The ‘New York Times' just launched its biggest app redesign in 16 years (4 minute read)
The New York Times has redesigned its app for the first time in 16 years, introducing a ribbon that organizes content into sections like News, Lifestyle, and Election 2024, with a thumb-friendly navigation similar to flipping through a newspaper. The update integrates NYT properties such as Cooking, Wirecutter, and The Athletic, aiming for a more open and user-friendly experience.
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Microsoft Copilot Redesign (1 minute read)
The new Microsoft Copilot offers four natural-sounding voices, separate from Azure Speech Services, and can hum based on a sample, though voice mode isn't currently active. It allows sending images without text, blurs faces instantly, accepts one image at a time, and features updated fonts, including Cascadia Code for code blocks.
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Squarespace's AI Image Generation Could be a Risky Move (3 minute read)
Squarespace has integrated AI image and text generation into its platform, allowing websites to be automatically populated with AI-generated content. While AI tools offer innovative design solutions, some users may question the authenticity of AI-driven sites. Squarespace joins other website builders leveraging AI to streamline the design process for small businesses.
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Justifying Design's Impact (8 minute read)
The role of UCD professionals is often questioned, especially when justifying their costs and impact in complex organizations. Success is hard to measure when more prominent cultural factors influence outcomes. To demonstrate value, teams should show smaller, measurable wins, maintain communication, and build relationships within the organization.
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The Roads Not Taken (6 minute read)
Design is an exploratory journey filled with choices, slips, and accidents. While feedback and reflection strengthen our decisions, design crits reveal the value of understanding the process. Embracing accidents fosters discovery and learning from these moments opens new creative pathways.
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Design System Primitives (9 minute read)
Systems should prioritize core components, patterns, and tokens to maintain design consistency while allowing flexibility. This would empower teams to build local components using primitives like Box, Stack, and Grid. These flexible, token-connected primitives reduce cognitive overhead, improve productivity, and offer a type-safe alternative to inline styles for efficient development.
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Robot Food's identity for beauty brand Postcard invites us to slow down (4 minute read)
Postcard, a sustainable beauty brand, refreshed its visual and verbal identity with UK agency Robot Food to encourage mindful consumption and self-care through simple joys. The rebrand, featuring 'Postcard'-inspired packaging and a tone that blends sensorial language with unexpected twists, positions Postcard as an aspirational, eco-conscious choice.
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