Design digest: The Usability of Augmented Reality, and How Generative AI Is Changing Creative Work
This digest was collected by Oleh Idolov and Mirona Zulgarina at Awesomic.
First of all
Design Threads – A collaborative report unraveling the state of design today | PORTO ROCHA
🦄 Product and UI/UX Design
Articles and case studies
🔗 Design system breakdown: Buttons | UX Collective
🔗 How to Get Helpful Feedback | NN/group
🔗 What Is Object-oriented UX Design and How to Design It? | FlowMapp
🔗 The Usability of Augmented Reality | NN/group
🔗 Designing The Perfect Mobile Navigation UX | Smashing Magazine
🔗 Top Tips for Data Accessibility | Material Design Blog
🔗 Duolingo’s redesign: 4 things they got right, 1 possible improvement | UX Collective
🔗 The Design System Guide – Step-by-step interactive handbook
🔗 iOS Design Guidelines: Illustrated Patterns (+ free templates)
🔗 14 practical examples of good UX writing | Halo Lab
Projects
👁 Postevand — a thoughtful alternative when you don't have a tap close by | Good City
👁 Hibex: Branding and Web Design | UNKNW studio
👁 Sana’s AI-powered learning platform helps pioneering companies share knowledge
👁 Mural – Make it a mural, not just a meeting
👁 Apeel – Plant-based protection that helps the produce you love stay fresh for longer | Resn PRO
👁 Payload: the most powerful TypeScript CMS.
👁 Villa Boisserée | Proekcia_
<span class="ua-flag"> </span> WAR IN UKRAINE | Artem Militonian
👀 Visual Communication
Articles and case studies
🔗 In-house In-focus – highlighting the work and the people of in-house design, communication, and brand teams from companies around the world | UnderConsideration
🔗 How Spotify’s Wrapped campaign for 2022 came together | It’s Nice That
🔗 Astrid Stavro on joining the COLLINS family and the exciting challenges her new role will bring | The Brand Identity
🔗 Is design scared of sex? | It’s Nice That
🔗 This brilliant optical illusion book cover is fooling everyone | Creative Bloq
🔗 Fabric of England: unofficial England football shirt highlights the positive impact of immigration | Creative Boom
🔗 32 creatives respond to the inhumane treatment of migrant workers ahead of World Cup | It’s Nice That
🔗 Talia Cotton on working at Pentagram, inspiring students and creating meaningful design with code | The Brand Identity
🔗 Kia's Logo Is So Confusing That 30K People Google 'KN Car' Every Month | The Drive
🔗 In a world of information overload, Vlad Boyko is creating something new from upcycled visuals | It’s Nice That
🔗 Invasive Diffusion: How one unwilling illustrator found herself turned into an AI model | Waxy
🔗 Best album covers of the year unveiled for 2022 | Creative Boom
🔗 Igor Kolomiiets’ distinctive Spice-Girls-inspired modular system for NMJ champions individuality | The Brand Identity
Projects
👁 PayPal | Gretel
👁 Gyroscope | Human After All
👁 Zuora | Focus Lab
👁 Veriff | how.studio
👁 Institute of Contemporary Arts | by Chris Chapman
👁 New Swiss Passport | by RETINAA
👁 NN North Sea Jazz | branding by Studio Dumbar
👁 British Land | rebranding by DixonBaxi
👁 Gaia | rebranding by Ragged Edge
👁 Canada Dry | new logo and packaging by Wedge
👁 Algolia | new logo
👁 Google Play | new logo and identity by R/GA
👁 Solovey – a vodka created to raise £1m to support Ukrainian people | Ragged Edge
👩🚀 Career Growth, Management and Leadership
The Management Gradient. From craft leader to business leader | by Design Dept.
This 200 year old Japanese philosophy will make you a better designer | Bootcamp
How to Answer UX Job Interview Questions | NN/group
Civic Design: UX in the Public Sector | Rosenfeld Media
No, you should not be your team’s “shit umbrella” | Design Dept.
Why the creative industry needs to start talking about men's mental health | Creative Boom
🔠 Typography
A Tech Branding Expert Takes Us Behind the Scenes of Creating a Bespoke Typeface | PRINT Magazine
10 Links To Create a Design Concept. Typography. Part Two | Muzli
Monotype Teases New Research on How Typography Effects Human Emotions | PRINT Magazine
Interactive animations with variable fonts – Fonts Knowledge | Google Fonts
Typeverything – a type-foundry focusing on display fonts
Fungal – Libre variable font inspired by mycelium growth | Velvetyne
Sono – open source variable font | ETC, Etcetera Type Company
Mona Sans & Hubot Sans – Two variable, open source fonts | GitHub
🚀 Products and Tools
Figma
Schema by Figma | Talks and conversations from annual design systems conference
Figma Releases: 🎁 Mini-bundle of Editor updates
Adobe
What’s new in Illustrator and After Effects | November/December 2022 | Adobe
Also
ChatGPT: Optimizing Language Models for Dialogue | OpenAI
Most loved products in November | Product Hunt
Framer Supply – components for Framer
Rive – The new standard for interactive graphics
Version 2 of Affinity apps: What’s new? | Affinity
Notion AI – Leverage the limitless power of AI in any Notion page | Notion
Runway – Discover advanced video editing capabilities to take your creations to the next level.
🤔 Other
Read
How Generative AI Is Changing Creative Work | Harvard Business Review
Why corporate America broke up with design | FastCompany
2022 Holiday Gift Guide for UI/UX Designers and Creatives | Design Lab
Content Strategy 101 | NN/group
Watch
How To Talk To Users | Startup School | Y Combinator
Banksy in Ukraine: art on the ruins that russian army left
Listen
Design Matters: David Aaker | PRINT Magazine
Krista Kim on Web3, the metaverse and wellbeing | On Design
Reflecting on 65 years of running a global design studio, with Tom Geismar | Creative Boom
🤪 Memes
Awesomic is an open-minded team of people who are changing the way of getting the design done. It’s the right place for professional design growth and a great spot for motivated individuals. And for humor, of course!
Join if you feel the same. We have open positions for UI/UX Designer, Senior UI/UX Designer, and many others.
This digest was collected by Oleh Idolov and Mirona Zulgarina at Awesomic.
First of all
Design Threads – A collaborative report unraveling the state of design today | PORTO ROCHA
🦄 Product and UI/UX Design
Articles and case studies
🔗 Design system breakdown: Buttons | UX Collective
🔗 How to Get Helpful Feedback | NN/group
🔗 What Is Object-oriented UX Design and How to Design It? | FlowMapp
🔗 The Usability of Augmented Reality | NN/group
🔗 Designing The Perfect Mobile Navigation UX | Smashing Magazine
🔗 Top Tips for Data Accessibility | Material Design Blog
🔗 Duolingo’s redesign: 4 things they got right, 1 possible improvement | UX Collective
🔗 The Design System Guide – Step-by-step interactive handbook
🔗 iOS Design Guidelines: Illustrated Patterns (+ free templates)
🔗 14 practical examples of good UX writing | Halo Lab
Projects
👁 Postevand — a thoughtful alternative when you don't have a tap close by | Good City
👁 Hibex: Branding and Web Design | UNKNW studio
👁 Sana’s AI-powered learning platform helps pioneering companies share knowledge
👁 Mural – Make it a mural, not just a meeting
👁 Apeel – Plant-based protection that helps the produce you love stay fresh for longer | Resn PRO
👁 Payload: the most powerful TypeScript CMS.
👁 Villa Boisserée | Proekcia_
<span class="ua-flag"> </span> WAR IN UKRAINE | Artem Militonian
👀 Visual Communication
Articles and case studies
🔗 In-house In-focus – highlighting the work and the people of in-house design, communication, and brand teams from companies around the world | UnderConsideration
🔗 How Spotify’s Wrapped campaign for 2022 came together | It’s Nice That
🔗 Astrid Stavro on joining the COLLINS family and the exciting challenges her new role will bring | The Brand Identity
🔗 Is design scared of sex? | It’s Nice That
🔗 This brilliant optical illusion book cover is fooling everyone | Creative Bloq
🔗 Fabric of England: unofficial England football shirt highlights the positive impact of immigration | Creative Boom
🔗 32 creatives respond to the inhumane treatment of migrant workers ahead of World Cup | It’s Nice That
🔗 Talia Cotton on working at Pentagram, inspiring students and creating meaningful design with code | The Brand Identity
🔗 Kia's Logo Is So Confusing That 30K People Google 'KN Car' Every Month | The Drive
🔗 In a world of information overload, Vlad Boyko is creating something new from upcycled visuals | It’s Nice That
🔗 Invasive Diffusion: How one unwilling illustrator found herself turned into an AI model | Waxy
🔗 Best album covers of the year unveiled for 2022 | Creative Boom
🔗 Igor Kolomiiets’ distinctive Spice-Girls-inspired modular system for NMJ champions individuality | The Brand Identity
Projects
👁 PayPal | Gretel
👁 Gyroscope | Human After All
👁 Zuora | Focus Lab
👁 Veriff | how.studio
👁 Institute of Contemporary Arts | by Chris Chapman
👁 New Swiss Passport | by RETINAA
👁 NN North Sea Jazz | branding by Studio Dumbar
👁 British Land | rebranding by DixonBaxi
👁 Gaia | rebranding by Ragged Edge
👁 Canada Dry | new logo and packaging by Wedge
👁 Algolia | new logo
👁 Google Play | new logo and identity by R/GA
👁 Solovey – a vodka created to raise £1m to support Ukrainian people | Ragged Edge
👩🚀 Career Growth, Management and Leadership
The Management Gradient. From craft leader to business leader | by Design Dept.
This 200 year old Japanese philosophy will make you a better designer | Bootcamp
How to Answer UX Job Interview Questions | NN/group
Civic Design: UX in the Public Sector | Rosenfeld Media
No, you should not be your team’s “shit umbrella” | Design Dept.
Why the creative industry needs to start talking about men's mental health | Creative Boom
🔠 Typography
A Tech Branding Expert Takes Us Behind the Scenes of Creating a Bespoke Typeface | PRINT Magazine
10 Links To Create a Design Concept. Typography. Part Two | Muzli
Monotype Teases New Research on How Typography Effects Human Emotions | PRINT Magazine
Interactive animations with variable fonts – Fonts Knowledge | Google Fonts
Typeverything – a type-foundry focusing on display fonts
Fungal – Libre variable font inspired by mycelium growth | Velvetyne
Sono – open source variable font | ETC, Etcetera Type Company
Mona Sans & Hubot Sans – Two variable, open source fonts | GitHub
🚀 Products and Tools
Figma
Schema by Figma | Talks and conversations from annual design systems conference
Figma Releases: 🎁 Mini-bundle of Editor updates
Adobe
What’s new in Illustrator and After Effects | November/December 2022 | Adobe
Also
ChatGPT: Optimizing Language Models for Dialogue | OpenAI
Most loved products in November | Product Hunt
Framer Supply – components for Framer
Rive – The new standard for interactive graphics
Version 2 of Affinity apps: What’s new? | Affinity
Notion AI – Leverage the limitless power of AI in any Notion page | Notion
Runway – Discover advanced video editing capabilities to take your creations to the next level.
🤔 Other
Read
How Generative AI Is Changing Creative Work | Harvard Business Review
Why corporate America broke up with design | FastCompany
2022 Holiday Gift Guide for UI/UX Designers and Creatives | Design Lab
Content Strategy 101 | NN/group
Watch
How To Talk To Users | Startup School | Y Combinator
Banksy in Ukraine: art on the ruins that russian army left
Listen
Design Matters: David Aaker | PRINT Magazine
Krista Kim on Web3, the metaverse and wellbeing | On Design
Reflecting on 65 years of running a global design studio, with Tom Geismar | Creative Boom
🤪 Memes
Awesomic is an open-minded team of people who are changing the way of getting the design done. It’s the right place for professional design growth and a great spot for motivated individuals. And for humor, of course!
Join if you feel the same. We have open positions for UI/UX Designer, Senior UI/UX Designer, and many others.
