Dark Mode in Framer

Color styles can now have a dark counterpart, making it possible to create dark themed websites without any extra hassle. Just define your color styles, use them on your site. Turn on dark mode 💥 you now have a beautiful dark theme website.

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Webflow supports .lottie files

Until now, you could already use Lottie animations on your websites by uploading your .json file, the original animation format. Since the introduction of Lottie there was a new file type introduced .lottie, it's a smaller file size that can include images embedded in the file.

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Figma cross-device copy/paste

If you ever used Apple's universal clipboard, where you copy something on one device and paste it on another, let me tell you, it's magical. Figma just added a similar feature, copy objects in FigJam on your iPad and paste them into Figma on desktop. Magic 🪄

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Play for Mac updates

Play is a mobile first prototyping app that allows you to create realistic iOS prototypes by using actual platform components. It includes Figma import of designs and components, design system management on the web. They've been building a Mac version, which is expected to be released later this year. This week, they've shared that they are working on scroll triggers, which help you to implement intricate interactions.

UI Design for Web and Desktop

Design+Code keeps educating designers and engineers, this time with their latest UI design course for web and desktop. If you are interested in Generative AI, this one is for you, it also includes a section on generating visuals for your website using Midjourney. You will learn the basics, tools, and features, so you can create professional looking images.

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Into Design Systems conference

The Into Design Systems conference is back and will take place online from June 8-9. Confirmed talks include: Deep Dive into Headless Design Systems, The Future of Brand Management with Design Tokens, The Neural Designer: How AI is changing the way we work and more.

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Video of the week

Jacob Nielsen discusses iterative design, UX maturity and cheap methods to improve the user experience of the products you are building.

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