Design Thursday #7
A weekly recap of everything you need to know about tools, events, guidelines and design in general.
Protopie AI
On April 1st, Protopie announced their AI Interaction Designer. A tool where you can input text that will generate interactions that you can use in your prototypes. I'm still not sure if this is real or not, but you signup for the waiting list.
Config
Registrations are open, you can now register for Config 2023. As a reminder, it takes place from June 21-22, live in San Francisco and virtual.
Webflow 101
If you ever watched a Webflow video, you know that these are the best educational videos on the internet. This week they've launched their brand new Webflow 101 course.
Stark plugin improvements
Stark has some updates for the Figma & Sketch plugins. There are big improvements for focus order, alt-text and typography. The alt-text tool will show you direct feedback when writing alt-copy. The focus order is now easier to use and typography will give you suggestions to make your text more accessible.
UX Basics: Study Guide
Want to improve your user experience knowledge? Nielsen Norman Group published a UX study guide to get you started. It includes lots of free resources that will increase your skills.
Midjourney Describe
Midjourney now supports a new /describe command. Upload an image and it will give you some prompt suggestions based on the image. This is a great way to learn new prompts and get better results based on an existing image.
Build apps with GPT-4 & Midjourney
Design+Code has released their latest course that combines GPT-4 & Midjourney in early access. You will learn how to design and develop apps with prompts for SwiftUI, React, CSS, app concepts, icons, and copywriting.