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Every day design fans submit incredible industry stories to our sister-site, Webdesigner News. Our colleagues sift through it, selecting the very best stories from the design, UX, tech, and development worlds and posting them live on the site.
The best way to keep up with the most important stories for web professionals is to subscribe to Webdesigner News or check out the site regularly. However, in case you missed a day this week, here’s a handy compilation of the top curated stories from the last seven days. Enjoy!
Exciting New Tools for Designers, July 2022
Monodraw – A Non-subscription, Powerful ASCII Art Editor
CSS Scan 3.0 – The Fastest and Easiest Way to Check, Copy and Edit CSS
How a Small Change to U.S. Quarters is Part of a Big Trend in Logo Design
6 Best CMS Options for Web Designers in 2022
Adobe Alternatives: 30+ Free or Cheap Design Tools for Marketers
Payload CMS – The Best TypeScript CMS Developer Experience There is
Bootstrap 5.2.0
Intro to Pure CSS: Minimal, Modular CSS Layouts
Call to Action Examples – Call to Action Example Library with 100+ CTA Ideas
OpenAI Codex: Revolutionizing Code or Ripping Off Developers?
OpenAI’s Codex has officially hit the scene today, promising to transform the way we write code. OpenAI’s Codex is a bold leap forward in the world of AI-assisted software development….
Wix releases Wixel: The AI Design Tool That Wants to Do It All (But Can It?)
Wix, best known for its drag-and-drop website builder, is making a play for the design tool market with today’s launch of Wixel—a new standalone platform powered by AI, aimed at helping…
Figma Sites Isn’t the Future (Yet)—But It’s Coming for WordPress and Framer Anyway
When Figma announced Sites, designers lit up like it was Christmas, WWDC, and Adobe’s funeral all rolled into one. Finally, they cried — a tool that would let me publish directly from…
Midjourney Just Dropped V7 Alpha — And It’s Kind of a Big Deal
Big day for AI image nerds: Midjourney just released the long-awaited V7 Alpha, and yes — it’s finally here after almost a year of silence on major updates. If you’ve…
Apple Releases New “Exhausted” Emoji – It’s All of Us, Always!
Apple just dropped a brand-new emoji in iOS 18.4 and—brace yourself—it’s a yellow face that looks like it hasn’t slept since the pandemic started. The “Face with Bags Under Eyes”…
Extraordinary Things: Where AI Meets Surreal Design
Ever wondered what happens when AI gets creative? Enter Extraordinary Things, a project by Yashas Mitta that brings AI-generated surreal designs to life. Imagine objects that look like they’ve stepped…