designers

In this episode we get to hear from Ryo Lu who was one of the very first designers at Notion. This conversation is an inside look at the Notion design process, how they think about product, and a lot more.

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