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Does iOS 18 Need a Makeover?💇‍♀️

Plus TikTok and Adobe team up ; Will Apple have a smart ring?; Dann Petty's new course is launching at some point today; and more...

🟡 TODAY WAS A SLOW NEWS DAY

Here’s what’s happening today in design: iOS 18 needs a design refresh; TikTok and Adobe team up ; Will Apple have a smart ring?; Dann Petty's new course is launching at some point today; Photoshop launched 34 years ago; 5 things designers need to know for a smooth handoff; Onboarding lessons from Figma, Duolingo and more; An alternative to Google Fonts, focusing on Product Design; A checklist for Figma components; How to design standout products in an AI world; Pablo Stanley has a shocking message from the future of AI; There’s a ton of subtle complexity packed into this card; This step tracker really comes to life with a little animation; “Better late than never” is right for this ode to 2024.

TODAY IN DESIGN 1959

Avro Arrow Program Cancelled: An Aerospace Dream Halted.

On February 20, 1959, Canada's ambitious Avro Arrow supersonic jet fighter program was cancelled by the Diefenbaker government, sparking intense political debate. The project's termination halted a pioneering venture in aerospace design and dispersed its talented team, leaving a lasting impact on Canada's aerospace industry and military aviation innovation.

NEWS

It's Time for Apple To Give iOS 18 a Design Refresh

iOS, the iPhone’s operating system, hasn’t gone through a radical design transformation basically since iOS 7 in 2013, but the Apple Vision Pro’s visionOS could hint at some bold software changes to come. It’d be great for visionOS’ design language to appear in iOS 18, but it might be further out.

TikTok's AI Creative Assistant teams up with Adobe in new integration

TikTok's AI-powered Creative Assistant integrates with Adobe Express to help make the video-making process easier.

Apple smart ring development accelerating, claims sketchy report

A sketchy report claims that development of an Apple smart ring is accelerating, following a teaser by Samsung of its...

EVENTS

Dann Petty’s new course goes live (at some point)

Learn the fastest way to design more impactful websites, leading to an even more successful career.

ARTICLES

5 Things Designers Need to Know for a Smooth Handoff

Figma Designer Advocate Lauren Andres shares her tips for streamlining handoff.

34 years ago today, Adobe changed the way we edit photos with Photoshop

And the app became so popular that people began using the word "Photoshop" as a verb for retouching images

How the biggest apps design onboarding: lessons from Figma, Duolingo and more

Lessons from Figma, Duolingo, and more. From common mistakes in designing onboarding to secrets behind engaging onboarding.

RESOURCES

missingfont - Open Waitlist

For the love of good fonts.

Figma components checklists

These checklists are designed for designers seeking to level up their Figma components.

PODCASTS

How to design standout products in an AI world

Emmet Connolly, VP of Product Design at Intercom, and Molly Mahar, Staff Product Designer at Intercom, sat down to dive into Molly's recent blog post titled 'A new age of UX: Evolving your design approach for AI products'.

Pablo Stanley with a Shocking Message from the Future of AI

In this riveting episode of our podcast, I sit down with Pablo Stanley, a luminary in the world of design and a visionary at the intersection of technology and creativity.

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