Pick of The Week
How Punchcut prototypes the future | Inside Design Blog
"Designing for tech that doesn't yet exist".
Standards and patterns for digital experiences have long been established, but how do you design experiences for tech you've never even used? The folks an InVision interview a agency that might have some answers.
The Best of The Rest
iOS Animations with Figma’s Smart Animate - UX Collective
Pushing Smart Animate to its limits
Still wondering what is possible (and what isn't) with Figma's new Smart Animate? Someone just recreated 5 popular micro-interactions no one would've dreamt of recreating with Figma alone.
Variable Fonts, improved OpenType support, and a new Data plugin — What’s new in Sketch?
Typography gets some love in Sketch 59.
After a wave of feedback, the folks at Sketch have now released v59 to the public, complete with better support for OpenType, variable fonts and a couple more things to supercharge your prototypes.
How to test your design system | Inside Design Blog
A smarter workflow for testing UI components.
Along with their new design system guide for developers, the team at Storybook are also sharing some best practices for testing your UI components, to ensure maximum consistency across platforms.
Why, How, and When to Use Semantic HTML and ARIA | CSS-Tricks
Demystifying Semantic HTML and ARIA.
Despite their SEO and accessibility benefits, many developers still aren't aware of how to implement Semantic HTML and ARIA, but Adam Silver is here to the rescue.
One More Thing
Striking Images Show the Effects of Climate Change – Fubiz Media
Capturing climate change and humanity, to inspire hope.
As part of a photography competition, dozens of talented creators captured the terrible effects of climate change on our home, but also our natural survival abilities that might just help us get through this.