Chime proves that financial branding doesn't have to be boring (1 minute read)
Chime's recent brand refresh for its mobile banking service presents a visually engaging and playful identity that disrupts typical corporate finance trends. It struck a balance by refining its existing brand features while ensuring its essence of empowerment remained intact. The transformation resulted in a comforting and accessible rebrand, showcasing a significant evolution without losing its core values.
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Apple Sports is ready for all kinds of football (2 minute read)
The Apple Sports app has been updated with new designs for the football season, offering live scores and play-by-play updates for NFL and college games directly on your iPhone or Apple Watch lock screen. It features a new "dynamic drive tracker" that visualizes the ball's position. Apple plans to introduce a dropdown navigation menu and improved search features later this year to enhance usability and discovery of matches across various leagues.
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Slack Hides Complexity to Create Effortless Onboarding (4 minute read)
Slack's onboarding simplifies complexities, making it accessible but potentially chaotic later due to a lack of workspace organization. While the company uses subtle nudges like pre-filling workspace names and prompts for customization, the absence of decision-making can result in disorganized channels.
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Visual Quality Control (7 minute read)
Visual Quality Control ensures features are correctly implemented before release in software development, enhancing user experience and reducing errors. While beneficial, it can become a bottleneck if poorly integrated. Effective communication, strategic ticket selection, and collaboration between designers and engineers are crucial for successful Visual QC integration.
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Alpha Colors Generator (Website)
Alphredo generates translucent colors that visually match their opaque counterparts on any background. It offers tools for importing, exporting, and adjusting color saturation.
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AI-Optimized Creative Thinking (Website)
Brainglue is an AI assistant designed to enhance creative thinking and communication. It features specialized workflows, visual tools, and access to leading AI models.
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Lightning strikes with Nomad's designs for sports betting brand Betano (3 minute read)
Betano collaborated with Nomad Studio to create a playful yet responsible brand identity centered around a lightning bolt logo symbolizing rapid payouts and the excitement of iGaming. The new identity, which features surreal illustrations by Ed McGowan, prepares Betano for Euro 2024 and Copa América 2024 as a global partner and jersey sponsor.
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Are design systems just a bandaid? (6 minute read)
Design systems provide the basic building blocks and help teams complete work faster and more consistently. However, if an organization's core problems are deeper than an efficiency boost, it might only be a bandaid to a broken bone.
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