Tag: designers
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wcag and design systems: why accessibility belongs in the token layer
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in Accessibility, Color, css, Figma, Fonts, Iconography, Sites, Styleguides, Tokens, UI KIt, UI/UX, Web DesignWCAG compliance isn’t a checklist you run at the end — it’s a constraint you build into the system at the token level. A lot of designers treat accessibility as a QA pass: ship the design, then check the contrast ratios. That approach fails at scale because it moves the problem downstream where it’s expensive…
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vercel vs. godaddy: how we decide where to deploy each project
The M4D stack runs two different hosting setups for two different reasons. The projects site (static HTML, design system docs, blog) lives on GoDaddy — it’s a flat file site that deploys via FTP, loads fast, and costs almost nothing beyond the domain. The trading app (a Next.js React application with server-side rendering, API routes,…
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3dicons
A free, open-source library offers over 1,500 hand-crafted 3D icons, available in various angles and color variants for mockups and UI. A Figma plugin simplifies icon integration, while a pro tier provides an online editor for customization. Developed by Vijay Verma, icons require no attribution.
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design tokens
A design token is just a named variable that stores a design decision — color, spacing, type size — so your whole system can change from one place. Instead of hardcoding `#0d0d0d` in fifty places, you define `–ink: #0d0d0d` once and reference the name everywhere. When the value changes, everything updates. Tokens create the contract…
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simple icons
3000+ SVG icons for popular brands. A CCO project maintained by the Simple Icons contributors. Simple Icons offers a huge repository of free, high-quality vector icons for almost every popular brand, library and app you can think of. https://simpleicons.org
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BRAND: Electronic Arts
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in Color, Fonts, Iconography, Illustrations, Images, Sites, Styleguides, Typography, UI KIt, UI/UX, Unique DesignsElectronic Arts 2025 BRAND REFRESH by Instrument DESIGN STUDIO Check out this article by Brand Archive that details the elements of the 2025 brand refresh from Electronic Arts and their partnership with Instrument design studio. https://brandarchive.xyz/identity/electronic-arts
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TINYWOW
a popular free, all-in-one online toolkit designed to simplify a wide range of digital tasks from editing PDFs and images to generating content with AI, it’s a web-based platform that requires no software installation or registration for basic use, making it highly accessible for students, professionals, and content creators. https://tinywow.com
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Huemint
AI-powered color palette generator that uses machine learning to create harmonious and contextually relevant color schemes for graphic design, branding, and websites. Unlike traditional color tools that produce a flat palette, Huemint’s key innovation is generating colors based on how they will be used in the final design, such as considering which colors are for…
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higgsfield ai
Generate ai videos and images with cinematic quality, visual effects and ready presets. Professional AI tools for creators, marketers, and businesses. “Our brand-new GenAI video platform designed specifically for creative professionals like musicvideo directors, commercial filmmakers, AI creators, and social media storytellers who want toproduce high-quality, stylized content with true cinematic control.This new product is a…
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ISOCONS
Free comprehensive collection of customizable isometric 3D icons that can be integrated into any project. This is a collection of carefully crafted, customizable isometric icons designed for use in UI/UX design, web development, apps, and presentations.Key Features:A diverse library of vector icons (SVG format) across multiple categories.Figma plugin for easy integration into design projects.Customizable options…