Measure the workflow, not the magic
Figma’s latest AI research suggests the useful question is no longer whether AI is changing design, but where that change is actually happening.
AI + design researchPrompting gets a seat beside precision
Photoshop’s new AI Assisted Editor is interesting because it treats generative editing as an optional mode—not a replacement for the layer stack.
Creative tools
A logo is only one move in the system
Calendly’s rebrand is a useful reminder that visual identity has to survive interpretation, scale and a company’s changing product story.
Brand identityThe hidden cost is weaker creative judgment
A new D&AD report argues that replacing early-career creative work with automation could damage the very pipeline that develops future creative leaders.
Creative directionThe next advantage is operational design
The first wave of AI experimentation is giving way to a harder question: can creative businesses redesign their actual operations around it?
Studio operations
Design the energy between the frames
The Archery World Cup’s new identity shows how motion, type and modular rules can make a specialist event feel immediate and alive.
Visual systemsBuild the business beneath the audience
CreatorIQ’s 2026 study suggests that reach still dominates the market, even as creators say sustainable businesses depend on trust and platform resilience.
Creator business
Higher-ed brands need a usable promise
Butler University’s evolved identity connects a verbal platform to recruitment, campus signage, social content and institutional storytelling.
Higher education marketingCreative practice is a form of care
A newly published study on a creativity-camp intervention adds useful evidence to the idea that structured making can support adolescent well-being.
Creativity + wellnessThe visual studio is becoming audiovisual
Firefly’s newly broadly available music, speech and sound-effects tools point toward a more integrated content workflow—but licensing and taste still matter.
Multimodal making