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Design digest #23: Uber redesign, using AI to Break Down Barriers in UX Design & iOS Navigation Patterns

Oleh, Mirona
Apr 17, 2023

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๐Ÿฆ„ Product and UI/UX Design

Articles and case studies

๐Ÿ”— Spotifyโ€™s new design turns your music and podcasts into a TikTok feed | The Verge

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๐Ÿ”— Design notes on the 2023 Wikipedia redesign | Alex Hollender

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๐Ÿ”— The Psychology Behind Loom's Explosive Growth | growth.design

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๐Ÿ”— 3 lessons from Bumbleโ€™s onboarding | UX Collective

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๐Ÿ”— Designing Zenly: Part I. 2015โ€“2017 | Julien Martin

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๐Ÿ”— The Anatomy of a Good Design: An Analysis of 4 Sites | NN/group

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๐Ÿ”— Visual design, vibes and lack of taste | Stan Govorukhin, Djinni

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๐Ÿ”— Sparkles arenโ€™t good UXโœจ| UX Collective

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๐Ÿ”— Modern iOS Navigation Patterns | Frank Rausch

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๐Ÿ”— Using AI to Break Down Barriers in UX Design | UX Mag

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๐Ÿ”— The state of SaaS marketplace UX | UX Collective

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๐Ÿ”— 4 Design Patterns That Violate โ€œBackโ€ Button UX Expectations โ€“ 59% of Sites Get It Wrong | Baymardย 

Institute

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๐Ÿ”— The playful design details of the Playdate console | Clip Content

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Projects

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๐Ÿ‘ The re-designed Uber App | Charlie Waite, Uber


๐Ÿ‘ Lacoste Heritage | BONHOMME

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United States Space Force | Wildlife, GSD&M, plan8


๐Ÿ‘ LVMH Prize | B-Reel


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yonder | Significa, Teresa Vilararaujo


Quai Network | Unseen Studio


Our Revolution | Likely Story, JamesPowell.dev, Andrea Jelic


The Singularity | Squarespace


Critical Danger | Somefolk

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Mike Matas is an American user interface designer and icon artist. He has previously worked at The Omni Group doing interface and graphic design work. Matas co-founded Delicious Monster. In 2005 he went to work for Apple, where he designed user interfaces and artwork for the iPhone, the iPad and Mac OS X.

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๐Ÿ‘€ Visual Communication


Articles and case studies

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๐Ÿ”— New Yorkers Threw a Tantrum Over the New โ€œWeโค๏ธNYCโ€ Logo โ€“ Are Their Feelings Valid? | Print Mag

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๐Ÿ”— Pepsi's new logo: what designers like and don't like | Ad Age Creativity

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๐Ÿ”— Pink Floyd and Pentagram celebrate 50 years of Dark Side of The Moon | Creative Boom

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๐Ÿ”— The AI boom is creating a new logo trend: the swirling hexagon | Fast Company

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๐Ÿ”— โ€œThe people are more important than the work.โ€ Alright Studioโ€™s recipe for happiness and success | The Brand Identity

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๐Ÿ”— 'I wanted to be part of the change': Jessica Walsh on her journey to founding &Walsh | Creative Boom

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๐Ÿ”— Margaret Flatley on creating narrative stories, how to draw dynamic compositions, and why she's lured to the fantastical | Creative Boom

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๐Ÿ”— How the visual identity for Offf Festival came to life | Creative Review

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๐Ÿ”— Ukraine issues postage stamp featuring "prophetic" Banksy artwork | deezen

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Projects

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OpenAI | AREA 17

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๐Ÿ‘ New York City unveils controversial revamp of "I โ™ฅ NY" logo | Deezen

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๐Ÿ‘ Pepsiโ€™s new logo takes influence from its 90s predecessor | Design Week

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๐Ÿ‘Netflix is a Joke: The Festival is a deliberate laughingstock | PORTO ROCHA

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๐Ÿ‘ Ceramicah | Present Studio

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๐Ÿ‘ Stolp | FCKLCK

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๐Ÿ‘ Nordoff and Robbins | Pentagram

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๐Ÿ‘ Cohere | Pentagram

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๐Ÿ‘ apron | Opening Line / Outsiders

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๐Ÿ‘ Section | Design Studio

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๐Ÿ‘ Pack of the Month: Unlearn Studio Delivers a Cannabis-Infused Kombucha With High Tide | Dielineย 

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๐Ÿ‘ Brite | MultiAdaptor

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๐Ÿ‘ ะ—ะฑั€ะพะนะฝั– ะกะธะปะธ ะฃะบั€ะฐั—ะฝะธ โ€“ Armed Forces of Ukraine | Taras Ishchyk, Orest Pidlisetsky, Dmytro Rastvortsev, Marchela Mozhyna

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๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿš€ Career Growth, Design Management and Leadership

A Comprehensive Checklist For Running Design Workshops | Slava Shestopalov, Smashing Magazine

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How the Figma design team level set on career leveling | Figma

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UX Strategy: Study Guide | NN/group

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Discomforts of Great Design Management | Alexander Vilinskyy

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Yes, you should embed UX researchers into your design teams. Hereโ€™s whyโ€ฆ | Designing Atlassian

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Lean UX & Agile Glossary | NN/group

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๐Ÿ”  Typography

AI generated fonts get roasted on Twitter | Creative Bloq

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Sharp Grotesk Goes Global โ€“ Pan Euro released Sharp Grotesk Pan Euroโ€š Sharp Grotesk Hangulโ€š and Sharp Grotesk Thai


LTR NCND | textured typewriter face by LettErrorย 

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Regrets | art nouveau display typeface by OH no Type Company

Netto | geometric rounded typeface and icon set by TypeMates

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๐Ÿš€ Products and Tools

Figma

Little Big Updates: multi-select search, on-canvas preview, luminance mask support, leading trim, hanging punctuation, sticky scrolling in prototypes, and many more.

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Adobe

AI Art Generator โ€“ Adobe Firefly

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Whatโ€™s new in Photoshop and Illustrator: More Share for Review capabilities | Adobe


AI tools

Midjourney Version 5 for Web Design - The Results

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Midjourney V5 is here ! So, whatโ€™s new? | Bootcamp

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Spline AI โ€“ 3D Design faster with AI

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GPT-4 | OpenAI

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Noya โ€“ Draw wireframes, get designs & code

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Google announces AI features in Gmail, Docs, and more to rival Microsoft | The Verge

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Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot โ€“ your copilot for work | Microsoft

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Genius โ€“ AI design companion |ย  Diagram

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How to design generative AI experiences to be truly helpful | UX Collective

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FigGPT Figma Plugin | Alex Shevenionov

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Introducing AI-Generated Product Descriptions Powered by Shopify Magic | Shopify

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ChatGPT Lifts Business Professionalsโ€™ Productivity and Improves Work Quality | NN/group

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๐Ÿค” Other

Read

ย โ€˜Make Something Wonderfulโ€™ is the first publication from the Steve Jobs Archive | Wallpaper

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Watch

How to Build An MVP | Startup School | Y Combinator Blog

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Listen

What Is CX Design? | Debbie Levitt, Smashing Podcast

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