The key to building a great design system 🔑

Plus, see how Sketch performs on the new M1 MacBook Air (spoiler alert: it’s fast) [View this email in your browser]( [Sketch News]( Newsletter — Issue 79 [Building better: How Sketch helps Salesforce maintain its industry-leading design system]( A good design system makes everyone’s life easier — and Salesforce has one of the best. We chatted to the team behind it to find out the key to a great design system, and discovered how their new Sketch Assistant makes life easier for people around the world. P.S. If you want to see some inspiring work, hear our latest news, and access some nifty animated stickers for your own Stories, head over to [our Instagram page]( and give us a follow. [Read more]( Featured Extensions [Sketch Francisco]( Using SF Symbols in your designs just got easier. Now you can simply hit a shortcut and choose the Symbol you want from the pop-up menu. Fran-tastic! [Adee]( With this powerful plugin you can do more than just check contrast and improve colors — it also offers a colorblind simulator to test your choices. Learn [You can use Pattern Fill on its own — or combine it with Motion Blur — to create textures like plastic, brushed metal, and more, which adds a nice realistic touch to an illustration.]( [Keeping it real: How Nikola Lazarevic creates photorealistic objects in Sketch]( by Sketch [Using the right color scheme can also dramatically impact conversion rates. User research shows that colors account for 85% of the reason why people decide to buy from one brand over another.]( [The Importance of Color Accessibility in UX Design]( by Supernova --------------------------------------------------------------- Videos [M1 MacBook Pro for UI Design — Super Sketch Stress Test]( by Malewicz Michal tests the new M1 MacBook Air using Sketch — and you’ll be amazed at how well the Mac app performs. [Sketch Collab Demo!]( by Maex This month, Max test-drives the real-time collaboration beta in Sketch, explores how it works in real design scenarios, and gets excited about the future. --------------------------------------------------------------- Resources [Life On Mars Podcast with Pieter Omvlee]( Tune in and get the inside story of the challenges, successes, and culture inside Sketch over the last decade. [Listen]( [Minimal Interface Icons]( Each of these 50 adaptable icons is available in three different styles, making this set a great choice for creating reactive design prototypes. [Download]( [Frontliner Friendly Illustrations]( Looking for a cuter way to encourage COVID safety? These adorable illustrations are designed specifically for frontline healthcare heroes. [Download]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Events and community [Discover the latest events and communities near you]( [Online — One more time]( Montevideo, Uruguay — 26 January [Join]( You received this email because you subscribed via the Sketch website. [Choose which emails you receive]( or [unsubscribe from all our emails](. Sketch B.V., Flight Forum 40 Ground floor, 5657 DB, Eindhoven, the Netherlands [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Sketch Blog]( [Dribbble]( [Instagram]( [Forward this email to a friend]( [Privacy Statement](