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Lívia Kiss

• 1d

New project: ALIVE Library - a free, research-grounded reference for design knowledge.

I built it to be the resource I always wanted: short entries that explain the actual mechanism behind a design principle, not just its name. Five themes spanning cognitive science, calm technology, AI interfaces, UX patterns, and tooling: 50 entries at launch, hand-built, no fluff.

It's also the clearest window into how I think about design and the kind of rigor I bring to client work.

alivedesignlibrary.com

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MD Rafee Alam

• 1d

The framing here is exactly what most design resources miss. Explaining the mechanism behind a principle, not just labeling it, is what actually changes how someone designs. Calm technology and AI interfaces in the same library is a smart combination right now.

Lívia Kiss

• 1d

Thank you so much!! I really wanted to make a good source for everyone, what is not just a new "why the design of google looks like this"🔥

Saiful Islam Shakin

pro

• 1d

This feels like a really useful resource for designers. I like how Alive Library brings design inspiration and references into one clear place, instead of making people search across scattered sources. The idea feels practical, organized, and genuinely helpful for speeding up creative exploration.

Lívia Kiss

• 1d

I really happy to hear this!! This is was my goal☺️

Alex Prokhorov

max

• Jun 9

New case study is live.

A principal product designer had a set of polished Figma designs and recorded app videos, but needed them turned into a short reel that felt cohesive, intentional, and portfolio-ready.

I built the full motion piece in Jitter: trimming and cropping recordings, sequencing product screens, creating transitions, and shaping the pacing into a 50-second 4K showreel.

The work was less about adding flashy animation and more about giving the product design the right rhythm, flow, and presentation quality.

From scattered source files to one polished reel.

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Figma Jitter 2D Animation

Emmanuel Bliss

• Jun 10

jitter has a lot of way to make something feel alive

nice work

Franco Beltramella

pro

• Jun 9

One of my first freelance projects focused on motion.

Even back then, I wasn't interested in animations for the sake of animations.

I was interested in using movement to direct attention, control pacing, and make information feel intentional.

A small project, but one that shaped how I think about web design today.

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GSAP Spline Webflow

Nicolette .

• Jun 11

gorgeous.

souha hamzaoui

pro

• Jun 10

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Pedro Lopes

pro

• Jun 14

Building the system is the easy part. Governance is where it lives or dies. Without documented rules and a clear owner, a system drifts back into inconsistency within a few sprints once several people start touching it. The teams that win treat it as a living product, not a...