Figma's Auto Layout Now Does "Around" and "Evenly" Spacing
Figma shipped two new Auto Layout spacing modes this week — "Around" and "Evenly" — alongside a renamed "Between" option, matching how spacing actually works in CSS. Instead of manually nudging elements to distribute evenly in a row or card grid, you set the intent once and Figma handles the math.
Storyboard an Interaction Before You Ever Code It
Codrops developer Robert Aperios published a breakdown of "Run Rob Run," a portfolio site built around one animated object that idles, reacts to music, responds to hover, and morphs from a blob into a cube as you scroll. What's useful isn't the WebGPU code — it's how he describes the object's behavior as a sequence of clear states (idle → hover → scroll-morph) before any of it was built.
Your Logo Is Not Your Brand, Says This Studio Founder
Paul Lilley, founder and creative director of branding studio Ulysses, broke down how he turned a Brooklyn gyoza spot into a recognizable brand — and argued that "treating your logo as the whole brand is a costly mistake." He also shared his "mild, medium, spicy" system for structuring client feedback so revisions stay productive instead of turning into random notes.
Adobe MAX Creativity Awards Close in 48 Hours
Adobe's MAX Creativity Awards — one of the industry's biggest annual recognitions, judged across Design, Image Making, Motion, Photography, and Video — close submissions August 24 at 11:59pm PT. There's a dedicated Young Creator award level for entrants aged 18–22, judged separately from working professionals.
Redesign Something on Purpose — Badly
A photo of a 16-year-old's deliberately unreadable iPhone home screen — transparent icons over a busy striped background — went viral this week after her dad, a designer, posted it as a "study in anti-accessibility." Other parents piled on with the same story, pointing to a real trend: some Gen Z users are intentionally designing their interfaces to be harder to scan, on purpose, as a way to use their phones less.
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