Sneak previews and a SwiftUI design course 👀

See what's coming next for Sketch, discover the latest plugins and resources, and find a community event near you. [View this email in your browser]( [Sketch News]( Newsletter — Issue 61 [Mentions, Projects and Smart Distribute swapping sneak previews]( It’s been just over two weeks since we launched Sketch for Teams and we’ve been loving the response so far. If you’ve signed your team up for a 90-day free trial, thank you! We hope you’re having a blast. We’ve put together a roundup of what’s next for Teams, including Mentions and Projects, as well as a sneak preview of a new feature coming to the mac app very soon! [Read more]( Featured plugins [PinIt]( Quickly apply common resizing settings to groups and Symbols, from fixed headers and footers to sidebars. [Truncat 🐈...]( Smart and fast text truncation that you can even apply to text styles, so teams can use it without the plugin. Learn [A design system is an evolving ruleset governing the composition of a product and brand. They build consistent, cohesive visual experiences across devices and platforms, they also centralise and consolidate design efforts.]( [Building a design system — where to start?]( by Shane P Williams [Sketch plugins are able to do pretty much everything you’d expect, like manipulating the color, shape, size, order, style, grouping, and effects of layers, but also able to do things like make requests to internet resources, present a user interface, and much, much more!]( [How To Build A Sketch Plugin With JavaScript, HTML And CSS]( by Matt Curtis --------------------------------------------------------------- Videos [Design for iOS 13: UI Kit in Sketch]( by Design+Code In this video Meng To takes a look at Apple’s iOS 13 UI Kit in Sketch and how to use some of the components. [What's New in Sketch 57 Beta]( by BetterPatterns Gabe from Better Patterns takes a look at the new Smart Distribute reorder feature in the Sketch 57 beta. --------------------------------------------------------------- Resources [Learn SwiftUI for iOS 13]( This new course from Design+Code shows you how to combine Sketch and SwiftUI to quickly iterate and create powerful user interfaces with just a few lines of code. And you can get 20% off right now! [Download]( [Slice Design]( Build your own design system for web and mobile with Slice's component libraries, including controls, cards, navigation, text styles and more. [Download]( [Greyhound Flowcharts]( Design sitemaps, create prototype flows and map out your ideas in minutes with over 200 carefully crafted cards for web and mobile projects. [Download]( [Brutalist Web Kit]( Stay on trend with a set of free brutalist web designs that cover everything from pricing pages and testimonials, to social feeds and footers. [Download]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Events and community [Discover the latest events and communities near you]( [Mission Critical Design: UX for Extreme Environments with the UEGroup Team]( Santa Clara, CA, USA — 13 Aug [Join]( [Book Club: "The Design of Everyday Things" by Donald Norman]( Jacksonville, FL, USA — 14 Aug [Join]( [Validating Ideas by Prototyping]( Boulder, CO, USA — 21 Aug [Join]( [Accessibility Matters: Designing & Building Accessible Web Interfaces]( Jacksonville, FL, USA — 04 Sep [Join]( You received this email because you subscribed via the Sketch website. We’ll be sorry to see you go but you can [unsubscribe instantly.]( Sketch B.V., Flight Forum 40 Ground floor, 5657 DB, Eindhoven, the Netherlands [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Medium]( [Dribbble]( [Instagram]( [Forward this email to a friend]( [Privacy Statement](