Material Design at Google I/O β24 (2 minute read)
Google I/O 2024 will take place on May 14. The Material Design team will be there to showcase the latest updates and on-demand content. The event's sessions include lessons on designing adaptive apps, creating UI with the Material 3 adaptive library, and using Material for Compose for faster, more expressive designs.
Skittles dials up the nonsensical in fun-loving brand refresh (3 minute read)
The latest Skittle brand refresh, which tries to appeal to Gen Z, focuses on the brand's quirks. The letter 'k' in the logo now has a distinctive upward flick. The signature upside-down rainbow icon was given a more vibrant makeover, and the iconic lentils have a 'dynamic signature layout', with matching flowing visual effects to boot.
Kellogg's New Custom Typeface is a Tasty New Take on its Classic Logo (3 minute read)
WK Kellogg Co Script is a new typeface based on the signature of founder William Keith Kellogg. The proprietary typeface will be used for the company's corporate messaging, communications, website, and social media assets. It was created as a joint effort between WK Kellogg Co, advisory firm Brunswick, and XYZ and Plau-type foundries. The process of creating the typeface involved its designers looking at old Kellogg's ads and painted signs from the early 20th century.
Don't put crap in the design system (3 minute read)
A design system should consist of high-quality, vetted solutions, not rushed or low-quality work known as "crap," which undermines its reliability and the trust of its users. To handle inevitable crap, organizations can adopt strategies like establishing a layered UI ecosystem, allowing different paces for product and design system development, and formalizing conversational governance to manage and mitigate the impact thoughtfully.
The Untapped Potential of System Thinking in Modern Design (13 minute read)
Every product goes through five stages according to the Product Life Cycle (PLC). As a product matures, system thinking provides the flexibility necessary for a more sustainable existence, which avoids unnecessary rewrites or pivots. Incorporating system thinking into a workflow requires establishing a dedicated and centralized platform, implementing frameworks and patterns, creating a shared UI library, and implementing system processes and checks.
Lumni (Website)
Lumni is a collection of free stock photos and royalty-free images generated by AI. Photos can be filtered by color, orientation, focal point, luminance, and category.
Ad Mockup Generators (Website)
Pre-visualize your ad in real-time on various social media platforms so you can try different visuals, captions, calls to action, and titles and see what works best.
Color Visualizer (Website)
Visualize your color choices on accurate designs like websites, business cards, illustrations, and more.
Overcoming historical elitism: PAC NYC's barrier-breaking identity (4 minute read)
Porto Rocha designed PAC NYC's identity to welcome diverse audiences with a bespoke typeface merging 19th-century American Gothic fonts with the building's cubic shape. The color palette, contrasting vibrant tones with a foundational monochrome, offers flexibility to convey seriousness and expression across different contexts.
The Best Number Fonts (7 minute read)
When looking at numbers within a font, there are many considerations, such as whether the characters are capital-height or have ascender and descender lines. Additionally, check whether the zero is similar to a capital O. You should also remember that a minivan font can cause the number 1 to appear lonely if tracking is not applied. This article lists the best number of fonts based on tips like these.