Pixels take flight

Flappy Bird’s Unexpected Rebirth

10 years after it had the entire world furiously tapping our phone screens before suddenly being yanked from the app store, Flappy Bird is making a return.

Flappy Bird was truly a cultural phenomenon. It had quickly amassed over 50 million downloads and was making the creator a rumored $50,000 per DAY.

And then I guess in the name of… art(?) he suddenly yanked it from the app stores.

Well, great news. It looks like you will be (re)downloading a new app on your phone for the first time in years because a group of longtime fans have acquired the IP around the game and are bringing it back.

I can’t believe we’re getting Flappy Bird before GTA 6.

Apple’s Glowtime event went dim

More colors. More colors. And a Button.

That was the gist of Apple’s Glowtime event earlier this week, leaving many Apple fanatics a bit underwhelmed.

They did announce the iPhone 16 with a new Camera Control button that will have your aunt’s blurry cat photos… well… probably still looking blurry.

What else happened this week in design?

AirPods Pro have been granted FDA approval to serve as hearing aids. This > new AirPod Max colors.

Drop the Convert… just Kit. It’s Cleaner.

As part of their rebrand from ConvertKit to Kit, the team revealed their new logo.

Canva is raising prices by over 300%. Because AI. 🤨

Resources

🤓 Long read: The next wave of web design from Ridd

🧱 Zigma makes it easy for you to create, manage, and document your design systems

👩‍🔬 Mobbin releases A/B Test Design, a collection of A/B test results from best-in-class apps

🤳 iPhone Creator Course allows you to finally learn the correct way to use your iPhone camera

💻 Show Them is a landing page optimization course by Rob Hope

Design Dopamine

Sumaiya reveals her upcoming portfolio redesign 👀

Mariana is exploring a new onboarding flow 🌊

Amelia is making me want to receive emails. This project just keeps getting better and better.

Posters are cool again.

Design Roulette

We doomscroll the internet so that you don’t have to. Here are the websites that we loved this week.