Who will be Design's 2023 Golden Kitty? 😸

Plus: unpacking the AI features of Galaxy S24; Material Design 3's new bars and sliders; Navigating design critiques; 'HoloTile' is the VR breakthrough you'll want to try; An alternative to macOS Dock; Saman Icons launched last week; This app icon for Kami is big brained; and more...

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Cole Derochie
January 19, 2024

🟡 TODAY WAS A SLOW NEWS DAY

Here’s what’s happening today in design: Who is Design's 2023 Golden Kitty?; Unpacking the AI features of Galaxy S24; Material Design 3's new bars and sliders; Navigating design critiques; 'HoloTile' is the VR breakthrough you'll want to try; An alternative to macOS Dock; Saman Icons launched last week; This app icon for Kami is big brained; Cracking a safe but make it 'calendar'; Nice nav concept for messaging app.

TODAY IN DESIGN 1917

Neon Lights Debut: Georges Claude's Bright Invention.

On this day in 1915, Georges Claude patented the neon discharge tube, transforming advertising and cityscapes with its vibrant glow. This invention introduced a new era in signage, where illuminated neon gas created eye-catching and colorful displays. Claude's work laid the foundation for neon lighting to become synonymous with urban vibrancy, forever changing the landscape of outdoor advertising and commercial design.

NEWS

Vote on 2023’s Best Design Tools - Golden Kitty Awards

Product Hunt's annual Golden Kitty Awards 2023. Nominate your favorite products for Design Tools category.

All of Samsung's Galaxy S24 AI Features Explained

Samsung has injected a ton of AI capabilities into its Galaxy S24 smartphones that will go on sale later this month, including translation, search, and photo editing features.

Google finally updates Material Design 3 progress bars and sliders

Google has a refreshing new take on progress bars and sliders with Material Design 3

ARTICLES

Pencils Down, Ideas Up: Navigating Design Critiques with Grace and Grit • Slack Design

Charting the crit terrain Critique—or, to use its more casual truncation, “crit”— is one of the most powerful team-powered tools that can contribute to a designer’s growth. The merits of a forum in which a designer’s work is evaluated and discussed by their peers at length seem obvious, to say the least, but often, many …

Meet the Disney Imagineer Behind the VR Breakthough That Is the 'HoloTile'

National Inventors Hall of Fame member Lanny Smoot also created the retractable lightsaber for Disney's Star Wars experiences.

An alternative macOS Dock

A unification of the Dock with Mission Control’s window-management.

RESOURCES

Saman Icons

333 Icons. 1.332 Symbols. 4 Styles. Bold. Unlimited Updates.

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