Weekly Designers Update #500

Published by Muzli on April 9, 2025

Your weekly dose of design inspiration, featuring the hottest projects, must-have tools, and game-changing products.

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🔥 Must-See Design Picks

UI in Real Life — When Iconic Screens Step Into Our World

A clever and chaotic reimagining of classic UI moments using AI — from Google’s offline dino to Duolingo’s crying owl and LinkedIn’s cupcake celebration. Familiar layouts, now brought to life with a humorous and emotional twist.

Anime.js — Animation Engine With a Sci-Fi Interface

A bold, futuristic site with a sleek dark UI and hypnotic motion graphics. Every detail, from the modular schematics to the interactive visualizers, is designed to reflect the power and precision of the animation framework.

Drexler — Bold Type and Pixel-Perfect Attitude

This studio site makes a statement with oversized typography, glitchy transitions, and a sleek black-and-white palette. A striking blend of minimalism and personality-driven motion design.

Clement Grellier — Precision Meets Playful Motion

A clean and elegant portfolio that balances white space, oversized typography, and fluid transitions. The refined layout and smooth animations highlight a meticulous attention to front-end detail.

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💡 Must-Have Tools & Assets for Designers

130+ Black 3D Elements — Dark Mode Just Got an Upgrade

A sleek collection of high-quality 3D assets in bold, matte black. Perfect for giving your UI, presentations, or mockups a modern, dramatic edge.

Markai — AI-Powered Marketing Dashboard UI Kit

A polished UI kit designed for modern SaaS products, combining clean layouts, smart data visualizations, and a futuristic aesthetic tailored for AI-driven platforms.

Adobe Premiere Pro 25.2

Premiere Pro 25.2 adds AI! Use Generative Extend to lengthen clips, AI Media Intelligence to search footage, plus auto caption translation & improved color.

Midjourney v7

V7 has personalization turned on by default, raising the bar for how well we can interpret what you want and what you find beautiful.V7 introduces Draft Mode, half the cost and 10x the speed. It’s the best way to iterate on ideas ever.

Mural — Visual Collaboration, Streamlined

A polished platform for team brainstorming and strategic planning, with a clean interface, intuitive workflows, and real-time collaboration tools that keep creative teams in sync.

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📢 Trending This Week

Made with GSAP — Motion Magic in the Wild

A curated collection of stunning web animations built with GSAP. From playful microinteractions to cinematic page transitions, this showcase proves just how far creative code can go.

WebGPU Scanning Effect with Depth Maps

An exploration of a scanning effect using depth maps, custom shaders, and WebGPU rendering.

ChatGPT Trend for UX/UI designers!

The Studio Ghibili trend is everywhere! As UI designers or Graphic Designers can easily use this for their own workflows.

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🏆 Muzli Community Uploads

ChainGPT — Blockchain AI Website

A futuristic brand and website revamp blending 3D visuals, bold identity, and smooth UX to elevate AI tools for the crypto and blockchain space.

Enterogermina — A Playful Physics Experiment in Web Form

With a grid-based layout, floating toast, and kinetic typography, this site turns a quirky scientific idea into an engaging, interactive storytelling experience.

Dolsten & Co. — Minimalism with a Cinematic Edge

A sleek portfolio that blends full-screen visuals, refined typography, and subtle motion to showcase design work with clarity and atmosphere.

Eliza Doltu — Digital Fashion Meets Experimental Design

A bold, high-contrast site combining editorial-style layouts, layered motion, and avant-garde aesthetics to reflect a unique creative voice in digital fashion.