Craftwork Design Digest #8: Design case studies from Figma & Netflix, AI tools updates and much more.
Craftwork
1 April 2025
8 mins to read
Welcome to the eight edition of Craftwork Design Digest!
Each week, we'll bring you a curated collection of the best design news, inspiration, articles, events, design resources, expert tips and more – all in one convenient place, just for you. Whether you're a designer, creator, or just someone who loves good design, we've got you covered with fresh content to fuel your creativity.
What we found this week
Text Rendering with 4o Image Generation
Gemini 2.5
Fresh Design Resources
Curated Design Websites
Runway Gen 4
The National Park Service goes from paper to pixels
Deep Dive: How Figma redesigned its Community page (project walkthrough)
How Netflix Used UX Design to Win 200 Million Paid Users
UI 3 Figma public library
Sort UI
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Text Rendering with 4o Image Generation
Open AI has added a bunch of new image generation features to 4o model, one of them is text rendering. This is huge because it will help to create visuals, teaching materials and more with precise text!
Explore the articleGemini 2.5
Google has introduced Gemini 2.5, its most advanced AI model to date.
A key feature of Gemini 2.5 is its enhanced reasoning capability, which allows the model to process information more thoughtfully before responding to users. Some developers claim that it is the best programming model on the market today.
Explore the articleFresh Design Resources
Curated Design Websites
1. Moio | Design and ship interactive experiences.
2. Carl Hauser | Head of Design at analogue.
3. twks | Advertising and design services.
4. Groupe Montoni | A real estate corporation dedicated to sustainable development.
5. Joshua Wolk | I'm a design engineer in Los Angeles.
Curated
Runway Gen 4
Gen-4 is a significant step forward for fidelity, dynamic motion and controllability in generative media. First renders are quite amazing! The update includes:
The National Park Service goes from paper to pixels
The National Park Service (NPS) transitioned from paper brochures to a unified app focused on
The vision for the app came from designers Juan Sanabria and Kevin Twohy, who adapted Massimo Vignelli's 1977 Unigrid system for digital use.
Explore the articleDeep Dive: How Figma redesigned its Community page (project walkthrough)
Deep Dive is a series where you can see exclusive content inside the Figma files from top-tier designers.
In this video, Kelly Li shares the design process, research, A/B testing, and more that Figma went through to redesign their community page.
Explore the articleHow Netflix Used UX Design to Win 200 Million Paid Users
Netflix’s UX design has played a huge role in attracting and retaining over 200 million paid users. Here’s what made the difference:
And they've done more than we've covered in the bullet points. The design team at Netflix is probably one of the most important in the company with such big deeds.
Explore the articleUI 3 Figma public library
Figma has released their internal design system, which contains the styles, components, and variables that help Figma's design team create products.
It is called "UI3" because it represents the third iteration of their visual language, which was introduced in 2024.
Explore the articleSort UI
A multi-theming UI Kit for Figma and Framer featuring interactive components and customizable landing and app templates
Explore the articleLet us know what you think at [email protected], see you next week!