Version 100 of Sketch is here. It’s a milestone release for us and it’s full of features you’ve been asking for — a thank you, from us to you, for helping us make it this far. Prefer a TL;DR? Watch this video for every update in under three minutes. There’s a lot to get through here, so let’s kick things off with what’s new in prototyping. Two new ways to prototype Our goal with prototyping has always been to make it simple and fast. We don’t want endless options to distract from trying out ideas and iterating quickly. That said, we’ve known for a while there was more you wanted from prototyp ..read more

We sat down with the team at Aeon Studio, a Croatian design studio, to find out the ins and outs of a design agency, the challenges in their design process, and how to manage client expectations. They talk us through how they use Sketch to deliver high-quality designs to their clients and how it supports them throughout their creative process, from start to finish. Can you tell us a little about Aeon Studio? We’re a team of five people working together for over five years but collaborate with over 20 talented professionals worldwide. Our CEO, Dejan Ilić, began his career at 19 and within a ye ..read more

Planning is key to making the most of a trip — but there are many moving parts and it can sometimes feel overwhelming. As they traveled around the world, Tripsy founders Thiago and Rafael saw an opportunity to build an app that made planning and organizing trips easier and more enjoyable. At Tripsy they’ve thought of every single detail: from keeping all your information at hand, to real-time flight updates, calendar syncing or itinerary planning — to mention just a few. We chatted with Thiago Sanchez, Tripsy’s co-founder and designer, about the app’s beginnings, their approach to design and ..read more

In November 2023, we shipped a major upgrade to Smart Layout and in this series, we’re looking behind the scenes at how we made it happen. In the first post, the team set the scene for this this work. In the second, they described the process of fixing issues and improving reliability and predictability. In this final installment, they explain how they gave Smart Layout a new lease of life beyond Symbols. After making Smart Layout a lot more reliable, the stage was set to work towards our ultimate goal: breaking it free from Symbols, and bringing it to groups and Artboards. Thi ..read more

The Meet the Maker series is all about getting in touch with designers who squeeze every bit of power from our beloved Mac app. Today we’re chatting to Andrey Prokopenko, a freelance designer and illustrator from Kiev. How did you get started using Sketch? I first started working in Sketch in the summer of 2016 and fell in love with the app almost immediately. At first, I used Sketch only in the office at work, and at home I worked in Photoshop. But over time, Sketch has become my main tool — I do all my work in it. What inspired you to create the work you’re sharing with us? I was lucky to l ..read more

After almost a decade of using Sketch and being a devoted fan of both the product and the team, I got the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join their ranks and have a say in how to shape the product from the inside. I came in with a bunch of ideas and suggestions (as a lot of us fans surely have) and I was delightfully surprised (and a bit embarrassed) to learn that a lot of these “tiny improvements” already had in fact been built — some of them years ago! So I’ve compiled a list of 10 features that I asked the team to build when I joined, but in fact already existed and maybe, some of them ..read more

In our Meet the Maker series we meet with designers who push Sketch’s limits, and find out what drives and inspires them in their work. Today we’re chatting to Matthew Skiles, an icon and visual designer. How did you get started using Sketch? I started using Sketch back in 2017. At the time I was designing a lot of websites, and was hearing from everyone about how much better Sketch was at designing for the web than using Photoshop. I was pretty resistant as first, as I didn’t quite see why I needed a new tool. But once I actually tried designing in Sketch, I fairly quickly realized how much ..read more

In our Meet the Maker series we talk to designers who push the limits of our beloved app, and find out what drives and inspires them. Today we’re chatting to Duncan Horne: a freelance icon designer, as well as a front-end developer and “some other things in between”. How did you get started using Sketch? I first came across the app in around 2014 when I started my first design role with a software company. I had just managed to nab an invite to Dribbble, and a lot of the work I was inspired by appeared to be made using Sketch, so I decided to try the app out myself. What inspired you to creat ..read more

As 2023 draws to a close, it feels like a good time to take a look back at everything we’ve shipped in Sketch over the past 12 months — and there’s a lot to cover! So, let’s take a tour of what we’ve done this year. Looking for a TL;DR? Get all the headlines in our two-minute recap video. Taking a giant leap with Smart Layout One of our goals for the Mac app in 2023 was to take a major leap with Smart Layout. As the year comes to an end, we’re pretty happy to say we’ve done just that. We started by making Smart Layout’s existing behavior more reliable and predictable, especially how spacing c ..read more

In our Meet the Maker series we talk to designers who push the limits of our beloved app, and find out what drives and inspires them. Today we’re chatting to the talented Lucas Haas who is a UI Design Lead at BMW Group — and was recently commissioned to recreate the new logo* for Globetrotter (pictured). How did you get started using Sketch? I first used Sketch back in 2014 because a friend mentioned it. After that I simply fell in love and it is my weapon of choice since then. What inspired you to create the work you’re sharing with us? When I was a kid, I had an iMac G3 running Mac OS X Pan ..read more