Apple is Salvaging Image Playground with a Boost from ChatGPT (2 minute read)
Apple is addressing Image Playground's poor reception by integrating ChatGPT to improve its AI image generation capabilities. The original app faced criticism for low-quality results and limitations, with users reporting issues like six-fingered hands and failed simple prompts. The ChatGPT integration will add new artistic styles, including Oil Painting, Watercolor, Vector, Anime, and Print, moving beyond the current emoji-like creations.
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Pinterest Tests an AI Feature that Lets Advertisers Turn Their Catalogs Into Shoppable Collages (5 minute read)
Pinterest is testing an AI "auto-collages" feature that automatically transforms advertiser product catalogs into shoppable visual content. The feature groups products based on outfit ideas, user engagement patterns, and similar items. Early tests showed users saved these AI-generated collages at twice the rate of standard product pins. Pinterest also announced updates to its Trends tool to help advertisers predict future user purchasing behavior through insights on saving and shopping patterns.
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In iOS 26, the Safari browser on iPhone has three different toolbar layouts to choose from (2 minute read)
Safari in iOS 26 introduces a new Liquid Glass design with floating, translucent toolbars and a revamped layout system featuring three modes - Compact (the new default), Bottom, and Top - each adjusted to match the updated aesthetic. While Compact closely resembles the once-controversial iOS 15 design with a floating URL bar at the bottom, all layouts now feature minimized, receding elements during scroll, and Apple has notably removed the Compact mode from Safari on macOS and iPadOS 26 for now.
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Escape from the Figma Titanic: Part 1 — Deep Dive into AI-Driven Use Cases (6 minute read)
AI product design should prioritize use case storyboarding over creating pixel-perfect Figma screens to align AI systems with human needs. There are five DOs, including starting with user intent, testing storyboards with users before UI design, and using subject-to-AI transitions to clarify when AI activates. It's essential to avoid system feature focus over human outcomes, not skip AI handoff moments, and reject static wireframes for dynamic AI intelligence.
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Eight Essential Tips for Using Figma Make (13 minute read)
Figma introduced Make, a prompt-to-code feature that transforms concepts into functional prototypes through detailed prompts, at Config 2025. The tool works best with comprehensive initial prompts, clean design files with proper Auto Layout, and incremental improvements rather than complex changes simultaneously. Teams can leverage existing components for consistency, use point-and-edit for quick visual tweaks, integrate realistic data for dynamic prototypes, and even create handoff tools that generate production-ready code snippets.
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The Designer's Hierarchy of Career Needs (8 minute read)
Compensation, edification, and recognition are not equally important in building a sustainable design career—they form a hierarchy where financial stability must come first, followed by skill-building, and lastly, recognition as a potential byproduct of doing meaningful work. Prioritizing recognition too early often leads to undervalued labor and burnout, while focusing first on getting paid and then growing expertise lays the foundation for long-term success.
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Make Stunning Presentations (Website)
Chronicle combines AI with taste to help you go from raw thoughts to polished presentations. It is designed for serious work. Start with templates, create with AI workflows, and collaborate with your team to shape your ideas into impactful narratives.
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Create Viral Videos Ads (Website)
Create high-ROI video ads in seconds with VidAU. VidAU's AI-powered toolkit of proven ad templates, avatars, and data-backed formats can be used to launch scroll-stopping creatives—fast. No editing needed.
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UX Challenges with MCPs (9 minute read)
MCPs (Model Context Protocols) excel at orchestration workflows like information synthesis and task automation but struggle with iteration workflows requiring real-time feedback and continuous refinement. Working with MCPs involves two key UX challenges: unintuitive configuration similar to IFTTT and interaction patterns that feel like bridge solutions rather than natural app evolution. Most workflows are hybrid, requiring different AI interaction approaches depending on whether users need discrete task delegation or continuous creative assistance with immediate visual feedback.
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Six Ways to Use Documentation Analytics in Your Next Design System Launch (4 minute read)
Documentation analytics help design system teams measure launch success by moving beyond "we shipped it" to understanding actual impact and user engagement. The six key strategies include revisiting original goals to assess whether updates solved intended problems, using time filters to analyze post-launch behavior patterns, and tracking page views versus sessions to distinguish visibility from meaningful engagement. Teams should examine top-performing content to identify successful patterns, address underperforming pages through improved messaging or targeted outreach, and use insights to optimize future launches with data-driven strategies.
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