Figma's Life After Adobe đź’”

Plus the 2024 Typography Report; Nootti's new app consolidates 3 social media apps; Framer's Frontrow2024 is this Thursday; Design leaders grapple with their future; and more...

🟡 TODAY WAS A SLOW NEWS DAY

Here’s what’s happening today in design: Figma's life after Adobe; The 2024 Typography Report; Nootti's new app consolidates 3 social media apps; Framer's Frontrow2024 is this Thursday; Design leaders grapple with their future; Breaking down Zapier's branding; How Sora works (and what it means); A collection of innovative resources for designers; Dann Petty shares his latest design exercise file; A lovely style for presenting an Apple Watch UI; I'm calling this “Rainbow gradient card whimsy”; Why can’t we have orange as an error color?

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TODAY IN DESIGN 1856

Hamilton Smith's Tintype Camera: Revolutionizing Photography.

On February 19, 1856, Hamilton Smith from Gambier, Ohio, secured a patent for the tintype camera, marking a significant advancement in the field of photography. This innovation made photography more accessible and affordable, allowing for the rapid production of durable images. The tintype camera captured portraits and scenes directly onto a thin sheet of metal, offering a quicker and more economical alternative to the daguerreotype. Smith's invention democratized photography, enabling people from various walks of life to preserve moments in time, and laid the groundwork for the mass production of photographic images.

NEWS

Figma’s CEO on life after his failed sale to Adobe

Figma is betting big on generative AI and Dev Mode.

The 2024 Typography Report: A Circus of Type

Acrobatic, stunt-performing letterforms! Magic acts and high-flying feats! Step right up, the 2024 PRINT Typography Report is here.

Can't decide between Bluesky, Mastodon and Nostr? Nootti's new app lets you post to all three

Managing a social presence these days can be tough. It's even tougher for those who are experimenting with the new wave of Twitter-like services, like

EVENTS

Frontrow2024 | February 22

A free event for Framer creators. Online.

ARTICLES

The big design freak-out: A generation of design leaders grapple with their future

Did business really break up with design, or did it just break up with a generation of design leadership?

Zapier's Branding & Visual Identity: Motion-Driven Innovation

Explore how Zapier's branding and visual identity, crafted by Athletics, incorporates motion to revolutionize digital workflow automation

How Sora Works (And What It Means)

OpenAI's new text-to-video model heralds a new form of filmmaking

RESOURCES

Kreative Tools

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SEESON (Free) | Figma Community

Fun landing page feature area for a snowboarding/ski goggle company.

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