Introducing Code Lexicon: A Designer's Guide to Coding

Introducing Code Lexicon: A Designer's Guide to CodingIntroducing Code Lexicon: A Designer's Guide to Coding

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IZ//PZ STUDIO

• Apr 8

So my friend, came up with the idea of a basic code lexicon for parts of code for Designers. I was asked to help and point out things to take care of and monitor some of the prompt writing too. I'd definitely be using this to test code before I hand it over, if needed. Hope everyone gets to use it as much as they want! Cheers.

Check it out

Omma Prompt Writing ommabysplinebuildathon

a link to the video instead.

Project title: CodeLex — A

Eleni Chanou

Project collaborators

IZ//PZ STUDIO

Alice D.

• Apr 20

Last week I won Best Design in the Omma by Spline challenge.

I put together an in-depth breakdown of how it actually came together.

It covers everything from the initial concept to the design system and the tiny interaction details.

Check it out

Contra Omma Spline

Taras Oliinyk

pro

• 1d

So cool!

Manpreet Bhattee

• Apr 20

Every designer has a moodboard. It lives somewhere else — another tab, another app. Never visible while you work.

So I built Peripheral: a curator that sits next to your Paper canvas. Reads what you're making. Surfaces references. Captions each one in 3 words.

@paper + Claude Code, via MCP.

paperchallenge Contra Claude

Gonzalo Signorelli

• Apr 19

Hey everyone! Turn a single reference image and a mood description into a complete set of production-ready visual asset, in one run.

What you bring:

A Key Visual reference image that captures the look, palette, or world of your project and a short text describing the film's mood or atmosphere (e.g. "drama, overcast, sci-fi")

What the technique does:

The technique reads both inputs together and builds a cohesive 6-frame storyboard that translates your mood into a visual narrative arc. Each frame is crafted to feel tonally consistent with the reference while expressing a distinct narrative beat. Once the storyboard is complete, every keyframe is exported individually as a standalone image.

What you get is 7 assets total: 1 full storyboard + 6 individually exported keyframes.

Best for: directors, cinematographers, animators, and visual development artists who want to go from concept to a shootable (or pitchable) frame sequence fast, without losing tonal coherence across shots. Thanks for reading! :)