I, Robot: How Mark Jardine of Tapbots designs award-winning apps with Sketch
“Even though I’m using Sketch every day, it still brings me joy. It continues to feel powerful and special which makes doing my work even more enjoyable.”
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Still connected: How the Sketch Community hosted 100 events in 12 months — during a pandemic
We speak to Community members to find out what they learned and how they adapted after a year of remote meetups
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New in Sketch: Linked Data and Starred updates
With this release, we’re introducing Linked Data — a new way to work with data in your designs. With it, you can use JSON files that combine different sets of data in meaningful ways, making it easier and more realistic when you stress-test your designs.
We’re also giving you more control over document updates with Starred updates. You can now add an optional star to any update to mark it as important. And if you’re making changes to a Library but don’t want to share them with every save? Just Star the latest public update. This starred update will remain as the current Library update, and when you’re happy with your changes, star your next save to push them out to everyone.
Linked Data and Starred updates are available now in the latest Mac app update (71) and in the web app.
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In the fast lane: What are design sprints, and why should you run them?
We talk design sprints with the team at New Socks Media and discover the benefits they bring to the design process
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Inside Sketch: What happens when you save a document to your Cloud Workspace
Find out how our render farm takes the strain off your Mac and makes Cloud Workspace uploads faster and more reliable
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Objective-C: How Brad Cox’s programming language has shaped Sketch since day one
After the passing of Objective-C’s creator, we reflect on how instrumental it has been for our company and our industry
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Keeping it real: How Nikola Lazarevic creates photorealistic objects in Sketch
We discover the skills, tips and tricks it takes to make realistic digital objects in Sketch
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Building better: How Sketch helps Salesforce maintain its industry-leading design system
We talk Assistants and designing at scale with the Salesforce team to discover the key to a great design system
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The new Sketch icon: how we redesigned a classic for Big Sur
“We tried to explore as many ideas as possible to see what we could do with the new style”
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Switching Silicon: How Sketch performs on Apple’s new hardware
Just how much faster is Sketch with Apple Silicon? We ran some tests — and the results were impressive
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Yes Sur: Behind the scenes of Sketch’s macOS makeover
“We always want to put your designs front and center so they can shine — the last thing we want is for the interface to get in the way.”
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A Big Sur UI refresh, new ways to manage Data and improved grids — what’s new in Sketch?
Sketch 70 is out now. The latest update to the Mac app introduces a UI refresh that fits right in with macOS Big Sur’s design language. It’s the same Sketch you know and love, but with every detail reconsidered — from a full-height sidebar and a refreshed Inspector, to all-new iconography throughout the app. You can find out more about the redesign here.
If you can’t upgrade to Big Sur just yet, don’t worry. We’ve spent time making sure that things still look and feel great in older versions of macOS.
With this release, we’ve also optimized the Mac app for Apple’s powerful new M1 chips. This means you’re ready to tap into the potential of Apple Silicon, which makes working in Sketch feel faster than ever.
Elsewhere, you’ll find a new option to insert Data sources as new layers from the Insert menu, a new Data button that helps you refresh a selected layer’s data, and a quicker, easier way to repeat layers in grids.
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Comment threads, Color Variables support, and a safety net for deleted documents — What's new in Cloud?
Introducing a small set of Cloud updates that add up to even better collaboration in the browser
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Part of your world: Why we’re proud to build a truly native Mac app
From personalization and performance, to familiarity and flexibility — there are plenty of reasons to love native apps
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From one to one million: how we grew Sketch around our incredible community
To celebrate our tenth anniversary, we chatted to some of the Sketch team about how we grew to reach an amazing milestone