This week, we share tips for crafting component variants to avoid the dreaded variant-explosion problem. In the Sidebar, we talk about Tesla’s latest UI refresh, where we see auto interfaces going in the future, and share some of our favorite car dashboard design details.

425: Overengineering Variants

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This week, we talk about Open AI's GPTs-as-apps strategy, FigJam's AI tools, and our dreams for a future Jarvis-like experience.

464: AI Grab Bag

This week, we talk about the delicate art of using animation in interface design, how to use button sizes, and managing margins in type styles.

463: Design Medley, Vol. 1

This week, Marshall breaks down his process, tips, and tricks to redesign a design system in Figma.

462: Refactoring a Design System

This week, we supply some cold (but thoughtful!) takes on everything released during last month's WWDC and Config 2023.

461: Config and WWDC 2023

This week, we dissect the recently-launched Arc Boosts to try and understand what they're for and where they're going.

425: Overengineering Variants

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