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blunarova.com

How I use generative AI in branding

A designer's observations and experience with using AI-generated assets in branding work.

715-999-7483.com

(715) 999-7483

A phone-powered multiplayer website builder. By calling the phone number, anyone can update the homepage by describing the changes they want.

jarango.com

Don’t let the drawings distract you: AI is not about the output

AI’s real value isn’t in generating flashy outputs; it’s in making sense of unstructured information to support better decisions.

historicborders.app

Historic borders

Visualize country borders from different times in history (123,000 BC - 1994).

serce.me

There is no vibe engineering

This article explores the relationship between vibe coding and software engineering.

metastable.org

Five things AI will not change

The dramatic diversity of opinions about AI tells us we truly and deeply do not know what’s going to happen next.

fancycomponents.dev

Fancy components

Ready to use, fancy React components to make the web fun again. Free & Open Source.

seths.blog

The name doesn’t matter (that much)

Busy people in important organizations waste a lot of time naming things. It could be that once a name is good enough, you’re done.

figma.com

Futuristic UI kit

A collection of 200 Futuristic UI design elements to give your project an extra Sci-Fi look.

creativelivesinprogress.com

Strategy and copywriting: where’s the line?

How copywriting and brand strategy differ and overlap—and why the best work happens when copywriting and strategy come together.

jeremymikkola.com

A UI might not make it easier

Making a task self-serve, no-code, in a UI, shouldn’t be applied when the unavoidable complexity of the task exceeds what a UI can handle.

stripe.press

The scaling era: an oral history of AI

Microsite for Dwarkesh Patel's new book—an inside view of the AI revolution, from the people and companies making it happen.

newsletter.dancohen.org

Asking good questions is harder than giving great answers

The tests we are using to assess the intelligence of AI are missing an essential aspect of human inquiry — the query itself.

itsnicethat.com

Futuristic typefaces that shift to make new forms

At this Amsterdam-based foundry, things go from readable weights to “decorative extremes” with imaginative methods of integrating motion.

paulrobertlloyd.com

Bored of it

We're all bored of it. The pervasive, all encompassing nature of it. The inevitable, dehumanising consequence of it.

maxburnside.com

Maintaining screenshot quality and color profile in Figma

Steps to ensure that the final exported image retains all of the high quality aspects of the screenshot(s) used.

polygonjs.com

Polygonjs: WebGL design & animation tool

Node-based design and animation tool for the Web.

wepresent.wetransfer.com

The type designer celebrating the richness of Arabic script

How type designer and lettering artist Kristyan Sarkis is celebrating the rich diversity and history of Arabic script.

viggle.ai

Viggle AI: controllable video generator

Bring your characters to life with AI—from professional motion capture to viral memes.

personas-prototype.herokuapp.com

Accessibility personas

HMRC's team have created and adapted the GDS accessibility personas as part of their accessibility awareness raising work.