Tesla's Font Fail 🚘

Plus YouTube's color-based feeds; China's generative video race heats up; Exclusive interview with Apple Design Team; The underground AI site churning out fake IDs; and more...

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Cole Derochie
February 06, 2024

🟡 TODAY WAS A SLOW NEWS DAY

Here’s what’s happening today in design: Tesla's font fail; YouTube's color-based feeds; China's generative video race heats up; Exclusive interview with Apple Design Team; The underground AI site churning out fake IDs; Unpaid pitching is a symptom of a broken system; 600+ AI generated design assets; Gil’s Typography in web design course sells out; Losing 200k to co-founding Relume; His course became his full-time income; I find comfort in the complexity of this UI; Iridescent UI is a vibe; Using art in the background to communicate the season for this fashion collections is a really nice touch.

TODAY IN DESIGN 1959

The Chip that Changed the World: Jack Kilby's Integrated Circuit Patent.

On February 6, 1959, Jack Kilby, an engineer at Texas Instruments, filed the first patent for an integrated circuit, laying the foundational stone for modern electronics. This breakthrough innovation miniaturized and revolutionized the design and function of electronic devices, enabling complex circuits to be embedded into a single, small chip. Kilby's invention propelled the advancement of technology, from computers and smartphones to appliances and spacecraft, making it possible to achieve greater performance in smaller and more efficient devices. The integrated circuit stands as a testament to the profound impact that thoughtful design and engineering can have on technology and society at large.

NEWS

Tesla’s cars just got ‘recalled’ over a font

Tesla’s latest recall is nothing but another sign of its shoddy attention to design and detail.

YouTube is experimenting with red, blue, and green video feeds

An unusual filtering option has appeared within the mobile app that allows users to ‘create a video feed based off color.’

China's generative video race heats up

On Monday, Tencent, the Chinese internet giant known for its video gaming empire and chat app WeChat, unveiled a new version of its open source video

ARTICLES

Apple Vision Pro: exclusive interview with the Apple Design Team

Apple Vision Pro – available today in the US – is a wearable spatial computer that blends the digital with the physical, heralding a whole new platform for experiencing technology

Inside the Underground Site Where ‘Neural Networks’ Churn Out Fake IDs

The site, called OnlyFake, threatens to streamline everything from bank fraud to money laundering, and has implications for cybersecurity writ large.

POV: Unpaid pitching is a symptom of a broken system

Frustrated by the impact of unpaid pitch requests, New York-based design agency Porto Rocha is inviting the creative industry to sign a public initiative against this imbalanced system. In the first of a new series from It’s Nice That’s Insights department, we speak to co-founder and creative director Felipe Rocha on the agency’s decision to oppose this practice.

RESOURCES

AI Design Assets

Hundreds of AI generated assets, with Midjourney prompts included. Free to use however you want, perfect for websites, mobile apps or slide decks.

Learn Editorial Style Web Design - SOLD OUT (but sign up)

Master typography driven web layouts and become a more confident web designer. Learn editorial style web design and master grids, typography, art direction, hierarchy, spacing and more.

PODCASTS

Losing 200K to co-founding Relume

Welcome to Episode 75 of Webflail with Daniel Anisse.  As anyone that listens to this podcast knows, Relume originally formed as an agency but since then, Relume has evolved into a product…

Matt D. Smith: His Course Became His Full-Time Income

Today, I sit down with one of my favorite product designers, freelancer Matt D. Smith. I first ran into Matt at Epicurrence in 2016, and I've admired his career trajectory ever since.

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