Here's the redesigned AirDrop icon in iOS 26 (1 minute read)
Apple has redesigned the AirDrop icon to match the new glass-like style in iOS 26 beta 5, replacing the white background with a fully blue icon featuring layered opaque glass to create a more physical radar effect. The updated icon appears in the share sheet on iPhone, iPad, and in macOS Tahoe 26 beta. The old version still shows in Finder search.
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Framer On-Page Editing (1 minute read)
Framer's On-Page Editing enables team members to update websites directly from the browser. The feature allows editing of text, images, and components with instant syncing to the Framer project. Anyone can contribute to site updates without design experience by simply clicking Edit on the live site.
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Apple applies for patent on that ‘single slab of glass' iPhone (4 minute read)
Apple is pursuing Jony Ive's vision of an iPhone that looks like a single slab of glass. The company has filed a new patent describing a six-sided glass enclosure that displays content and can detect touch on all sides. While still far from production, the design aims for a seamless, bezel-free look. The iPhone 17 Air is expected to be the thinnest step toward that goal.
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Design System Teams are Dying (3 minute read)
Companies fall into different categories based on whether their design systems serve products or vice versa, affecting shipping speed. AI will eliminate traditional design system teams within two years by automating consistency and maintenance tasks. Successful companies embed system expertise directly into product teams while using AI to maintain brand and quality standards.
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The Duolingo Method: Collaboration as a Core Practice (6 minute read)
Duolingo's Math team abandoned traditional design-to-engineering handoffs in favor of collaborative co-creation throughout the product development process. The team ideates together in shared files, builds rapid prototypes, and iterates constantly using a "show don't tell" philosophy. This collaborative approach enables faster decision-making, maintains quality standards, and builds trust while developing entirely new educational games and modules.
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I've Designed AI Assistants — Here's What Actually Works (8 minute read)
Effective AI assistant design requires understanding users' specific jobs-to-be-done rather than creating generic ChatGPT clones. Success depends on building reusable UI components like context-aware prompts, visual activity indicators, and structured response blocks. Trust emerges through transparency about AI capabilities, designing for unpredictable responses, and maintaining user control over automated actions.
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The Human-AI Creative Platform (Website)
Instantly turn ideas into images, videos, 3D, and immersive worlds. Haimeta provides pre-designed templates and intuitive scenarios that guide you through the creative process.
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Set the Standard: Why Every UX Team Needs Design Principles (4 minute read)
UX teams lack the policies other departments have, but design principles can provide essential high-level guidelines for consistent decisions. Creating effective principles requires stakeholder involvement through a four-step process: inspiration gathering, voting, narrowing down, and active promotion. Design principles help teams make faster decisions and serve as the foundation for broader UX policy development.
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The day Steffan Cummins quit his dream job – and got his spark back (5 minute read)
Steffan Cummins achieved his decade-long goal of becoming Creative Director at Wolff Olins, only to find the role distanced him from the creative work he loved. Leaving without a plan, he launched his own studio, Lost Property, trading prestige for creative freedom, personal growth, and the joy of hands-on making, redefining success as control over his time and the work he truly wants to do.
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Cards VF delivers 96 typographic styles in a single variable font file (3 minute read)
Cards VF is a versatile variable font that offers 96 styles across six widths and eight weights with italics. It features engineered ink traps that enhance legibility at small sizes and add visual rhythm at large scales. Blending Swiss-influenced grotesque structure with warm geometric forms, it balances clarity and character, supports over 100 languages, and provides extensive stylistic sets for adaptable use across any design context.
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