Figma Make Is Now Free for All Designers
Figma Make — the AI feature that turns a text prompt into a working, responsive prototype — has exited beta and is now available to every Figma user, including free starter accounts. You describe what you want in plain language, Make generates functional UI you can edit and share, and the newest capability connects directly to a local codebase so it can open pull requests and push code changes without you touching a terminal. All users get AI credits included with their plan.
Copenhagen Festival Asks Designers: Make This Moment Matter
3 Days of Design 2026 is running June 10–12 across eight districts of Copenhagen — and it's happening right now. This year's theme, "Make This Moment Matter," explicitly pushes back on both retro nostalgia and AI-future hype, asking designers to focus on what's being made in the present tense. Standout installations include Yinka Ilori MBE's colour-soaked rainbow room constructed entirely from flooring material, and a gallery of 3D-printed cutlery sets by 12 international designers curated by design editor Dung Ngo with support from Design Within Reach.
Apple's New Siri AI Changes How You Design Apps
At WWDC on June 8, Apple unveiled "Siri AI" — a ground-up rebuild powered by Google Gemini foundation models. The new Siri holds context across multi-step conversations, reads whatever is on your screen, and can act directly inside third-party apps, not just describe them. iOS 27's Liquid Glass design language also got an overhaul following user backlash, with reworked refraction, improved contrast ratios, and a new system-wide opacity slider.
Spark Awards: Student Final Deadline Is June 28
The Spark Awards — an international design competition accepting entries across product design, communication design, interactive, and environmental design — closes its final student deadline on June 28, 2026 (16 days away). This is the last entry window of the year. Student submissions are evaluated on creativity, impact, and craft, with finalists announced July 5. Current students at any level are eligible, and student entry fees are lower than professional rates.
In 2026, the Best Creatives Are Strong Editors
A new Creative Bloq analysis of which designers are keeping and growing their client work in the AI era finds a clear pattern: it isn't the fastest prompters winning — it's the strongest editors and curators. The professionals holding ground are the ones who can judge quality, identify when output misses a brief, and redirect generative work toward something that actually lands with a specific audience. Being a skilled editor of AI output is now a core professional competency, not a secondary one.
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