Remembering all the important events in UI / UX design for 2020

2020 has passed. It has been an unstable year and many have fizzled out. Social distance, lockdown, teleworking, and for many, downsizing: all of this has become a new reality.





But despite the volatility, the global UI / UX and product design scene hasn't stood still. After all, new solutions have appeared with new problems. Companies released new products as well as updated existing ones.





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11. ProtoPie

2020 Protopie .  100 000 , Microsoft, Google . . , :

















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  • ProtoPie Figma





10. Notion –

Notion , :  90+ , 2021 . :





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  • “Scribble” iPad, ;





  • Timeline View ( ), , -.





9. Sketch - Cloud Inspector -

2020 Sketch  Cloud Inspector  Sketch. , .





Sketch …





, - . C , Figma . Sketch .





- Sketch 71. - , Teams, . - 2021 .





8. 3D - 2020

, Vectary Spline.





Vectary - , 3D , . AR-. 3D - Figma.





Vectary -, .





Spline – Vectary, .





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macOS, Windows Linux.





7. AR/VR

2020 AR/VR . AR/VR .





, Amazon  Room Decorator, .





Apple   ARKit 4 – Depth API, iPad Pro.





Google : , Google Shopping ,  AR-, . – Google Arts & Culture . .





, AR/VR , 2021 .





6. Apple - macOS Big Sur

2020 Apple macOS. 5  Big Sur.





– Big Sur. , iPhone iPad. , , .





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Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, , .. .





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5. Framer Figma

Framer , . -  Figma. , , . Framer 2021- .





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  • Framer.





  • Assets -. , Feather Icons, Material Icons, Hero Icons Phosphor Icons + Humaaans.





  • ... Variants Variables! .





4. Material design ()

Material design. 2020-.   , , MD ?‍♂





3. Miro –

 UX Tools Survey, “ ” Miro 5% 2019 33% 2020 . Miro 2020  10 .





, Miro :





Stickies Captures – ;





 Miro Grids - ;





Live Embed Coda, Jira, Microsoft Teams, Whereby ..;





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Adobe Adobe XD. , :





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  • -  Kanban-;





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2. Figma – -

Figma . -,   UX Tools Survey, 4100 , Figma 6 8 (“User Flows”, “UI ”, “”, “Developer Handoff”, “-”, “ ”).





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  •  Variants, ;





  • Auto Layout,  Constraints;





  •  Instance Swapping  ;





  •  Inspect Tab, ;





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, Figma 2021 .





1. Creative Cloud

Adobe, 2020 . :





Photoshop, Illustrator Fresco;





    Creative Cloud.





InDesign “Share for Review”, .





Photoshop , , “Select Subject Portrait” ( ) . Adobe Sensei ( , , , ..)





After Effects 3D;





Adobe XD :





  • Content-Aware Layout – Auto Layout;





  • Stacks  , ;





  •  Scroll Groups  (, , );





  • Adobe XD extension for Visual Studio Code  - collaborative work on a design system;





  • 3D Transforms  - Allows you to create AR prototypes.





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We wish you not to slow down, because the new year 2021 promises to be very cool and fruitful.








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