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Learn how to easily sync and manage colors across your designs — and update your existing documents to take advantage of this new Component type

• With this release we’ve focused on making Sketch an even better home for design systems

• Color Variables make it easier to organize your work and keep colors consistent throughout your designs

• And there are new ways to work with your Components with a new Components View and Insert Window

We speak to the award-winning designer about his popular dictionary app, his creative process, and why Sketch is his go-to tool

We're making some changes to give our community more support and flexibility

We talk Sketch, skeuomorphism and lucky breaks with our co-founder to celebrate ten years of Sketch

“We see every screen as a canvas waiting for you to turn it into something beautiful.”

Install these third-party Assistants to keep your documents organized, accessible, and in sync with your design system

“For puzzle games like King Rabbit, I think it’s imperative to make the art very clean and readable. Sketch can be a great solution."

• Assistants can help you spot issues with your documents, stay consistent with design systems and prepare your files for collaboration

• With a little coding knowledge, you can build your own Assistants to benefit your whole team — or the wider community

• You can start using Assistants right now with version 68 of the Mac app

Our favorite tips and tricks, gathered from our incredible community — and the Sketch team

Create more inclusive designs with these Sketch illustrations, icons and avatars featuring diverse characters

A behind-the-scenes look at how we built Symbols in Sketch — and how we made working with them faster

Pieter Omvlee, Co-Founder & CEO

• We’ve been focusing on performance improvements across the app.

• You’ll see more responsive Symbols, and improvements to layers with large shadows or background blur and saturation.

• And you can now embed fonts in documents before you share them.

New Apple silicon, redesigned UIs and more — here's what we picked out from the WWDC 2020 keynote