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Reading Time: 8 minutesFigma’s data visualization plugins are changing the game.  Some top Figma plugins transform complex information into compelling visual stories. These plugins allow designers and analysts to turn raw numbers into stunning, insightful graphics.  Whether you’re creating infographics, dashboards, or reports, the right plugin can elevate your work from good to extraordinary. In this article of […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesSypnosis Discover unique logos effortlessly—Logohunt’s new marketplace simplifies the process, bringing original, ready-to-use designs to businesses and creators worldwide. Key takeaways: 20,000+ Ready-to-use logos Logohunt’s marketplace launches with a vast collection of over 20,000 exclusive logo designs.  “Logohunt is designed to simplify the process of finding a unique logo for businesses, startups, and independent creators,” […]

Reading Time: 8 minutesFigma has revolutionized the design world with its collaborative, browser-based interface, making it a top choice for UI UX designers.  While Figma initially focused on vector design and prototyping, the platform has evolved with various plugins that push the boundaries of what’s possible.  Among these, Figma plugins for 3D design have become particularly popular. These […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesSypnosis Fueling the future of development, Microsoft reveals AI-driven tools to streamline and enhance developer workflows in GitHub and VS Code. Key takeaways AI-enhanced developer workflows with GitHub Copilot Microsoft’s latest updates to GitHub Copilot integrate Azure AI more deeply within developer environments like VS Code.  This includes the @azure command, a convenient tool that […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesSynopsis Dubai Design Week brings fresh energy, diversity, and accessibility to the Gulf’s cultural scene, paving Dubai as a permanent home for a global creative community. Key takeaways Dubai Design Week: An evolving hub for art and design This year, Dubai Design Week is bigger and more inclusive, featuring an international mix of artists and […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesSypnosis Helping entrepreneurs stand out online with easy, professional design templates from Canva and Enstack. Key takeaways Boosting business design for entrepreneurs Canva, the popular online design platform, has partnered with Enstack, a Philippines-based e-commerce app, to provide free, user-friendly design tools.  This collaboration aims to make professional design more accessible, enabling SMBs to showcase […]

Reading Time: 10 minutesFigma icon plugins are essential tools that empower designers to seamlessly enhance their projects with various icons. Icons are critical in visual communication, helping convey messages quickly and effectively without requiring lengthy text explanations.  With the right icon plugins, Figma users can access vast libraries of icons, enabling them to find the perfect visual elements […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesSynopsis India’s restrictive stance on GUI design protection under design laws sparks debate as global trends increasingly recognize GUIs’ aesthetic and commercial value. Key takeaways In India, a graphic user interface (GUI) is a user-friendly interface that enables interaction with devices through icons, menus, and other visual elements.  However, despite their role in defining user […]

Reading Time: 7 minutesFigma has established itself as a design industry standard, providing a collaborative platform that bridges the gap between design and development.  Its simple design and robust Figma Plugins make it an excellent choice for developing practical and visually appealing user interfaces and experiences.  But Figma’s abilities go beyond static design. You can bring your ideas […]

Reading Time: 12 minutesIn 2024, AI tools aren’t just futuristic gadgets- they’re becoming must-haves in our daily work and creative processes. From designers and writers to marketers and developers, almost everyone can find an AI tool that makes life easier, speeds up tasks, and even inspires new ideas. Whether you’re looking for the top AI tools for productivity […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesSynopsis Meta Quest v71 promises to elevate the VR experience with a fresh interface, new design, AI-driven facial expressions, surround sound, smoother passthrough, and more. Key takeaways Interface overhaul for Horizon OS The Quest v71 update introduces a user-friendly interface across Horizon OS. Changes to panel layouts, control bars, and color schemes for both Light […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesSynopsis NOT Wieden+Kennedy reimagines Upwork’s brand for a future where work works for everyone. Key takeaways Upwork’s fresh look: A New Dimension of Work After an extensive design journey led by the branding and design agency NOT Wieden+Kennedy, Upwork reveals its updated design system and visual identity.  This new identity reflects Upwork’s mission: creating a […]

Reading Time: 7 minutesIn the competitive design world, every minute of every mouse click is valuable. Designers are always looking for solutions to improve productivity, and Figma illustration plugins fit the bill nicely. Figma plugins were launched in 2019 and have since become a vital component of the design tool. At the beginning of 2023, over 1,000 Figma […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesSynopsis Adobe MAX 2024 unveils Creative Cloud 2025 with groundbreaking AI tools in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, setting new creative productivity and innovation standards. Key takeaways Photoshop: Generative AI workspace  At Adobe MAX 2024, the spotlight is on Photoshop’s new Generative AI Workspace, which leverages the power of Adobe Firefly AI to elevate creative possibilities.  […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesSynopsis XPPen’s Artist Pro 24 (Gen 2) series offers high-quality 4K displays with a refresh rate of 165Hz. This helps artists, photographers, and animators get clear visuals and smooth playback for their creative work. Key takeaways XPPen Artist Pro 24 Gen 2 The new Artist Pro 24 (Gen 2) lineup includes a 4K model, ideal […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesSynopsis Google Contacts app for Android has a fresh new look. It features a modern, pill-shaped scrollbar and a simplified menu for a smoother user experience. Key takeaways Revamped scrollbar with modern look and better usability The Google Contacts app for Android has received a stylish redesign focusing on improving user experience.  The traditional, blocky […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesSynopsis Canva introduces AI Dream Lab, a design tool, and updates its Visual Suite to empower 200 million users globally in crafting professional visuals. Key takeaways Dream Lab: AI-enhanced visual creation with Leonardo.Ai Canva’s AI Dream Lab leverages the power of Leonardo.Ai’s Phoenix model to generate customized visuals from text prompts.  Users can select from […]

Reading Time: 7 minutesGreat design is accessible to anyone. It is representative and inclusive of customers from various cultures who speak different languages and have unique demands that affect their ability to utilize your product. When designing digital products, we often get caught up in the intricacies and forget to design for people with disabilities.  While accessibility should […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesSynopsis Asana’s new AI Studio integrates customizable, no-code AI agents into workflows. These agents act like real teammates to streamline tasks and boost productivity. Key takeaways Introducing AI Studio: The next evolution in workflows At the Work Innovation Summit in New York, Asana launched AI Studio, a no-code platform for teams to create customized AI […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesSynopsis Spotify’s new custom playlist artwork tool allows users to design and personalize their playlists, adding a personal touch with unique images, text, and stickers. Key takeaways Spotify rolls out Custom Playlist Artwork feature Spotify has launched a new custom playlist artwork tool, giving users more control over how their playlists look.  The feature, which […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesSynopsis Google Drive’s video player is getting a sleek new look. It will integrate with Google Vids for a seamless, fast, and modern video experience. Key takeaways Google Drive Video Player’s fresh look Google Drive is rolling out a new Material Design 3 video player that looks sleek and polished.  The update swaps the familiar […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesSynopsis Slade Marketing launches its state-of-the-art graphic design platform in the rapidly evolving digital branding landscape of Australia’s competitive market. Key takeaways Slade Marketing’s bold move in digital branding As Australia’s digital economy expands, businesses are under growing pressure to strengthen their online presence.  Slade Marketing has just launched a new graphic design platform to […]

Reading Time: 5 minutesUX designers are continuously searching for tools and methodologies that will help them streamline work and focus on what is most important: designing excellent user experiences.  That is why we are happy to introduce you to one of our favorite design tools: Notion. Notion templates are a fantastic productivity design tool for transforming design project […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesSynopsis: Microsoft expands Copilot with powerful design tools and AI agents to drive enterprise adoption beyond testing. Key takeaways: New tools for Mircosoft Copilot Microsoft’s Copilot Studio is shaking up business workflows, enabling companies to create custom AI agents suited to their needs.  Gartner analyst Jason Wong says, “Giving users a means to develop their […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesSypnosis: Mira Murati, former OpenAI CTO, is launching an AI startup and aiming to raise $100M to fund her innovative vision for AI’s future. At a glance: A bold move: Mira Murati AI startup Mira Murati, the former CTO of OpenAI, is setting sights on a groundbreaking new AI startup.  After stepping down from OpenAI […]

Reading Time: 6 minutesFigma is a powerful tool for designers of all skill levels. While it already includes the necessary capabilities for creating attractive, dynamic designs, figma plugins allow designers to take their process to the next level. This article in Design Journal will examine Figma plugins for saving time and energy during the design process. It will […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesSynopsis A significant update in Autodesk Maya 2025.3 introduces powerful tools for 3D modeling, animation enhancements, and the new OpenPBR material standard, redefining the 3D experience. At a glance 3D modeling upgrade The Autodesk Maya 2025.3 showcases a significant upgrade to the Boolean modeling algorithm, designed to tackle problematic geometry with precision.  Autodesk reports the […]

Reading Time: 7 minutesHow do you identify Twitter, Facebook, Apple, or Nike at first glance? With their logos, right? Logos are the most recognizable thing about a business.  In the past, logo design could cost a fortune. However, now, anyone can make an appealing logo according to their preferences. Thanks to logo design tools, anyone can create a […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesSynopsis: NVIDIA is set to revolutionize the AI infrastructure landscape by sharing Blackwell design with the open hardware community, paving the way for a new era of AI innovation. At a Glance: NVIDIA’s bold contribution to open hardware NVIDIA announced its latest step toward transforming AI infrastructure at the OCP Global Summit: sharing its Blackwell design […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesSypnosis The 2024 Lilac Creative Design Competition is now open to the world, accepting submissions from designers and institutions worldwide. The competition celebrates Industrial, Digital, Visual, and cultural creative design from around the globe. At a glance The 2024 Lilac Creative Design Competition has opened its doors for submissions from global design institutions, companies, colleges, […]

Reading Time: 6 minutesVoice commerce is rapidly transforming how we shop, combining convenience and advanced technologies into ordinary shopping routines. In essence, voice commerce is the process through which consumers use voice-activated assistants such as Siri, Google Assistant, Alexa, etc., to make purchases, order products, and manage transactions.  This easy, non-contact shopping experience makes buying more manageable and […]

Reading Time: 6 minutesArtificial Intelligence (AI) is dramatically reshaping the ecommerce landscape, improving user interfaces (UI). This transformation revolutionizes how customers interact with ecommerce platforms, creating more personalized, intuitive, and efficient online shopping experiences.  Businesses that integrate AI into their ecommerce platforms deliver users more personalized, efficient, and seamless experiences. This blog will explore the multifaceted impact of […]

Reading Time: 7 minutesCommerce is the buying or selling of products/services from person to person. It has become upgraded into ecommerce, in which information, buying or selling products/services electronically through the internet, is a newer concept for business style and comes under e-business. UI UX design is the game-changer in this upgrade.  To take your business to the […]

Reading Time: 8 minutesDid you know that the requests for UX interviews went up by 289% in 2020? According to CNN Money, the demand for UX designers is expected to shoot up by 18% in the year 2025. So if you are thinking about how I should become a successful UX designer then this is the right time […]

Reading Time: 9 minutesYour clients require a consistent design language that can grow as their digital initiatives do. How do you ensure their touchpoints provide consistent, on-brand experiences? Design systems are helpful in this situation. A well-thought-out structure can facilitate collaborative design, guaranteeing that designers with different roles, talents, and expertise develop using the same principles. Whether designing […]

Reading Time: 6 minutesWhat is Skeuomorphism? In the ever-evolving world of design, one concept that has sparked both admiration and debate is skeuomorphism. This design principle, characterized by its mimicry of real-world objects and textures, has played a pivotal role in shaping digital interfaces. From the stitched leather-bound calendars on early smartphone screens to the wooden bookshelves in […]

Reading Time: 7 minutesTo provide a successful user experience, you must first identify the functionalities that will meet their demands and then guide them to the precise features they desire the most. If consumers become caught in the “what next?” decision-making process, as explained by Hicks Law, they may become confused, frustrated, or leave your website. As a […]

Reading Time: 6 minutesEver wondered how certain trends evolve or how specific behaviors change over the years? Think about how children grow into adults, how technology influences our daily lives, or how health patterns emerge in different populations. Longitudinal research holds the key to unlocking these mysteries. But what is a longitudinal study exactly? Longitudinal research is a […]

Reading Time: 7 minutesHave you ever noticed yourself gravitating towards the same brand of coffee or choosing to watch movies from a favorite genre repeatedly? These are subtle examples of familiarity bias at work, a common cognitive bias that influences our decisions and preferences. But what is familiarity bias, and how does it shape our everyday choices? In […]

Reading Time: 7 minutesIn the dynamic design world, understanding your audience is key to creating impactful solutions. One tool that can help connect the gap between your users’ needs and your design process is customer empathy mapping. But what is empathy mapping? In this blog, we’ll dive into the empathy map definition, its key components, and how to […]

Reading Time: 8 minutesIn the digital age, capturing users’ attention amid overwhelming information is a challenge. This is where principles of visual hierarchy come into play, guiding users’ eyes to the most important elements of a webpage or app and ensuring effective communication.  By strategically arranging and emphasizing elements, designers can influence how information is perceived, enhancing user […]

Reading Time: 5 minutesIn the world of UX design, understanding how users perceive and organize information is crucial for creating effective interfaces. For instance, a card sorting example might involve asking users to categorize items from a website to see how they naturally group them. One of the most valuable techniques for gaining this insight is card sorting.  […]

Reading Time: 9 minutesIn design circles, user-centricity has become fashionable. However, let us face it: being truly user-focused involves more than just having a design team discuss it in a well-lit studio. Collaboration and direct user involvement are involved. This is where the democratic and transformative process of participatory design is applied. This article will define participatory design […]

Reading Time: 8 minutesAre you looking to hire UI UX designer for your next project? Are you worried about hiring designers who don’t meet your expectations? In today’s digital age, the role of UI UX designers in shaping exceptional user experiences has become more critical than ever.  However, hiring the right talent for this role can often result […]

Reading Time: 8 minutesIn this fast-paced digital world, simplicity is key. Minimalist website design has become increasingly popular because of its clean and simple aesthetic.  Minimal design, also called minimalism, is a way of designing things by keeping them simple and clear, using very few elements possible.  The basic idea is to get rid of anything that’s not […]

Reading Time: 13 minutesMobile devices are part of our lives now. And so is the way we move around on mobile apps! Most people use their phones for about 3.25 hours a day, making mobile navigation design an important aspect of the tech industry. Quality in mobile app navigation doesn’t only make it easier for the user. It […]

Reading Time: 12 minutesIn today’s information-drenched world, making sense of complex data can feel like navigating a stormy ocean. This is where your dashboard design ideas emerge as a compass, transforming raw numbers into actionable visual landscapes.   However, these dashboards are not just used for data presentation; they can potentially revolutionize any platform’s UI UX. This article will […]

Reading Time: 12 minutesA revolution is taking place in the digital space. In this rapidly evolving digital design world, staying updated with the latest trends is essential to creating user-friendly, visually attractive, clean website design.  Gone are the days when cluttered interfaces and flashy graphics were the trend. The mantra now is “less is more” while focusing on […]

Reading Time: 9 minutesIn the dynamic world of digital interactions, UI/UX design stands as the backbone of creating meaningful and seamless experiences for users.  Whether you’re a seasoned designer or just stepping into the realm of UI/UX, understanding the advantages of UI/UX Design and benefits of user experience design can significantly impact your approach to crafting interfaces that […]

Reading Time: 8 minutesUsability testing for enterprise products is one of the most important methods to determine whether the users i.e. employees are able to use the product in its intended manner. UX researchers must evaluate the user experience of a product or website to understand whether their actual users find it easy to use their product or […]

Reading Time: 8 minutesUX research reports are one of the essential deliverables of UX design. They provide a detailed interpretation of users’ needs and analysis of how users interact with a product or service. They guide the designer in making informed decisions about what to change, update, or remove from their product. Great UX research reports also include […]

Reading Time: 6 minutesUser flow and user journey are often used interchangeably, but they are two very different things. User flows are an approach to designing a user interface that focuses on the order in which users complete tasks. Creating a user flow makes it easy for users to accomplish their goals with minimal effort. On the other […]

Reading Time: 7 minutesUsability testing in UX design is about critically measuring how easy it is to use your design. If a user can’t use it, what’s the point? The goal is to ensure your design is usable. Usability testing is an important part of the user-centred design philosophy. It helps designers understand how users interact with their […]

Reading Time: 7 minutesImproving SaaS conversion rate isn’t a walk in the park; it takes loads of expertise to make your service more reliable, product-oriented, quality-driven, and informative. SaaS companies have become smart in their offering of services. Not just free trials, they ensure every customer takes value in return for the services provided. Before heading to the […]

Reading Time: 8 minutesStarting a project without diligent user research is like starting a journey without a compass. And just like you would expect, you will end up at the wrong place eventually. The same happens with UX projects too.  A product or platform that is designed based on assumptions or guesswork is sure to falter at some […]

Reading Time: 5 minutesWe received so many questions from you all in the past few weeks to describe how UI/UX and product designs differ. Well, now that we have established ourselves as a product design agency, we can help you identify the differences between the two. Honestly, there are no substantial differences between product design and UI/UX design. […]

Reading Time: 6 minutesSince the COVID-19 pandemic started, the work from home culture has become the new normal. However, for UX designers, working remotely has not been an easy ride. UX Designing is a highly collaborative job and the designers need remote UX design toolkits to make it happen. If you are a UX designer, you would be […]

Reading Time: 6 minutesEver wondered why your website has a low number of visitors? Thе Intеrnеt is a hyper-dynamic space where things change not every minute but every second. When users enter their search query for a particular service/product that you are offering but don’t find your website on the first page, you are losing on the biggest […]

Reading Time: 5 minutesThere comes a question in every business owner’s mind: Why I should hire a UI/UX agency when I can hire a full-time UI/UX designer on the payroll? Along wіth thе tесhnоlоgісаl аdvаnсеmеnt, thеrе has been a sheer аbundаnсе оf websites аnd аррlісаtіоnѕ. Yоu wоuld hаrdlу find a rерutеd соmраnу оr еvеn a ѕtаrt-uр that dоеѕ […]

Reading Time: 4 minutesA UI UX designer’s head is constantly buzzing with ideas. Even a bike ride to work or an evening stroll in the park can inspire them to create designs that stand out. The life of a UI UX designer revolves around their client and delivering only the best of designs for their users. They want […]

Reading Time: 6 minutesAs a UI/UX designer, one is always in search of good tools to make life simpler. With all that creativity in mind, a designer always looks for proper channels to bring his/her ideas into reality. A designer needs the best design tools to structure his ideas, implement and examine them in real life. There are […]

Reading Time: 6 minutesBe it the invention of the wheel, or the industrial revolution, innovation has always been intertwined with human evolution. Businesses need to be ambidextrous, so to speak, and to think from both sides. All too often, it seems, businesses either excel at the creative side, in which case innovations usually fail. Sometimes, they excel at […]

Reading Time: 5 minutesAbout Octet Design Studio We started with the core impetus to extend the brand’s value onto the digital design space by offering creative and strategic ideas to achieve goals. Octet Design Studio focuses on creating innovative digital designs. With tech innovation becoming more pervasive and the ecosystem getting complex, several organizations are facing growth opportunities […]